[CentOS-devel] Thunderbird 78.6 for CentOS 8.3

Fri Jan 15 07:26:41 UTC 2021
Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch>

> Hi,
>
> It appears Thunderbird 78.6.0 was never released for CentOS 8.3.  Could
> someone please check on it?  Perhaps the Files->c8 section warning is a
> clue: 
>
>     Warning: This package was configured for automatic debranding, but the
> changes failed to apply.
>
>
> As a related topic, I have experience building RPM's/mock, superficial git
> user, but I'm still kinda lost how I might be able to get a .src.rpm out
> of the current state of
>
> https://git.centos.org/rpms/thunderbird/tree/404b3fff4f6bcc2c23e085b4ad2c1eb7d1510712

Did you try to simply download the source files from SOURCES / and SPECS/
and then build from there, like 'rpm -bs thunderbird.spec' to get a
.src.rpm file? This should always work, no?

Regards,
Simon