Running LibreOffice calc by invoking it from within "konsole" via a command line of /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin --calc $@ & When the file to be opened is an Xbase .DBF file, calc dumps some debug trace as output into the konsole window. Trace is: debug:22936:1: OFilteredContainer::construct(). Getting metadata ... debug:22936:1: OFilteredContainer::construct(). Metadata got. debug:22936:1: OFilteredContainer::construct(). InherentTableTypeRestriction. debug:22936:1: OFilteredContainer::construct(). Getting tables ... debug:22936:1: OFilteredContainer::construct(). Tables got. uname -a gives Linux tigger 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Version: LibreOffice 4.2.3.3 420m0(Build:3) Running on latest fully patched kubuntu 14, which started life as an earlier kubuntu release and has been upgraded over time. The Xbase .DBF file was created via a Perl DBI script. Calc opens the file OK and runs as expected, hence this is just a minor annoyance rather than a full-blown bug. This is repeatable.
Stephan Bergmann committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=dc24203e5f20dcbf2818651a8802e67338293b3c fdo#78971 There's even a git hook to prevent commits containing SAL_DEBUG The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
(but note that running soffice.bin directly is wrong, though unrelated)
Stephan Bergmann committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-4-2": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=862abf22751c02a495ded3971b9a6e5c3553b514&h=libreoffice-4-2 fdo#78971 There's even a git hook to prevent commits containing SAL_DEBUG It will be available in LibreOffice 4.2.5. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.