Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:46:05 -0500 From: stan <stanb@awod.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenOffice broken??? Message-ID: <20030404154605.GC19289@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <20030404151850.GA75321@keyslapper.org> References: <200304030816.26268.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> <3E8C1BF3.1040702@attbi.com> <20030404001724.GC74533@keyslapper.org> <200304041414.09744.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> <20030404055352.GA26318@rochester.rr.com> <20030404151850.GA75321@keyslapper.org>
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On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 10:18:50AM -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > On 04/04/03 12:53 AM, mpd sat at the `puter and typed: > > On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 02:14:09PM +1000, JacobRhoden wrote: > > > On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:17 am, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > > > I've been running into a different problem than that one: > > > > > > > > ===> Add wrapper scripts > > > > sed: illegal option -- i > > > > usage: sed script [-Ean] [file ...] > > > > sed [-an] [-e script] ... [-f script_file] ... [file ...] > > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > > > jrhoden@elkanah# sed -h > > > sed: illegal option -- h > > > usage: sed script [-Ean] [-i extension] [file ...] > > > sed [-an] [-i extension] [-e script] ... [-f script_file] ... [file...] > > > > > > It appears your version of sed is different than the one on my system (where > > > openoffice makes/installs fine. My version of sed comes from: > > > > > > FreeBSD elkanah.its.unimelb.edu.au 4.8-RC > > > FreeBSD 4.8-RC #1: Wed Mar 12 15:00:01 EST 2003 > > > > > > I am guessing that your FreeBSD is older than that yes? > > > > > > - jacob > > > > In the past, the system sed didn't support the -i (edit file > > in place) switch, but there is a port called sed_inplace > > (textproc/sed_inplace) which handles it. If upgrading your base > > system (which I do recommend in your case) isn't an option, > > this might work for you. > > > > > > > > > > > Jacob Rhoden Phone: +61 3 8344 6102 > > > > mike > > -- > > Thanks Jacob and Mike. I've actually been mulling the option of > upgrading from 4.6, but I'm not sure which version I'd rather have. I > waited when 4.7 came out, then 4.8 . . . > > My current install was built on 9/1/02 - just a version code update, > not an OS update. I almost upgraded then, but I was in the throes of > a home purchase. Not at my best, technically. > > I'd welcome (and appreciate) version recommendations before I make my > next upgrade. What is generally considered the most stable release? I > see a lot of problems on this list, but not much about the useability > and stability - of course the list is supposed to be a place to get > solutions to problem though, right? > I have had great success following the STABLE branch using cvsup. I usually upgrade almost every weekend. I have found thta upgrading more often results in much less problems becuase each small change seems to work well. Where I've had problems is when I waited to long to try to upgrade, and I had many changes to apply. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
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