Bug#949754: libreoffice-writer: cannot open an existing document after an update and subsequent saving (corrupt document?)
tag 949754 + moreinfo
tag 949754 + unreproducible
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On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 07:39:16PM +0100, Antonio wrote:
> After several tests I found that the problem depended on the
> libreoffice user profile of the previous installed version.
Hrm.
> To solve this problem I manually removed the file:
> $ rm -f /home/user/.config/libreoffice/4/user/registrymodifications.xcu
It would have been interesting *what* entry there caused the problem.
Maybe some export/filter option? Or ODF <version> compatibility?
> which will then be recreated when the program restarts.
With default values.
> Perhaps could be evaluated an action in the installation trigger of
> the new version to avoid this eventuality...
If so, only in the application, not in maintainer scripts since $HOME is
a no-go for them.
In any case: one needs to know a config item to fix.
Regards,
Rene
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