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On 07/10/2015 06:02 PM, Baho Utot wrote:
>
>
> On 07/10/15 17:29, jd1008 wrote:
>> Has anyone been successful in building it from source code?
>> Last time I tried, build failed because it required versions
>> of packages that were of much older vintage than what was installed.
>> Too many for me to recall.
>>
>> Need helpful hints, how-to's to accomplish this.
>>
>> I posted the same question to Fedora list and it has been
>> so totally ignored, that I find it very interesting.
> By TB I am thinking thunderbird...correct?
>
> Yes I build Thunderbird and firefox all the time using poudriere.
>
> Works for me.
Cool!
I wonder if you tried it on the TB or FF sources you downloaded directly 
from mozilla.com???