Bug#755309: libreoffice-common: libreoffice draw or impress fail to start if avahi service publishing disabled

[Ken Milmore <ken.milmore@gmail.com>]

Package: libreoffice-common
Version: 1:4.2.5-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I have Avahi service publishing disabled with the following setting in
/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf:

  [publish]
  disable-publishing=yes

Attempting to run either LibreOffice Draw or LibreOffice Impress fails, giving
an error message like this:

  $ soffice --draw
  Adding service 'pangloss'
  Failed to add _impressremote._tcp service: Not permitted
  soffice.bin: client.c:626: avahi_client_free: Assertion `client' failed.

With service publishing enabled, these applications start up normally.

I understand that Impress Remote is a new facility is to allow a mobile device
to control a presentation.  I couldn't find an option anywhere to turn this
facility off.

Disabling service publishing is IMHO a reasonable security measure which is
suggested in the avahi-daemon.conf man page; I use Avahi mDNS as a client for
printer discovery but don't need to broadcast services to the net.  I think
LibreOffice should be able to deal with this without refusing to run.

Kind regards,

Ken.






-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libreoffice-common depends on:
ii  dpkg                                                  1.17.10
ii  libreoffice-style-galaxy [libreoffice-style-default]  1:4.2.5-1
ii  libreoffice-style-oxygen [libreoffice-style]          1:4.2.5-1
ii  libreoffice-style-tango [libreoffice-style]           1:4.2.5-1
ii  ure                                                   4.2.5-1+b1

Versions of packages libreoffice-common recommends:
ii  libexttextcat-data  3.4.4-1
ii  python3-uno         1:4.2.5-1+b1
pn  xfonts-mathml       <none>

Versions of packages libreoffice-common suggests:
pn  libreoffice-style-crystal     <none>
pn  libreoffice-style-hicontrast  <none>
ii  libreoffice-style-oxygen      1:4.2.5-1
pn  libreoffice-style-sifr        <none>
ii  libreoffice-style-tango       1:4.2.5-1

Versions of packages python3-uno depends on:
ii  libc6             2.19-7
ii  libgcc1           1:4.9.1-1
ii  libpython3.4      3.4.1-7
ii  libreoffice-core  1:4.2.5-1+b1
ii  libstdc++6        4.9.1-1
ii  python3           3.4.1-1
ii  python3.4         3.4.1-7
ii  uno-libs3         4.2.5-1+b1
ii  ure               4.2.5-1+b1

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