Serious Bug in Lucid Lynx OpenOffice Writer

[Tony Pursell]

On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 21:52 -0400, clintin at linuxmail.org wrote:
> That was easy since Launchpad knows me. I have confirmed the bug as
> still being present, on 32 bit platforms.
> 
> Thanks for the link to the bug report.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> 
> From: Steven Susbauer <steven at too1337.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Sat, Sep 11, 2010 7:36 pm
> Subject: Re: Serious Bug in Lucid Lynx OpenOffice Writer
> 
> On 9/11/2010 8:15 PM, clintin at linuxmail.org wrote:
> > Ubuntu 10.04 OpenOffice Writer 3.2 (Oracle splash screen) crashes when
> > saving a WindowsXP.doc in rtf. When I start up OO Writer, it does
> > recover the file only to crash on the next save. OO 3.2 on Fedora 13
> > does not crash when performing the same operation. I have had to install
> > Abiword as a work-around for something that shouldn't be a problem or
> > cause an application crash. No, I am not going to report the bug through
> > Launch Pad because it is not simple and I assume that since I have
> > duplicated this crash on three different computers running 10.04, so I
> > know it can be duplicated by the powers that be and fixed. Not being
> > able to save an rich text file in OO Writer is very serious and can be
> > cause not to recommend or use 10.04 if a person needs this capability.
> > This is not a troll but a serious report of a serious bug in 10.04 and
> > using OO Writer. It needs to be fixed.
> 
> Launchpad is exactly where you should report it, so the powers that be 
> can attempt to duplicate it and get it fixed. This is a support list, 
> not a bug report list.
> 
> It appears this bug may be the same as 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/556169, in 
> which case adding information is in your best interest as it is about to 
> be closed again.
> 
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I have reproduced this bug with OOo version 3.2.0 in Ubuntu 10:04. It
required a large, complex 97/2000/XP .doc to give the problem.

However, I re-tested with the same file using OOo version 3.2.1 in
Ubuntu 10:10 Beta (running in Oracle VM Virtualbox) and it saved as RTF
without crashing.  So it appears that the bug is fixed.

Tony