Bug#746286: libreoffice-writer: stopping gdm, clicking 'cancel', 'cancel' to file recovery resulted in data loss
Package: libreoffice-writer
Version: 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
Severity: critical
Justification: causes serious data loss
"Always create backup copy" and "Save Auto Recovery every (3) Minutes"
were set. These settings have been set for a long time.
Tonight for several hours, I worked on an odt document that I have
added to for several months.
Something went screwy with Spotify. No controls responded.
tty0 showed segfaults. I logged in as root at ran `/etc/init.d/gdm3 stop`.
Started gdm3, then double clicked on the document. A dialog opened.
I thought "I'd better make a backup copy of the corrupted file first."
I could not click outside the dialog so I clicked cancel.
Another dialog appeared. I clicked cancel.
The windows closed. I thought, "uh-oh," and double-clicked the file.
It opened, as it was about an hour ago.
I looked in my backups path in ~/.config/.... There was a file there
with the same name, but it seemed like it was from months ago.
Minor setback, but nevertheless irreplaceable data, or replaceable
only in the sense that I vaguely remember what I wrote... not sure.
It's "important" to me.
I think most people by clicking "cancel" would not intend to proceed
with backup or wipe out the backup file.
Thanks,
Mark
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.4
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages libreoffice-writer depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-38+deb7u1
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.2-5
ii libicu48 4.8.1.1-12+deb7u1
ii libreoffice-base-core 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii libreoffice-core 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii libstdc++6 4.7.2-5
ii libwpd-0.9-9 0.9.4-3
ii libwpg-0.2-2 0.2.1-1
ii libwps-0.2-2 0.2.7-1
ii libxml2 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2
ii uno-libs3 3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii ure 3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13
Versions of packages libreoffice-writer recommends:
ii gcj-4.7-jre [java5-runtime] 4.7.2-3
ii gcj-jre [java5-runtime] 4:4.7.2-1
ii libreoffice-emailmerge 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii libreoffice-filter-binfilter 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii libreoffice-java-common 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii libreoffice-math 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii openjdk-7-jre [java5-runtime] 7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1
Versions of packages libreoffice-writer suggests:
ii libreoffice-base 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
pn libreoffice-gcj <none>
Versions of packages libreoffice-core depends on:
ii fontconfig 2.9.0-7.1
ii fonts-opensymbol 2:102.2+LibO3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii libc6 2.13-38+deb7u1
ii libcairo2 1.12.2-3
ii libcmis-0.2-0 0.1.0-1+b1
ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.26.0-1+wheezy8
ii libdb5.1 5.1.29-5
ii libexpat1 2.1.0-1+deb7u1
ii libexttextcat0 3.2.0-2
ii libfontconfig1 2.9.0-7.1
ii libfreetype6 2.4.9-1.1
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.2-5
ii libglib2.0-0 2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii libgraphite2-2.0.0 1.1.3-1
ii libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 0.10.36-1.1
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.36-1.2
ii libhunspell-1.3-0 1.3.2-4
ii libhyphen0 2.8.3-2
ii libice6 2:1.0.8-2
ii libicu48 4.8.1.1-12+deb7u1
ii libjpeg8 8d-1
ii libmythes-1.2-0 2:1.2.2-1
ii libneon27-gnutls 0.29.6-3
ii libnspr4 2:4.9.2-1+deb7u1
ii libnspr4-0d 2:4.9.2-1+deb7u1
ii libnss3 2:3.14.5-1
ii libnss3-1d 2:3.14.5-1
ii libpng12-0 1.2.49-1
ii librdf0 1.0.15-1+b1
ii libreoffice-common 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii librsvg2-2 2.36.1-2
ii libsm6 2:1.2.1-2
ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1e-2+deb7u4
ii libstdc++6 4.7.2-5
ii libx11-6 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.2-1+deb7u1
ii libxml2 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2
ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.2-2+deb7u1
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.7-1+deb7u1
ii libxslt1.1 1.1.26-14.1
ii uno-libs3 3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii ure 3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u2
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13
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