Description: Comparing two ods files via menu "edit | changes | compare document" results in an error message if both documents are password protected (internal libreoffice password protection). Steps to Reproduce: 1. create a new spreadsheet file (1) and save with password 2. create another new spreadsheet file (2) and save with password 3. close both files 4. open (1) 5. select "edit | changes | compare document" from main menu 6. select file (2) in the file chooser 7. provide the correct passwords upon request Actual Results: yields an error message "reading error. a wrong password has been set" (translated from German) Expected Results: file (2) is opened and file comparison is completed Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 6.3.4.2.0+ Build-ID: 1:6.3.4-2 CPU-Threads: 2; BS: Linux 5.3; UI-Render: Standard; VCL: kde5; Gebietsschema: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI-Sprache: de-DE Calc: threaded Comparing two files without password works just fine here. Opening both password protected files respectively works fine, too.
On pc Debian x86-64 with master sources updated today, I could reproduce this.
Rule of thumb is search before reporting and confirming. Otherwise we are all losing our time. And this looks like a duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 41544 ***