Bug#429046: openoffice.org: com.sun.star.ucb.SimpleFileAccess method getDateTimeModifed gives the datetime of a symlink and not of the target file
Package: openoffice.org
Version: 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch1
Severity: normal
I'm developing a macro in python, which lives in a Subversion working
copy. There is a symlink in ~/.openoffice.org2/user/Scripts/python that
has the real script as the target.
When I alter the script, OO does not notice unless I quit and reload it.
>From looking at /usr/lib/openoffice/program/pythonscript.py, it seems
that there is some logic that tries to reload a script if its file
modification date changes; in order to determine the modification date
of the script, com.sun.star.ucb.SimpleFileAcess.getDateTimeModified is
called.
I noticed today that changing the mtime of the script's symlink makes OO
reload the script. I used strace to confirm that getDateTimeModified is
trying to be too clever, and is calling lstat when it should just be
calling stat.
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ii openoffice.org-calc 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch1 OpenOffice.org office suite - spre
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ii openoffice.org-draw 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch1 OpenOffice.org office suite - draw
ii openoffice.org-impre 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch1 OpenOffice.org office suite - pres
ii openoffice.org-java- 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch1 OpenOffice.org office suite Java s
ii openoffice.org-math 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch1 OpenOffice.org office suite - equa
ii openoffice.org-write 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch1 OpenOffice.org office suite - word
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