On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:17:18 +0100 Eric Jacoboni <jaco@teaser.fr> wrote:

> >>>>> "Steven" == Steven M Bellovin <smb@research.att.com> writes:
> 
> Steven> I installed OpenOffice from pkgsrc. 
> 
> You're a lucky man... For my own, every times i try to build it, it
>  fails.

The FreeBSD experience with OO very strongly implies this is a package which
may be best left to committed experts^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hmasochists to make for you
and install as a pre-built. It appears to need GB of disk/swap to build, and
has a dependency chain like the gorgons hair.

I have stayed at the release version from the pre-built apps state, and can
run it fitfully. Its deeply painful, like looking at a beautiful landscape
through dirty broken glasses. Perhaps in another year, its going to be
something you can rely on, in front of an audience, without a frisson of fear
each time you touch a key...

(am I over negative? Is this package stable, reliable, workable for other
people?)

-George