On Fri Dec 17 1999 at 15:05:57 -0600, John A. Maier wrote:

> > > I tried to install staroffice and got this message:
> > > ===>  staroffice-en-5.1a does not work on NetBSD-1.4.1-i386
> > 
> > I think the purpose of 1.4? is to let it install only on a -current
> > version of NetBSD. They are numbered 1.4[A-Z]. AFAIK staroffice will not
> > work on 1.4 release branch, because it doesn't have emulation of linux
> > threading. -current has it and they will be in 1.5
>
> So can the Makefile let other know this?

Isn't it enough that make tells you it straight and blunt?

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