On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Nelson Marques <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2012/5/19 Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]>: > > One enduring solution would be to break with the past and not use the > same file names for the binary bits, the same registry keys, etc., any > longer. That would solve a few problems on Windows too. > > > This would be a partial solution depending on what the internal > dependency generator from the RPM does when it creates the RPM's. And > would allow us not to deal with the Epoch (which is good, since Epoch > is a very dangerous thing). > > Where do I find documentation to build AAO from source so I can > repackage it and generate a YUM repository to provide as a proof of > concept that adresses the fixes wanted ? > > Nelson -- please see the project "source" page for information: http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/source.html > > > > > - Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kay Schenk [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:01 > > To: ooo-dev > > Subject: Linux install issues > > > > Hi all-- > > > > It seems we are running into a number of very difficult problems with > Linux > > installs, the latest just e-mailed to this list this morning, due to the > > way some vendors have installed LO. > > > > see: > > > > http://markmail.org/message/qz72ouzjvcm7uyfn > > > > > > I'd really like to provide additional help in the install guide: > > > > http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/instructions.html > > > > but I'm at a loss as to what this should say. > > > > I took a look at SOME of the postings on the support forums and well, > still > > at a loss. Generally, it seems that completely uninstall the old OOo 3.3 > is > > a given (please correct me if I'm wrong about this), but how to handle > some > > of the LO overlap? > > > > Can we get some opinions on what's the most accurate way to go about > > installing AOO 3.4 on linux? > > > > * completely de-install LO first? install AOO 3.4, the re-install LO? > > * completely de-install old OOo 3.3? and then? > > > > Thankfully, I did not run into these kinds of issues with my distro. > > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > MzK > > > > "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." > > -- Mark Twain > > > > > > -- > Nelson Marques > // I've stopped trying to understand sandwiches with a third piece of > bread in the middle... > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." -- Mark Twain
