ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Hello Guix,
>
> As briefly discussed with Marius on IRC, we both tried to fix
> LibreOffice on ‘core-updates’.  The initial problem is that some of the
> libraries it depends on fail to build with the new Boost.
>
> I started upgrading the whole shebang but eventually got stuck with
> LibreOffice itself, which fails to build like this:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> [build PAG] writer
> [build MOD] embedserv
> [build CUS] extras/glade
> [build XSL] Classy_Red/styles.xml
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target '/tmp/guix-build-libreoffice-6.2.0.0.alpha1.drv-0/libreoffice-6.2.0.0.alpha1/external/tarballs/49a64f3bcf20a7909ba2751349231d6652ded9cd2840e961b5164d09de3ffa63-opens___.ttf', needed by '/tmp/guix-build-libreoffice-6.2.0.0.alpha1.drv-0/libreoffice-6.2.0.0.alpha1/workdir/CustomTarget/extras/fonts/opens___.ttf'.  Stop.
> make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> make: *** [Makefile:286: build] Error 2
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Below is what I have so far.  Help welcome!

I am currently building libreoffice with this patch (along with the
package updates you mentioned):