Re: Bazel experiment

Sat, 16 May 2026 04:53:38 -0700 


Am 16.05.2026 um 13:02 schrieb [email protected]:

Hi all,

it is weekend and time for an update. AOO still crashes at startup. :(

I am changing the way we deliver AOO compared to the current build 
system. Unlike the current build system bazel builds everything in 
contained way and treats the output as immutable. (to ensure 
repeatable builds), at the end of the build process we have bits and 
pieces.
I have now a staging module that stages all files together. And i 
expect it to run, which it does not yet do.



The benefit will be once the delivery is complete and AOO works, i can 
easily setup a signing and packaging workflow, which allows us to 
deliver fully signed installers.


In the meanwhile i have enhanced the debug ability. you can build with

build--//build:debug_info=True--compilation_mode=dbg

this will cause that the \Md flag will overridden with the \M... which 
goes beyond what we added in the current build system.

ohh no, i forgot to look it up and fix the change. The flag i build with 
is \MDd

that made it necessary to add mvcr90d.dll to the staging area, which 
is now copied from the Visual studio.
I hope get it to work. Well that it is for this week. If you are 
interested I can push the stuff i have now. I just wait until it is 
starting as expected.

All the best
peter
Am 09.05.2026 um 11:55 schrieb [email protected]:


Hi all,


I had good progress on my bazel experiment. I reached the milestone 
for to stage the build and i am ready to start Apache OpenOffice.



However i have all the time R6034 errors. The delivery of generators 
or the end product does not work well. I fix them clear out the cache 
and they reappear.



Once i solved that and AOO starts and stopps crashing, i will add 
licenses and ratscan. then i am ready to push.



A fresh build (clearing cashes, but keep downloaded sources) takes 
currently estimated around 1h. I can not say exactly since the build 
is not stable yet.


I hove i find the issue.
All the best

peter

updated module migration chart


sal           ✅  — main/sal/readme.md
salhelper     ✅
store         ✅
registry      ✅
ucpp          ✅
idlc          ✅  (+ regmerge, cppumaker) — main/idlc/readme.md
udkapi        ✅  (.idl → .urd → .rdb → .hdl/.hpp via idl_pipeline.bzl)

cppu          ✅  (cppu3, purpenvhelper3MSC, affine/unsafe/log bridge 
DLLs)

cppuhelper    ✅  (cppuhelper3MSC.dll)
bridges       ✅  (msci_uno.dll) — main/bridges/readme.md
rdbmaker      ✅  (rdbmaker.exe) — main/rdbmaker/readme.md
xmlreader     ✅  (xmlreader.dll) — main/xmlreader/readme.md

stoc          ✅  (bootstrap.uno.dll, stocservices.uno.dll) — 
main/stoc/readme.md

jvmfwk        ✅  (jvmfwk.dll) — main/jvmfwk/readme.md

io            ✅  (streams.dll, acceptor.dll, connector.dll, 
textinstream.dll, textoutstream.dll) — main/io/readme.md

o3tl          ✅  (header-only)
vos           ✅  (vos3.dll)
libxslt       ✅  (@libxslt//:libxslt + :libexslt)
offapi        ✅  (offapi_idl.rdb + offapi_idl_inc/ — 3718 IDL files)
binaryurp     ✅  (binaryurp.dll)
remotebridges ✅  (uuresolver.dll)
cpputools     ✅  (regcomp.exe, regsingleton.exe, sp2bv.exe, uno.exe)
i18nutil      ✅  (i18nutil.dll)
ucbhelper     ✅  (ucbhelper.dll)
comphelper    ✅  (comphelp.dll) — main/comphelper/readme.md
configmgr     ✅  (configmgr.uno.dll) — main/configmgr/readme.md
expat         ✅  — ext_libraries/modules/expat/readme.md

sax           ✅  (sax.dll, expwrap.dll, fastsax.dll) — 
main/sax/readme.md

zlib          ✅  — ext_libraries/modules/zlib/readme.md
package       ✅  (package2.dll, xstor.dll) — main/package/readme.md

i18npool      ✅  (i18nisolang1.dll, i18npaper.dll, i18npool.dll, 
i18nsearch.dll) — main/i18npool/readme.md
python        ✅  (python27.dll) — 
ext_libraries/modules/python/readme.md

pyuno         ✅  (pyuno.dll, pythonloader.dll) — main/pyuno/readme.md
            │
            ▼

