64bit: current status
This diary entry describes the current status of OpenOffice.org 64bit porting to AMD64 architecture,
effort of several people. You can read previous status
here.
Little progress this weekend. I have identified and provided workaround or fixed several issues:
- #i43612# - 64bit:
gccinstlib.pl and "dual" gcc.
- #i43601# - 64bit/AMD64:
testtool and spadmin crashes
- #i43604# - 64bit: support
x86_64 RPM target for RPM packages
- #i43592# - 64bit: Make
help working
- #i43598# - 64bit: Events
are 32bit or 64bit?
To sum up, the following works comparing to the last month status: Martin fixed crash
in
_XIMCountVaList (
#i43501#), help pages work, only
images in help pages do not show (only Read-Error is flashing), installer creates RPM packages,
testtool displays its UI and the same for spadmin.
You still have to run
mkdir -p ~/.openoffice.org1.9.71.1/user/config/soffice.cfg before
starting OpenOffice.org for the first time as described in previous status.
How to crash it? There are several ways to do so ;-)
- after opening the main window, move it. OpenOffice.org will crash after
throwing
com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException in framework/source/accelerators/moduleacceleratorconfiguration.cxx
- in help: select flashing "Read-Error" image and press Ctrl+C, the same crash as above
- after Ctrl+N in the main window, the same crash as above
- ... to be continued ...
Do you want to try it? I will upload everything I have at
ftp.linux.cz
once new clean build is finished.
How to help? Try to compile OpenOffice.org on AMD64 yourself. Take one crash from the above list and
debug it and provide fixes. Try to find more places where OpenOffice.org crashes and describe them.
Still a lot of work. Bridges expert needed...
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