GLib problems with openoffice.org-2.3.1

[Malcolm Kay]

Thanks guys,

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:58 am, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote:
> This is a known issue and a workaround exists: Before running any 
> OpenOffice.org binary, set the environment variable OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP to 
> "gnome". So, for a C shell, you could type:
> 
> setenv OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP gnome
> openoffice.org-2.3.1-swriter
> 
I take it that I don't really need gnome installed.
I've now discarded the port build so I'll need some hours to reconstruct.
 
> There is a patch that is supposed to fix this problem, but I am not sure 
> of its status. For me, the current port crashes in the same way unless I 
> use the workaround.
> 


On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:53 pm, Kris Moore wrote: 
> 
> This patch does fix the problem of hanging / crashing when you open / 
> save a file:
> 
> http://www.pcbsd.org/~kris/autobuildpkgs/patch-fixhang

I certainly try this.

> 
> Just place it in the openoffice.org-2/files directory when you start to 
> build. We are using it in our PBIs here, and it works great. I forget 
> who made the original patch, but I think they posted it to the list 
> somewhere, and it just hasn't been committed to the port yet :(
> 
> 

Thanks Bartosz,
Thanks Kris

Malcolm Kay