[Libreoffice] Fw: Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice 3.3.3 binaries for Solaris SPARC and Solaris X86

[Michael Meeks]

Hi Karl,

On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 16:47 +0200, Karl Behler wrote:
> So you convinced me to give it a trial, but it fails after a few minutes.

	:-) good stuff.

> Looking for gcc and gld on my system shows both are available but in 
> different locations. (In fact I would prefer to build with Solaris 
> Compilers and Solaris tools.)

	so - of course, we're happy to merge patches, help out & so on; but in
the past there has been a certain amount of cruft and pain in the
project to make it build with the oddish Solaris compilers. Personally,
I'd strongly prefer a future where we built only with free compilers on
Mac/cross-compile-to-windows/Linux and other places.

> Following files have been created by autogen up to the error.
> I include config.log for your information.

	I would have a read of configure.in to see what it is doing in this
regard; this is an under-tested code-path.

> Next trial from tar ball ..................................
> **********************************************************

	I wouldn't bother with that. There'll be enough problems that it is
best to fix them on master and get your patches merged there quickly I
thinkg.

> > cd ./bin ; ./unpack
> > ./unpack: syntax error at line 184: `(' unexpected
> > *** Error code 2
> > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `/afs/ipp/home/k/kcb/ftp/LibreOffice/3331/libreoffice-build-3.3.3.1/build/libreoffice-3.3.3.1/unpack'
> > 0.66user 3.51sys 0:10.22 40.9%
> 
> Again this error "syntax error at line 184: `(' unexpected"

	Odd :-) this is most likely a /bin/sh vs. /bin/bash shell compatibility
problem.

	Having said all that, personally I'd concentrate on getting 3.4.x
building if you're desperate for a stable version, 3.4.2 will be out in
a month, freeze in 2 weeks and can have your fixes in it by then; but
I'd go for building on master and back-porting those myself :-)

	HTH,

		Michael.

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