openoffice on ppc anyone?

openoffice on ppc anyone?

[Thomas Graichen]

i hope it's ok to ask this on the dev list - but i assume that it's
not a trivial task - so i hope it's the right list and thus ok ...

is anyone trying to get the now opensource staroffice to compile on
linux/ppc?

  http://www.openoffice.org

t

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Re: openoffice on ppc anyone?

[Michael Schmitz]

> is anyone trying to get the now opensource staroffice to compile on
> linux/ppc?

I've given up on this - the build tools included in the source package are
binary only (Intel or Sparc), no sources so far as I can see, and the
stuff in config_office has a number of hardcoded assumptions that make
life miserable (gcc version == 2.95.2, jdk 1.2.2 which requires glibc
2.1.3, Linux only exists on Intel and Sparc, ...). Basically, it sucks.

	Michael


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Re: openoffice on ppc anyone?

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > is anyone trying to get the now opensource staroffice to compile on
> > linux/ppc?
>
> I've given up on this - the build tools included in the source package are
> binary only (Intel or Sparc), no sources so far as I can see, and the
> stuff in config_office has a number of hardcoded assumptions that make
> life miserable (gcc version == 2.95.2, jdk 1.2.2 which requires glibc
> 2.1.3, Linux only exists on Intel and Sparc, ...). Basically, it sucks.
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Look at the bright side: at least the code should be endianness and 64-bit
clean :-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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Re: openoffice on ppc anyone?

[Michael Schmitz]

> > I've given up on this - the build tools included in the source package are
> > binary only (Intel or Sparc), no sources so far as I can see, and the
> > stuff in config_office has a number of hardcoded assumptions that make
> > life miserable (gcc version == 2.95.2, jdk 1.2.2 which requires glibc
> > 2.1.3, Linux only exists on Intel and Sparc, ...). Basically, it sucks.
>                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Look at the bright side: at least the code should be endianness and 64-bit
> clean :-)

Byte endianness clean, perhaps. 64 bit clean? You wish: sparc64 was not an
explicit option. What does uname -m on a sparc64 give?

	Michael


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Re: openoffice on ppc anyone?

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 01:17:17PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > is anyone trying to get the now opensource staroffice to compile on
> > > linux/ppc?
> >
> > I've given up on this - the build tools included in the source package are
> > binary only (Intel or Sparc), no sources so far as I can see, and the
> > stuff in config_office has a number of hardcoded assumptions that make
> > life miserable (gcc version == 2.95.2, jdk 1.2.2 which requires glibc
> > 2.1.3, Linux only exists on Intel and Sparc, ...). Basically, it sucks.
>                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Look at the bright side: at least the code should be endianness and 64-bit
> clean :-)

Well, maybe anyways.  Are you sure it's Linux/x86 and Linux/sparc not
Linux/x86 and Solaris/sparc and Solaris/x86? :)  Anyways,
http://porting.openoffice.org/ implies anwyays the src for the tools should be
around.  Finally, gcc 2.95.2 (or 2.95.3) and glibc 2.1.3 are good for you.
JDK 1.2.2 should be fine (Kevin?)

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Re: openoffice on ppc anyone?

[William Blew]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > is anyone trying to get the now opensource staroffice to compile on
> > > linux/ppc?
> >
> > I've given up on this - the build tools included in the source package are
> > binary only (Intel or Sparc), no sources so far as I can see, and the
> > stuff in config_office has a number of hardcoded assumptions that make
> > life miserable (gcc version == 2.95.2, jdk 1.2.2 which requires glibc
> > 2.1.3, Linux only exists on Intel and Sparc, ...). Basically, it sucks.
>                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Look at the bright side: at least the code should be endianness and 64-bit
> clean :-)

I strongly suggest that anyone even thinking about this take a look at the
site. It has detailed build instructions that include how to build the
build tools.

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Re: openoffice on ppc anyone?

[Michael Schmitz]

> > > 2.1.3, Linux only exists on Intel and Sparc, ...). Basically, it sucks.
> >                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Look at the bright side: at least the code should be endianness and 64-bit
> > clean :-)
>
> Well, maybe anyways.  Are you sure it's Linux/x86 and Linux/sparc not
> Linux/x86 and Solaris/sparc and Solaris/x86? :)  Anyways,

I'm sure its Linux and (Intel or sparc). My perl skills are next to
non-existing but nested ifs do suggest something to me :-)

> http://porting.openoffice.org/ implies anwyays the src for the tools should be
> around.  Finally, gcc 2.95.2 (or 2.95.3) and glibc 2.1.3 are good for you.
> JDK 1.2.2 should be fine (Kevin?)

