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file-roller package

Unable to create archive with OpenOffice document using nautilus integration

Bug #237064 reported by Chris Jones
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File Roller
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: file-roller

Steps to reproduce:

 * Find an openoffice document with nautilus
 * Right click on it to try and make an archive out of it
 * Be confused because it says "Extract archive"

Of course, this is because OpenOffice documents are zip files with XML and other jazz in them. However, no user who knows that will likely use the context menu to create an archive. Those users who will do that will just think their desktop is buggy.

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lp:ubuntu/karmic/file-roller
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

 This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

What ubuntu version do you use?

Changed in file-roller:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Chris Jones (cmsj) wrote :

It's 100% reproducible in Hardy:

 * right click on any OpenOffice document (as in, an actual OOo file like a .odt, not a .doc)
 * Look for the "Create Archive" option you'd normally get when right clicking on a file
 * Notice that the option is not there, instead you have "Extract Archive"

This is because OOo files are zips of XML and other stuff, so Nautilus is recognising them as zip files, but it's not useful for a normal user to be able to extract the XML and other data from a .odt.

Arguably there is no need to put a .odt in a .zip or .tar.gz, however, they might want to create an archive with one file and then add others later.

Since File Roller is gone from the Applications menu, there is no way to start a new .zip/.tar.gz with an OOo document.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in file-roller:
status: Incomplete → New
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Enrico Gueli (e-gueli) wrote :

This bug affects me too, but with Intrepid (8.10) instead.
Moreover, the "create archive" option is absent even for MS Office files. Should I file a new bug for these?

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Chris Jones (cmsj) wrote :

Enrico: Which MS Office files specifically? Are their newer XML ones also zipfiles?

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Enrico Gueli (e-gueli) wrote :

The new OOXML files (.docx, .pptx...) are zipfiles indeed. I can currently test only for a .pptx file I have, for which "create archive" is missing too.

Unlike I said before, not all MS Office files lack the "create archive" option. For me, it happens only for .xls ones, for which the "Extract here" is completely nonsense (indeed, file-roller shows an "archive not supported" error). .doc and .ppt work regularly instead.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The bug has been sent on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561535

Changed in file-roller:
status: New → Triaged
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package file-roller - 2.25.1-0ubuntu1

---------------
file-roller (2.25.1-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
    Bugs fixed:
    - #564805: Drop libgnome/ui dependency.
    - #561535: Unable to create archive with OpenOffice document using
      nautilus integration. (lp: #237064)
    - #559481: Can't open/view file directly from File Roller if there
      is a bracket in the directory/file name. (lp: #294215)
  * debian/control.in:
    - updated build requirements

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:48:32 +0100

Changed in file-roller:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in fileroller:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
msebolino (mike-sebolz)
Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → New
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in file-roller:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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