openoffice on ppc anyone?

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Wed Oct 18 22:17:17 EST 2000


On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > is anyone trying to get the now opensource staroffice to compile on
> > linux/ppc?
>
> I've given up on this - the build tools included in the source package are
> binary only (Intel or Sparc), no sources so far as I can see, and the
> stuff in config_office has a number of hardcoded assumptions that make
> life miserable (gcc version == 2.95.2, jdk 1.2.2 which requires glibc
> 2.1.3, Linux only exists on Intel and Sparc, ...). Basically, it sucks.
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Look at the bright side: at least the code should be endianness and 64-bit
clean :-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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