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Author: al3xu5
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Firefox/Icecat build (was: Re: Pipewire and PulseAudio: apulse & firefox)
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 16:35:44 +0100 - aitor <aitor_czr@???>:

> Hi,
>
> On 24/12/21 10:40, al3xu5 via Dng wrote:
> > $ apt-get source icecat
> >
> >    QUESTION:
> >    - Is it the same to manually download the sources (just to avoid
> > adding the guinos repositories)?
> >    - In this case, is the following the right one?
> >    http://packages.gnuinos.org/gnuinos/pool/main/i/icecat/icecat_78.15.0.orig.tar.xz  

>
> Yes, but you need three files:
>
> http://packages.gnuinos.org/gnuinos/pool/main/i/icecat/icecat_78.15.0-1.dsc
> <http://packages.gnuinos.org/gnuinos/pool/main/i/icecat/icecat_78.15.0-1.dsc>
>
> http://packages.gnuinos.org/gnuinos/pool/main/i/icecat/icecat_78.15.0.orig.tar.xz
> <http://packages.gnuinos.org/gnuinos/pool/main/i/icecat/icecat_78.15.0.orig.tar.xz>
>
> http://packages.gnuinos.org/gnuinos/pool/main/i/icecat/icecat_78.15.0-1.debian.tar.xz
> <http://packages.gnuinos.org/gnuinos/pool/main/i/icecat/icecat_78.15.0-1.debian.tar.xz>
>
> > - Init an empty git repository
> >    QUESTION:
> >    - I suppose you mean using the sources directory on my machine.
> > Right?  

>
> Once you've downloaded the files, go to the directory containing them
> and create the git repository in a new folder:
>
> $ mkdir icecat
>
> $ cd icecat
>
> $ git init
>
> $ git config --global user.name "your name"
>
> $ git config --global user.email "your email"
>
> $ gbp import-dsc ../icecat_78.15.0-1.dsc
>
>
> > - Import the description file of icecat:
> >
> > $ gbp import-dsc ../icecat*.dsc
> >
> >    QUESTION:
> >    - Again, is it the same to manually download the .dsc file in the
> >      source directory on my machine?
> >    - In this case, is the following the right one?
> >    http://packages.gnuinos.org/gnuinos/pool/main/i/icecat/icecat_78.15.0-1.dsc  

>
> No. You've just downloaded the files and imported the whole project into
> your initial empty git repository. You did things this way because there
> is no remote git repository to clone from.



Aitor, thank you al ot for the clear and detailed explanation.

I will try after upgrading to Chimaera.

al3xu5

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