Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 00:22:52 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: office@FreeBSD.org Subject: maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 200020] [patch] editors/libreoffice: enable build on powerpc64 Message-ID: <bug-200020-25061-U7JZhNi3tc@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-200020-25061@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-200020-25061@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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gmbroome@vcu.edu has reassigned Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla@FreeBSD.org>'s request for maintainer-feedback to office@FreeBSD.org: Bug 200020: [patch] editors/libreoffice: enable build on powerpc64 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D200020 --- Description --- Created attachment 156448 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D156448&action= =3Dedit Enable editors/libreoffice build on powerpc64 The LibreOffice build tools support Linux on PPC64, but FreeBSD only on i386 and AMD64. The included [admittedly rough-edged] patches enable build functionality on the PPC64 platform. Expected result: The port builds Actual result: For starters, the configure script chokes saying that FreeBSD PowerPC64 is not a supported platform. Other issues are encountered later in the build process once the configuration script is updated. Steps to reproduce: Attempt to build LibreOffice on FreeBSD/powerpc64 The included patch is against LibreOffice 4.3.7 on ports tree r385496. The resulting build runs (tested on a PowerMac G5 "Late 2005"). It does no= t, however, display any icons in the resulting applications; i.e. LibreOffice = menu buttons etc. are text-only. Otherwise the build seems to behave agreeably,= and it's certainly better than no build at all. Additional patches for the icon issue will be forthcoming if / when I'm able to resolve that problem. Final note: the provided patch enables "USE_GCC=3D 4.8+" for powerpc64 via = the port Makefile because attempting to use base GCC 4.2 was a disaster. Thoug= h I have not seen any problems from this myself for LibreOffice, should a linki= ng issue be encountered during ppc64 build after applying the patch, my first guess would be that the LibreOffice build system is attempting to use libc++ from the base system rather than the GCC 4.8 version. If that happens, as a workaround one might try temporarily setting base libg++.so.* aside, symlin= king GCC 4.8 libg++.so.6 in its place during LibreOffice build, then restoring t= he original after the build is complete, as the FreeBSD system linker is a bit wiser about determining dependencies and doesn't seem to suffer from the sa= me problem.=
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