LibreOffice for FreeBSD on PowerPC

[Curtis Hamilton]

I've been successful in getting a fully functional build on
FreeBSD/PowerPC, including menu icons, toolbars and graphics.

The issue, as I discovered, was in the code used to define endianness, for
FreeBSD/PowerPC.  This also resolved the issue with the Base application.

I have developed patches and would like to contribute this work for
inclusion in the code base.

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Curtis Hamilton <clhamilto at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've successfully built Libreoffice-4.3.7 on FreeBSD 10.2/PowerPC64, that
> has menu icons,  toolbars and graphics.  With the exception of the Base
> application, everything seems to be working correctly.
>
> To get it to build, I had to take the "hatchet" approach, due to a flaw in
> the big/little endian logic in the code.  The code does not seem to be
> defining "OSL_BIGENDIAN" properly, thus testing fails and defaults to
> little endian.  I removed and/or commented the code tests for
> "OSL_BIGENDIAN" in most modules where it appeared.  Leaving the software
> hard coded for "big endian".  I believe the issue with the Base application
> is due to the "hatchet" that was taken to the code.
>
> Armed with this knowledge, I working to find and correct the flawed endian
> logic and develop patches.  I'm sure the results will be easily repeatable
> for LO5.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 7:32 AM, Michael Stahl <mstahl at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> On 19.11.2016 00:19, Curtis Hamilton wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On 11/18/2016 05:26, Michael Stahl wrote:
>> >> On 17.11.2016 17:54, Curtis Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> >> My build environment:
>> >>
>> >> OS: FreeBSD 10.2-STABLE powerpc (64-bit)
>> >> Compiler: GCC version 4.8.5
>> >> Java Version:  OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_102-b14)
>> >>                      OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.102-b14, mixed
>> mode)
>> >>
>> >> I’m hoping that someone with knowledge of the workings of the user
>> >> interface can provide some insight on what to look at.  I’m not sure if
>> >> this is a LibreOffice issue or FreeBSD on PowerPC issue.
>> >> it could be either, in particular if it's big-endian PPC there might be
>> >> an endian issue in some image handling code, of which there is quite a
>> >> lot for various different formats.
>> >>
>> > that was my initial assumption, but could not figure out how
>> > OSL_BIGENDIAN was being defined, since "osl/endian.h" is not being
>> > included in all files that tests for OSL_BIGENDIAN.
>>
>> urgh, really? ... yes that is clearly the case ... i hope it should be
>> fixed with these commits
>>
>> https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/31039/
>> https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/31040/
>>
>>
>>
>
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