More on Open Office
Dialup Jon Norstog
thursday at allidaho.com
Thu Oct 28 14:51:45 UTC 2010
To the list:
I contacted the maintainer for the Alpha Port and got this back:
On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 13:38 -0600, Jon Norstog wrote:
> Dear Caolon:
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> I looked for a source code download of the Alpha port. Is there a
> page I can go to? What will I need for the build?
Source code is the normal OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice source. You'll need the
same as you would need on any Linux platform, nothing extra or specific for Alpha.
C.
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I'm not sure what that means - sounds like the 64-bit X86 source code has been
made Alpha compatible. I did send an email requesting clarification of that
point.
jn
---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Dialup Jon Norstog" <thursday at allidaho.com>
To: Linux on Alpha processors <axp-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:04:51 -0700
Subject: Re: Spreadsheet application for CentOS 4.3
> Well, shut my mouth. The OO ports page lists the Alpha [port as
> complete, with 2 new maintainers - including one Russian! Plus ports
> in progress for Tru64 and VMS.
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> I may get a few more years out of my Alpha box, after all.
>
> jn
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> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Michael Cree <mcree at orcon.net.nz>
> To: axp-list at redhat.com
> Sent: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:16:49 +1300
> Subject: Re: Spreadsheet application for CentOS 4.3
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> > On 25/10/10 15:57, Dialup Jon Norstog wrote:
> > > The
> > > OpenOffice Alpha port has never really been finished and probably never will
> > > be, unless the Russian guys decide to do it.
> >
> > Huh? I am running OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 fine on my Alpha without a
> > problem. Gosh, it even says copyright Oracle! That's unusually up
> > to date for Debian!
> >
> > Cheers
> > Michael.
> >
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