This was originally reported on OpenOffice's bug reporting system as Issue 97950, and as you can see, they referred it to Gentoo; please note, this was filed for OpenOffice 3.0.0, but the bug is still present in 3.0.1 AFAICTRNWTTIH: Description: Opened: Sun Jan 11 16:49:00 +0000 2009 The problem manifests like this: I have Gentoo on AMD 64, so it is virtually rediculous not to build everything to take advantage of 64 bit (Gentoo does have a binary version, but binary versions are very unreliable in general -- they just never match the local system). This makes a BIG difference in performance and reliability my platform. Anyway, OpenOffice 3.0, during building, reveals quite a bug in OpenOffice's source building process: transogl-pixmap-to-texture.diff: testing...( patch -l -p0 -d /var/tmp/paludis/app-office-openoffice-3.0.0/work/ooo/build/ooo300-m9 --dry-run ) < /var/tmp/paludis/app-office-openoffice-3.0.0/work/ooo/patches/dev300/./transogl-pixmap-to-texture.diff patching file slideshow/source/engine/OGLTrans/OGLTrans_TransitionerImpl.cxx vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv ERROR STARTS HERE vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv can't find file to patch at input line 1093 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |diff -rup slideshow/source/engine/OGLTrans-orig/OGLTrans_TransitionerImpl.cxx.orig slideshow/source/engine/OGLTrans/OGLTrans_TransitionerImpl.cxx.orig |--- slideshow/source/engine/OGLTrans-orig/OGLTrans_TransitionerImpl.cxx.orig 2008-08-26 18:06:46.000000000 +0200 |+++ slideshow/source/engine/OGLTrans/OGLTrans_TransitionerImpl.cxx.orig 2008-08-25 19:10:29.000000000 +0200 -------------------------- File to patch: Comparing my build process log to logs of others whose build processes succeeded allowed me to refine my bug manifestation. Looking at the directory in question at the time of the bug failure, there is no OGLTrans_TransitionerImpl.cxx.orig, but there certainly is an OGLTrans_TransitionerImpl.cxx.~1~. From the "patch" manual page, it is apparent that openoffice is failing to control its own environment. A genuine fix for this bug would be for openoffice to stop patching its own patch backup output. However, a workaround for now would be for openoffice to specify the version control for patch to be using outright. A workaround in that manner that works for the current assumptions is: PATCH_VERSION_CONTROL=simple SIMPLE_BACKUP_PREFIX=.orig export PATCH_VERSION_CONTROL SIMPLE_BACKUP_PREFIX A shorthand in my particular situation in my particular build system in Gentoo ended up being (very implementation dependent, and not general in any way): VERSION_CONTROL= paludis -i openoffice Of course, that only works because PATCH_VERSION_CONTROL was not set in my situation, and VERSION_CONTROL was (and has been since 1995). If it were, then that shorthand would not have worked; "PATCH_VERSION_CONTROL=simple SIMPLE_BACKUP_PREFIX=.orig paludis -i openoffice" would have been the shorthand workaround in that case. Anyway, if you fix this problem one way or the other (using a genuine fix, or by controlling the assumed behavoir of "patch" specifically), then those shorthands would be irrelevent. ------- Additional comments from frayser Mon Jan 26 11:56:45 +0000 2009 ------- To help confirm this: I've always had that same problem, trying to build Open Office 3.0.0 and today 3.01_rc2 on Gentoo, because I've had VERSION_CONROL=t set. By setting PATCH_VERSION_CONTROL=simple(as suggested), I can finally emerge Open Office and still keep my VERSION_CONTROL=t. I use emerge from sys-apps/portage. My version control variables are set in /etc/profile.d/version-control.sh, a file I created to allow for versioned backups from cp and mv when the -b switch is given. ------- Additional comments from dtardon Wed Jan 28 09:04:50 +0000 2009 ------- dtardon->bwa: This one is gentoo/go-oo specific. OpenOffice.org doesn't do any patching during it's build process. You should report it at bugs.gentoo.org. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: See description for steps to reproduce. Actual Results: See description for actual results. Expected Results: See description for expected results. See description for additional information.
URL for OpenOffice bug report that was reffered here: <http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=97950>
This is an upstream bug, please report at https://bugzilla.novell.com which is the upstream for ooo-build. Nothing we can do here.
