Bug#377531: [rene@debian.org: Re: Bug#377531: openoffice.org-dev: unowinreg.dll should be included]
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Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 23:43:08 +0200
From: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
To: Kovacs Baldvin <baldvin@cs.elte.hu>, 37753@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#377531: openoffice.org-dev: unowinreg.dll should be included
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[ clarification since some sentences can be misunderstood ]
Hi,
Rene Engelhard wrote:
> > 1st: because /usr/lib/openoffice/sdk/settings/std.mk refers to this
> > file, a "make" in
> > /usr/lib/openoffice/sdk/examples/java/Spreadsheet
> > cannot possibly succeed. However, as programming openoffice is
> > as complicated as it is, I think this actually prevents those
> > small
> > "masses" who would be able to dig into it from actually try
> > to program under openoffice with java.
>
> That might be a valid point.
> I'll look whether it can be worked around...
I'll remove the offending line for 2.0.3-3.
> Debian is about shipping reproducible and fixable packages. We can't fix
> bugs in that .dll. Debian is about free software; we don't have the
^
buildable
> source.
We have the source file and a makefile.mk for Windows.
> You are free to package it for contrib, though (building ith with a
> windows cross-compiler and with the Windows .dlls - or for non-free just
^ (it e.g. links with
kernel32)
If you tell me now that it doesn't need them really and you can build it
cross using mingw (which then might or might not work with VC) I can do
that (patches welcome) but I doubt that...
Regards,
Rene
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