── Layer 1 (all deps done) 
──────────────────────────────────────────────
basegfx       ✅  (o3tl, sal, offapi, cppu, cppuhelper) — 
main/basegfx/readme.md

codemaker     ✅  (registry) — main/codemaker/BUILD.bazel
oovbaapi      ✅  (offapi) — main/oovbaapi/BUILD.bazel

external      ✅  (pre-built DLL/lib filegroups) — 
main/external/BUILD.bazel
── Layer 2 
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

tools         ✅  (tl.dll, ooopathutils.lib) — main/tools/BUILD.bazel

basebmp       ✅  (basegfx, sal + boost, vigra ext) — 
main/basebmp/BUILD.bazel

ridljar       ✅  (codemaker, udkapi — Java) — main/ridljar/readme.md

── Layer 3 
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

rsc           ✅  (rscpp, rsc, rsc2) — main/rsc/readme.md
unotools      ✅  (utl.dll) — main/unotools/readme.md
xmlscript     ✅  (xcr.dll) — main/xmlscript/BUILD.bazel

shell         ✅  (syssh.uno, localebe1.uno, wininetbe1.uno, 
shlxthdl, ooofilt, propertyhdl, lngconvex, regsvrex) — 
main/shell/BUILD.bazel
l10ntools     ✅  (transex3, helpex, ulfex, gsiconv, gsicheck, cfgex, 
xrmex, localize_sl, HelpLinker, helplinker.dll) — 
main/l10ntools/BUILD.bazel
icc           ✅  (create_sRGB_profile.exe → sRGB-IEC61966-2.1.hxx, 
srgb_icc) — main\icc\readme.md
jurt          ✅  (ridljar, sal — Java; jpipe.dll + jpipx.dll native 
pipe JNI) — main/jurt/readme.md

jvmaccess     ✅  (jvmaccess.dll) — main/jvmaccess/readme.md

── Layer 4 
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

sot           ✅  (tools, unotools, ucbhelper) — main/sot/readme.md

unoil         ✅  (codemaker, ridljar, offapi — Java) — 
main/unoil/readme.md

idl           ✅  (svidl.exe) — main/idl/readme.md

── Layer 5 
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
svl           ✅  (svl.dll, fsstorage.dll, passwordcontainer.dll) — 
main/svl/readme.md
javaunohelper ✅  (juh.jar, juh.dll, juhx.dll) — 
main/javaunohelper/readme.md
── Layer 6 
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
vcl           ✅  (rsc, sot, unotools, svl, basegfx, basebmp, tools, 
shell, l10ntools,

                   icc + boost, icu, graphite ext) — main/vcl/readme.md
xmloff        ✅  (xo.dll, xof.dll) — main/xmloff/readme.md

── Layer 7 
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
linguistic    ✅  (svl, xmloff, ucbhelper, vos, comphelper + icu ext) 
— main/linguistic/readme.md

toolkit       ✅  (ootk.dll) — main/toolkit/readme.md

svtools       ✅  (svt.dll, hatchwindowfactory.dll) — 
main/svtools/readme.md
officecfg     ✅  (xsltproc pipeline: schema_trim + alllang, 
per-locale zips) — main/officecfg/BUILD.bazel
── Layer 8 
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
framework     ✅  (fwi.dll, fwe.dll, fwk.dll, fwl.dll, fwm.dll) — 
main/framework/readme.md

editeng       ✅  (editeng.dll) — main/editeng/readme.md

canvas        ✅  (canvastools, canvasfactory, nullcanvas, 
simplecanvas, vclcanvas, directx9canvas, gdipluscanvas) — 
main/canvas/readme.md

basic         ✅  (oovbaapi, svtools, xmlscript, framework, salhelper)

connectivity  ✅  (dbtools.dll, sdbc2.dll, dbpool2.dll) — 
main/connectivity/readme.md
── Layer 9 
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
sfx2          ✅  (basic, xmlscript, framework, shell, sax + libxml2 
ext) — main/sfx2/readme.md

cppcanvas     ✅  (cppcanvas.dll) — main/cppcanvas/readme.md

── Layer 10 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
avmedia       ✅  (avmedia.dll, avmediawin.dll) — 
main/avmedia/readme.md
── Layer 11 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

drawinglayer  ✅  (vcl, svtools, basegfx, avmedia, canvas, cppcanvas)

