[Nix-dev] libreoffice java impurity

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 09:27:58AM +0200, Mathijs Kwik wrote:
> When starting libreoffice, I get this notice (on CLI):
> 
> javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!
> Warning: failed to read path from javaldx
> 
> After installing openjre to my profile, this message no longer appears.
> So we should probably wrap libreoffice so it can find java in its PATH.
> 
> But as as everything seems to work fine without it (I'm not a heavy
> user though), I figure this is an optional dependency and might have
> been left out intentionally to keep the closure smaller.
> Can someone enlighten me about this? Or should I just wrap it?

I remember that *some* import formats required java, at some point. Then, I used
the same trick fo having openjre in the PATH to make them work.

I think that along time, they move more and more parts from java to c++.

Regards,
Lluís.