From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 10 12:50:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEF8016A4B3 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:50:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail5.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44F3843FA3 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:50:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 15444 invoked from network); 10 Oct 2003 19:50:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 10 Oct 2003 19:50:40 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9AJoZce027195; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:50:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3F870752.3010108@daleco.biz> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:50:42 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TextMaker for FreeBSD now also supports FreeBSD 5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:50:51 -0000 On 10-Oct-2003 Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > >>On 09-Oct-2003 Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: >> >> >>>As for the product, my initial impression is rather favorable, but as >>>I'm running 5.1 and waiting for Java, I can't compare it to OO. >>> >>> >> >>You can build OO from ports on -CURRENT, btw. It took about 23 hours >>on my P3/700 laptop, but it does work. I used Impress for the slides >>for my BSDCon talk this year. >> > Really? > > Hmm, if I can get it working, my build should be faster > (Athlon 1800+ here...) AFAIR, when I started > /usr/ports/editors/openoffice it decided it needed Java, > & asked me to download it manually. I don't recall > whether or not I decided that download ever got > here (dialup, 44,000 on a good day) and perhaps > I wrongly assumed that when the FBSD Foundation > said that Java wasn't working on 5.x, they were correct. > Speaking of FBSDF, aren't you part of that? Maybe > I read wrongly... > > Anyway, I didn't finish setting up the JDK/SDK > as a result of that info. If I have time, I might go > ahead and see. If I don't, I may just send softmaker > a check. I guess I've got 28 days to decide, m/l.... > > Thanks for the heads up, anyway... I'm not part of the foundation, no. However, you can either build OO using the Linux JDK (which you may have to fetch manually). Or you can use the Linux JDK to bootstrap building a BSD JDK on current using the /usr/ports/java/jdk13 port. Note that you will have to follow the directions to download both the jdk source as well as the patches. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/