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Subject: Re: openoffice support and other ports
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Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 11:51:25AM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote:
>   
>> Steve Kargl wrote:
>>     
>>> On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 09:39:54PM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Are they really AMD64 ports or do they still need some ia32-compat-tweaks?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>>       
>> All right, for those, like me, who are not as fast as others in sucking 
>> in informations:
>> This means I do not need the 32-Bit compatibility-crap anymore?
>>     
>
> Probably, yes.  However, I keep the 32-bit linux emulation for
> the occasion odd application, for example, acroread.  Although
> xpdf is fast and rendered good looking docs, there are some
> convenient features in acroread.
>
>   
Oh, I see.  The Linux stuff is still there for bootstrapping ... That I 
meant with 'crap' ...  As long as I'm with FreeBSD now, I ran into 
trouble in  building the JAVA stuff. I never figured out what it was. 
Waiting for some updates (anywhere) solved the problem.