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

[Remko Lodder]

The following reply was made to PR docs/76057; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Remko Lodder <remko at elvandar.org>
To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend at FreeBSD.org>
Cc: freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org, freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/76057: Handbook method for obtaining OpenOffice doesn't work
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:59:51 +0100

 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
 -- 
 Kind regards,
 
      Remko Lodder  ** remko at elvandar.org
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