[Nix-dev] Re: Anyone packaging openoffice 3?

[Lluís Batlle]

Saluton,

I have openoffice-2.4 in nixos working well, but I think my system
downloaded a compiled version when I installed it.
In nix-debian, nix started the build, and didn't work. If I can't get
openoffice.org-2.4.1 building in the single machine I have with enough
disk space, I have to choose: use Mark's machine, or fix the
openoffice.org expression for non-nixos.

Ludo, you described my usual first attempts at upgrading packages. :)
But I don't know about "feedback from the build farm".

Regards,
Lluís.

2009/1/27 Ludovic Courtès <ludo at gnu.org>:
> Saluton!  ;-)
>
> Lluís Batlle <viriketo at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I just noticed that openoffice.org-2.4.1 doesn't build in my nix-debian machine.
>
> AFAICT, it works on NixOS (I have it under
> /nix/store/z5bi7p58bbwpfc74idyjg3dpvsj6p7l6-openoffice.org-2.4.1).
>
> As for upgrading the Nix expression to version 3, I think what you could
> do is the following:
>
>  1. Upgrade the URL, SHA256, etc.
>
>  2. Test the very beginning of the test, to make sure that, e.g.,
>     patches apply, that `configure' terminates successfully, etc.
>
>  3. Commit the expression and wait for feedback from the build farm.
>     :-)
>
> That's how I proceeded for 2.4.1 and it worked pretty well.
>
> Now, you might want to keep the 2.4 expression in the repo alongside the
> 3.0 expression to minimize disruption.
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo'.
>
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