libreoffice-24.8.2.1

[Bruce Dubbs]

New point version.

[Joe Locash]

Changes in the book are still needed for this release. The internal update to mariadb-connector-c-3.3.10 didn't help with that issue.

[Douglas R. Reno]

Now 24.8.2.1

[Joe Locash]

Since poppler was updated to 24.10.0 in the book I would recommend removing

--with-system-poppler from the autogen.sh call.

The poppler update breaks the build.

[Xi Ruoyao]

Replying to Joe Locash:

Since poppler was updated to 24.10.0 in the book I would recommend removing

--with-system-poppler from the autogen.sh call.

The poppler update breaks the build.

The poppler update is already reverted.

[Douglas R. Reno]

Libreoffice 24.8.1 RC1 Release Notes:

List of fixed bugs

Bugs fixed compared to 24.8.0 RC3:

    ofz#70966 integer-overflow
    tdf#122718 Sidebar Functions panel misses search like Function Wizard
    tdf#123527 Insert / special Character not correctly rebuilding font chart to match 
selected font and search string
    tdf#130857 Qt5 implement theming using native widgets (weld)
    tdf#132064 "With" statement likely evaluates its argument on each unqualified member 
access
    tdf#134902 FILEOPEN: DOCX: Watermark-Visibility (VML shape visibility in style) not 
handled correctly
    tdf#140061 Crash swlo!sw::WriterMultiListener::StartListening
    tdf#140289 PDF/UA export has no/incorrect tab order
    tdf#141398 Single reference search result should be highlighted (see comment 5 item 
2)
    tdf#141466 Asian phonetic guide for Japanese does not work properly if I change the 
default "base text".
    tdf#145847 Unreasonable default relative width 1% in Table Properties in case of 
point units (steps in comment 10)
    tdf#148367 EDITING MS Access through 64-bit ODBC doesn't work and returns an Invalid 
Bookmark error
    tdf#150458 Incorrect calculation of the boundaries of the For loop (Option 
VbaSupport 1)
    tdf#152919 LO Writer: user input fields not updating automatically
    tdf#153343 Forms: Real font size of text in label field is 8pt, although default 
font size in control properties is different
    tdf#153866 .uno:IndexMarkToIndex not working
    tdf#154612 Function CDate missing in overview "Converting Date Values"
    tdf#154959 Brother QL500 / QL570 / QL700 label printers no longer rotate to 
landscape (Arch / Manjaro)
    tdf#155636 Forms: Background of form controls isn't shown while creating a form. 
    tdf#155637 Forms: Form controls for multi line text aren't shown with background 
when input data (Linux-KDE).
    tdf#156211 Glitch in the kashida for justified Arabic/Persian text with double 
quotes
    tdf#156962 UI: multline textfield (Form > Text Box) not refreshing? (kf5/qt5 with 
Cairo)
    tdf#158504 "Default Page Style" does not appear as an applied style
    tdf#158510 FILEOPEN PPT/PPTX If audio file has absolute path in relationships and is 
not found, it should be searched from the location where the file is opened
    tdf#159146 Trouble redrawing background for comment column after changing width 
    tdf#160077 FILEOPEN DOCX: image layoutInCell must vertical offset relative to the 
cell print area, not the page (comment 5)
    tdf#160163 Text field should reset placeholder if all content is deleted
    tdf#160459 Embedded formula's contents partly hidden by grey frame when in edit mode 
    tdf#160509 Modal Window on FILEOPEN for Read-Only (e.g. out of an eMail) SECOND file 
is hidden behind (Needs Apple Mail!)
    tdf#160786 Wrong alignment indentation in currency formatted cells in Calc
    tdf#160843 Page numbers do not reset
    tdf#161139 FILEOPEN DOCX SaxException when opening specific file
    tdf#161189 EDITING: Comment (aka "Note") on target cell is not replaced (deleted) 
when source cell has no comment
    tdf#161264 FILEOPEN RTF Paragraph with checkbox and mail merge field are not visible 
    tdf#162065 can't clone "format" of a shape anymore
    tdf#162075 size of text box in header
    tdf#162109 Unexpected, wrong hanging punctuation/letter with 
JustifyLinesWithShrinking
    tdf#162121 24.2.5 Writer: long text in alphabetical index entry flows through 
margin, does not wrap to next line
    tdf#162194 Hyphenation shows right position for hyphenation, but executes it at 
wrong position on canvas in Writer
    tdf#162205 RTL and LTR text rendered at vastly offset baselines in vertical-lr 
writing mode
    tdf#162211 FILEOPEN DOCX: LayoutInCell still needed for proper round-tripping 
results
    tdf#162219 Unable to insert decimal values in Base into a decimal column in SQL 
Server
    tdf#162278 [25.2] Validation drop-down list appears away from the cell
    tdf#162279 Base Forms: Warning for deleting records will show many useless and 
irritating informations
    tdf#162282 ReqIF export modifies exported embedded EMF images
    tdf#162295 FILEOPEN DOCX: slow handling with many shapes and sections with 
headers/footers
    tdf#162297 KDE desktop has issue with long extended tips, text line does not fold 
    tdf#162314 LibreOffice Writer hangs in a document with mixed RTL and LTR text in 
paragraphs
    tdf#162339 MySQL/MariaDB direct connection: Table with spaces in table name couldn't 
be deleted by GUI
    tdf#162340 Firebird: Content of subform, linked by a decimal value, isn't shown any 
more
    tdf#162345 Undoing deletion of text in a column results in freeze (Windows-only) 
    tdf#162351 Firebird: Changing primary key to autovalue leads to crash of whole LO 
(KDE only)
    tdf#162358 Font fallback for Fat7a diacritic fails in track changes, succeeds 
otherwise
    tdf#162370 Saving a particular document with too many styles to DOCX crashes
    tdf#162398 Crash when copy-pasting HTML content from Writer in attached document 
    tdf#162426 Assertion is failed saving a specific document to HTML
    tdf#162439 EXACT doesn't work with numbers in array context
    tdf#162466 Pivot table in XLSX is a row larger than in MSO Excel, and covers other 
cells
    tdf#162471 Calc comment shows time when added but not on RT
    tdf#162480 Insert->Text from File crashes Writer for files with text box anchored to 
table cells other than A1
    tdf#162528 Converting to PNG will fail if invalid JSON is passed as filter data 
    tdf#162555 Crash adding current drawing to the Gallery

