Description: 1. Open Writer, ensure text boundaries are enabled: Menu bar > View > Text Boundaries = True. 2. Press the Enter button 5 times, return to the 1st line, type 2 or 3 short text lines, select them. 3. Menu bar > Insert > Section. In the Insert Section window: 3.1. Section name (left column) = Foo 3.2. Click the Insert button to create the section. Now we are going to create a link to this section, i.e. to create its updatable copy. 4. Return to the last line. 5. Menu bar > Insert > Section. In the Insert Section window: 5.1 Section name (left column) = Bar 5.2. "Link" checkbox = True 5.3. "Section" drop-down menu (which is located above the Write Protection section) = Foo. 5.4. Click the Insert button to create the link to the Foo section. Now you have 2 sections. The Foo section works as a source. The Bar section works as its mirror. Each time you change the Foo section, you can click menu bar > Tools > Update > Links, and the Bar section will be changed accordingly. You can close and open the document. When you open it, you will see a small window: The document test.odt contains one or more links to external data. Would you like to change the document, and update all links to get the most recent data? [Yes] [No] A good alternative to manual updating. However, this window is a bit annoying, isn't it? I think the anser is "yes". There is an option to avoid (i.e. to update links silently), but it doesn't work. Click menu bar > Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer > General > Update Links when Loading = Always. Make some changes in you document, close it, open it. The "small window" is still here. Notice that "Update Links when Loading = Never" works fine, though. * * * Tested with LO 6.2.7.1 and 6.4.0.0.alpha0+. Version: 6.4.0.0.alpha0+ (x86) Build ID: f0443fa4438aa98bce48bfd53dc6a687737687b6 CPU threads: 1; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: default; VCL: win; Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded Steps to Reproduce: - Actual Results: - Expected Results: - Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info:
There are some typos in my post. > However, this window is a bit annoying, isn't it? I think the anser is "yes". > There is an option to avoid (i.e. to update links silently), but it doesn't work. However, this window is a bit annoying, isn't it? I think the answer is "yes". There is an option to avoid it (i.e. to update links silently), but it doesn't work. > Make some changes in you document, close it, open it. The "small window" is still here. Make some changes in your document, close it, open it. The "small window" is still here.
I confirm it with Version: 6.4.0.0.alpha1 (x64) Build ID: cc57df8f942f239d29cb575ea5a7cb01405db787 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18362; UI render: GL; VCL: win; Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded
Hello John, Dieter, Would it be possible to attach a document for easier reproduction ?
Created attachment 155525 [details] test document
(In reply to Xisco Faulí from comment #3) Thank you for interest. Test document is now attached to the initial post.
Reproduced in Version: 5.2.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 3ca42d8d51174010d5e8a32b96e9b4c0b3730a53 Threads 4; Ver: 4.15; Render: default; but not in Version: 5.0.0.0.alpha1+ Build ID: 0db96caf0fcce09b87621c11b584a6d81cc7df86 Locale: ca-ES (ca_ES.UTF-8) must be bisected with 5.1 repo
Tried on Win, but seems impossible to bibisect: problem is not seen in the last commit of 5.1 repo, but is already in the first commit of 5.2 repo! Tried git checkout HEAD~100 a couple of times with 5.1 repo starting from master in case it was some "fixed, broken again" type of story, but it kept working.
I recognize that you are searching "back" in time-but this seemed the right place to note that in trying to reproduce this bug in 6.5.0.0.alpha, the link to the "source" file (and its section) is always lost in the mirror file. 1. Insert section (in mirror document), make link to "source" file (and its section). (is loaded just fine). 2. Save "mirror document" (and check that link is still in section). 3. Reload "mirror document" (no query appears about external files) Result: link (and file name) is gone from the section. (with all 3 option settings (Always, On request, Never). Version: 6.5.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) Build ID: 035c7717c135c66c0ec025500b73ae9c13b7c586 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: GL; VCL: win; Locale: da-DK (en_DK); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded (7. jan. 2020 build) Filed bug #129883 recently in relation to write protection and losing links in sections, but now believe that the general problem is that 6.5.0.0.alpha does not preserve "links" in reloaded documents (nothing to do with write protection.)
