Patch Source Code- Where to find?

[enorman66]

OK, I finally used the source to build NeoOffice Aqua beta 3.
By the time I got it right there were several patches available.
I know i can just download the patches but what fun is that?

How can i get the source for the patches???

Thanks

[Samwise]

Since patches can contain files from several modules, and may need some OpenOffice.org code to build, the source code for each patch can't just be bundled with the patch itself, and a patch can't be built separately from NeoOffice (i.e. it requires an existing build, and builds on top of that).

In order to build a patch, you need to build NeoOffice with the latest code from the HEAD branch.

Moreover, since code built with another version of Xcode can't be mixed with that of the official builds (doing so would render Neooffice unusable - meaning that it wouldn't launch), official patches won't install on custom builds, an vice-versa (the patch installer will check, and then claim that NeoOffice isn't installed on your hard drive). So to keep your personal build up-to-date, you'll have to switch your workspace to HEAD, and rebuild NeoOffice as the code gets updated (fortunately, you won't have to do a full rebuild, just rebuild the updated modules).

[pluby]

Moving to NeoOffice Development forum.

To get the patch source, you just check out the latest NeoOffice code instead of the "NeoOffice-2_0_Aqua_Beta_3" CVS tag. To update to the lastest code in your existing build you need to do the following steps:

1. "rm -Rf" the following directories in your neojava directory: desktop, fpicker, jvmfwk, sal, sc, sfx2, shell, svtools, and vcl.

2. "cvs update -Ad" your neojava directory. The "-A" forces you to get the latest code in the NeoOffice CVS tree.

3. "rm build.neo_*" in your neojava directory.

4. Invoke "make" to rebuild.

Patrick