abiword on edgy hangs trying to import OpenDocument text file

Bug #73356 reported by Caspar Clemens Mierau
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: abiword

A fresh installed version of Abiword hangs on trying to open an odt file (see attached file error.odt). I think this related to the missing ODT plugin within the default install? The file chooser lets you choose the file and does not complain about it.

I also attach a "working" helloworld.odt which gets importet meaning Abiword does not hang and just shows binary zip stuff.

This bug report is not about the missing ODT plugin but about a hanging application.

Don't hesitate to ask me further questions.

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Caspar Clemens Mierau (leitmedium) wrote :
  • error.odt Edit (12.0 KiB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
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Caspar Clemens Mierau (leitmedium) wrote :
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Caspar Clemens Mierau (leitmedium) wrote :

Side note: abiword consumes according to top about 99 percent of CPU while trying to open error.odt.

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Hubert Figuiere (hub) wrote :

install abiword-plugins and it will work. if it still doesn't please reopen this bug.

See duplicate bug 24195.

Thanks for the report.

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Alan (mrintegrity) wrote :

This still happens with Feisty, abiword hangs completely. The desired result would be a "plugin missing for files of type ODT, download from here: etcetc" not just a total lock-up requiring a kill.

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Alan (mrintegrity) wrote :

I can confirm that this affects feisty as well as edgy, an annoying bug that doesn't provide any feedback to the user about what is happening or why it happened.

Changed in abiword:
status: New → Confirmed
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