Bug 756415 – app-office/libreoffice-7.0.3.1 requires dev-java/openjdk-11

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX

[Description Attila Tóth 2020-11-25 08:29:49 UTC]

While app-office/libreoffice-6.4.7.2 pulled virtual/jdk-1.8, the latest libreoffice-7.0.3.1 want dev-java/openjdk:11.
The reason for that is written in the commit referenced in the URL of this bug:
They've added a java module requires at least openjdk-9 to compile, while the runtime requirement is still openjdk-8 (that icedtea can provide). The compilation actually dies at calling java with --release argument, that was not implemented before. I'm really curious how it would behave if I alter that to be compatible, but I don't have enough time for that right now.

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Attila Tóth 2020-11-25 08:48:16 UTC]

Created attachment 674809 [details, diff]
libreoffice-7-java.diff

Necessary changes to the ebuild in order to still make it compile with icedtea.

[Comment 2 Attila Tóth 2020-11-25 08:49:52 UTC]

Created attachment 674812 [details, diff]
01-libreoffice-7-revert-openjdk-9-dependency.patch

First part of patch to make libreoffice openjdk-8 compatible again reverting changes.

[Comment 3 Attila Tóth 2020-11-25 08:50:34 UTC]

Created attachment 674815 [details, diff]
02-libreoffice-7-revert-openjdk-9-dependency.patch

Second part of patch to make libreoffice openjdk-8 compatible again reverting changes.

[Comment 4 Attila Tóth 2020-11-25 08:51:43 UTC]

Sorry for the noise, but I just wanted to leave it here of any other person interested.

[Comment 5 Andreas Sturmlechner 2020-11-25 13:22:11 UTC]

The answer to $summary is *yes*.