[MacPorts] #37024: libreoffice not available on macport

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#37024: libreoffice not available on macport
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  Reporter:  mparchet@…   |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  request      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.1.2
Resolution:               |   Keywords:  libreoffice
      Port:  libreoffice  |
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Comment (by ryandesign@…):

 Replying to [ticket:37024 mparchet@…]:
 > I use libreoffice and I don't understand why it isn't  available on
 macport

 It doesn't exist because nobody has created a port for it. And the reason
 for that might be that libreoffice appears to be a very large software
 package, and they already provide pre-compiled Mac binaries. It might be a
 great deal of effort to reproduce that work in MacPorts, and I'm unclear
 what would be gained by doing so. The same might be said about
 OpenOffice.org. Why not just use the binaries they already provide?


 Replying to [comment:1 mparchet@…]:
 > I tried to compile libreoffice source code tract from the tar ball
 version but it compile only with mac os 10.4 not 10.8 Is it a ppc source
 code ?

 The last line of your log shows it checking for the existence of the 10.4
 SDK. The 10.4 SDK doesn't exist on recent versions of Xcode, so if they
 require the 10.4 SDK, that won't work on recent Xcode versions.

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