Still current as of 12.10: the /etc/mailcap file contains the wrong
entries.
The string "-no-oosplash" should be replaced with "--nologo" then
everything works.
Version and status of relevant packages:
$ env LC_ALL=C dpkg -l libreoffice* | egrep ^i
ii libreoffice-base-core 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 office productivity suite -- shared library
ii libreoffice-calc 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 office productivity suite -- spreadsheet
ii libreoffice-common 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
all office productivity suite -- arch-independent files
ii libreoffice-core 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 office productivity suite -- arch-dependent files
ii libreoffice-draw 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 office productivity suite -- drawing
ii libreoffice-emailmerge 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
all office productivity suite -- email mail merge
ii libreoffice-gnome 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 office productivity suite -- GNOME integration
ii libreoffice-gtk 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 office productivity suite -- GTK+ integration
ii libreoffice-help-en-gb 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
all office productivity suite -- English_british help
ii libreoffice-help-en-us 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
all office productivity suite -- English_american help
ii libreoffice-help-it 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
all office productivity suite -- Italian help
ii libreoffice-impress 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 office productivity suite -- presentation
ii libreoffice-l10n-en-gb 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
all office productivity suite -- English_british
language package
ii libreoffice-l10n-en-za 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
all office productivity suite -- English_southafrican
language package
ii libreoffice-l10n-it 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
all office productivity suite -- Italian language package
ii libreoffice-math 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 office productivity suite -- equation editor
ii libreoffice-ogltrans 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 LibreOffice Impress extension for transitions using
OpenGL
ii libreoffice-pdfimport 1.0.6+LibO3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents
ii libreoffice-presentation-minimizer 1.0.4+LibO3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 LibreOffice extension for size-efficient
presentations
ii libreoffice-presenter-console 1.1.1+LibO3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 LibreOffice Impress extension for a separate
presenter's console
ii libreoffice-style-human 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
all office productivity suite -- Human symbol style
ii libreoffice-style-tango 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
all office productivity suite -- Tango symbol style
ii libreoffice-writer 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4
amd64 office productivity suite -- word processor
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506399
Title:
[i686] soffice crashes when called from mutt (using mailcap entry)
Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu:
Expired
Bug description:
Binary package hint: openoffice.org
All mailcap entries calling openoffice contain: "soffice -no-oosplash"
From a terminal, "soffice -no-oosplash" fails:
terminate called after throwing an instance of
'com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException'
But, "soffice -nologo" works perfectly!
After having a look at the script /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice, I
tried some variants and got the following results:
calling soffice.bin or oosplash.bin from a terminal:
# /path/to/soffice.bin -nologo --> works
# /path/to/soffice.bin -no-oosplash --> crashes as described above
# /path/to/soffice.bin --> crashes whith the same error !!!
# /path/to/oosplash.bin --> works as proposed
# /path/to/oosplash.bin -nologo --> starts without splash screen
# /path/to/oosplash.bin -no-oosplash --> starts with splash screen !!!
As the shellscript soffice chooses one of the executables on the existence of
the nologo or no-oosplash options, soffice.bin will normally never be called
without one of these options. But it can't run without "-nologo", which I
consider buggy at least.
The different behavior of oosplash.bin on the "-nologo" or "-no-oosplash"
options makes me think that "-no-oosplash" shouldn't be used anymore.
So, all openoffice.org mailcap entries have to be changed from
"soffice -no-oosplash..." to "soffice -nologo..." in order to call
openoffice programs via mailcap. (In a second step, the viability of
soffice.bin without options should be addressed.)
My System Informations:
Ubuntu 9.10, all updates until current applied.
openoffice.org:
Installed: 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1
Candidate: 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1
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