Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 45437
symlinks don't work with license files
Last modified: 2019-10-06 17:03:30 UTC
I'm using gobolinux (http://gobolinux.org), which has a nonstandard file system layout. It uses symlinks into common directories that function like 'bin', 'lib', 'etc', etc. When I made a package for OOo, I had it make symlinks to the license files. It seems as if the stat test for the license file is not using the true name of the file, but rather the symlink in my case, so it failed the test for mode 0444 (I think). The license dialog came up blank and would not proceed past the "scroll down" point, so that I couldn't even start up OOo. After I copied the license files to the equivalent location of /usr/share/readme (instead of using symlinks), it worked. Thank God for strace!
OOo is designed for 'standard filesystems'. Working on "nonstandard file system" is an enhancement.
This isn't an issue about nonstandard filesystems. I support *NIX boxes with standard filesystems as well and I'd like the option of using symlinks on those systems too. Failing to honor symlinks can make OOo difficult to administer on standard *NIX file systems, since every *NIX distro (UNIX and LINUX) supports symlinks and people frequently use them to handle moves of installed programs transparently. This will suprise people when their administrator moves OOo to a different partition and it stops working for new users after that.
OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request. The Issue you raised is currently assigned to 'Requirements' pending review, but has not been updated within the last 3 years. Please consider re-testing with one of the latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been addressed. Either use the recent stable version: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing): http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/ Please report back the outcome so this Issue may be Closed or Progressed as necessary - otherwise it may be Resolved as Invalid in the future. You may also wish to search for (and note) any duplicates of this Issue that may have advanced further by checking the Issue Tracker: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/query.cgi Many thanks, Andrew Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of: ~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~ http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html
Last build for GoboLinux: 2017-04-05