Hi Yan & Rob I am installing aoo-3.4.1<http://people.apache.org/~jsc/developer-snapshots/r1354891/src/aoo-3.4.1-incubating-src.tar.gz> on Fedora 13 (Goddard), I am having trouble with the dmake.
checking whether configure is up-to-date... yes checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for gawk... gawk checking for gawk... /usr/bin/gawk checking for sed... /bin/sed checking for solenv environment... default checking for custom pack.lst... no checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking whether to enable crashdump feature... no checking whether to turn warnings to errors... no checking whether to do a debug build... no checking whether to build with additional debug utilities... no, full product build checking whether to include symbols into final build... no checking whether to strip the solver or not.... yes checking whether to enable category B components... no: disabled modules moz, nss, hunspell, hyphen, saxon, rhino, beanshell, graphite, coinmp checking whether to enable the Online Update support... yes checking whether to enable native CUPS support... yes checking whether to enable fontconfig support... yes checking whether to enable filters for legacy binary file formats (StarOffice 5.2)... yes checking whether to use RPATH in shared libraries... yes checking whether to use dicts from external paths... no checking for bash... /bin/bash checking gcc home... /usr/lib64/ccache/gcc checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for gcc... /usr/lib64/ccache/gcc checking the GNU gcc compiler version... checked (gcc 4.4.5) checking for -Bsymbolic-functions linker support ... found checking whether to enable pch feature... no checking for GNU make... make checking the GNU make version... make 3.81 *checking for dmake... checking for dmake... no* *configure: no system or user-provided dmake found* Regards Vinay On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Vinay <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Yan > > Thanks a lot. I will follow those links and find the test cases. I will > get back to you about this if have need any help. > > Thanks a lot Yan > > Vinay > > On Jul 3, 2012, at 11:13 PM, Ji Yan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Vinay, > > > > Welcome aboard. Recently we are focusing on AOO 3.4.1 release, the new > > dev snapshot build is ready at [1]. you can start with testing the > product > > in your Linux client. and get back with your test result in [2]. also the > > test case [3] is required. > > > > [1] > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Development+Snapshot+Builds > > [2]http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/QA/AOO341_TestResult > > [3]http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/QA/AOO341_TestCase > > > > 2012/7/4 Vinay <[email protected]> > > > >> Hi Rob > >> > >> Thanks for the detailed information, in my previous project I was using > >> sun virtual box for my Linux(centos) > >> > >> I can do the same now. Can I do this, I will install windows 7 on > virtual > >> box, I have dual boot with windows xp and fedora 10 and 11. In this way > i > >> can try on four different platforms. > >> But I have two core with 2.1Ghz. It was working fine with this > environment. > >> As liu said, I will signup with the dev mailing list. > >> > >> Thanks again Rob > >> > >> Vinay > >> > >> On Jul 3, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Vinay <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Hi rob > >>>> > >>>> I am sorry about the previous mail, I was sending from my smartphone, > I > >> accidentally sent you half typed mail. > >>>> I can try on Ubuntu, centos as well. > >>>> > >>>> Please let me know if you need any information about my hardware. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Thanks. Among our users Windows is the most popular platform. So > >>> getting good coverage there is key. > >>> > >>> If you have a good desktop machine, using virtual machines is a > >>> powerful approach to managing multiple configurations. For example, I > >>> have a quad-core machine set up with VirtualBox (free download; > >>> https://www.virtualbox.org/). > >>> > >>> Initially I created virtual machines for Windows XP, Windows 7, > >>> Windows 8 Preview and Ubuntu. Then I cloned some of them to install > >>> earlier versions of OpenOffice, like 3.3.0 and 3.4.0. Then when a new > >>> 'dev snapshot" build comes out I can quickly test it on multiple > >>> platforms, including how it installs over previous versions. > >>> > >>> Using a virtual machine also helps protect your main environment as > >>> well. You never know -- a test build could have a bug that messes up > >>> your system. Testing in a virtual machine is safer. > >>> > >>> Zhe Liu had some good links on where to sign up for the bug database, > >>> where to download snapshot builds, etc. > >>> > >>> -Rob > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Thanks rob > >>>> > >>>> Vinay > >>>> > >>>> On Jul 3, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Vinay <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> Hi All, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks a lot for letting me join the QA team. I am fairly new QA, I > >> do have > >>>>>> theoretical understanding of testing process, I would like to work > on > >> this > >>>>>> project so that I can get practical skills and learn more from my > >> seniors. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Welcome to the AOO project, Vinay! > >>>>> > >>>>> What platforms(s) can you run OpenOffice on? > >>>>> > >>>>> -Rob > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> I am currently starting to get information from this page > >>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Site-QA-Plan, > >> please > >>>>>> kindly let me know where I can start off. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks > >>>>>> Regards > >>>>>> Vinay > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Thanks & Best Regards, Yan Ji >