Still present in Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha1+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 7b8f630db30ee0066a9f4b6e540368d2fcad7fa8 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB Calc: CL Steps to reproduce 1. Open attchment 155125 2. Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice Writer -> General 3. Enable "Always" as option for "Update Links when Loading" 4. Add some text to first section. 5. Save document, close and reopen it Actual result: Message appears: "The document sections.odt contains one or more links to external data. Would you like to change the document, and update all links to get the most recent data? [Yes] [No] Expected result: No message or information about automatic update.
Hello, On Debian Buster I can reproduce this bug since LibreOffice 4.4.4.3 (Version: 4.4.4.3 / Build ID: 2c39ebcf046445232b798108aa8a7e7d89552ea8 / Locale: fr_FR.UTF-8) LibreOffice 4.4.4.2 (Version: 4.4.4.2 / Build ID: f784c932ccfd756d01b70b6bb5e09ff62e1b3285 / Locale: fr_FR.UTF-8) and earlier are not affected.
The bug is present since commit 59f9a0de39e4356220705bb6c4be66c956dc9c6d.
(In reply to vatairethibault from comment #11) > The bug is present since commit 59f9a0de39e4356220705bb6c4be66c956dc9c6d. That is https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/59f9a0de39e4356220705bb6c4be66c956dc9c6d LinkUpdateMode is a global setting That change is only about making the option global, so I don't think it caused the bug. Let's ask Stephan anyway.
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #12) > (In reply to vatairethibault from comment #11) > > The bug is present since commit 59f9a0de39e4356220705bb6c4be66c956dc9c6d. > > That is > https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/ > 59f9a0de39e4356220705bb6c4be66c956dc9c6d > LinkUpdateMode is a global setting > > That change is only about making the option global, so I don't think it > caused the bug. Let's ask Stephan anyway. Sorry I did not provide you all the information. If I build libreoffice from the previous commit (3782eb93ffb68a1291c95467176a703b1dad9b6d) the bug is not present. If I build libreoffice from commit 59f9a0de39e4356220705bb6c4be66c956dc9c6d the bug is present. Since this commit neither the "LinkUpdateMode" document setting, nor the "Update links when loading" option work.
Ok, I understand now how link update works : Global settings take precedence over document settings (so LibreOffice always ignore the "LinkUpdateMode" document setting), and when "Always" is selected in global settings, links are only updated if the document is in a trusted file location (see Security > Macros security > Trusted sources > Trusted file locations). Is this bug is related to this behavior ?
(In reply to vatairethibault from comment #14) > Ok, I understand now how link update works : > Global settings take precedence over document settings (so LibreOffice > always ignore the "LinkUpdateMode" document setting), and when "Always" is > selected in global settings, links are only updated if the document is in a > trusted file location (see Security > Macros security > Trusted sources > > Trusted file locations). The relevant commit <https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/59f9a0de39e4356220705bb6c4be66c956dc9c6d%5E%21> "LinkUpdateMode is a global setting" was a mitigation for <https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-4551/> "CVE-2015-4551 Arbitrary file disclosure in Calc and Writer". From my private/security notes from back then: "I have available a fix for LibreOffice that treats a document's 'always update links' setting as if it rather were 'ask to update links' in Calc and Writer unless "(1) 'Tools - Options... - LibreOffice - Security - Macro Security... - Security Level - Low (not recommended)' is selected; or "(2) the document matches any of the 'Tools - Options... - LibreOffice - Security - Macro Security... - Trusted Sources - Trusted File Locations.' "That is probably a good compromise to make the new behavior actually kick in for users, but without hampering considered-to-be-secure scenarios with additional dialogs."