Libreoffice 24.8.1 RC2 Release Notes:

List of fixed bugs

Bugs fixed compared to 24.8.1 RC1:

    cid#1557116 dangling reference
    cid#1616924 dereference after null check
    tdf#68274 provide better update mechanism -- Mozilla ARchive (mar) based 
incrementals on all supported platforms
    tdf#152336 Improve CSV field separator detection/behavior when several separators 
are selected on import
    tdf#153008 FILEOPEN PPTX: images (clipped against a shape) appear horizontally 
compressed
    tdf#157198 French guillemets quotation marks replacement half-messed up if added in 
formula bar
    tdf#160226 Math visual mode: Clicking on visual elements (i.e. fraction) completely 
destroys your formula structure
    tdf#160945 LibreOffice crashes in vtableCall at startup (Windows ARM)
    tdf#161709 Active cell rectangle hides content in surrounding cells; is too wide; 
looks ugly
    tdf#161724 FILEOPEN PPTX: image completely disappears, other quite off (zoomed in?) 
    tdf#161945 Horizontal scrolling with Shift+Scrollwheel slows down when going toward 
column A
    tdf#162006 Autofill handle should have a white outline too
    tdf#162467 Position and Size dialog shows dimensions in incorrect measurement units 
    tdf#162574 Pasting yields in an abort
    tdf#162586 Crash after exporting an odt document to pdf
    tdf#162589 LibreOffice doesn't start on Windows (erorr messages about nss3.dll and 
nspr4.dll)
    tdf#162593 Crash & other issue with Gallery (after attempt to add elements to a 
custom theme)
    tdf#162597 Editing Data Range in a chart by editing cell number doesn't work in 
24.8.0.3
    tdf#162646 macOS: active cell indicator is not symmetrical
    tdf#162732 Vertical alignment = middle
    tdf#162746 Cannot open DOCX file from 24.8
    tdf#162761 LO base, firebird negative decimal number changes from round number to 
fractional greater by 1 digit (steps in comment 2)
    tdf#162764 CRASH: closing LibreOffice while 
TextControlParagraphPropertiesDialog/TextControlCharacterPropertiesDialog are open (gen) 
    tdf#162822 FILEOPEN regression: calc open csv forgets dialog settings
    tdf#162829 CRASH: Editing Formula Bar with two views
    tdf#162833 Firebird sqlquery with sum created in 24.2 can not changed or saved with 
Editor 24.8
    tdf#162852 When adjusting Comment column width to its minimum possible width, it 
gets resized to its maximum possible width

