Bug#284269: openoffice.org: Setup fails after upgrade
# this looks like an upgrade bug from an unofficial version to an official
# or from a older official to a newr official. Not RC since it is no
# woody->sarge/sid upgrade issue since woody has no OOo...
severity 284269 important
thanks
Am Sonntag, 5. Dezember 2004 03:33 schrieb Carl Brown:
> Package: openoffice.org284269
> Version: 1.1.3-3
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> penoffice.org was previously running on the system. After an apt-get
which version? Must've been ancient... Where did you install it from?
> upgrade, the openoffice setup program aborts.
>
> The setup phase of the upgrade said:
>
> Setting up openoffice.org-bin (1.1.3-3) ...
>
> Setting up openoffice.org (1.1.3-3) ...
> Updating OpenOffice.org's dictionary list... done.
> Creating symlink /usr/lib/openoffice/share/dict/ooo ->
> /usr/share/myspell/dicts...
>
> Setting up openoffice.org-help-en (1.1+20040420-1) ...
> Setting up openoffice.org-debian-files (1.1.3-3+1) ...
> Installing new version of config file /etc/openoffice/autoresponse.conf
> ....
> Installing new version of config file /etc/openoffice/openoffice.conf
> ....
The interesting part would probably be from *which* version you upgraded...
> # openoffice
> OpenOffice.org for Debian - see284269
> /usr/share/doc/openoffice.org/README.Debian.gz
> running openoffice.org setup...
> /usr/bin/openoffice: line 281: 12804 Aborted
> /usr/lib/openoffice${284269VER}/program/setup -nogui
> -R:/etc/openoffice${VER}/autoresponse.conf
> setup failed (code 0).. abort
> ---- Please read /usr/share/doc/openoffice.org/README.Debian.gz for
> known problems -----
Hmm.. It does work when you install it from scratch, doesn't it? I.e. backup
your .openoffice and .sversionrc, kill them and start setup...
It may help to get the .openoffice directory tar.gz'ed or so to look...
Regards,
Rene
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