mk-build-deps fails because it can't find lld-16

[eyalroz]

I'm trying to build on Devuan Excalibur (which basically Debian Trixie without systemd). This is where I fail:

# mk-build-deps -i debian/control
... snip ...
Correcting dependencies...Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 1
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 1
Investigating (0) ungoogled-chromium-build-deps:amd64 < 120.0.6099.216-1 @iU K Nb Ib >
Broken ungoogled-chromium-build-deps:amd64 Depends on lld-16:amd64 < none @un H >
  Removing ungoogled-chromium-build-deps:amd64 because I can't find lld-16:amd64
Done
... snip ...

now, the available (packaged) versions of lld on my system are 17, 18 and 19. Why is lld-16 demanded?

[PF4Public]

You're trying to build a very old version, which destined to fail. Note that this repository is not actively maintained and is not up to date.

[iskunk]

Hi @eyalroz. Please have a look in the convert/ subdirectory for a supported process of converting the normal Debian package of Chromium into an ungoogled-chromium one.

[eyalroz]

@PF4Public : I see... I don't suppose there is someplace that does get kept up-to-date for obtaining Debian packages of ungoogled chromium?

[PF4Public]

@eyalroz See what @iskunk has written and additionally: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium?tab=readme-ov-file#downloads

[eyalroz]

@iskunk : Trying to follow those instructions, but I then come up agains #355 and #356.

@PF4Public : That link sends me back to this repository for Debian.

[PF4Public]

@PF4Public : That link sends me back to this repository for Debian.

https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium?tab=readme-ov-file#downloads:~:text=If%20your%20GNU,contributor%20binaries.

If your GNU/Linux distribution is not listed, there are distro-independent builds available via the following package managers:

Flatpak: Available in the Flathub repo as io.github.ungoogled_software.ungoogled_chromium
GNU Guix: Available as ungoogled-chromium
NixOS/nixpkgs: Available as ungoogled-chromium
Third-party binaries
If your operating system is not listed above, you can also try to Download binaries from here

NOTE: These binaries are provided by anyone who are willing to build and submit them. Because these binaries are not necessarily reproducible, authenticity cannot be guaranteed; In other words, there is always a non-zero probability that these binaries may have been tampered with. In the unlikely event that this has happened to you, please report it in a new issue.

These binaries are known as contributor binaries.

[eyalroz]

My distribution is listed: It's Debian (well, Devuan, but it's practically the same.)

[iskunk]

@PF4Public : I see... I don't suppose there is someplace that does get kept up-to-date for obtaining Debian packages of ungoogled chromium?

There is no such place at present, I'm afraid. There will be once #349 is approved and integrated, but that has been stalled for some time.

We have a working process for converting a current Debian package of Chromium into the equivalent ungoogled-chromium package, but are still missing the automation to actually do that each time a new version is released and upload the binary packages to an APT repo somewhere.

That does exist for Ubuntu, via the XtraDeb repo (a project independent of ungoogled-chromium). But Debian---and Devuan with it---is currently unserved.