cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/conf GENERIC

[Scott Long]

M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20061214192036.2BBBE45042 at ptavv.es.net>
>             "Kevin Oberman" <oberman at es.net> writes:
> : > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:07:03 -0700 (MST)
> : > From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp at bsdimp.com>
> : > Sender: owner-cvs-all at freebsd.org
> : > 
> : > In message: <346a80220612140903meecf42av7383632e8173525 at mail.gmail.com>
> : >             "Coleman Kane" <zombyfork at gmail.com> writes:
> : > : Just to let you know, there are still a significant number of amd64
> : > : single-core laptops that are still sold these days.
> : > 
> : > I have one myself.  But I'm considering running FreeBSD/i386 on it
> : > because of all the issues I've had getting a working OpenOffice on it.
> : > 
> : > Warner
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> : 
> : The new release of OOo is SUPPOSED to be 64-bit clean. I have no idea
> : when 2.1 will be ported to FreeBSD, but I hope it will be soon.
> : 
> : OTOH, I see little reason to run amd64 on most systems which don't have
> : large memories or some other specific reason to run it. The binaries are
> : larger and generally performance changes are minimal.
> 
> Last time I tried to build, I tripped over the jdk needing java
> needing mozilla and mozilla was marked as not buildable due to
> security issues.
> 
> Warner

I wonder if you can get around the java mess by defining WITH_GCJ.  That 
said, Staroffice has been worth the price many times over.  Hell, if you
put an hourly consulting rate on the time that you've spent trying to 
get OOo to build, you'd probably have enough money to by a new Macbook 
Pro and MSOffice.  Then just dual boot to FreeBSD and/or run Parallels.

Scott