Subject: Re: pkg/9012: StarOffice not building
To: Antti Kantee <pooka@iki.fi>
From: John A. Maier <johnam@mail.kemper.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/17/1999 15:05:57
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Antti Kantee wrote:
> On Fri Dec 17 1999 at 08:27:26 -0600, johnam@mail.kemper.org wrote:
> 
> > >Description:
> > I tried to install staroffice and got this message:
> > ===>  staroffice-en-5.1a does not work on NetBSD-1.4.1-i386
> > >How-To-Repeat:
> > 	Make on a i386 NetBSD-1.4.1-i386 system.
> > >Fix:
> > Changed from:
> > ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM=	NetBSD-1.4?-i386
> > to:
> > ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM=	NetBSD-1.4.?-i386
> > Since I just upgraded my other box from 1.4 --> 1.4.1 I have no clue
> > as to if this will work on a 1.4 box.
> 
> 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?

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