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From: Jim Mock <jim@blues.ghis.net>
To: Bernie Doehner <bad@uhf.wireless.net>
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Subject: Re: Staroffice 5.1
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On Sat, 10 Jul 1999 at 11:38:48 -0400, Bernie Doehner wrote:
> Dear Mike/Ports subscribers:
> 
> Has anyone been able to hack staroffice 5.0 OR 5.1 to work under
> FreeBSD?

I got it to install, but when I run it, it keeps looping through the
setup (for those who are gonna ask, yes my .sversionrc exists).  I
haven't been able to get it actually running under 3.2-STABLE.  If
anyone else has ideas, I'm willing to give 'em a shot.

> I am still using 4.0 here (pre-threads) under BSD, but would like
> to upgrade to 5.1 under BSD, without having to run the application
> on a Linux box on my network and displaying on my BSD box..

Good luck ;-)

> Secondly, is there a set procedure for submiting a port entry?  I'd
> like to submit a ports entry for the new version of Speak Freely
> (7.0)..

Yes.. http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/porting.html

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