[Bug 1875348] Re: TbSync add-on needs a dependency on libc6-dev (for libresolv.so)

2020-05-08 Thread Olivier Tilloy
I am not sure what the best approach would be, because indeed the soname can vary over time (although in this particular case I suspect it will change very seldom). Currently on Ubuntu 20.04 it is "libresolv.so.2". But it looks like the code in the ctypes wrapper would need rearchitecting quite a

[Bug 1875348] Re: TbSync add-on needs a dependency on libc6-dev (for libresolv.so)

2020-04-27 Thread John Bieling
What would be the correct file name that you would distro patch into? Maybe this could be added to TB itself? After all, it is a list of files to check for. I would file that bug with TB if you could tell me what file you need. However, if it will change over time, ... probably not. I know this

[Bug 1875348] Re: TbSync add-on needs a dependency on libc6-dev (for libresolv.so)

2020-04-27 Thread Olivier Tilloy
That's a fair and valid point. I wonder what the best approach would be: add a runtime dependency on libc6-dev (which, from a packaging standpoint, doesn't sound right), or distro-patch the DNS code to look for the correct so file. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1875348] Re: TbSync add-on needs a dependency on libc6-dev (for libresolv.so)

2020-04-27 Thread John Bieling
As it turned out, I AM already registered with this bugtracker. I just want to point out, that this is not limited to my add-on (TbSync). I am using a core feature which is also used by Thunderbird core itself. It is not just an add-on using ctypes module to load external libs. I am not using