Thanks, that's very useful.
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:05 AM, Herbert Duerr <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marcin, > > Marcin Tustin wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > When openoffice builds python and pyuno, it builds with UCS-2 support, > > which is the default for python. HOWEVER, python as shipped by fedora is > > built with UCS-4 support. I'd like to be able to use the various pyuno > bits > > with my system python, and so I'd like to get it compiled with UCS-4 > > support. > > > > Unfortunately, having unzipped the source tarball, I can't even see a > > python source tree to hack manually. Any pointers on how to do this would > > be much appreciated. > > After the configure step some external tarballs (such as python) are > downloaded during the "bootstrap" step. When building AOO these tarballs > get unpacked, eventually patched, compiled and "delivered". The case you > are interested in is in the main/python module. > > You'll find the unpacked and patched python source code be in > main/python/*/misc/build/Python-2.7.5 > The python module interacts mostly with the main/pyuno module. Once you > changed main/python to build with UCS4 the pyuno module probably needs > similar adjustments. > > More details on how to work with these external source tarballs is > available in [1]. > > [1] > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Build_Environment_Effort/External_source_tarballs > > Hope this helps! > > Herbert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Marcin Tustin Tel: +44 (0) 7773 787 105 (UK) +1 917 553 3974 (US)
