--- Eric Hoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Shaun, > Am Mon, 2 May 2005 16:02:15 +0100 (BST), schrieb > Shaun McDonald: > > Hi all, > > > > I have installed Eric's 1.9.93 build of OpenOffice > > (his one is easiest to download). > > Eric B. or mine Eric H. ?
ebachard > > > As far as I can see > > the only special things that the installer does is > > check that X11 is installed, check that the > version of > > the OS is 1.3 or greater, and finally open the > > installed file. > > No that's not quite right, at least for my, Eric H., > build. > Currently I have 17, in words seventeen, single > packages at the end > of the OOo build process and which Mac User wants to > install 17 > packages? So Florian Heckl created a metapackage > shell script that > wraps those 17 packages into one Metapackage and > this metapackage > is the one to be installed. If I remember correctly there was only one package. Do any of the induvidual packages of your build do anything special? That is what I am trying to get at. > > As for the rest you're right. > > I don't know how Eric B packs his builds and how > Maho does. Last > time I used a build from Pavel he had only tar.gz > the 17 packages, > which is the worst possible solution for Mac Users. > > One problem to be solved is that we need to get the > package process > into the official build process. Meaning that in the > end after your > build is finished you find the packed OOo in the > install folder of > instsetoo_native/unxmacxp.pro and needn't do a > repacking as it > currently is necessary for 1.1.x. > > > Considering this, I reckon that OpenOffice for Mac > OS > > X does not require an installer. All that needs to > be > > done is to OpenOffice on to a disk image with > > something similar to Gimp.app. > > Florian Heckl is currently working on such a > package. A few days > ago we got noticed that OpenOffice.org 2.app exists. > The author of > the app himself told this list about this app and a > few hours > before Eric B. sent me an Email with exactly this > app mentioned and > the idea of creating such an app or better ask the > author of the > app if we can use it for official OOo. > > > I don't know if there > > is a command line option for creating a disk > image. > > The utility Disk Utility does allow for the > creation > > of disk Images. A search for "disk image command > line > > mac os x" (without quotes) finds a few useful > things > > for creating disk images through the command line. > > > > As I was expecting Tiger at the end of last week, > I > > done a backup onto DVD, one of the things was the > > OpenOffice 1.9.93 folder. I did manage to run > > OpenOffice direct from the DVD, though it was > slow! > > This supports what I said above. It may be > possible > > that the binary generated in 10.3.9 will work in > 10.4, > > just there are some compiler issues. > > Yes. Florian Heckl currently tries to build OOo > 1.9.x using gcc 4.0 > and gcc 3.3 and Tiger. > > We hadn't had a Tiger before Friday. So please be > patient here. We > hope to get out Tiger ready binaries as soon as > possibel but first > everybody needs Tiger and a chance to compile OOo > for Tiger and a > chance to do bugfixes were needed. Next time we hope > that someone > is in WWDC and gets forthcomming Mac OS X > Developerversions so that > we can catch up earlier with developing for the > latest Mac OS X. > > > > The OOoStart application, whether in the current > form > > or in the form used by Gimp and proposed by > someone > > else a few days back on the list; will need > something > > like NeoLight or > > > http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=48356 > > to have Tiger compatibility. > > > Cool. Yes. I guess we need a spotlight plugin. > > Regards, > Eric Hoch > > -- > ## Ansprechpartner Anwenderunterst�tzung, > users-Mailingliste, MacOSX > ## de.OpenOffice.org - Office f�r MacOS X, Linux, > Solaris & Windows > ## Openoffice.org - ich steck mit drin! > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
