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building fontconfig with ESM on xenial & non-xenial
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 1
- Forks
- 7
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
When building snapd on xenial, instead of fetching fontconfig from xenial-security, it's probably best to fetch it with `apt-get source fontconfig` because ubuntu-esm repositories might be active in the build environment, and there could be fontconfig update published in ESM.
I'm not sure how to get that working when/if buildig snapd on non-xenial.
I wonder if we should copy any fontconfig packages from those locations to snappy-edge PPA.
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Research direction
Start by tracing how this repository builds snapd on xenial and non-xenial systems, focusing on fontconfig source retrieval and active ubuntu-esm repositories. Determine whether apt-get source fontconfig should replace xenial-security fetching and whether packages should be copied to the snappy-edge PPA; verify the result for both release classes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, ubuntu
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100