getting openoffice to build (or even a package!) on current

[Dr. Richard E. Hawkins]

I'm stuck here again trying to get openoffice to build.  I'd even settle
for a package that will execute.

My old executable (which was built) stopped working a week or two ago.

I've tried building, but it got stuck on "DrawScreen.idl" or something
similar.  

The last time I successfully completed a build, it wouldn't execute.  I
believe the message is the same as I get from the precompiled package.

I tried the suggestion on an archived thread to replace the libc_p with
pthread, but now it hangs with 

idlc: compile 'NotConnectedException.idl' ... 


I'm stuck.  I'll settle for just about any way that gets a working
office installed.

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