Libreoffice 24.8.2 RC1 Release Notes:

List of fixed bugs

Bugs fixed compared to 24.8.1 RC2:

    cid#1607212 check of thread-shared field evades lock acquisition
    cid#1607350 data race condition
    cid#1607370 check of thread-shared field evades lock acquisition
    cid#1607469 data race condition
    cid#1608206 double lock
    cid#1608497 double lock
    cid#1608532 data race condition
    cid#1619147 dereference before null check
    cid#1619294 dereference null return value
    i#109051 Support exit property
    tdf#61313 CONDITIONAL FORMATTING: Icon set should have a color reverse switch
    tdf#92064 LO unusable with Tibetan super long paragraphs
    tdf#100037 FILEOPEN DOCX Image arrangement (in Z dimension) not respected
    tdf#119785 RTL: DOC: closing parenthesis is displayed as LTR in embedded document 
    tdf#127610 NB Tabbed View Not Centered (macOS)
    tdf#129061 FILEOPEN PPTX: equation not displayed because Impress doesn't support inline formulas
    tdf#130857 Qt5 implement theming using native widgets (weld)
    tdf#133041 Sidebar: List style is not added back to hierarchy after undoing and 
redoing it (see comment 7)
    tdf#135335 UNO API: SwXNumberingRules::getByIndex returns font style name in 
BulletFontName
    tdf#143603 Opening a simple presentation has UNDO active
    tdf#149865 FILEOPEN PPTX: table lacks border (outer right edge)
    tdf#151748 Bad Horizontal lines (kashida) in Arabic/Persian text inside a text box 
    tdf#152142 RTL Text sometimes falls out of the text box
    tdf#152298 FILEOPEN DOCX Copying and pasting between table cells is slow (steps in 
comment 7)
    tdf#155488 Calc 7.5.x.y – Chart export as svg without title of the y-Axis
    tdf#155751 dBase: BETWEEN won't include first and last value in queries
    tdf#159032 crash with smart justify
    tdf#160675 UI: Sidebar doesn't show width and height (nor X/Y coordinates) of object 
depending on timing
    tdf#161007 Report Builder Wizard fails
    tdf#161256 Libreoffice crashes using gtk4 VCL on kde plasma wayland
    tdf#161444 When switching sheets, newly-focused sheet should fire object:state-
changed:focused prior to object:active-descendant-changed
    tdf#161599 Extension is not handling formulas from MS Excel created files for all 
versions besides 7.3.7
    tdf#161705 LO crashes with undo/redo of page numbering wizard's created bookmarks 
    tdf#161741 LO crashes with undo/redo of new header + some other change
    tdf#161805 Chart line properties: icon and gallery drop down do not open by mouse 
hovering (first time) (Windows, kf5/kf6, gen)
    tdf#161810 [DOCX] Justified text does not wrap correctly
    tdf#161876 Readonly attribute of target file is ignored on "save as" in an other 
format.
    tdf#162003 "System theme" uses Adwaita Light colour for page in KDE Plasma, instead 
of system colour scheme. (>= KF6 & Qt 6.7.2)
    tdf#162109 Unexpected, wrong hanging punctuation/letter with 
JustifyLinesWithShrinking (no space shrinking in the last paragraph line, if needed)
    tdf#162113 Font selection dialog messes up font variant selection when passing fonts 
without desired one
    tdf#162220 LibreOffice 24 justifies a wide range of paragraphs incorrectly (in the 
case of paragraph lines without portions, i.e. without text spans)
    tdf#162359 FILESAVE PDF/UA Comment exported as PDF annotation generates "Annotation 
is not nested inside an "Annot" structure element" error
    tdf#162431 Executing method insertControlCharacter in Basic without parameter 
nControlCharacter does not throw error
    tdf#162455 EDITING Converting svg file to curves causes text in objects to disappear 
