QA Notices on emerge of app-office/libreoffice-bin

[Sipos]

Hi,

The following messages are logged when I emerge app-office/libreoffice-bin, and I'd like to fix any potential problem that exists on my system as a result, and file any bug appropriate.

I am pretty sure I can install libjawt.so by installing a JRE, and it seems surprising I don't already have one, for example as a dependency of Libreoffice, which I think has several things written in Java. I guess to fix this on my system, I just need to emerge any JRE or JDK, which I will be doing anyway (I am currently reviewing a list of packages on my previous desktop system and installing them as appropriate, and a JDK is one). It seems like there is a bug here that this package doesn't seem to depend on a JRE. Perhaps a JRE isn't needed as a dependency of Libreoffice though, as perhaps the file triggering the QA notice is only installed so that you can use Libreoffice components programmatically in Java?

I am less sure what to do about the .desktop files with MimeType= were found installed but desktop mimeinfo cache has not been updated message. Is update-desktop-database /usr/share/applications (as root) what I need? Or is it a different directory or program I need to run? It looks like the QA notice is pretty explicit about how to fix the ebuild, so I guess perhaps an option is to look at the bug DB, if no bug exists then create one, try fixing it locally, remerge the package, see if this fixes it (though I only have the QA notice to go on, I don't know what the actual issue, if any, would be), and propose the change as a solution to the bug for a dev to review. If there is an existing bug, same, unless there is already a proposed fix. Can anyone with more knowledge confirm/comment though please?

[sam_]

See bug 951103.

[Sipos]

Thanks. I should have searched Bugzilla. The second issue is obviously this bug, which looks like it is just waiting for code review and release of the fix someone has supplied.

The first issue is either not an issue, or solved by installing a JRE, which I am doing anyway since I ultimately want a JDK on this system. It sounds like a JRE (virtual/jre) should be a dependency since Base apparently requires it, but I haven't checked beyond looking up this page, and it sounds like most users won't need it, so perhaps just a message about it, or a USE flag?

[sam_]

Would you mind filing a bug for that one? I already had a TODO for the Java handling and I suspect it is indeed off, based on your post here.