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On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:53:00 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote:

> Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> How do I tell portmaster -ad to ignore certain ports because they are
>> broken such as editors/libreoffice is currently marked as (I am sure
>> this will change soon)
> 
> Your direct question was already answered, but note that libreoffice is
> not broken overall, just with certain options that probably won't affect
> its operation for you.

To amplify, the (main?) culprit is MERGELIBS. OP: If you are trying to 
upgrade, just do a 'make config' first and uncheck the option.