    tdf#162507 Page layout reflow after pressing delete causes hang (involving tables) 
    tdf#162524 Libreoffice autocorrects themself to themselves regardless of the context 
its used in
    tdf#162582 Find toolbar's "Search key not found" error message has incompatible 
colors in dark mode, especially its icon (Sifr dark theme only)
    tdf#162587 Error message "D'oh! You found a bug" in UNIQUE documentation
    tdf#162651 Accepting cell input after AutoInput had covered the adjacent cell does 
not redraw the entire area (Windows, kf5/kf6, gen)
    tdf#162656 Alt+X (.uno:UnicodeNotationToggle) deletes all characters like holding 
down the Backspace key
    tdf#162657 Alt+X (.uno:UnicodeNotationToggle) deletes a base character with 
Variation Selector (VS17 or later)
    tdf#162659 Embedded options in Options -> Load/Save -> Microsoft Office are not 
editable (cannot check/uncheck them)
    tdf#162662 FILEOPEN DOCX: layout loop with 2 pages and a complex full-page group 
shape
    tdf#162696 Installing a certain extension by dragging and dropping to Start Center 
fails and blocks UI (kf5/kf6)
    tdf#162707 FILESAVE DOCX lost paragraph style with lots of numberings
    tdf#162715 Pasting a text copied in another Writer session changes the theme
    tdf#162724 CStr() and Format() should produce localized output for currency values 
    tdf#162725 DOCX smart justify: missing shrinking in last paragraph line with 
multiple portions
    tdf#162732 Vertical alignment = middle
    tdf#162781 Table in DOCX may limit its width to an overlapping floating frame, 
instead of shifting down
    tdf#162782 FILESAVE SVG: semi-transparent shape text in a bullet list crashes 
    tdf#162803 Spurious kashida in text box after font change
    tdf#162823 A password-protected Basic library in an ODB created in 24.2 is lost 
after re-save in 24.8
    tdf#162841 Re-saving a password-protected Basic library fails an assertion
    tdf#162866 LO 24.2.1 "acor_fr-FR.dat" not read by LO 24.2.5 and later versions 
    tdf#162878 Reworked localized Impress templates look ugly in RU
    tdf#162884 German UI and styles: footnote number position should be superscript 
    tdf#162889 A11Y sidebar: warning does not disappear when page header is deleted 
    tdf#162890 A11Y sidebar: warning does not disappear when page header content is deleted
    tdf#162899 Solver Options dialog should accept parameters of TypeClass BYTE and 
SHORT (it only accepts LONG)
    tdf#162911 Inserting multiple Hyperlinks and undoing an insertion (Ctrl-Z) crashes 
Writer
    tdf#162926 Value/text in the Microsoft Word form is not visible in LibreOffice 
24.8.0
    tdf#162935 Variable assignment within a BASIC WITH block fails
    tdf#162937 Issues with resizing the Comment Sidebar in Writer
    tdf#162938 Import of Excel spreadsheet with conditional formatting is not presenting 
the same in Calc
    tdf#162955 In the exported PDF comments are annotations with zero area bounding box 
    tdf#162958 When using formula with Impress Style is lost
    tdf#162962 Scriptforge (python) doesn’t work anymore in LO 24.8.1 in Windows 11 
    tdf#162987 Executing .uno:DataFilterAutoFilter on a hidden spreadsheet crashes
    tdf#162988 A11Y sidebar: false warning about short hyperlink at top of page
    tdf#162990 Oversized lock-icon with SVG themes
    tdf#163006 Layout loop control fires many times when loading a specific DOCX
    tdf#163042 DOCX smart justify: bad cursor and pilcrow positions in last paragraph 
line with single portion
    tdf#163064 --convert-to exports a broken OLE in a PPTX
    tdf#163086 The "Pin" button is huge after updating

[Douglas R. Reno]

Fixed at 04e9cb9dc510b32e28c5217f9773f99888b2e4c9