I'm trying to build the last firefox-esr source that was included with the now obsolete Debian Buster, 115.12.
Using: apt-get source firefox-esr Expanding with (if necessary): dpkg-source -x firefox-esr_115.12.0esr-1~deb10u1.dsc Installing deps with: apt-get build-dep firefox-esr Building with: cd firefox-esr-115.12.0esr dpkg-buildpackage -b --no-sign This appears to succeed, but the main deb file is missing some critical files. The official firefox-esr_115.12.0esr-1~deb10u1_amd64.deb's data.tar.xz file contains: drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./etc/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./etc/firefox-esr/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 1079 2024-06-12 08:13 ./etc/firefox-esr/firefox-esr.js drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/bin/ -rwxr-xr-x root/root 118 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/bin/firefox drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 825 2024-06-03 12:52 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/Throbber-small.gif -rw-r--r-- root/root 707 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/application.ini drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 787 2024-06-03 12:51 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/crashreporter-override.ini drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/features/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 138449 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/features/formautof...@mozilla.org.xpi -rw-r--r-- root/root 58744 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/features/pictureinpict...@mozilla.org.xpi -rw-r--r-- root/root 172269 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/features/screensh...@mozilla.org.xpi -rw-r--r-- root/root 30944 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/features/webcompat-repor...@mozilla.org.xpi -rw-r--r-- root/root 417813 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/features/webcom...@mozilla.org.xpi -rw-r--r-- root/root 41325287 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/omni.ja -rwxr-xr-x root/root 237376 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/crashreporter -rw-r--r-- root/root 3902 2024-06-03 12:52 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/crashreporter.ini drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/defaults/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/defaults/pref/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 425 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/defaults/pref/channel-prefs.js -rw-r--r-- root/root 174 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/dependentlibs.list -rwxr-xr-x root/root 687648 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/fonts/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 1474284 2024-06-03 12:51 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/fonts/TwemojiMozilla.ttf -rwxr-xr-x root/root 31336 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/glxtest drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/gmp-clearkey/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/gmp-clearkey/0.1/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 80440 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/gmp-clearkey/0.1/libclearkey.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 225 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/gmp-clearkey/0.1/manifest.json -rw-r--r-- root/root 756312 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libfreeblpriv3.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 339400 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libipcclientcerts.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 43280 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/liblgpllibs.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 3622768 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libmozavcodec.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 236352 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libmozavutil.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 14208 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libmozgtk.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 158640 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libmozsandbox.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 1024368 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libmozsqlite3.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 18224 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libmozwayland.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 215080 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libnspr4.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 662552 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libnss3.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 503032 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libnssckbi.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 175304 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libnssutil3.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 22936 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libplc4.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 14648 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libplds4.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 163968 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libsmime3.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 314072 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libsoftokn3.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 394952 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libssl3.so -rw-r--r-- root/root 146215528 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/libxul.so -rwxr-xr-x root/root 1733280 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/minidump-analyzer -rw-r--r-- root/root 31531109 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/omni.ja -rwxr-xr-x root/root 691744 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/pingsender -rw-r--r-- root/root 167 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/platform.ini -rwxr-xr-x root/root 679360 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/plugin-container -rwxr-xr-x root/root 23048 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/vaapitest drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/mime/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/mime/packages/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 590 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/mime/packages/firefox-esr drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/mozilla/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/mozilla/extensions/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/applications/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 3826 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/bug/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/bug/firefox-esr/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 27 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/bug/firefox-esr/control -rw-r--r-- root/root 1965 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/bug/firefox-esr/presubj -rwxr-xr-x root/root 570 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/bug/firefox-esr/script drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/doc/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/doc/firefox-esr/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 323 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/doc/firefox-esr/NEWS.Debian.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root 2261 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/doc/firefox-esr/README.Debian -rw-r--r-- root/root 110487 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/doc/firefox-esr/changelog.Debian.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root 100852 2024-03-21 06:03 ./usr/share/doc/firefox-esr/copyright drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/chrome/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 13513 2024-06-03 12:51 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png -rw-r--r-- root/root 722 2024-06-03 12:51 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default16.png -rw-r--r-- root/root 1948 2024-06-03 12:51 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default32.png -rw-r--r-- root/root 3448 2024-06-03 12:51 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default48.png -rw-r--r-- root/root 5459 2024-06-03 12:51 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default64.png drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/defaults/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/defaults/preferences/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 3278 2009-12-31 19:00 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/defaults/preferences/debugger.js -rw-r--r-- root/root 2139 2009-12-31 19:00 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/defaults/preferences/firefox-branding.js -rw-r--r-- root/root 73462 2009-12-31 19:00 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/defaults/preferences/firefox.js -rw-r--r-- root/root 344 2024-03-21 06:03 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/defaults/preferences/vendor.js drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/distribution/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/distribution/searchplugins/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/distribution/searchplugins/common/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 1245 2024-03-21 06:03 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/distribution/searchplugins/common/debsearch.xml drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 3140 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/firefox-esr-symbolic.svg drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/lintian/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 758 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/firefox-esr drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/man/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/man/man1/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 1308 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/man/man1/firefox-esr.1.gz drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/mozilla/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/mozilla/extensions/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/ lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/bin/firefox-esr -> ../lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/chrome -> ../../../share/firefox-esr/browser/chrome lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/defaults -> ../../../share/firefox-esr/browser/defaults lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/distribution -> ../../share/firefox-esr/distribution lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-bin -> firefox-esr lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/defaults/syspref -> /etc/firefox-esr lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/firefox-esr.png -> ../../../../firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/firefox-esr.png -> ../../../../firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default16.png lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/firefox-esr.png -> ../../../../firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default32.png lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/firefox-esr.png -> ../../../../firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default48.png lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 08:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/firefox-esr.png -> ../../../../firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default64.png The one I build contains: drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./etc/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./etc/firefox-esr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/bin/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/mime/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/mime/packages/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 590 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/mime/packages/firefox-esr drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/mozilla/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/mozilla/extensions/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/bug/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/bug/firefox-esr/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 27 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/bug/firefox-esr/control -rw-r--r-- root/root 1965 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/bug/firefox-esr/presubj -rwxr-xr-x root/root 570 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/bug/firefox-esr/script drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/doc/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/doc/firefox-esr/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 323 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/doc/firefox-esr/NEWS.Debian.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root 2261 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/doc/firefox-esr/README.Debian -rw-r--r-- root/root 110487 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/doc/firefox-esr/changelog.Debian.gz -rw-r--r-- root/root 100852 2024-03-21 10:03 ./usr/share/doc/firefox-esr/copyright drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/defaults/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/lintian/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 758 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/firefox-esr drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/man/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/man/man1/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 1308 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/man/man1/firefox-esr.1.gz drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/mozilla/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/mozilla/extensions/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/ lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/bin/firefox-esr -> ../lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/chrome -> ../../../share/firefox-esr/browser/chrome lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/defaults -> ../../../share/firefox-esr/browser/defaults lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/distribution -> ../../share/firefox-esr/distribution lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-bin -> firefox-esr lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/firefox-esr/browser/defaults/syspref -> /etc/firefox-esr lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/firefox-esr.png -> ../../../../firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/firefox-esr.png -> ../../../../firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default16.png lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/firefox-esr.png -> ../../../../firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default32.png lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/firefox-esr.png -> ../../../../firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default48.png lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2024-06-12 12:13 ./usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/firefox-esr.png -> ../../../../firefox-esr/browser/chrome/icons/default/default64.png What am I missing? Thanks, - Chris