[Gllug] Anyone using OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 or 2.4.1 on Linux but not Debian?

Michael G Fletcher michael at ilovemylinux.com
Thu Jul 10 10:00:58 UTC 2008


On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:09 AM, John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> wrote:
> John Winters wrote:
>> I've come across a very odd problem with Debian's build of the
>> spell-check component of OpenOffice.org (and incidentally
>> Firefox/Iceweasel).
>
> In case anyone is interested, I've now isolated the problem and it will
> be fixed in the next release of hunspell.  It appeared in version 1.2.4
> of hunspell which was released on the 17th of June.  I suspect those
> that haven't seen the problem yet are still using hunspell 1.2.2.
>
> Until 1.2.5 comes out, be aware that if you use hunspell 1.2.4 (and that
> means OpenOffice.org, Firefox and Thunderbird) along with the
> en-GB.aff/dic files you will get nonsensical results.
>
> Cheers,
> John
> --

whoa! Ubuntu 8.04 only uses 1.1.9-1 :-)  behind the times it seems - hehe :-)

--Michael
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