── Layer 12 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
svx           ✅  (svxcore.dll, svx.dll, textconversiondlgs.dll) — 
main/svx/readme.md
msfilter      ✅  (msfilter.dll — prereq for oox export) — 
main/filter/BUILD.bazel

oox           ✅  (oox.dll) — main/oox/readme.md

── Layer 13 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
writerfilter  ✅  (writerfilter.dll, writerfilter_debug.dll) — 
main/writerfilter/readme.md
filter        ✅  (xmlfa, xfld, svgfilter, pdffilter, flash, 
placeware, t602filter,
                   filterconfig1, xsltfilter, xsltdlg, filtertracer 
+ 22 graphic

                   filter DLLs) — main/filter/readme.md

vbahelper     ✅  (vbahelper.dll, msforms.dll) — 
main/vbahelper/readme.md
── Layer 14 — pre-app infrastructure 
─────────────────────────────────────
ucb           ✅  (ucb1, cached1, srtrs1, ucpexpand1, ucpext, 
ucpfile1, ucphier1,
                   ucppkg1, ucptdoc1, ucpftp1, ucpdav1) — 
main/ucb/readme.md
unoxml        ✅  (unoxml.dll — DOM/XPath/Events; unordf deferred: 
redland not yet on Windows) — main/unoxml/readme.md

eventattacher ✅  (evtatt.dll) — main/eventattacher/readme.md
UnoControls   ✅  (ctl.dll) — main/UnoControls/readme.md

dtrans        ✅  (dtrans.dll, mcnttype.dll, dnd.dll, ftransl.dll, 
sysdtrans.dll) — main/dtrans/readme.md

svgio         ✅  (svgio.dll) — main/svgio/readme.md

lingucomponent ✅ (spell.dll, hyphen.dll, lnth.dll, guesslang.dll) — 
main/lingucomponent/readme.md
fpicker       ✅  (fps.dll, fop.dll, fps_office.dll, fpicker.dll) — 
main/fpicker/readme.md
mysqlc        ✅  (mysqlc.uno.dll — MySQL/MariaDB SDBC driver via 
mysqlcppconn+mariadb-connector-c) — main/mysqlc/readme.md
── Layer 15 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

formula       ✅  (for.dll, forui.dll) — main/formula/readme.md
animations    ✅  (animcore.dll) — main/animations/readme.md

chart2        ✅  (charttools, chartmodel, chartview, 
chartcontroller) — main/chart2/readme.md
embeddedobj   ✅  (embobj.dll, emboleobj.dll) — 
main/embeddedobj/readme.md
xmlsecurity   ✅  (xsec_fw.dll, xsec_xmlsec.dll, xmlsecurity.dll) — 
main/xmlsecurity/readme.md

uui           ✅  (uui.dll) — main/uui/readme.md
fileaccess    ✅  (fileacc.dll) — main/fileaccess/readme.md

accessibility ✅  (acc.dll — VCL + svt a11y factories) — 
main/accessibility/readme.md
── Layer 16 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

forms         ✅  (frm.dll — form controls) — main/forms/readme.md

scripting     ✅  (scriptframe.dll, basprov.uno.dll, dlgprov.uno.dll, 
vbaevents.uno.dll, stringresource.uno.dll, protocolhandler.dll) — 
main/scripting/readme.md
embedserv     ✅  (emser.dll, inprocserv.dll — ATL required; skipped 
unless --//build:atl_available=True) — main/embedserv/readme.md
winaccessibility ✅  (UAccCOM.dll + winaccessibility.dll — ATL + MIDL 
required; skipped unless --//build:atl_available=True) — 
main/winaccessibility/readme.md
── Layer 17 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

cui           ✅  (cui.dll) — main/cui/readme.md

── Layer 18 — sw 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
sw            ✅  (swd.dll + sw.dll + swui.dll + msword.dll + 
vbaswobj.dll) — main/sw/README.md
── Layer 19 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
basctl        ✅  (basic, sfx2, svx — Basic IDE) — 
main/basctl/readme.md
sd            ✅  (sdd.dll, sd.dll, sdui.dll, sdfilt.dll) — 
main/sd/readme.md
── Layer 20 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
slideshow     ✅  (slideshow.dll — Impress slideshow engine) — 
main/slideshow/readme.md
sdext         ✅  (PresentationMinimizer.uno.dll, 
PresenterScreen.uno.dll, pdfimport.uno.dll) — main/sdext/readme.md
sc            ✅  (sc.dll, scd.dll, scfilt.dll, scui.dll, vbaobj.dll) 
— main/sc/readme.md
── Layer 21 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

scaddins      ✅  (analysis.dll, date.dll) — main/scaddins/readme.md

sccomp        ✅  (solver.dll — CoinMP/COIN-OR linear solver) — 
main/sccomp/readme.md
dbaccess      ✅  (dba.dll, dbu.dll, dbaxml.dll, sdbt.dll, dbmm.dll, 
adabasui.dll) — main/dbaccess/readme.md
── Layer 22 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
reportdesign  ✅  (rpt.dll, rptui.dll, rptxml.dll) — 
main/reportdesign/readme.md
starmath      ✅  (sm.dll, smd.dll — Math formula editor) — 
main/starmath/readme.md
── Layer 23 — desktop 
────────────────────────────────────────────────────
desktop       ✅  (soffice.exe + all launcher EXEs + 9 DLLs) — 
main/desktop/readme.md

