Bug#1018049: libreoffice-writer: PDF export fails to dump the file where instructed; and in one case writes no file at all
Package: libreoffice-writer
Version: 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: debbug.lowriter@sideload.33mail.com
When performing an “export as…”, we are given a couple choices:
1) “export as PDF”
2) “export directly as PDF”
It’s unclear what direct means, and what’s implied by the first option
(apparently indirect). So that’s consfusing; but whatever. I chose the
first option. Then I navigated by manually editing the path in the
first field (because it was not obvious how to navigate graphically).
When I saved the file, it did not appear in the specified place.
Instead it dumped the PDF in the same directory as the original
doc. This is bug 1.
Since I did not find the file initially, I tried again, this time
choosing “export directly as PDF”. I discovered the graphical way of
navigating. It’s non-intuitive: a down arrow in the top right of he
window. I used that to navigate to the place where I wanted the file
written. The default filename was good as-is, so I clicked “export”,
and instead of exporting the file in the directory that is showing,
the UI simply navigated one level deeper. I could not make it dump
the file in the directory that I chose. I had to abandon the
operation. This is bug 2.
When I repeat the above procedures, sometimes an item on the screen
blinks rapidly, such as the “export” button or the field holding the
path, and the window is frozen and refuses input. I have to kill
lowriter at that point. I’ll call this bug 3, but note that I’m using
Sway which is a tiled window manager that’s not too mature, so this
3rd bug could actually be a bug outside of lowriter.
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.4
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (990, 'stable-updates'), (990, 'stable-security'), (990, 'testing'), (990, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-16-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages libreoffice-writer depends on:
ii libabw-0.1-1 0.1.3-1
ii libc6 2.31-13+deb11u3
ii libe-book-0.1-1 0.1.3-2
ii libepubgen-0.1-1 0.1.1-1
ii libetonyek-0.1-1 0.1.9-4
ii libgcc-s1 10.2.1-6
ii libicu67 67.1-7
ii libmwaw-0.3-3 0.3.17-1
ii libodfgen-0.1-1 0.1.8-2
ii libreoffice-base-core 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii libreoffice-common 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii libreoffice-core 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii librevenge-0.0-0 0.0.4-6+b1
ii libstaroffice-0.0-0 0.0.7-1
ii libstdc++6 10.2.1-6
ii libuno-cppu3 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii libuno-cppuhelpergcc3-3 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii libuno-sal3 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii libuno-salhelpergcc3-3 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii libwpd-0.10-10 0.10.3-1
ii libwpg-0.3-3 0.3.3-1
ii libwps-0.4-4 0.4.12-1
ii libxml2 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u2
ii ucf 3.0043
ii uno-libs-private 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u1
Versions of packages libreoffice-writer recommends:
ii libreoffice-math 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
Versions of packages libreoffice-writer suggests:
ii default-jre [java8-runtime] 2:1.11-72
ii fonts-crosextra-caladea 20130214-2.1
ii fonts-crosextra-carlito 20130920-1.1
ii libreoffice-base 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii libreoffice-java-common 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii openjdk-11-jre [java8-runtime] 11.0.15+10-1~deb11u1
Versions of packages libreoffice-core depends on:
ii fontconfig 2.13.1-4.2
ii fonts-opensymbol 2:102.11+LibO7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii libboost-locale1.74.0 1.74.0-9
ii libc6 2.31-13+deb11u3
ii libcairo2 1.16.0-5
ii libclucene-contribs1v5 2.3.3.4+dfsg-1+b1
ii libclucene-core1v5 2.3.3.4+dfsg-1+b1
ii libcmis-0.5-5v5 0.5.2-3
ii libcups2 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2
ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u1
ii libdbus-1-3 1.12.20-2
ii libdconf1 0.38.0-2
ii libeot0 0.01-5+b1
ii libepoxy0 1.5.5-1
ii libexpat1 2.2.10-2+deb11u3
ii libexttextcat-2.0-0 3.4.5-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.13.1-4.2
ii libfreetype6 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1
ii libgcc-s1 10.2.1-6
ii libglib2.0-0 2.66.8-1
ii libgpgmepp6 1.14.0-1+b2
ii libgraphite2-3 1.3.14-1
ii libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 1.18.4-2
ii libgstreamer1.0-0 1.18.4-2.1
ii libharfbuzz-icu0 2.7.4-1
ii libharfbuzz0b 2.7.4-1
ii libhunspell-1.7-0 1.7.0-3
ii libhyphen0 2.8.8-7
ii libice6 2:1.0.10-1
ii libicu67 67.1-7
ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:2.0.6-4
ii liblcms2-2 2.12~rc1-2
ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.57+dfsg-3+deb11u1
ii libmythes-1.2-0 2:1.2.4-3+b1
ii libneon27-gnutls 0.31.2-1
ii libnspr4 2:4.29-1
ii libnss3 2:3.61-1+deb11u2
ii libnumbertext-1.0-0 1.0.7-1
ii liborcus-0.16-0 0.16.1-3+b2
ii liborcus-parser-0.16-0 0.16.1-3+b2
ii libpng16-16 1.6.37-3
ii libpoppler102 20.09.0-3.1
ii libqrcodegencpp1 1.6.0-1
ii libraptor2-0 2.0.14-1.2
ii librdf0 1.0.17-1.1+b1
ii libreoffice-common 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii librevenge-0.0-0 0.0.4-6+b1
ii libsm6 2:1.2.3-1
ii libstdc++6 10.2.1-6
ii libuno-cppu3 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii libuno-cppuhelpergcc3-3 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii libuno-sal3 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii libuno-salhelpergcc3-3 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii libx11-6 2:1.7.2-1
ii libx11-xcb1 2:1.7.2-1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1.1
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.4-2
ii libxml2 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u2
ii libxmlsec1 1.2.31-1
ii libxmlsec1-nss 1.2.31-1
ii libxrandr2 2:1.5.1-1
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.10-1
ii libxslt1.1 1.1.34-4
ii uno-libs-private 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii ure 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u1
Versions of packages libreoffice-core recommends:
ii gstreamer1.0-libav 1.18.4-3
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad 1.18.4-3
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-base 1.18.4-2
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 1.18.4-2
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly 1.18.4-2
ii libpaper-utils 1.1.28+b1
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