[tor-bugs] #10166 [Tor bundles/installation]: Gitian should not download Python packages bypassing the Ubuntu repository

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#10166: Gitian should not download Python packages bypassing the Ubuntu repository
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     Reporter:  gk                   |      Owner:  erinn
         Type:  defect               |     Status:  needs_information
     Priority:  normal               |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor                  |    Version:
  bundles/installation               |   Keywords:  tbb-3.0, ff24-esr,
   Resolution:                       |  gitian
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Changes (by gk):

 * status:  new => needs_information
 * cc: mikeperry (added)


Comment:

 Mike: I can't reproduce that. What do I need to do to see the bug? I did
 the following:
 1) I started building gitian-firefox.yml but exited the build script just
 before the configure for the TorBrowser is running
 2) Then I started the VM manually, entered it and made sure no network
 connectivity remained (I unplugged the network cable of the host machine).
 3) Running configure and make did not result in any error for me.

 Looking at the documentation (https://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-
 central/source/build/docs/python.rst) there should be no additional
 packages needed:
 {{{
 All Python packages not in the Python distribution are included in the
 source tree. So all you should need is a vanilla Python install and you
 should be good to go.
 }}}
 (But, admittedly, this file is not in the ESR 24 tree available, so maybe
 they changed something later on).

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