Bug 242844 – app-office/openoffice-bin-3.0.0 does not honor USE="-java"

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Stuart W. Finlayson 2008-10-20 04:14:23 UTC]

After updating to app-office/openoffice-bin-3.0.0, it gripes about not finding a jre everytime I open something (it gripes to the terminal and via pop-ups).  It seems to work (although the fonts seem to be bigger--a 12pt renders as a 14pt), but I have to dismiss pop-ups constantly--very annoying...

I have temporarily gone back to app-office/openoffice-bin-2.4.1.

Here's my emerge --info:

Portage 2.1.4.5 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 x86_64 Mobile AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+
Timestamp of tree: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:30:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p33
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r13, 2.5.2-r7
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r2
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1-r1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.18-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.26
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.23-r3
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config /var/bind"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude-from=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow 3dnowext X acpi alsa amd64 amr arts bash-completion bitmap-fonts bzip2 bzlib cli cracklib crypt curl dri dvd dvdr encode fortran gif gpm iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde kdeenablefinal mad midi mmx mmxext mp3 mp4 mudflap multilib ncurses network no-old-linux nptl nptlonly opengl openmp pam pcap pcre perl png pppd python qt3support qt4 readline reflection rtc sdl session smi spell spl srt sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales vim-syntax vim-with-x vorbis x264 xcomposite xorg xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="dummy fbdev radeon vga via"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

And a emerge -pv app-office/openoffice-bin:

[ebuild     U ] app-office/openoffice-bin-3.0.0 [2.4.1] USE="kde -gnome -java" LINGUAS="-af -ar% -as_IN -be_BY -bg -br -bs -ca -cs -da -de -dz -el -en -en_GB -en_ZA -es -et -fi -fr -ga -gu -he -hi_IN -hr -hu -it -ja -ka -km -ko -lt -mk -ml_IN -mr_IN -nb -ne -nl -nn -nr -ns -or_IN -pa_IN -pl -pt -rw -sh -sk -sl -sr -ss -st -sv -sw_TZ -ta -te_IN -tg -th -ti_ER -tr -ts -uk -ur_IN -ve -vi -xh -zh_CN -zh_TW -zu (-gl%)" 158,733 kB

[Comment 1 Mike Auty (RETIRED) 2008-10-20 09:35:27 UTC]

Hiya Stuart, could you please copy us some of the errors from the terminal, and also please mention which (if any) java runtimes (or SDKs) you may have installed?

[Comment 2 Stuart W. Finlayson 2008-10-20 22:27:34 UTC]

The terminal error is:

javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!

The pop-ups (that must be dismissed before you can proceed) say:

OpenOffice.org requires a Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform this task.  Please install a JRE and restart OpenOffice.org. 

Most of the time, I have no idea what "task" it's referring to--it just appears.

I do not have a JDK or JRE installed--I set USE="-java" so I wouldn't need one.  I was under the impression that java was only used for the help system and the database thing--neither of which I use.  However, if it is a requirement now, there really shouldn't be a java USE flag for it.

[Comment 3 Mike Auty (RETIRED) 2008-10-20 22:35:46 UTC]

Hmmm, it appears the fix they put in for bug 99832 isn't working.  On my copy of openoffice-bin-3.0.0, it appears the javaldx file is now in /usr/lib/openoffice/ure/bin/javaldx, rather than /usr/lib/openoffice/program/javaldx.

As an immediate workaround, I'd suggest moving this file away (to a back somewhere maybe) and try running openoffice again...

I guess this will be a quick fix in the ebuild, if that solves the problem.

[Comment 4 Stuart W. Finlayson 2008-10-21 01:09:02 UTC]

That seems to take care of it.

[Comment 5 Andreas Proschofsky (RETIRED) 2008-10-21 06:34:47 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Hmmm, it appears the fix they put in for bug 99832 isn't working.  On my copy
> of openoffice-bin-3.0.0, it appears the javaldx file is now in
> /usr/lib/openoffice/ure/bin/javaldx, rather than
> /usr/lib/openoffice/program/javaldx.

Yeah that was a stupid oversight on my part, thanks for pointing it out. I've fixed this in the ebuild now.

[Comment 6 Zoharat 2008-11-26 17:45:23 UTC]

Where should the javaldx file be placed I had to move it to /openoffice/program for it to work.