Why NOT using FreeBSD? Re: ports/169581: editors/libreoffice:

[Hartmann, O.]

On 07/03/12 12:30, Chris Rees wrote:
> On Jul 3, 2012 10:00 AM, "Hartmann, O." <ohartman at zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>>
>> On 07/02/12 08:09, Sayetsky Anton wrote:
>>> I will test libreoffice build on 8.3-RELEASE today or tomorrow.
>>> I have both gstreamer and boost installed now.
>>>
>>
>>
>> We use FreeBSD 9.0STABLE and FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT (both amd64).
>>
>> devel/boost-lib gets reeled in now by editors/libreoffice by default, so
>> it doesn't need to be installed explicitely.
>>
>> I saw a patch flushed in yesterday, submitted by bapt at . This patch also
>> installs LLVM/CLANG from the ports - with ASSERTS deactivated.
>>
>> I have on both systems, FreeBSD 9 and 10, LLVM/CLANG 3.1 as the standard
>> backend compiler, I guess this version has the suspected ASSERTS
> activated.
>>
>> Why another LLVM port? We already have LLVM/CLANG in the base system (9
>> and 19). If the ASSERTS proble is the cause for breaks reported on the
>> list and elsewhere on the net, why isn't the maintainer still stuck on
>> the "old" version?
>>
>> I just managed it to install the prior version on broken systems and was
>> really lucky having LibreOffice working again. But the other day I was
>> bothered by the next non-working version and now I have lots of
>> notebooks remaining with NO LibreOffice on FBSD 9-STABLE.
>>
>> This is not what I expect from quality securing! It is simply a mess and
>> definitely another reason and point for the thread "Why NOT using
> FreeBSD".
> 
> For anyone struggling with the new version of libreoffice, I made a package
> for 9/amd64.
> 
> http://www.bayofrum.net/tb/packages/9-local/All/libreoffice-3.5.4.tbz
> 
> Setting up a Tinderbox is easy, and will fix the problems you are having.
> 
> Please heed advice before shouting and blaming about problems.
> 
> Chris
> 


Thank you very much for the package, I'll try it and report back in.

Oliver