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Bug 421633 - app-office/libreoffice-bin: enable by default "+java" USE flag as otherwise libreoffice base will crash
Summary: app-office/libreoffice-bin: enable by default "+java" USE flag as otherwise l...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal trivial (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Office Team
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Whiteboard: Fixed-in: 4.2.0
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Reported: 2012-06-17 18:36 UTC by Pacho Ramos
Modified: 2013-09-15 10:33 UTC (History)
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Description Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2012-06-17 18:36:53 UTC 
Today I saw this message:

WARN: postinst
If you plan to use lbase aplication you should enable java or you will get various crashes.

As the problem looks important enough, I think that you should default to "+java" for libreoffice-bin to get it working properly if possible, and only let it break if people want to merge it without java support.

Thanks

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Tomáš Chvátal (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-06-17 18:43:57 UTC 
It aint important enough.
From the survey on lo only 1in80 installs actually require the base tool.

And it crashes just if there is no db backend.

By me WONTFIX
Comment 2 David 2012-11-28 03:30:38 UTC 
How about a compromise:  modify the notice to be more specific...

"If you need to use LibreOffice Base with a database backend, then you should enable the java USE flag for app-office/libreoffice-bin.  Otherwise, Base will crash."
Comment 3 Tomáš Chvátal (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2013-09-15 10:33:35 UTC 
Fixed in 4.2 series and maybe it will be backported to 4.1 series.
The fix was really heavy and now it won't crash if it won't find the hsqldb.