[Bug 1748298] Re: [snap] failure to open templates from startcenter

2018-02-09 Thread Olivier Tilloy
The same operation (opening a template file) succeeds with libreoffice installed as a deb, and the template is read-only too. The major difference between the two is that in the case of the deb the error code when trying to open the file in write mode is EACCES, whereas for the snap it's EROFS. I 

[Bug 1748298] Re: [snap] failure to open templates from startcenter

2018-02-09 Thread Olivier Tilloy
Stracing the app reveals what the problem is: 12442 open("/snap/libreoffice/47/lib/libreoffice/share/template/common/presnt/Blueprint_Plans.otp", O_RDWR) = -1 EROFS (Read-only file system) the app is trying to open the template file in read/write mode, but it's in a read-only location. -- You