Is it still possible to compile LibreOffice 24 for Linux 32-bit? (part 2)

[Rene Engelhard]

Hi,

Am 14.02.24 um 17:04 schrieb Escuelas Linux:

[ the LO .debs date after Debian did packages and that was carried over 
since ever. oobasisX.Y was done in some OOo time when they thougt they 
should do some "debs", after which they just shipped rpms you needed to 
use alien for ]

> Just one more question. Why are the Debian packages of LibreOffice so 
> different from the packages produced by the LO source? LO produces a 
> bunch of libobasis* packages, while Debian does not offer a single 
> libobasis* package, and they do not even match in name or even 
> apparent purpose with those produced by LO source.

libreoffice-core


lobasis is a totally nonsensical name to begin with, exposing internals 
(basis what?) to the public noone needs.


Besides that the software is called libreoffice and not lobasis ;) (It 
contains lo, yes, but...)

> Perhaps Debian uses LO source as a base, but also manages a custom 
> layer to build its deb packages differently? If so, what would be the 
> advantages of the Debian packages over the ones generated by LO source?

Integration. Proper packaging. (LO has no "real" packages, it has "stuff 
just packed up in .deb format). Proper dependencies where needed. Lesser 
duplication/getting security fixes directly instead of getting them in a 
later release by syncing third-party libs by just having it use the 
system version of the lib.

More architectures supported (as you say yourself, no i386 there, no 
arm32, ..)

And stuff Debian policy mandates which upstream doesn't do :)


Regards,

Rene