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libreoffice package

libreoffice cannot open .xlsm files after the latest update

Bug #1751258 reported by Hannu Koivisto
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Bug Description

After the recent update to version 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.1, I can no longer open Excel spreadsheets with names ending in .xlsm -- I get "Access to xyz.xlsm was denied." error.

At first I thought this was the same problem as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1751005 because sudo apparmor_parser -R /etc/apparmor.d/usr.lib.libreoffice.program.* "fixed" the problem, but my document is in $HOME (not that I agree that it needs to be).

Instead it appears that xlsm is not listed as a "supported" extension in /etc/apparmor.d/usr.lib.libreoffice.program.soffice.bin. I added it and that fixed the problem.

It's my understanding that there is also (at least) xlsb extension which is not listed either, but I don't know if Libreoffice supports xlsb files.

I'm using Kubuntu 17.10.

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

Thanks for the report. Marking this as a duplicate of bug #1751005 as both issues will be fixed with the same update.

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