── Layer 24 — staging ────────────────────────────────────────────

staging       ✅  (bazel build //main/staging:install → runnable 
install layout) — main/staging/BUILD.bazel
── Already done, not yet listed 
─────────────────────────────────────────
ooxml         ✅  (done with oox migration; openssl_shim removed, now 
uses @openssl//:ssl)

stlport       ✅  (boost hash_map shim, referenced as dep)
── Cross-cutting infrastructure ─────────────────────────────────────

rsc pipeline   ✅  (rscpp + rsc2 called directly as Bazel actions; 
rsc.exe launcher
                   not used; -lip= + -subimages= required for image 
lookup; normal
                   mode writes .res only; 31 modules wired up) — 
build/rules/rsc_pipeline.bzl
e── Deferred: .NET interop (deferred) 
────────────────────────────────────
cli_ure       ⬜  (cppu, cppuhelper, sal, codemaker, stoc, udkapi, 
bridges)
                   Blockers: C# rules (csc.exe), C++/CLI (/clr 
toolchain),
                   AL.exe policy assemblies, sn.exe strong-name 
signing.

unoil         ⬜  update climaker

── Deferred: Java-based 
─────────────────────────────────────────────────
reportbuilder ⬜  (pure Java .oxt extension; blockers: JFreeReport 
suite not on Maven, SourceForge ZIPs have token-based URLs; wizards 
dep also deferred)

bean          ⬜  (Java bean component)
stax          ⬜  (StAX XML streaming API)
saxon         ⬜  (XSLT 2.0 processor)
wizards       ⬜  (Java-based document wizards)
xmerge        ⬜  (document format converter, Java)
javainstaller2 ⬜ (Java installer UI)
swext         ⬜  (Writer Java extensions e.g. mediawiki)
unodevtools   ⬜  (UNO component inspector, Java)

── Deferred: Linux/macOS — not applicable for Windows build 
─────────────

padmin        —   Linux printer administration
sane          —   Linux scanner interface (SANE)
unixODBC      —   Linux ODBC bridge
x11_extensions —  X11/Linux platform extensions
psprint_config —  Linux PostScript/font config
apple_remote  —   macOS Apple Remote control
macOS         —   macOS-specific platform UI

── Deferred: Installer/packaging — post-build 
────────────────────────────

scp2          ⬜  (installer package/script definitions)
instsetoo_native ⬜ (native Windows installer build)
setup_native  ⬜  (Windows setup UI)
packimages    ⬜  (image packaging for install)
sysui         ⬜  (system UI integration — mime types, desktop entries)

postprocess   ✅  (services.rdb, ooo_services_rdb, uiconfig.zip, 20 
.xcd packages via fcfg_merge+pack_registry) — 
main/postprocess/readme.md

solenv        ⬜  (legacy build environment, mostly migrated away)

── Deferred: Docs/tests/dev tooling 
─────────────────────────────────────

autodoc       ⬜  (API documentation generator)
odk           ⬜  (OpenDocument/Developer Kit)
helpauthoring ⬜  (help authoring tools)
helpcontent2  ⬜  (help content sources)
xmlhelp       ⬜  (XML help runtime)
xml2cmp       ⬜  (XML component comparison tool)
qadevOOo      ⬜  (Java-based QA test framework)
test          ⬜  (C++ unit tests)
testgraphical ⬜  (graphical/visual regression tests)
testtools     ⬜  (test infrastructure)

── Deferred: Standalone/misc 
─────────────────────────────────────────────

crashrep      ⬜  (crash reporter)
automation    ⬜  (test automation/macro recorder framework)
migrationanalysis ⬜ (migration analysis tool)
extensions    ⬜  (misc UNO extension infrastructure)
extras        —   templates and samples (data, not build target)
more_fonts    —   bundled fonts (data, not build target)
default_images —  bundled images (data, not build target)
ooo_custom_images — custom branding images (data, not build target)
readlicense_oo —  license files (data, not build target)


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