https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133635
Bug ID: 133635
Summary: save operation overwrites random files
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 6.0.7.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
OS: Linux (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: m...@norbertdejonge.nl
I just ran into a replicable bug where LibreOffice Writer saves data to a
random file instead of the filename I provide.
How to replicate:
***WARNING***
Read what I write carefully before testing, because this bug overwrites
random(!) files.
***WARNING***
1. Make sure ~ (your home directory; /home/<user>/) is empty, because this bug
overwrites random(!) files. While in ~ run:
2. ~$ touch 2020-06-03_test.txt test.txt
3. ~$ libreoffice test.txt
4. File -> Save As... -> 2020-06-03_test.odt
5. Check what happened. LibreOffice will have overwritten a random file in ~.
If your ~ is empty except for 2020-06-03_test.txt and test.txt, then test.txt
will now be an OpenDocument Text (ODT) file. You can verify this by quitting
LibreOffice, and then typing: ~$ file test.txt
If other (text?) files are in ~, then LibreOffice will pick any random file to
overwrite. Example, you may have todo.txt in ~, then when you save test.txt as
2020-06-03_test.odt it will just randomly decide to dump the OpenDocument Text
data in todo.txt.
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