From Linux, open a file on a (writable) samba share using the following command line syntaxes: 1. ./soffice -o //<host>/<share>/<filename.ext> 2. ./soffice -o file://<host>/<share>/<filename.ext> 3. ./soffice -o smb://<host>/<share>/<filename.ext> => Attempts 1. and 2. will show Document in Use dialog, ie. the document can't be opened for writing. Attempt 3. opens the document for writing. Reproduced in LO 6.4.0.0.alpha1+ (51f6b20a0c8c3b2830547e4400cf4c513e9d9c00), 6.3.0.4 / Ubuntu 19.04. In LO 6.2.0.3, all 3 syntaxes open the file for writing. => regression I presume smb is the official prefix, but perhaps the other two syntaxes should work as well. Bibisected the change in behavior to the following commit using repo bibisect-linux-64-6.3. Adding Cc: to Stephan Bergmann, please take a look sometimes. https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=46c645bf4e9909f5296e75028f1f5434e83942d2 author Stephan Bergmann <sbergman@redhat.com> 2019-02-04 17:38:29 +0100 committer Stephan Bergmann <sbergman@redhat.com> 2019-02-05 19:55:04 +0100 Move dubious file: -> smb: conversion from INetURLObject to file UCP
Stephan Bergmann committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-6-4": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/4d9fbf446e2807d27fc1855e9be2e55abedcee4f tdf#128598: Revert "Move dubious file: -> smb: conversion from... It will be available in 6.4.0.1. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Stephan Bergmann committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/fa314082a89f917912dd2e610ac19991b84921fa tdf#128598: Drop dubious file: -> smb: conversion completely It will be available in 6.5.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
So for LO 6.4 and 6.3 (backport pending at <https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/83411/> "tdf#128598: Revert 'Move dubious file: -> smb: conversion from..."), I reinstated the original behavior. Bug for master towards LO 6.5, I dropped the (Linux-only) silent treatment of file://<host>/... URLs as smb://<host>/... URLs completely. This failure of the previous attempt shows that it is not really feasible to keep that (dubious, see the the previous attempt's commit message) feature. Documented at <https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/index.php?title=ReleaseNotes/6.5&oldid=223232> "drop file: -> smb: rewrite".
Stephan Bergmann committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-6-3": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/4b951ba18019b3c5daeb692d812b4b98fc2029e4 tdf#128598: Revert "Move dubious file: -> smb: conversion from... It will be available in 6.3.5. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Stephan Bergmann committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-6-3-4": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/325f49fa210bd9e82637306be2138f8accb0e718 tdf#128598: Revert "Move dubious file: -> smb: conversion from... It will be available in 6.3.4. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.