KOConverter can't detect encoding, fails to convert

[Dexo]

Binary package hint: koffice-libs-kde4

# Koconverter is not updated in koffice-libs-kde4

$ koconverter -v
Qt: 4.4.3
KDE: 4.1.2 (KDE 4.1.2)
KOConverter: 1.4

# This takes away all possible functionality that it gives, failing in the manual (man) example

$ LANGUAGE=C koconverter file.xls file2.ksp
koconverter(23962) KLocalePrivate::initEncoding: Cannot resolve system encoding, defaulting to ISO 8859-1.
koconverter(23962): "*** The conversion failed! ***"

# And failing on easier tasks

$ LANGUAGE=C koconverter file2.ksp file2.xls
koconverter(23438) KLocalePrivate::initEncoding: Cannot resolve system encoding, defaulting to ISO 8859-1.
koconverter(23438): "*** The conversion failed! ***"

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$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

$ apt-cache policy koffice-kde4
koffice-kde4:
  Installed: 1:1.9.98.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:1.9.98.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:1.9.98.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ apt-cache policy koffice-libs-kde4
koffice-libs-kde4:
  Installed: 1:1.9.98.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:1.9.98.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:1.9.98.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Dexo (interruptux)]

Bug like
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/koffice/+bug/163734
but changing to kde4, development koffice, and ubuntu ibex

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

There are two problems here:
-KOConverter is reporting a version of 1.4 even when it's not 1.4.
The KOffice dudes just forgot to bump the version string. This will be fixed in the next release.

But this means that we've had the KDE4 version of koconverter all along which bring us to the second problem:
-KOConverter fails converting following the manpage example.

So if this is still a problem with KOffice2 Beta6 (1:1.9.98.6-0ubuntu1), then this should be forwarded upsteam to the KOffice developers at bugs.kde.org so that they can fix this bug. If you do report the bug, make sure to mention http://bugs.kde.org/183778 so that they don't close it outright due to the version being 1.4.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!