Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:56:11 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Openoffice on sparc64 Message-ID: <20040218055611.GA34806@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <16434.60651.517446.333285@canoe.dclg.ca> References: <16434.53679.50673.905221@canoe.dclg.ca> <20040218030553.GA27208@xor.obsecurity.org> <16434.60651.517446.333285@canoe.dclg.ca>
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--yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 11:41:15PM -0500, David Gilbert wrote: > >>>>> "Kris" =3D=3D Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes: >=20 > Kris> On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 09:45:03PM -0500, David Gilbert wrote: > >> Openoffice seems to require java. The ports install of Openoffice > >> proceeds to try to install the FreeBSD java that bootstraps itself > >> with linux java. Of course, the linux java doesn't run on sparc64. > >>=20 > >> Are there sparc64 java binary packages that run on FreeBSD ... or > >> is there some other bootstrap mechanism that I can follow? >=20 > Kris> Not yet, but someone posted here the other day asking for > Kris> technical assistance in porting jdk13 (no response to the list > Kris> yet). >=20 > I don't suppose binary compatibility with solaris is good enough to > give us a leg up? No, given that FreeBSD/sparc64 doesn't have binary compatibility with solaris yet :-) =20 > Does java cross compile in any way? The problem is in MD code, so cross-compiling the jdk won't help. > Is it possible to get openoffice working without java? I don't know, but I don't think so. Kris --yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAMv57Wry0BWjoQKURAjhNAKCOvttIKU/4Fa/1M2438wsB8Zx8yACg1CGd K1slty0NZp74TiZfZnuSZqI= =Tvvr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM--
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