Bug 117566 – OpenOffice 2.0 gives no old StarOffice 5.2 file formats support, but OpenOffice-bin does

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Francisco Ares 2006-01-03 03:30:50 UTC]

after emerging OpenOffice 2.0.0 I've noticed that there's no support for those old  StarOffice 5.2 file formats (sdw, sdc, sda, ...).

I've tried to find USE flags, and even EXTRA-ECONF flags that I could use to get that support, but could not find none.

I would like to build my own OpenOffice, but for now I think I'll use the binary package that, as the user PowerFactor (http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=13336) posted on the foruns, it works for those file formats.

[Comment 1 Andreas Proschofsky (RETIRED) 2006-01-13 06:14:22 UTC]

That's right I stripped this out, as I didn't think anyone is still needing that (and the code adds considerably to the build time and is quite buggy). But if there a really people who need it, I'll put it back in (through a local use flag)

So: You really need this? ;)

[Comment 2 Francisco Ares 2006-01-13 06:24:17 UTC]

:D unfortunately, at least until I convince everybody here to switch to OpenOffice

Thanks!!

[Comment 3 Andreas Proschofsky (RETIRED) 2006-01-16 07:57:54 UTC]

I've add this now, to get it you will have to specify the local use-flag "binfilter". Closing