On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 17:24:25 -0500, Rob wrote:

> I understand from the Gentoo website that the binary for OpenOffice 1.1 on
> the 2nd LiveCD is buggy and does not work well on Gentoo v1.4.
>

It is? I used to have it and didn't notice , but I haven't read any web
articles about it too

> Is there a way to get OpenOffice v1.1 to run under Gentoo v1.4?
>

why not?

> Do I have to download the source and compile it manually?

But if you try that remember it takes >4GB free space during compilation
and ~12h on a Duron1300 ) i.e. if you're lucky not to get a segmentation
fault better do it: emerge openoffice||emerge openoffice
I succeeded