[Libreoffice] Build break when generating RDBs

[Peter Foley]

On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Eike Rathke wrote:

> Hi Peter,
> 
> On Tuesday, 2011-08-30 14:36:01 -0400, Peter Foley wrote:
> 
> > [ build ALL ] top level modules: i18npool
> > [ build ALL ] loaded modules: i18npool
> > [ build RDB ] i18npool_test_breakiterator
> > awk: cmd. line:1: $R/^<\?xml version.*$R/ { next; } { gsub($R/vnd.sun.star.expand:\$OOO_BASE_DIR\$R/program$R/, "vnd.sun.star.expand:$OOO_BASE_DIR",$0); gsub($R/vnd.sun.star.expand:\$BRAND_BASE_DIR\$R/program$R/, "vnd.sun.star.expand:$BRAND_BASE_DIR",$0); print; }
> > awk: cmd. line:1:    ^ syntax error
> > awk: cmd. line:1: $R/^<\?xml version.*$R/ { next; } { gsub($R/vnd.sun.star.expand:\$OOO_BASE_DIR\$R/program$R/, "vnd.sun.star.expand:$OOO_BASE_DIR",$0); gsub($R/vnd.sun.star.expand:\$BRAND_BASE_DIR\$R/program$R/, "vnd.sun.star.expand:$BRAND_BASE_DIR",$0); print; }
> > awk: cmd. line:1:      ^ backslash not last character on line
> > make: *** [/libreoffice/workdir/unxlngx6.pro/RdbTarget/i18npool_test_breakiterator.rdb] Error 1
> > 
> > I'm getting the above build error which seems to be caused by $R being 
> > added to the awk regex expression by gb_Helper_abbreviate_dirs.
> 
> Apparently you're the only one getting this error, so I wonder what may
> be different on your system? I doubt this is a general
> "gb_Helper_abbreviate_dirs always inserts $R before /" problem. Which
> platform are you on? I presume winmingw, because that (and windows)
> defines gb_Helper_abbreviate_dirs_native to something different than the
> general gb_Helper_abbreviate_dirs:

I'm actually building libreoffice in a gentoo linux x64 chroot.
I don't know if the chroot is causing this problem or not.
awk is 4.0.0
make is 3.82
Let me know if you need any more info.

Thanks,

Peter