ports/180723: libreoffice: calc spreadsheet external data link by URL not working

Tom Vier nester at gmail.com
Sun Jul 21 16:20:00 UTC 2013


>Number:         180723
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       libreoffice: calc spreadsheet external data link by URL not working
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jul 21 16:20:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Tom Vier
>Release:        9.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD localhost 9.1-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p4 #0: Mon Jun 17 11:42:37 UTC 2013     root at amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
>Description:
Pulling html tables works fine under openoffice on Windows or debian 6. On freebsd, building from a recent ports tarball or installing with pkg_add -r, libreoffice doesn't. Both versions 3 and 4 have the same problem.

When opening such a spreadsheet, the normal prompt "This file contains links to other files. Should they be updated?" appears. After clicking 'Yes', there's usually a delay as it gets the URL, but with the ports version, it doesn't seem to even try. The spreadsheet immediately shows "The link could not be updated.".

Going to Edit -> Links..., Modify... pops up an error:

Error loading document
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quotes/multi.asp?view=q&msymb=BSV+LTPZ+TLT+VTI+VXUS
Object not accessible.
The object cannot be accessed
due to insufficient user rights.

If you paste that URL into a browser, there's no problem. I don't see any config
>How-To-Repeat:
1) Existing link: I have an example file I can provide, with an existing link that works in other builds.

2) Add new link:
Open new spreadsheet.
Insert -> Link to External Data...

Paste in the URL (see bug description), hit <enter>. It should list the html tables, but does not.
>Fix:


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