HI everyone, While it useful to warn users about this, I can't but think that the Ubuntu process is *really broken*. An extremely simple fix for this exists. All you have to do is ship abiword-2.8.4! Fedora 12 has no problem at all with this and I use it every day.
Martin On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Steve Langasek <[email protected]> wrote: > Documented at > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes#AbiWord%20freezes%20when%20accessing%20help%20documentation>: > > A bug in the AbiWord package in Ubuntu causes the application to hang > whenever accessing the help interface, either from the menu or by > pressing F1. Until this bug is fixed, users should avoid pressing F1 in > AbiWord. (519541) > > ** Changed in: ubuntu-release-notes > Status: New => Fix Released > > -- > Abiword 2.8.1 freezes with document lost when help is clicked or F1 is pressed > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519541 > You received this bug notification because you are a member of AbiWord > Stable Builds, which is subscribed to AbiWord. > > Status in AbiWord: Confirmed > Status in Ubuntu Release Notes: Fix Released > Status in “abiword” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in “abiword” source package in Lucid: Triaged > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: abiword > > Every time help is clicked, including all items under Help in the menu, > except 'About Abiword', Abiword freezes and the document you are working in > is lost. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > Date: Tue Feb 9 15:42:15 2010 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: > '/var/log/installer/media-info' > Package: abiword 2.8.1-2ubuntu1 > ProcEnviron: > PATH=(custom, user) > LANG=en_US.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.17-generic > SourcePackage: abiword > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic i686 > > > -- Abiword 2.8.1 freezes with document lost when help is clicked or F1 is pressed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519541 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
