Re: LibreOffice for FreeBSD on PowerPC

I've been successful in getting a fully functional build on
FreeBSD/PowerPC, including menu icons, toolbars and graphics.

The issue, as I discovered, was in the code used to define endianness, for
FreeBSD/PowerPC.  This also resolved the issue with the Base application.

I have developed patches and would like to contribute this work for
inclusion in the code base.

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Curtis Hamilton <clhamilto@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've successfully built Libreoffice-4.3.7 on FreeBSD 10.2/PowerPC64, that
> has menu icons,  toolbars and graphics.  With the exception of the Base
> application, everything seems to be working correctly.
>
> To get it to build, I had to take the "hatchet" approach, due to a flaw in
> the big/little endian logic in the code.  The code does not seem to be
> defining "OSL_BIGENDIAN" properly, thus testing fails and defaults to
> little endian.  I removed and/or commented the code tests for
> "OSL_BIGENDIAN" in most modules where it appeared.  Leaving the software
> hard coded for "big endian".  I believe the issue with the Base application
> is due to the "hatchet" that was taken to the code.
>
> Armed with this knowledge, I working to find and correct the flawed endian
> logic and develop patches.  I'm sure the results will be easily repeatable
> for LO5.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 7:32 AM, Michael Stahl <mstahl@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > On 19.11.2016 00:19, Curtis Hamilton wrote:
> > > On 11/18/2016 05:26, Michael Stahl wrote:
> > > > On 17.11.2016 17:54, Curtis Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > > > My build environment:
> > > >
> > > > OS: FreeBSD 10.2-STABLE powerpc (64-bit)
> > > > Compiler: GCC version 4.8.5
> > > > Java Version:  OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_102-b14)
> > > >                      OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.102-b14, mixed
> > mode)
> > > > I’m hoping that someone with knowledge of the workings of the user
> > > > interface can provide some insight on what to look at.  I’m not sure if
> > > > this is a LibreOffice issue or FreeBSD on PowerPC issue.
> > > > it could be either, in particular if it's big-endian PPC there might be
> > > > an endian issue in some image handling code, of which there is quite a
> > > > lot for various different formats.
> > > that was my initial assumption, but could not figure out how
> > > OSL_BIGENDIAN was being defined, since "osl/endian.h" is not being
> > > included in all files that tests for OSL_BIGENDIAN.
> >
> > urgh, really? ... yes that is clearly the case ... i hope it should be
> > fixed with these commits
> >
> > https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/31039/
> > https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/31040/