Comment 43 for bug 1751005

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Stephen Boston (stephenboston) wrote : Re: [Bug 1751005] Re: libreoffice cannot open a document not within $HOME

Very sorry. I was exploring the site and didn't understand the purpose of
the button. I was surprised to find that I had changed the status and was
even more surprised that having changed it I hadn't the authority to change
it back.

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 10:54 PM, Olivier Tilloy <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Please do not change the bug status. The fix is being tested and hasn't
> been released yet.
>
> ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
> Status: Fix Released => Fix Committed
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1751005
>
> Title:
> libreoffice cannot open a document not within $HOME
>
> Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> Starting with today's update to LibreOffice 5.4.5.1 40m0(Build:1),
> files not within the user $HOME directory cannot be opened. This has
> nothing to do with ownership or permissions - the target document is
> owned by the user with full permissions. Moving the file to ~/Desktop
> allows it to be opened normally.
>
> Error message in popup window:
> Access to /home2/mico/documents/personal/2018 lists.ods was denied.
>
> Error message when launched from terminal:
> $: localc "2018 lists.ods"
> javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!
> Please ensure that a JVM and the package libreoffice-java-common is
> installed.
> If it is already installed then try removing
> ~/.libreoffice/3/user/config/javasettings_Linux_*.xml
> Warning: failed to read path from javaldx
>
> The file mentioned in the error message does not exist.
> I removed the corresponding file under ~/.libreoffice/4/ but that makes
> no difference.
>
> This but started in Ubuntu 18.04 (alpha) around Feb. 15, and with
> today's update (Feb. 22) it appeared in Ubuntu 17.10.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
> Package: libreoffice-core 1:5.4.5-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-36.40-generic 4.13.13
> Uname: Linux 4.13.0-36-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Thu Feb 22 09:35:49 2018
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-01-27 (25 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64
> (20180105.1)
> SourcePackage: libreoffice
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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