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icedove cannot init otr shared lib not found

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From: "R.W.Flurando" <rw-flurando <at> inventati.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: icedove cannot init otr shared lib not found
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:35:54 +0800

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icedove 140.3.0
guix commit ca56c63101d37a96f84f72bdc62d5eacac8c25a5

anyhow you run icedove, it could not load otr
with this message:
```
console.warn: "Init OTR FAILED!" (new Error("Cannot load required OTR library; Tried to load /gnu/store/lk80ym7bcncavqz4pgjxxzml7nca10jc-icedove-140.3.0/lib/icedove/libotr.so, Tried to load libotr.so from system's standard library locations., Tried to load libotr.so.5 from system's standard library locations., Tried to load libotr.so from system's standard library locations.", "resource:///modules/OTRLib.sys.mjs", 108))
```

it is looking for libotr.so, or liboter.so.5, shared library of libotr.
In guix, libotr does not expose such stuff even though this exists in
libotr's lib folder.

I wish a fix to tweak libotr and add libotr as a dependency of icedove
or just somehow make a libotr.so file into icedove's lib folder
Maybe I can do this myself, but I am not even familiar with `patch`
command! And I don't think this is a personal issue requiring a private
personal fix offline.

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