On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Josh Grosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 11:26:35 -0700, Bryan wrote > > > > Here's a question, why do we need the kde and java ports built? > > shouldn't they be a "flavor" too? LIke "no_x11" or "gnome" flavors > > of software??? > > Sometimes the line between flavor and subpackage is unclear. In this > particular case, the CVS log describes the subpackaging, which happened in > November, 2006: > > - enable KDE integration and add openoffice-kde subpackge for this > optional feature > - enable building with java and add openoffice-java subpackage for this > optional feature. this corrects the "save as" problem and provides help > files in the base package. so now java is needed to build OOo but not to > run it. some OOo features require java to run, so install the > openoffice-java subpackage for that. > > Ref: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/editors/openoffice/Makefile > I didn't know about the "needing java to build OO.org" problem... Oh well, guess that's that...
This only affects me when I am trying to do a re-install during the time that packages aren't available... ordinarily, I use OO.org packages... It saves me about 3 days of work... Cheers, Bryan _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
