Re: [libreoffice-users] Odd "soffice --convert-to xlsx" behaviour when called from shell script

Den fre 4 aug. 2023 kl 12:21 skrev <kdsnkiher@mail.com>:

> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2023 at 4:45 PM
> From: "Johnny Rosenberg" <gurus.knugum@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Odd "soffice --convert-to xlsx" behaviour
> when called from shell script
>
> If I do:
>
>     soffice --headless --convert-to xlsx /home/me/sheets.ods --outdir
> /home/me/tmp
>
> from the command line everything works fine:
>
>
> func=xmlSecCheckVersionExt:file=xmlsec.c:line=188:obj=unknown:subj=unknown:error=19:invalid
> version:mode=abi compatible;expected minor version=2;real minor
> version=2;expected subminor version=25;real subminor version=26
>     convert /home/me/sheets.ods -> /home/me/tmp/sheets.xlsx using filter :
> Calc Office Open XML
>
> When I do it, it says that I need to install libreoffice-common, I guess
> from the repositories. However I have LibreOffice installed, but not my
> distribution's version, so I have to type libreoffice instead of soffice.
> Not important,
>
> So why even bring it up? Given that I said that it worked from the command
> line *why even bring it up*?
Just in case you wondered why I typed something else than you (libreoffice
instead of soffice). I thought that was obvious, but sorry for not being
clear enough then.

Also, ”error=19” looks like an indication that even if it seems to be
working, something might be wrong anyway, and it also indicates that there
is a difference between your version and mine, which could be translated to
”upgrade and try again, then let's go from there”.


> So already when doing it directly from the terminal emulator, the result
> is totally different. No error=19:invalid version or anything like that.
>
> "from the command line everything works fine". I have little interest in
> whether some version of something I know nothing about is invalid, given
> that it does what I expect regardless. If I was interested then I'd have
> brought it up in my post.
>
>
>
>  However, if I do the same thing from a shell script
>
>     $(soffice --headless --convert-to xlsx /home/me/sheets.ods --outdir
> /home/me/tmp )
>
> I get this:
>
> func=xmlSecCheckVersionExt:file=xmlsec.c:line=188:obj=unknown:subj=unknown:error=19:invalid
> version:mode=abi compatible;expected minor version=2;real minor
> version=2;expected subminor version=25;real subminor version=26
>     convert /tmp/magick-245771VE8simr9bq5 ->
> /tmp/magick-245771VE8simr9bq5.pdf using filter : calc_pdf_Export
>
> I have no idea why it should randomly decide to do anything with PDF.
> Quite aside from this, the script then hangs waiting for soffice(?) to
> finish, which it never* does.
>
> This didn't happen here. I got the exact same result as mentioned above.
>
>     $ soffice -h | grep LibreOffice
>     LibreOffice 6.0.7.3 00m0(Build:3)
>
> That might explain it. That's a super old version. As far as I know, a lot
> of work have been put into the conversation features since then.
> Your version was released 2017-12-23. That's almost six years ago.
>
> Big deal.

Yes, indeed it is. Still today there are stuff not working perfectly when
converting, it was a lot worse back in 2017 (at least that's the impression
I get; I never convert stuff, so I really don't care, just trying to help,
which proved to be a stupid idea, so I'm sorry, I'll keep quiet now).



Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg


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