Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 20:26:00 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: office@FreeBSD.org Subject: maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 238629] editors/libreoffice does NOT need gpatch Message-ID: <bug-238629-25061-xe4ol7fYa1@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-238629-25061@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-238629-25061@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla@FreeBSD.org> has asked freebsd-office mailing list <office@FreeBSD.org> for maintainer-feedback: Bug 238629: editors/libreoffice does NOT need gpatch https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D238629 --- Description --- Long ago we were allowing OpenOffice to build its own versions of various software packages -- instead of making it use what FreeBSD's ports provided= -- and it needed patch(1) to do the building. We no longer do that in the libreoffice port -- and, hopefully -- not in OpenOffice either. But we still have the gpatch dependency -- and the upstream still have a configure-script verify, that the patch(1) is GNU-compatible (only on SunOS, FreeBSD, and Darwin, though). It is not needed however -- which is especially important now, when gpatch = is found to have (yet unfixed) security holes (https://vuxml.FreeBSD.org/freebsd/791841a3-d484-4878-8909-92ef9ce424f4.htm= l).
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