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Date:      Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:30:28 +0100
From:      Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
To:        "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Cc:        Sayetsky Anton <vsjcfm@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Why NOT using FreeBSD? Re: ports/169581: editors/libreoffice:
Message-ID:  <CADLo83-SVo7U6dwesHX20PGRABQHe0vshcfVEn8sYczjQgDp4w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jul 3, 2012 10:00 AM, "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>
> On 07/02/12 08:09, Sayetsky Anton wrote:
> > I will test libreoffice build on 8.3-RELEASE today or tomorrow.
> > I have both gstreamer and boost installed now.
> >
>
>
> We use FreeBSD 9.0STABLE and FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT (both amd64).
>
> devel/boost-lib gets reeled in now by editors/libreoffice by default, so
> it doesn't need to be installed explicitely.
>
> I saw a patch flushed in yesterday, submitted by bapt@. This patch also
> installs LLVM/CLANG from the ports - with ASSERTS deactivated.
>
> I have on both systems, FreeBSD 9 and 10, LLVM/CLANG 3.1 as the standard
> backend compiler, I guess this version has the suspected ASSERTS
activated.
>
> Why another LLVM port? We already have LLVM/CLANG in the base system (9
> and 19). If the ASSERTS proble is the cause for breaks reported on the
> list and elsewhere on the net, why isn't the maintainer still stuck on
> the "old" version?
>
> I just managed it to install the prior version on broken systems and was
> really lucky having LibreOffice working again. But the other day I was
> bothered by the next non-working version and now I have lots of
> notebooks remaining with NO LibreOffice on FBSD 9-STABLE.
>
> This is not what I expect from quality securing! It is simply a mess and
> definitely another reason and point for the thread "Why NOT using
FreeBSD".

For anyone struggling with the new version of libreoffice, I made a package
for 9/amd64.

http://www.bayofrum.net/tb/packages/9-local/All/libreoffice-3.5.4.tbz

Setting up a Tinderbox is easy, and will fix the problems you are having.

Please heed advice before shouting and blaming about problems.

Chris



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