openoffice support and other ports

[Danny Braniss]

> Steve Kargl wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 11:51:25AM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote:
> >   
> >> Steve Kargl wrote:
> >>     
> >>> On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 09:39:54PM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote:
> >>>       
> >>>> Are they really AMD64 ports or do they still need some ia32-compat-tweaks?
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>> Yes.
> >>>
> >>>       
> >> All right, for those, like me, who are not as fast as others in sucking 
> >> in informations:
> >> This means I do not need the 32-Bit compatibility-crap anymore?
> >>     
> >
> > Probably, yes.  However, I keep the 32-bit linux emulation for
> > the occasion odd application, for example, acroread.  Although
> > xpdf is fast and rendered good looking docs, there are some
> > convenient features in acroread.
> >
> >   
> Oh, I see.  The Linux stuff is still there for bootstrapping ... That I 
> meant with 'crap' ...  As long as I'm with FreeBSD now, I ran into 
> trouble in  building the JAVA stuff. I never figured out what it was. 
> Waiting for some updates (anywhere) solved the problem.

just a small question: how long should it take to compile java?
so far, my first attempt hung the machine (either javac or rpc.lockd were to
blame), now it's been trying to compile GenerateCharacter.java for
some 20 minutes and i don't think much is happening appart from using up cpu

danny