Bug 139061 - "Show License" does not work (Debian specific?)
Summary: "Show License" does not work (Debian specific?)
Status: RESOLVED NOTOURBUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.0.4.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium minor
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Reported: 2020-12-19 12:54 UTC by Rick Stanley
Modified: 2020-12-20 08:38 UTC (History)
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Description Rick Stanley 2020-12-19 12:54:16 UTC 
Description:
Selecting [Help], [License Information], [Show License] does not display the actual license.  No error message displays.  Writer, Calc, Impress all are affected the same. Version 7.4.0.2

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select [Help] from the menu
2. Select [License Information]
3. Select [Show License]

Actual Results:
A slight blink happens, but License does not display

Expected Results:
License should display.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



Additional Info:
Version: 7.0.4.2
Build ID: 00(Build:2)
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.9; UI render: default; VCL: kf5
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Debian package version: 1:7.0.4~rc2-1+b1
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Rick Stanley 2020-12-19 12:56:14 UTC 
Version 7.0.4.2, not 7.4.0.2, Sorry!
Comment 2 Ming Hua 2020-12-19 13:12:39 UTC 
Can not reproduce on Windows.  The "Show License" button opens a Writer/Web window with detailed licenses.

Version: 7.0.4.2 (x64)
Build ID: dcf040e67528d9187c66b2379df5ea4407429775
CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: zh-CN (zh_CN); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Linux/KDE only bug?
Comment 3 Julien Nabet 2020-12-19 17:51:06 UTC 
On pc Debian x86-64 with LO Debian package 7.0.4.2, I could reproduce this with gtk3, gen and kf5 renderings.
Comment 4 [REDACTED] 2020-12-19 18:24:00 UTC 
No repro

Version: 7.0.4.2
Build ID: dcf040e67528d9187c66b2379df5ea4407429775
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: kf5
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 5 Julien Nabet 2020-12-19 18:58:57 UTC 
I don't reproduce this with master sources updated today.
Can't help here=>uncc myself.
Comment 6 Ming Hua 2020-12-19 21:10:01 UTC 
Look like a Debian-specific problem then.  Adding Rene to CC.
Comment 7 Rene Engelhard 2020-12-20 08:24:35 UTC 
Yeah, it tries to open "LICENSE" as a document.

And that one is removed in the packages because we shouldn't include extra LICENSE stuff there normally:

https://lintian.debian.org/tags/extra-license-file.html

The cause thus is

https://salsa.debian.org/libreoffice-team/libreoffice/libreoffice/-/blob/master/rules#L3112

Will readd the file (or maybe add a symlink to /usr/share/doc or so...)

Here it is NOTOURBUG, though
Comment 8 Rene Engelhard 2020-12-20 08:30:45 UTC 
minor correction: LICENSE "works", then the document is shown inside Writer. LICENSE.html is better (and even works when LICENSE is not present.). Will only
readd LICENSE.html :)
Comment 10 Rene Engelhard 2020-12-20 08:38:58 UTC 
(and it's minor anyway, anyone should know the license and the canonical place in Debian is /usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright anyway)