Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OpenOffice remerge failed

[Mick]

On Sunday 24 Jul 2011 22:11:47 walt wrote:
> On 07/24/2011 01:27 PM, Mick wrote:
> > It must be one of the most annoying things in Gentoo when OOo fails at
> > the very last minute!
> >
> > It may be this was caused by me forgetting to set MAKEOPTS="-j1"
>
> If that's the cause (and I have no idea) then you should be able to
> complete the build this way, without starting over:
>
> #ebuild /usr/portage/app-office/openoffice/openoffice-3.2.1-r1.ebuild
> install
>
> That will resume the failed build where it stopped last time and, with any
> luck, will finish it.

Hmm ... probably will not work if I have "fail-clean" in my FEATURES.  :-(

I've run it now and it compiles again.


> If the build stops again at a *different* spot, then repeat as needed.
>
> If it finally finishes without error, then there is one more step
> remaining:
>
> #ebuild /usr/portage/app-office/openoffice/openoffice-3.2.1-r1.ebuild
> qmerge
>
> > Before I start again, shall I switch to libreoffice-3.3.1 or is it not
> > yet as polished as OOo?
>
> I'm using it without problems so far.  Some of the principal devs quit the
> OO project to start libreoffice.  My gut feeling is that libreoffice will
> capture the market, but I have no real evidence to offer either way.

Thanks, from what I read online libreoffice is expected to be taking over 
openoffice sooner or later, I'm just not sure when to make the switch.
-- 
Regards,
Mick