6.1.0.3 writer crashes when trying to insert more fields

[Olivier Tilloy]

I'm testing libreoffice 6.1.0.3 on cosmic from ppa:osomon/lo-test.

I have encountered the following regression, which I can reliably reproduce:

 1) Launch libreoffice writer
 2) Click on the "Insert" menu, then "Field" > "More Fields…"

Expected result: a dialog to select the type and contents of the field is presented
Current result: libreoffice crashes instantly

This is the relevant backtrace:

Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f82cbcead00 (LWP 4352)):
#0 __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:50
#1 0x00007f82d819c535 in __GI_abort () at abort.c:79
#2 0x00007f82d95b8a52 in SalUserEventList::DispatchUserEvents (
    this=0x55b01ede08b0, bHandleAllCurrentEvents=<optimized out>)
    at ./vcl/source/app/salusereventlist.cxx:115
#3 0x00007f82ca93b629 in call_userEventFn ()
    at ./vcl/unx/gtk3/gtk3gtkdata.cxx:784
#4 0x00007f82d6bbca78 in g_main_context_dispatch ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5 0x00007f82d6bbce68 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#6 0x00007f82d6bbcefc in g_main_context_iteration ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#7 0x00007f82ca93c923 in GtkSalData::Yield(bool, bool) ()
    at ./vcl/unx/gtk3/gtk3gtkdata.cxx:459
#8 0x00007f82db20639e in ImplYield (i_bAllEvents=false, i_bWait=true)
    at ./vcl/source/app/svapp.cxx:470
#9 Application::Yield () at ./vcl/source/app/svapp.cxx:535
#10 0x00007f82db207b15 in Application::Execute() ()
    at ./vcl/source/app/svapp.cxx:450
#11 0x00007f82da2d2e56 in desktop::Desktop::Main() ()
    at ./desktop/source/app/app.cxx:1634
#12 0x00007f82db20cc06 in ImplSVMain() () at ./vcl/source/app/svmain.cxx:200
#13 0x00007f82db20cd00 in SVMain () at ./vcl/source/app/svmain.cxx:238
#14 0x00007f82da2ef451 in soffice_main ()
    at ./desktop/source/app/sofficemain.cxx:170
#15 0x000055b01d0bb07b in sal_main () at ./desktop/source/app/main.c:48
#16 main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>)
    at ./desktop/source/app/main.c:47

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

This is not gtk3-specific. I uninstalled libreoffice-gtk3, installed libreoffice-gtk2 instead, and the crash still occurs.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

I cannot reproduce the crash with the debs for libreoffice 6.1 distributed on libreoffice.org, so this appears to be specific to the ubuntu packages.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Also note that inserting specific types of fields from the menu directly works. What appears to crash is the creation/showing of the fields dialog.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Installing libreoffice-base-drivers fixes the issue.

The "More Fields" dialog now opens with the last tab selected by default ("Database").

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Specifically, from libreoffice-base-drivers, libdbahsqllo.so is the one library required by the fields dialog (copying over just that one file makes the crash go away).

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

In the upstream package, that file is installed by libobasis6.1-core, that's a strong dependency of all the other application packages, which explains why the issue cannot be observed there.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

The crash also affects Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=907397.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Debian fix: https://salsa.debian.org/libreoffice-team/libreoffice/libreoffice/commit/8477848d190bae8b6a383d5d775f29c0f393d899

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package libreoffice - 1:6.1.0-0ubuntu2

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libreoffice (1:6.1.0-0ubuntu2) cosmic; urgency=medium

  [ Olivier Tilloy ]
  * debian/tests/control: do not depend on libreoffice-sdbc-firebird on s390x
    (LP: #1790165)

  [ Rene Engelhard ]
  * debian/rules: move libdbahsqllo.so from -base-drivers to -base-core
    (closes: #907397) (LP: #1789202)
  * debian/control.in: add Replaces: for above

 -- Olivier Tilloy <email address hidden> Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:55:52 +0200