[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 108402] No html or txt file is created in UTF8 after convert (soffice --convert-to "html:XHTML Writer File UTF8" file.ods)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108402

--- Comment #8 from Franz <development at diargo.de> ---
problem keeps popping up with various releases and I think based on the code in
https://github.com/lsh123/xmlsec/blob/master/src/xmlsec.c
that generates the message that this is an installation problem.

Nertheless it has grave consequences for the user and it should be handled
during start time as libreoffice will close upon any attempt to write a file
(reading will work) and it closes without any message for those that did not
start libreoffice via a shell or a command window in Windows.

Those starting libreoffice in a terminal get the above message, which is
pointer in the right direction but does not really help solving the problem.
If the libxml library is required for saving anything, the presence of the
right library should be checked during startup and a remedy should be
suggested.

The simple remedy is to reinstall libreoffice including all depending packages,
but that usually breaks some other installation (software) that introduced the
problem. If the library is that important it should be included in the
installation at least as a fall back (if checking the library in the path will
lead to the error message explained, the program should try to recover and use
the one in the installation directory and if everything fails it should print
out a comprehensive error message).

kind regards
Franz Gotsis

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