5.* series builds defective on Slackware

[Yury Tarasievich]

On 08/02/16 22:38, Yury Tarasievich wrote:
> /apologies for sending this twice, but it seems
> the list isn't working well/

Actually, it is the Gmane interface to the list 
that's not working well; can't even get the 
'followup' interface open; won't switch to 
receiving the email stream yet, too.

Hence, this primitive (but allowed) 
thread-building technique.

So, the general problem is: there are some 
issues with export of StarMath to Word 2003 .DOC 
files. Seeing as the developers can't or won't 
fix it, I'm trying to create the solution myself.

To have something to work with, I make a local 
build from source releases.

I can't invest the time in enhancing my 
(nonexistent) skills in profiling etc. For my 
particular problem, it may even be unnecessary.

However, to have any hope of getting advise from 
developers, I have both to turn to this list and 
to build the fairly fresh release of 5 series.

Now, 4.3.7.2 (last build from 4 series) builds 
okay. But 5.1.0.* builds are defective like I've 
described before.

So I'd like to know: what should I try to change 
in my build environment? Should I build on an 
another distro? emulated?

-Yury