Bug#184776: openoffice.org: Configuration options in /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice

[Jerome Warnier <jwarnier@beeznest.net>]

Gaute Hvoslef Kvalnes wrote:
> Package: openoffice.org
> Version: 1.0.2-2.3pre2+woody.AFK.1
> Severity: wishlist
>
> The file /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice (the shell script used to
> launch OpenOffice.org) contains some options for file locking that can
> be commented out if necessary:
>
> #
> # STAR_PROFILE_LOCKING_DISABLED=1
> # export STAR_PROFILE_LOCKING_DISABLED
> #
>
> #
> # SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1
> # export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING
> #
>
> However, any changes made to this file will get overwritten when 
> OpenOffice.org is updated. I assume this is because the file is not 
> really a configuration file.
>
> Could Debian provide these same options somewhere in /etc/openoffice
> instead?

Same thing for:

# uncomment this to remote start soffice on hostname
# SO_REMOTE_START=rsh
# SO_REMOTE_APPLICATION=hostname:/fully_quallified_path/soffice

It could be very interesting in many environnements.

> Regards,
>  Gaute Hvoslef Kvalnes
>
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Architecture: i386
> Kernel: Linux debian 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
>
> Versions of packages openoffice.org depends on:
> ii  openoffice.org 1.0.2-2.3pre2+woody.AFK.1 OpenOffice.org office suite binary
> ii  openoffice.org 1.0.2-2+1                 Debian specific parts of OpenOffic
> ii  openoffice.org 1.0.2-2.3pre2+woody.AFK.1 Arabic language package for openof
> ii  openoffice.org 1.0.2-2.3pre2+woody.AFK.1 German language package for openof
> ii  openoffice.org 1.0.2-2.3pre2+woody.AFK.1 English (US) language package for