[Libreoffice] Platform-specific OUTPATH variables

[Norbert Thiebaud]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Francois Tigeot <ftigeot at wolfpond.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:06:57AM -0500, Norbert Thiebaud wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Francois Tigeot <ftigeot at wolfpond.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > The build system uses so many flags and tricks it can't run as-is under
>> > the pkgsrc framework, many libraries are not found at link time.
>> > Some platforms don't understand the -rlink-path and related options either.
>> >
>> > Using LD_LIBRARY_PATH is the simplest way I've found to package LibreOffice
>> > properly on most (all ?) supported systems.
>>
>> I'm sorry but I really don't understand the problem you are trying to solve
>
> Removing unneeded complexity.
>
>> beside how hard can it be to figure-out on which system you are and
>> use the proper path ? (see set_soenv.in for an authoritative list of
>> possible values)
>
> It will not be too hard by itself but this will be one more script to
> maintain, with its own possible problems which will bite me in the future.
>
> I'd rather like to not have to manage a list in the first place, and keep
> the packaging script (and set_soenv.in) simple.

I don't know what you packaging script look like, but removing OUTPATH
will not make set_soenv.in any substantially simpler. and no matter
how hard you try there will be the nedd for per-platform value.

how hard would it be for your packaging script to take advantage of
Env.Host.sh ? you could get OUTPATH (1) (and/or any other similar
variables) from there and then LD_LIBRARY_PATH=xxxx/$OUTPATH/xxx

No need to maintain a separate list...

Norbert


(1) eval $(grep "^OUTPATH=" Env.Host.sh)