libreoffice-5.0.0.5 doesn't build in fedora 23 on powerpc64. I attach the scope from the build.log so you can see where it breaks. For more details please take a look at http://ppc.koji.fedoraproject.org/kojifiles/work/tasks/204/2840204/build.log [build CUT] vcl_outdev S=/builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5 && I=$S/instdir && W=$S/workdir && mkdir -p $W/CppunitTest/ && rm -fr $W/CppunitTest/vcl_outdev.test.user && mkdir $W/CppunitTest/vcl_outdev.test.user && rm -fr $W/CppunitTest/vcl_outdev.test.core && mkdir $W/CppunitTest/vcl_outdev.test.core && cd $W/CppunitTest/vcl_outdev.test.core && (LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}"$I/program:$I/program":$W/UnpackedTarball/cppunit/src/cppunit/.libs $W/LinkTarget/Executable/cppunittester $W/LinkTarget/CppunitTest/libtest_vcl_outdev.so --headless "-env:BRAND_BASE_DIR=file://$S/instdir" "-env:BRAND_SHARE_SUBDIR=share" "-env:UserInstallation=file://$W/CppunitTest/vcl_outdev.test.user" "-env:CONFIGURATION_LAYERS=xcsxcu:file://$I/share/registry xcsxcu:file://$W/unittest/registry" "-env:UNO_TYPES=file://$I/program/types.rdb file://$I/program/types/offapi.rdb" "-env:UNO_SERVICES=file://$W/Rdb/ure/services.rdb file://$W/ComponentTarget/configmgr/source/configmgr.component file://$W/ComponentTarget/i18npool/util/i18npool.component file://$W/ComponentTarget/ucb/source/core/ucb1.component" -env:URE_INTERNAL_LIB_DIR=file://$I/program -env:LO_LIB_DIR=file://$I/program -env:LO_JAVA_DIR=file://$I/program/classes --protector $W/LinkTarget/Library/unoexceptionprotector.so unoexceptionprotector --protector $W/LinkTarget/Library/unobootstrapprotector.so unobootstrapprotector --protector $W/LinkTarget/Library/libvclbootstrapprotector.so vclbootstrapprotector > $W/CppunitTest/vcl_outdev.test.log 2>&1 || ( RET=$?; $S/solenv/bin/gdb-core-bt.sh $W/LinkTarget/Executable/cppunittester $W/CppunitTest/vcl_outdev.test.core $RET >> $W/CppunitTest/vcl_outdev.test.log 2>&1; cat $W/CppunitTest/vcl_outdev.test.log; $S/solenv/bin/unittest-failed.sh Cppunit vcl_outdev LINUX)) [build CUT] vcl_wmf_test /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/vcl/qa/cppunit/outdev.cxx:68:VclOutdevTest::testVirtualDevice equality assertion failed - Expected: 16777215 - Actual : 16776960 outdev.cxx:68:Assertion Test name: VclOutdevTest::testVirtualDevice equality assertion failed - Expected: 16777215 - Actual : 16776960 Failures !!! Run: 1 Failure total: 1 Failures: 1 Errors: 0 Error: a unit test failed, please do one of: export DEBUGCPPUNIT=TRUE # for exception catching export CPPUNITTRACE="gdb --args" # for interactive debugging on Linux export VALGRIND=memcheck # for memory checking and retry using: make CppunitTest_vcl_outdev /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/solenv/gbuild/CppunitTest.mk:87: recipe for target '/builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CppunitTest/vcl_outdev.test' failed make[1]: *** [/builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CppunitTest/vcl_outdev.test] Error 1 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... rm /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/line.txt /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/dict_word_hu.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/char.txt /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/dict_word.txt /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/dict_word_he.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/edit_word_he.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/count_word.txt /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/dict_word_he.txt /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/dict_word_hu.txt /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/dict_word_prepostdash.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/edit_word.txt /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/edit_word.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/char_in.txt /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/char.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/count_word.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/sent.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/edit_word_hu.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/dict_word_nodash.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/dict_word_nodash.txt /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/line.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/char_in.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/dict_word.brk /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/dict_word_prepostdash.txt /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/sent.txt /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/edit_word_he.txt /builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5/workdir/CustomTarget/i18npool/breakiterator/edit_word_hu.txt make[1]: Leaving directory '/builddir/build/BUILD/libreoffice-5.0.0.5' Makefile:247: recipe for target 'build' failed The following tests (vcl/qa/cppunit/outdev.cxx, vcl/qa/cppunit/BitmapTest.cxx) have failed: checkAndInsert(aCRCs, aChecker, "inverted checkerboard"); CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(COL_WHITE, Color(pAcc->GetPixel(0,0)).GetColor()); CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(COL_BLUE, Color(pAcc->GetPixel(2,1)).GetColor()); CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(COL_RED, Color(pAcc->GetPixel(30,31)).GetColor()); CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(COL_WHITE, Color(pAcc->GetPixel(31,30)).GetColor());
David Tardon committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=e1f3d2cce6e2717189ab8a1e85b98f28df05734b tdf#95450 avoid double swap on big endian arches It will be available in 5.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.