I can confirm the bug using 3.5.4 in Mint (ubuntu 12.04).
When saving the file with the links as .xls I also see the malformed linknames
(part of the name is doubled) giving an error function at reloading the file.
Correcting the link with edit link is possible but the update does not happen.
I tried with libreoffice 3.6 from this ppa :
http://www.muktware.com/4122/install-libreoffice-36-ubuntulinux-mint-ppa
The links are not any more corrupted using the .xls file format. The
.xlsx file format still does not keep the links.
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Installed: 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1~lucid1
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I've tested this on Ubuntu 12.04 with LibreOffice 3.5.3 with the steps
you provided and indeed it shows an error, but it does work fine. So
it's a non-trivial error message as it works like expected apart from
the error message.
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