Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:01:19 -0600 > Mark Linimon <lini...@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. >
If it depended on OpenJDK by default it wouldn't be a problem. I do not know whether it does. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"