>> I think the purpose of 1.4? is to let it install only on a -current
>> version of NetBSD. They are numbered 1.4[A-Z]. AFAIK staroffice will not
>> work on 1.4 release branch, because it doesn't have emulation of linux
>> threading. -current has it and they will be in 1.5
>>
>> --
>> Antti Kantee <pooka@iki.fi>
>
>So can the Makefile let other know this?

It does.  It says "===>  staroffice-en-5.1a does not work on
NetBSD-1.4.1-i386" quite clearly.

Mike.