Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 21:58:00 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: obrien@NUXI.com Cc: ports@freebsd.org, mike@smith.net.au, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/editors/staroffice Makefile Message-ID: <199804040558.VAA00405@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 01 Apr 1998 18:57:27 PST." <19980401185727.07885@nuxi.com>
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> > * 4.x can't be > > * redistributed at all, which is why it's not been replaced. 8( > > > > Well, you can always make it a RESTRICTED port in addition to > > staroffice3. I can do a repository copy (staroffice -> staroffice4) > > if you want to do that. > > I've got the dist to start work on upgrading StarOffice to 4.0. > Has anybody else started working on this? A port of 4.0 is almost pointless, as you have no way of enforcing the installation target. This means that you can't uninstall it, coerce it to obey $PREFIX, etc. In addition, it wants to be installed on a per-user basis, rather than per-system basis. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com
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