Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:43:27 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: Aldis Berjoza <killasmurf86@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org packages Message-ID: <20091125134327.3d9fb1a5@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20091125110119.GB1387@lonesome.com> References: <20091123190546.GA1210@killasmurf86.pc> <20091125110119.GB1387@lonesome.com>
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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:01:19 -0600 Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 09:05:46PM +0200, Aldis Berjoza wrote: > > I and some other FreeBSD users are wondering why there are no > > OpenOffice.org package available on FreeBSD Mirrors? > > OpenOffice is one of our most complex packages, and, depending on which > package node it builds on, can take nearly a day to run. That plus the > large number of dependencies it has makes it hard to build. > > I know that this is not a very satisfactory answer. I promise to once > again look into the problem. > Does the fact that it uses java cause a problem? Used to be that the user had to manually download files from Sun, which would be impractical for an automated run. --- Gary Jennejohn
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