To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=103742 Issue #|103742 Summary|README change for berkeley update Component|Installation Version|DEV300m52 Platform|All URL| OS/Version|All Status|NEW Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|www Assigned to|fpe Reported by|jl
------- Additional comments from j...@openoffice.org Thu Jul 23 12:55:38 +0000 2009 ------- Because OOo 3.2 will come with a newer version of the berkeley database engine there will be an incompatibility which is explained below. This must somehow be explained in the readme. Let me state the facts here and I leave the proper formulation to you. The extension manager uses the berkeley DB to save and read data which it uses to manage extensions (including help files for extensions). These data are contained in the user data (user installation). When users install OOo 3.2 then the new berkeley database engine can use the existing data files in the user data. When doing do, it changes these files in a way so that they cannot be read by the berkeley engine of a previous office. This definitely happens when adding additional extension and is very likely to happen, when extensions are removed. If now the data files have been changed and a previous version of OOo is installed, then these files cannot be read anymore. The result could be that the office does not start, the extension Extension Manager does not start, or the office crashes (different behaviour on different platforms). By removing the user data, and therefore removing all user extensions, this can be fixed. It would also be sufficient to remove the folder <user data>/uno_packages, for example ~/.openoffice/3/user/uno_packages. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@installation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@installation.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
