Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Uwe Klosa
I have used both versions. The compiled version seems to be more stable on my system. Uwe Kristian Poul Herkild wrote: Joseph wrote: Is there a benefit of compiling Openoffice 2.0 vs. installing from binary. I've AMD 1.8Mhz with 1Gb or Ram and it has been compiling OO 2.0 for 7-hours

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Dale
Uwe Klosa wrote: I have used both versions. The compiled version seems to be more stable on my system. Uwe I always compile mine to. It is downloading it now. Why is it only 32MBs this time? It was over 200MBs last time. Dale :-) -- To err is human, I'm most certainly human. --

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Uwe Klosa
The first file is only 32MB. There are more to come. :) Uwe Dale wrote: Uwe Klosa wrote: I have used both versions. The compiled version seems to be more stable on my system. Uwe I always compile mine to. It is downloading it now. Why is it only 32MBs this time? It was over 200MBs

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread William Kenworthy
I'll agree here: I sometimes download a new binary to test before seeing if I really want it - then compile it. Compiled is usually subjectively faster, and definitely more stable. Besides, as someone else put it, its more fun ... BillK On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 09:00 +0100, Uwe Klosa wrote: I

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Dale
Uh Oh. Here goes my dial-up. I only get 26K here. Last time it took three nights to get it all, about 24 hours total. I may go visit my friend that has DSL. LOL Dale :-) Uwe Klosa wrote: The first file is only 32MB. There are more to come. :) Uwe Dale wrote: Uwe Klosa wrote: I

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Mariusz Pękala
On 2005-11-30 08:12:34 +0100 (Wed, Nov), Kristian Poul Herkild wrote: Joseph wrote: Is there a benefit of compiling Openoffice 2.0 vs. installing from binary. I've AMD 1.8Mhz with 1Gb or Ram and it has been compiling OO 2.0 for 7-hours already. It's likely to take somewhere around

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Wednesday 30 November 2005 03:00 am, a tiny voice compelled Uwe Klosa to write: I have used both versions. The compiled version seems to be more stable on my system. I've installed OO both ways in the past and stability hasn't been an issue. The only thing I noticed is that the compiled

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Dale
Ernie Schroder wrote: On Wednesday 30 November 2005 03:00 am, a tiny voice compelled Uwe Klosa to write: I have used both versions. The compiled version seems to be more stable on my system. I've installed OO both ways in the past and stability hasn't been an issue. The only thing I

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Joseph
On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 09:00 +0100, Uwe Klosa wrote: I have used both versions. The compiled version seems to be more stable on my system. Uwe [snip] I've compile OO 2.0 without any errors. But when I just open and save a spreadsheet OO 2.0 crashed on me with [signal.11]. Not a good

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:30:24 -0500, Ernie Schroder wrote: I've installed OO both ways in the past and stability hasn't been an issue. The only thing I noticed is that the compiled version opens faster than the binary version. As I remember, the difference was roughly 7 seconds. It seems like

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Wednesday 30 November 2005 09:18 am, a tiny voice compelled Neil Bothwick to write: Except that you don't sit and watch it compile (unless you are exceptionally sad You mean you don't have to keep watch over long compiles? I guess I have no life. Actually Neil, you're right, the 8 hours

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ernie Schroder wrote: time, but try playing poker on-line while it's running. I can never remember to do those long builds while I sleep so I end up, in this case, and for Well, I wrote a latemerge script that sets up an at cron job :P - So, I

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: Well, I wrote a latemerge script that sets up an at cron job :P - So, I emerge it in the moment but starts at night. sed -e 's/cron//' - -- Arturo Buanzo Busleiman - www.buanzo.com.ar Consultor en Seguridad

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Phil Sexton
Ernie Schroder wrote: I've recently done 11 months worth of updates on this box and have about 40 hours of build time on it in the last 10 days. I want to use it, not watch more text fly by on the console. Try compiling it at a lower priority. I just put this in my /etc/make.conf file:

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Uwe Klosa
Did you import your settings from an older OO version? I had that issue with the binary version upgrading from 1.x. So I did a clean install with the source code version. Uwe Joseph wrote: On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 09:00 +0100, Uwe Klosa wrote: I have used both versions. The compiled version

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Joseph
On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 16:01 +0100, Uwe Klosa wrote: Did you import your settings from an older OO version? I had that issue with the binary version upgrading from 1.x. So I did a clean install with the source code version. Uwe What do you mean import your settings from an older OO

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Kristian Poul Herkild
Joseph wrote: On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 16:01 +0100, Uwe Klosa wrote: Did you import your settings from an older OO version? I had that issue with the binary version upgrading from 1.x. So I did a clean install with the source code version. Uwe What do you mean import your settings

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:35:48 -0500, Ernie Schroder wrote: Actually Neil, you're right, the 8 hours that it takes to build OO is not down time, but try playing poker on-line while it's running. No thanks, I'm broke enough as it is :( I can never remember to do those long builds while I

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Joseph
On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 16:48 +0100, Kristian Poul Herkild wrote: Joseph wrote: On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 16:01 +0100, Uwe Klosa wrote: Did you import your settings from an older OO version? I had that issue with the binary version upgrading from 1.x. So I did a clean install with the

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Dale
Ernie Schroder wrote: Actually Neil, you're right, the 8 hours that it takes to build OO is not down time, but try playing poker on-line while it's running. I can never remember to do those long builds while I sleep so I end up, in this case, and for firefox, going for the immediate

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread W.Kenworthy
Use rsync. I am not sure how much gain there is to be had but try using an older version as the seed file - should save at least a little. Creative use of head/tail with seed files and already downloaded portions can save a lot if the link drops out halfway. Make sure you use the -P option (read

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-30 Thread Martins Steinbergs
On Thursday 01 December 2005 03:17, W.Kenworthy wrote: Use rsync. I am not sure how much gain there is to be had but try using an older version as the seed file - should save at least a little. Creative use of head/tail with seed files and already downloaded portions can save a lot if the

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary

2005-11-29 Thread Kristian Poul Herkild
Joseph wrote: Is there a benefit of compiling Openoffice 2.0 vs. installing from binary. I've AMD 1.8Mhz with 1Gb or Ram and it has been compiling OO 2.0 for 7-hours already. It's likely to take somewhere around 8-11 hours on such a machine. It took somewhere around 10 hours for me on a