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We have received multiple such reports, that the thunderbird package shipped with slackware is broken, as it requires add-ons to be signed (which we do not do) regardless of the value of the mentioned preference. If you download TB91 directly from thunderbird.net, everything works as expected.
Where can I find information about the maintainer or someone who is able to address this issue?
Thanks
John
Hi John,
The best way is to post here
What you have done
For my part, I looked for what was wrong
After several tries that take time (I take about 50min~1h to each compilation of Thunderbird) I finally found the option that allows to solve the problem (see post #16 below)
The maintainer, Patrick Volkerding, will take note of it, and if he thinks it's appropriate to make the modification, he will do it
Thank you marav for bringing this to the attention of our BDFL, since the newest version allows to install extensions again. The issue is now resolved as of August 23, 2021 for Slackware64-current
Distribution: Slackware64 15.0 (started with 13.37). Testing -current in a spare partition.
Posts: 925
Rep:
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Originally Posted by AkileoSlackware
Thank you marav for bringing this to the attention of our BDFL, since the newest version allows to install extensions again. The issue is now resolved as of August 23, 2021 for Slackware64-current
+1 Thanks to marav and PV, Thunderbird is installing add-ons OK again.
Thank you marav for bringing this to the attention of our BDFL, since the newest version allows to install extensions again. The issue is now resolved as of August 23, 2021 for Slackware64-current
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulo2
+1 Thanks to marav and PV, Thunderbird is installing add-ons OK again.
Signing the xpis in those packages is a hard problem, and from a downstream perspective, doesn't seem required. If malware is able to install an unsigned addon that can be picked up by firefox, the system has bigger problems than an unsigned addon.
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