Bug#1110923: libreoffice: saves to wrong path - 'Save As' changes saving location without warning

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

forwarded 1110923 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167897

tag 1110923 + upstream

severity 1110923 important

thanks


Hi,


Am 12.08.25 um 15:50 schrieb Franck:
> Package: libreoffice
> X-Debbugs-Cc: franckr01@online.de
> Version: 25.8.0~rc3-1

That version does not exist. 4: is part of the version. I fixed it... (Otherwise it dosn't know the version.)

> Happens at least with .ods & .odg => not specific to calc.
>
> mkdir -p /tmp/a/b
> create a file, ex with calc, as /tmp/a/c1.ods
> mv /tmp/a/c1.ods /tmp/a/b
> with file manager, open c1.ods in /tmp/a/b
> menu -> Save As... as c2.ods
> ; you get /tmp/a/b/c2.ods   (that's ok)
> ; but lets repeat without closing libreoffice:
> menu -> Save As... as c3.ods
> ; you suprisingly get /tmp/a/c3.ods
> ; instead of expected /tmp/a/b/c3.ods
> ; note: before saving, you can see that libreoffice will now use /tmp/a/, if you pay attention to the path.
> => libreoffice changed saving path without explicitely notifying the user.
>
> Then it is easy to loose updated files because they got saved into a different/old path.
> The old path could even be the one you used for a totally different file, and thus saving in a location you will not think of looking at.
>
> Is it possible to have libreoffice saving, by default, in same path as the file that was opened ?

Sounds like #1101920 and thus https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165917 but that was fixed in 25.2.3 and supposed to be fixed in 25.8.0?


Ah, no, I see the latest comments and https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167897...

Something for upstream to fix in some way.

(They now have 2 years to do it before the next Debian release :-))


Regards,


Rene