[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 116686] New: Can't overwrite PDF on export

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116686

            Bug ID: 116686
           Summary: Can't overwrite PDF on export
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.0.0.3 release
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Printing and PDF export
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: adrien.monteleone at gmail.com

When editing an existing PDF file, I cannot use File > Export As PDF or using
the Export feature, then choosing PDF as the file type and choosing to export
with the original file name, and confirming to overwrite it.

The error given is:

Error saving the document :
General Error.
General input/output error.

Expected behavior is to be able to overwrite the file I'm editing.

Note, the PDF is NOT open with any other software at the time. It seems that LO
is locking the PDF even from itself.

Workaround #1:
Export the PDF to a different file name. Delete the original file. Rename the
new file to the original file name.

Workaround #2:
If PDF printing is available, through the respective print dialogs, such as on
macOS "Save as PDF" or linux "Print to File", and choosing to overwrite - works
fine. On Windows, this is not natively available, but does work with 3rd party
PDF printers such as Bullzip.

This bug was present in the 5.x series as well, I'm just getting around to
reporting it now that I see it is still present.

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