Re: Compiling 4.1.1 on MacOS X 10.6.8 (intel) - GCC version problem
On 27.11.2014 01:09, Clive Bruton wrote: I am trying to compile OpenOffice 4.1.1 to run on MacOS X 10.6.8. For building older versions of OpenOffice on Mac please see [1]. It requires XCode 2 or XCode 3, both of which are not easy to get nowadays. They are also almost impossible to install on current systems. For these older versions the page also documents the requirement to compile with the 10.4 SDK. For building AOO 4.1 or newer please see [2]. The build system has been reworked to allow current XCode versions (4.5 or newer) and works fine with newer SDKs (10.7 or newer). However OSX 10.7 or newer are a requirement for these newer builds. [1] https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_MacOSX [2] https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Building_on_MacOsX When I run the ./configure it runs for a few seconds then shows the following error: checking the GNU gcc compiler version... configure: error: found version 1.0.2, use version 3+ of the gcc compiler If I run: gcc -v I get: gcc version 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5659) Any ideas on how to fix this? Also, what's the specific reason 4.1.1 isn't built as a binary for 10.6.8, while 4.0.1 is? Please see above. The build system was quite outdated, the build requirements were more than obsolete and targeted platforms that were no longer supported by Apple. Also many other vendors like Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, etc. had already dropped support for these old platforms. When we did the overdue refresh for newer platforms we also used the opportunity to switch to 64bit. It would have been possible to get it work on OSX10.6 too, but it was already unsupported by Apple then and nobody was interested to put work into backporting the stuff [3]. [3] http://markmail.org/message/qfqarbaoesonibur Herbert - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Compiling 4.1.1 on MacOS X 10.6.8 (intel) - GCC version problem
On 27 Nov 2014, at 08:35, Herbert Duerr wrote: For building older versions of OpenOffice on Mac please see [1]. I think what you are saying is that there are dependencies in the code that require 10.7. If this is the case then the error reported should be that the system is not supported (and why), rather than the gcc version is incorrect. It requires XCode 2 or XCode 3, both of which are not easy to get nowadays. They are also almost impossible to install on current systems. For these older versions the page also documents the requirement to compile with the 10.4 SDK. Actually, these versions of Xcode are easy enough to get (I downloaded 3.2.6 just a few days ago), and at least with 3.x the option is there in the install to include support for 10.4. The old versions of Xcode are here (Xcode 2.3-6.1 for download, just search for Xcode): https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action Please see above. The build system was quite outdated, the build requirements were more than obsolete and targeted platforms that were no longer supported by Apple. Also many other vendors like Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, etc. had already dropped support for these old platforms. When we did the overdue refresh for newer platforms we also used the opportunity to switch to 64bit. It would have been possible to get it work on OSX10.6 too, but it was already unsupported by Apple then and nobody was interested to put work into backporting the stuff [3]. Thanks for the note. I think the issue is that all the companies you name have a commercial interest in obsolescence, I'm not sure what the incentive for the Apache foundation would be in supporting that business model. From my own perspective, and I am probably in a small minority, my interest in supporting older systems (ie up to 10.6) is because they are able to run PPC and classic apps, which 10.7 is unable to do. I'm pretty sure I have Apache and MySQL running on such systems. -- Clive - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Compiling 4.1.1 on MacOS X 10.6.8 (intel) - GCC version problem
On 27.11.2014 12:31, Clive Bruton wrote: On 27 Nov 2014, at 08:35, Herbert Duerr wrote: For building older versions of OpenOffice on Mac please see [1]. I think what you are saying is that there are dependencies in the code that require 10.7. If this is the case then the error reported should be that the system is not supported (and why), rather than the gcc version is incorrect. Agreed. This and other messages should be updated to pinpoint the exact root cause. Also the configure options that don't make sense on a platform should be removed altogether. While reworking the configure step IMHO also the advanced options should have to be enabled extra. There is plenty of opportunity to make the configure step and the build system much smoother. It requires XCode 2 or XCode 3, both of which are not easy to get nowadays. They are also almost impossible to install on current systems. For these older versions the page also documents the requirement to compile with the 10.4 SDK. Actually, these versions of Xcode are easy enough to get (I downloaded 3.2.6 just a few days ago), and at least with 3.x the option is there in the install to include support for 10.4. The old versions of Xcode are here (Xcode 2.3-6.1 for download, just search for Xcode): https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action Installing and running these old XCodes on recent systems (e.g. Yosemite) is the really tricky thing. And finding and downloading their blobs is also not as easy as installing them from the app store. Please see above. The build system was quite outdated, the build requirements were more than obsolete and targeted platforms that were no longer supported by Apple. Also many other vendors like Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, etc. had already dropped support for these old platforms. When we did the overdue refresh for newer platforms we also used the opportunity to switch to 64bit. It would have been possible to get it work on OSX10.6 too, but it was already unsupported by Apple then and nobody was interested to put work into backporting the stuff [3]. Thanks for the note. I think the issue is that all the companies you name have a commercial interest in obsolescence, I'm not sure what the incentive for the Apache foundation would be in supporting that business model. I'm not sure that e.g. Google or Mozilla are interested in planned obsolescence. They are probably just not interested in putting extra effort into providing upgrade paths for users that seem to be averse to upgrading. The law of diminishing returns applies in this situation. From my own perspective, and I am probably in a small minority, my interest in supporting older systems (ie up to 10.6) is because they are able to run PPC and classic apps, which 10.7 is unable to do. I'm pretty sure I have Apache and MySQL running on such systems. The two Apache projects you mentioned probably just require plain POSIX compliance for their development platforms. AFAIK this aspect of the Mac development environment has remained stable, so not extra effort was required, whereas in our GUI heavy requirements plenty of stuff has been deprecated. We cannot ignore these deprecations forever, they'll be removed sooner or later. Anyway, in your case I suggest to build the latest AOO 4.0.1 source [1] on XCode3 with the Mac 10.4 SDK using the build instructions at [2]. [1] http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/tags/AOO401/ [2] https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_MacOSX Herbert - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Compiling 4.1.1 on MacOS X 10.6.8 (intel) - GCC version problem
I am trying to compile OpenOffice 4.1.1 to run on MacOS X 10.6.8. When I run the ./configure it runs for a few seconds then shows the following error: checking the GNU gcc compiler version... configure: error: found version 1.0.2, use version 3+ of the gcc compiler If I run: gcc -v I get: gcc version 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5659) Any ideas on how to fix this? Also, what's the specific reason 4.1.1 isn't built as a binary for 10.6.8, while 4.0.1 is? Thanks -- Clive - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
