Serious Bug in Lucid Lynx OpenOffice Writer

[NoOp]

On 09/11/2010 06:52 PM, 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.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
> 
> 

I cannot reproduce on the current 3.2.1.4 of (U)OOo. See if you can
reproduce with the test document that I added to the bug report.