Winfried committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master":
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=416d10b5f91047f0dcfbcc233c60322810bfc8d0 fdo#37341 fix unending loop in calc with Goal Seek The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to openoffice.org in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156381 Title: [Upstream] [hardy] Goal Seek hangs Calc indefinitely Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Fix Released Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org-calc 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-calc libreoffice-calc: Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 Version table: *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-proposed/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages 3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Calc via the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/156381/+attachment/167142/+files/sample.ods && localc -nologo sample.ods Tools -> Goal Seek... -> Formula Cell $F$110 -> Target 0 -> Variable Cell $E$7 -> OK button and it does so quickly and successfully. 4) What happens instead is it hangs Calc (waited ~10 minutes than killed process). WORKAROUND: Use Gnumeric as it performs the calculation instantly. apt-cache policy gnumeric gnumeric: Installed: 1.10.13-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.10.13-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.10.13-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Original Reporter Comments: If you use the "Goal Seek" on a spreadsheet that exceeds 105 rows OOO calc hangs completely, taking over 50% of CPU and you have to force the exit. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/156381/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
