[gentoo-user] Re: OpenOffice remerge failed

[walt <w41ter@gmail.com>]

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.

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.