docs/76057: Handbook method for obtaining OpenOffice doesn't work

[Remko Lodder]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 07:12:42PM +0100, Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 05:16:49PM +0100, Remko Lodder wrote:
> > 
> > So that would make the below diff? :-)
> > 
> > Index: chapter.sgml
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml,v
> > retrieving revision 1.50
> > diff -u -r1.50 chapter.sgml
> > --- chapter.sgml        20 Feb 2005 12:51:33 -0000      1.50
> > +++ chapter.sgml        27 Feb 2005 15:54:46 -0000
> > @@ -635,6 +635,15 @@
> >  
> >        <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r openoffice</userinput></screen>
> >  
> > +      <note>
> > +        <para>If you are <emphasis>not</emphasis> running a -RELEASE
> > +         version of &os; this might not work.  You should then look on
> > +         the FreeBSD OpenOffice Porting Team web site and download the
> > +         appropriate package and install the package using
> > +         &man.pkg_add.1;.  You will also find the latest version and
> > +         the latest development version here.</para>
> > +      </note>
> 
> Maybe I'm picky but I'm not sure about the use of "here" (there?),
> perhaps the last sentence may be reworded in "You will also find the
> latest production and developement versions...".  I dunno, someone with
> better english skills should correct me.
> 
> Marc

Marc,

Yes you are picky :) but that is not a problem :-)

I discussed this on #bsddocs and we came up with the following:

Index: chapter.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -r1.50 chapter.sgml
--- chapter.sgml        20 Feb 2005 12:51:33 -0000      1.50
+++ chapter.sgml        27 Feb 2005 21:56:39 -0000
@@ -635,6 +635,15 @@
 
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r openoffice</userinput></screen>
 
+      <note>
+        <para>When running a -RELEASE version of &os; this will work.
+         Otherwise you should look on the &os; OpenOffice Porting Team
+         web site and download and install the appropriate package
+         using &man.pkg_add.1;.  Both the current release and
+         development version are available for download at this
+         site.</para>
+      </note>
+
       <para>Once the package is installed, you must run the setup
         program and choose a <option>standard workstation installation</option>.
         Run this command as the user who will use
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Kind regards,

     Remko Lodder  ** remko at elvandar.org
     Reporter DSINET  **  remko at DSINet.org
     Founder Tienervaders  ** remko at tienervaders.org
     FreeBSD Documentation Project  ** remko at FreeBSD.org