Adding what I have for today of libreoffice. It still does not build.

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=31839

pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/generate-libreoffice-srcs.sh

@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ fi
 
 echo '{fetchurl} : ['
 
-# I skip, as I hope I'll not need: sdk testing 
 for a in artwork base bootstrap calc components extensions extras filters \
   help impress libs-core libs-extern libs-extern-sys libs-gui postprocess \
-  translations ure writer; do
+  translations ure writer sdk testing; do
 
   URL=http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/$VERSIONBASE/libreoffice-$a-$VERSION.tar.bz2
 

pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/libreoffice-srcs.nix

@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
   url = "http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/3.4.5/libreoffice-base-3.4.5.2.tar.bz2";
   sha256 = "0f5rsyrn33iz0sny3wxsghv7c7yrbhas42yarb5rq958i3kpm6wz";
 })
-(fetchurl {
-  url = "http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/3.4.5/libreoffice-bootstrap-3.4.5.2.tar.bz2";
-  sha256 = "05xz6ykddrm6mrgl9jssr2xpg2ir0x6c1c3n1cph0mvd0hiz58x9";
-})
 (fetchurl {
   url = "http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/3.4.5/libreoffice-calc-3.4.5.2.tar.bz2";
   sha256 = "1l00y0qj1s9m31jmqg7q7bczxa5xsng388nqc9zc3vd6zjf4xy9i";
@@ -71,4 +67,12 @@
   url = "http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/3.4.5/libreoffice-writer-3.4.5.2.tar.bz2";
   sha256 = "0k7xf94abavdzpns1z13phl3vjz0xkfv2h5sn7rgpr3dy184klxh";
 })
+(fetchurl {
+  url = "http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/3.4.5/libreoffice-sdk-3.4.5.2.tar.bz2";
+  sha256 = "1f9iv875aw9sic4gl45ik1vx24gpq9iarjl673wz6l0wxr6hgrgw";
+})
+(fetchurl {
+  url = "http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/3.4.5/libreoffice-testing-3.4.5.2.tar.bz2";
+  sha256 = "05sk3li5jgmjv722ncsr2i7arhmsvkkvmh4qw7xl70p8dpxhla8q";
+})
 ]

pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/libreoffice.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pam, python, tcsh, libxslt, perl, ArchiveZip
+, CompressZlib, zlib, libjpeg, expat, pkgconfig, freetype, libwpd
+, libxml2, db4, sablotron, curl, libXaw, fontconfig, libsndfile, neon
+, bison, flex, zip, unzip, gtk, libmspack, getopt, file, cairo, which
+, icu, boost, jdk, ant, libXext, libX11, libXtst, libXi, cups
+, libXinerama, openssl, gperf, cppunit, GConf, ORBit2
+, autoconf, openldap, postgresql, bash
+, langs ? [ "en-US" "ca" "ru" "eo" "fr" "nl" "de" "en-GB" ]
+}:
+
+throw "The expression for libreoffice is still not ready"
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libreoffice-3.4.5.2";
+
+  srcs_download = import ./libreoffice-srcs.nix { inherit fetchurl; };
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/3.4.5/libreoffice-bootstrap-3.4.5.2.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "05xz6ykddrm6mrgl9jssr2xpg2ir0x6c1c3n1cph0mvd0hiz58x9";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i 's,/usr/bin/env bash,${bash}/bin/bash,' Makefile.in bin/unpack-sources
+
+    # Needed to find genccode
+    PATH=$PATH:${icu}/sbin
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    for a in $srcs_download; do
+      FILE=$(basename $a)
+      # take out the hash
+      cp -v $a src/$(echo $FILE | sed 's/[^-]*-//')
+    done
+
+    # Remove an exit 1, ignoring the lack of wget or curl
+    sed '/wget nor curl/{n;d}' -i download
+    ./download
+
+    # Fix svtools: hardcoded jpeg path
+    sed -i -e 's,^JPEG3RDLIB=.*,JPEG3RDLIB=${libjpeg}/lib/libjpeg.so,' solenv/inc/libs.mk
+    # Fix sysui: wants to create a tar for root
+    sed -i -e 's,--own.*root,,' sysui/desktop/slackware/makefile.mk
+    # Fix libtextcat: wants to set rpath to /usr/local/lib
+    sed -i -e 's,^CONFIGURE_FLAGS.*,& --prefix='$TMPDIR, libtextcat/makefile.mk
+    # Fix hunspell: the checks fail due to /bin/bash missing, and I find this fix easier
+    sed -i -e 's,make && make check,make,' hunspell/makefile.mk
+    # Fix redland: wants to set rpath to /usr/local/lib
+    sed -i -e 's,^CONFIGURE_FLAGS.*,& --prefix='$TMPDIR, redland/redland/makefile.mk \
+      redland/raptor/makefile.mk redland/rasqal/makefile.mk
+
+    # This to aovid using /lib:/usr/lib at linking
+    sed -i '/gb_LinkTarget_LDFLAGS/{ n; /rpath-link/d;}' solenv/gbuild/platform/unxgcc.mk
+
+    find -name "*.cmd" -exec sed -i s,/lib:/usr/lib,, {} \;
+
+    make
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    # Helpful, while testing the expression
+    # "--with-num-cpus=4"
+
+    "--enable-verbose"
+
+    # Without these, configure does not finish
+    "--disable-gnome-vfs"
+    "--disable-gstreamer"
+    "--disable-opengl"
+    "--without-junit"
+    "--without-system-mythes"
+
+    # Without this, it wants to download
+    "--with-cairo"
+    "--with-system-libs"
+    "--with-system-python"
+    "--with-system-boost"
+    "--with-system-db"
+
+    # I imagine this helps. Copied from go-oo.
+    "--disable-epm"
+    "--disable-fontooo"
+    "--disable-gnome-vfs"
+    "--disable-gnome-vfs"
+    "--disable-mathmldtd"
+    "--disable-mozilla"
+    "--disable-odk"
+    "--disable-pasf"
+    "--disable-dbus"
+    "--disable-kde"
+    "--disable-kde4"
+    "--disable-mono"
+    "--with-package-format=native"
+    "--with-jdk-home=${jdk}"
+    "--with-ant-home=${ant}"
+    "--without-afms"
+    "--without-dict"
+    "--without-fonts"
+    "--without-myspell-dicts"
+    "--without-nas"
+    "--without-ppds"
+    "--without-system-agg"
+    "--without-system-beanshell"
+    "--without-system-hsqldb"
+    "--without-system-xalan"
+    "--without-system-xerces"
+    "--without-system-xml-apis"
+    "--without-system-xt"
+    "--without-system-jars"
+    "--without-system-hunspell"
+    "--without-system-altlinuxhyph"
+    "--without-system-lpsolve"
+    "--without-system-graphite"
+    "--without-system-mozilla"
+    "--without-system-libwps"
+    "--without-system-libwpg"
+    "--without-system-redland"
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pam python tcsh libxslt perl ArchiveZip CompressZlib zlib 
+    libjpeg expat pkgconfig freetype libwpd libxml2 db4 sablotron curl 
+    libXaw fontconfig libsndfile neon bison flex zip unzip gtk libmspack 
+    getopt file jdk cairo which icu boost libXext libX11 libXtst libXi
+    cups libXinerama openssl gperf GConf ORBit2
+    ant autoconf openldap postgresql cppunit
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Libre-office, variant of openoffice.org";
+    homepage = http://libreoffice.org/;
+    license = "LGPL";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.viric ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}

pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

@@ -7124,6 +7124,11 @@ let
 
   librecad = callPackage ../applications/misc/librecad { };
 
+  libreoffice = callPackage ../applications/office/openoffice/libreoffice.nix {
+    inherit (perlPackages) ArchiveZip CompressZlib;
+    inherit (gnome) GConf ORBit2;
+  };
+
   lingot = callPackage ../applications/audio/lingot {
     inherit (gnome) libglade;
   };