The thunderbird spec contains on line 211: %{__rm} -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/thunderbird-config The thunderbird-config script may be needed for thunderbird development (e.g., building extensions). I have tried to build at least one extension that seems to need this script: <http://moztraybiff.mozdev.org/>. It turns out that it only uses this script to get the thunderbird version, so it can be worked around pretty easily, but I am just wondering the rationale for removing this script.
I noticed the %exclude lines at the end of %files which is essentially the devel package for thunderbird. The above extension can make use of the thunderbird SDK to build. Then, it would call `thunderbird-bin -nox -register' in %post/%postun. It was incorrect to say that thunderbird-config could function on its own in the original report. Looking at some other extensions like enigmail or lightning, these seem to need to build in-tree, but ``proper'' extensions can use the standalone SDK. Is there a general bug filed for building extensions (firefox or thunderbird) or some other discussion on a wiki?
Created attachment 298435 [details] Create thunderbird-devel package
Created attachment 298439 [details] Example spec for thunderbird-moztraybiff which uses thunderbird-devel to build
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