The day I tried (Oct. 13) nothing besides the raw source tarball was up on
the site. I'll check again though. I've read to different and conflicting
build instructions (one suggested JDK 1.1.8, the other 1.2.2).

I'm already using a recent gcc 2.95.3 but libc upgrades always freak me
out ...

	Michael


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Re: openoffice on ppc anyone?

[Tom Rini]

On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 10:00:20AM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote:

> > http://porting.openoffice.org/ implies anwyays the src for the tools should be
> > around.  Finally, gcc 2.95.2 (or 2.95.3) and glibc 2.1.3 are good for you.
> > JDK 1.2.2 should be fine (Kevin?)
>
> The day I tried (Oct. 13) nothing besides the raw source tarball was up on
> the site. I'll check again though. I've read to different and conflicting
> build instructions (one suggested JDK 1.1.8, the other 1.2.2).

Well, make sure to update your tree.  One of the mailing lists on that page
says some diffs for linux/ppc have been checked in.

> I'm already using a recent gcc 2.95.3 but libc upgrades always freak me
> out ...

It's not as bad as it used to be. :)

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Re: openoffice on ppc anyone?

[Michael Schmitz]

> Well, make sure to update your tree.  One of the mailing lists on that page
> says some diffs for linux/ppc have been checked in.

Yep, I've seen that - do they check in these changes under the 605 tag?

> > I'm already using a recent gcc 2.95.3 but libc upgrades always freak me
> > out ...
>
> It's not as bad as it used to be. :)

Sure, but I barely survived one or two botched ones a while ago :-) (m68k,
not ppc though)

	Michael


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Re: openoffice on ppc anyone?

[Tom Rini]

On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 05:11:05PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
>
> > Well, make sure to update your tree.  One of the mailing lists on that page
> > says some diffs for linux/ppc have been checked in.
>
> Yep, I've seen that - do they check in these changes under the 605 tag?

Check the website. :) I believe so.

> > > I'm already using a recent gcc 2.95.3 but libc upgrades always freak me
> > > out ...
> >
> > It's not as bad as it used to be. :)
>
> Sure, but I barely survived one or two botched ones a while ago :-) (m68k,
> not ppc though)

Well I've run almost every glibc since gary thomas started releasing 'em
way back when (thanks gary!) and I've been lucky so far. :)

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Re: openoffice on ppc anyone?

[Kevin B. Hendricks]

Hi,

> Well I've run almost every glibc since gary thomas started releasing 'em
> way back when (thanks gary!) and I've been lucky so far. :)

Me too!  The only real issue for *robust* native threads use are to stay with at least with glibc-2.1.3 (glibc-2.1.2 has some problems with the jdk).

When choosing a glibc-2.1.3 version, stick with either the glibc-2.1.3-5a-rpm which shipped with YDL and LinuxPPC I think) from Franz or his very latest glibc-2.1.3-15f rpm because the intermediate versions had native threads bugs introduced after the glibc-2.1.3 branch was completed (bug fixes which made new bugs!).

The jdk 1.2.2 FCS should be fine for the open office release since it is basically bug for bug compatible with the x86 jdk 1.2.2 (and Sun's jdk 1.2.2 for that matter).

If the jdk 1.2.2 runs into any trouble, let me know and I will fix it and make a special binary for anyone working on the openoffice port (or anyone for that matter).

Just let me know.

Kevin

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Re: openoffice on ppc anyone?

[Michael Schmitz]

> > Well I've run almost every glibc since gary thomas started releasing 'em
> > way back when (thanks gary!) and I've been lucky so far. :)
>
> Me too!  The only real issue for *robust* native threads use are to
> stay with at least with glibc-2.1.3 (glibc-2.1.2 has some problems
> with the jdk).

I'm already convinced, I'll switch as soon as possible. Sometime next
week, hunting for arcane build info has burned more time than I planned to
spend on soffice already. Real world computer desasters took the rest.

> When choosing a glibc-2.1.3 version, stick with either the
> glibc-2.1.3-5a-rpm which shipped with YDL and LinuxPPC I think) from
> Franz or his very latest glibc-2.1.3-15f rpm because the intermediate
> versions had native threads bugs introduced after the glibc-2.1.3
> branch was completed (bug fixes which made new bugs!).

I had got 15d ready to install, thanks for the warning.

	Michael


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