OpenOffice2.0 64Bit ready?

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Thu Aug 11 13:08:07 GMT 2005


On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 10:11:25PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 08:55:08PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 04:28:19PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 07:02:38PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 11:13:22PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > To some extent, the Ports Collection has outlived its usefulness.
> > > > > It took me 4 hours to fix libgmp4 and add a new port for mpfr
> > > > > because the Porter's Handbook is useless.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for the constructive criticism!
> > > 
> > > Your welcomed.  Now, I'll wait to see how long it 
> > > takes to commit the change.
> > 
> > *sound of sarcasm going by Steve*
> > 
> 
> Touche.
> 
> man ports
> 
> BUGS
>      Ports documentation is split over four places --
>      /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk, The Porter's Handbook, the ``Packages and
>      Ports'' chapter of The FreeBSD Handbook, and this manual page.

Do you have a specific point?  Some of those 4 sources duplicate a lot
of information, and also cover different areas.  What about this,
precisely, makes the Porters' Handbook "useless", in your opinion?

> I believe sarcasm looks like
> 
> 2000/06/30 ports/19594 new port: x11/qrash-sdl

[...]

If you say so.

Kris
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