SRU details:
= RATIONALE =
This is:
- a severe regression from the previous release of Ubuntu
- while it might directly not cause a loss of user data, it might cause
corruption of user data which might be even worse
= RESOLUTION =
The bug has been found to be caused by an call to the function IterateMatrix()
in sc/source/core/tool/interpr1.cxx with the wrong order of parameters. This
causes the initial value of the iteration to be wrong for PRODUCT. It seems to
be right still for other functions by pure luck (i.e. as fMem is 0 it works out
correctly for most calls - but for PRODUCT calls fRes has to be 1 initially).
= REPRODUCING THE BUG =
TEST CASE:
- Open calc spreadsheet
- type in "=PRODUCT({1, 2, 3})" as formula for a cell
- expected result: 6
- actual result: 1
= REGRESSION POTENTIAL =
No potential regressions.
= RELEVANT PACKAGES =
The bug has been addressed in source package libreoffice-1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 as
uploaded to https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ppa . This is a joined
SRU with bug 746375 because of LibreOffice package size. Attaching one debdiff
with both fixes, but as the fixes are injected using patches in the build
process, both are clearly separated.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/775608
Title:
[Upstream] Libreoffice Calc's PRODUCT function doesn't calculate
correctly with certain array formulas
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