--- /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bak	2009-10-20 20:00:30.030258553 +0200
+++ /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice	2009-10-20 21:33:03.662150859 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+config_start_date=$(/bin/date +%s)
 #*************************************************************************
 #
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
@@ -230,6 +231,11 @@
     sd_binary="oosplash.bin"
 fi
 
+# print the configuration parsing time
+config_stop_date=$(/bin/date +%s)
+config_duration=$(($config_stop_date - $config_start_date))
+echo configuration parsed in $config_duration s by /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice
+
 # execute soffice binary
 "$sd_prog/$sd_binary" "$@" &
 trap 'kill -9 $!' TERM