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> On Dec 8, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Arrigo Marchiori <ard...@yahoo.it.invalid> wrote:
> 
> Dear List,
> 
> while working on pull requests, I was wondering how to test the most
> common build options for OpenOffice -- possibly the same used for
> release builds.
> 
> I must confess I got lost a couple of times while searching the wiki
> for this information, but I eventually found out this SVN repository:
> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/devtools/build-scripts/
> 
> I would like to propose some changes to those scripts. They do not
> seem to be on GitHub, so a pull request is not possible. I am writing
> to this list in the hope to reach the responsible people. I will be
> happy to write to more direct email addresses, if anyone could point
> them out to me.
> 
> 1- there seems to be a hidden bug. The configure script is called in
> a subshell and its output is piped to tee(1). However, this discards
> the return value of the configure script, and this does not seem to
> be the intended behavior (the subshell invocation is followed by
> "|| exit 1"). Solution: add "set -o pipefail" before invoking the
> configure script.
> 
> 2- I would like to propose not to rely on dmake and epm to be
> installed in /usr/local/bin, but to rather make them optional. If
> they are found, they are used; otherwise, their URL's are passed to
> the configure script so that the build system will take care of
> building them.
> 
> 3- I would like to propose build scripts for Ubuntu 18.04 and for
> opeSUSE Leap 15 systems (they are what I have at hand at the moment)
> 
> 4- possibly other personalizations, such as the number of concurrent
> jobs (8 is a bit too much for my computers :-)
> 
> If the responsible people are interested in the above changes, then I
> will be happy to send the changes in patch(1) format. Or, to open a
> bug report. Alternatively, I am 100% open to discuss the above by
> email.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> rigo
> 
> http://rigo.altervista.org
> 
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