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

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

reassign 755309 libreoffice-draw
affects 755309 libreoffice-impress
reassign libreoffice draw or impress fail to start if avahi service publishing disabled
thanks

On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 07:33:38PM +0100, Ken Milmore wrote:
> Package: libreoffice-common

Actually not, the avahi stuff is purely in -draw.
(even if it was central, it would be core as it's in a binary, not something arch-independant.)

> 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.

... and listen. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=749770

> 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.

There is Tools -> Options -> Impress -> General -> [ ] Enable remote control

(which disables all Impress remote control things, not just avahi)

> 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.

Or not require it at all, yeah.

I could probably do what I outlined in my last comment in #749770 but that
would mean weeks delay because it needs to go through NEW with a new package.
Or --disable-avahi completely.

Regards,

Rene