[Bug 121473] New: Incompatibility with Novell client

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https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121473

            Bug ID: 121473
        Issue Type: DEFECT
           Summary: Incompatibility with Novell client
    Classification: Application
           Product: installation
           Version: AOO 3.4.1
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Windows, all
            Status: CONFIRMED
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: P3
         Component: ui
          Assignee: issues@openoffice.apache.org
          Reporter: davide@flossconsulting.it
                CC: issues@openoffice.apache.org

There is a blocking incompatibility between AOO and Novell client on Windows
desktop.

When I try to install or execute AOO on Windows running a Novell client, the
execution fails.
This doesn't happen if the client is installed but not active (i.e. running
without accessing to Novell client).

The bug is well explained here:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44588

It seems that LibreOffice, starting from 3.5.2 or 3.5.3, solved the issue.

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[Bug 121473] Incompatibility with Novell client

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Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> changed:

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         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #2 from Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> ---
Ah, the infamous $DATA variable... Yes, indeed for some reason setting a
variable named DATA may interfere with OpenOffice. It's an old bug that you can
find well described here
http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/msg13233.html
and fixed here
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42961

I'm closing this bug report since it doesn't describe the problem. However, I
opened a new one about the DATA bug:
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121623

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Massimo Spiller <sp...@comune.trieste.it> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Massimo Spiller <sp...@comune.trieste.it> ---
Hi guys, I opened bug 44588
(https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44588) and proposed its closure.

We did some more testing and I think we found the real cause (NOT related to
Novell Client or OS version).

Our Novell client, during start-up script, was setting a system wide variable
called "DATA". We changed now its name to something different (GGMMAA) ... et
voilà ... problems disappeared.

I think that in Libreoffice 3.5.3 or later there is no use/check of this
variable, while in Apache OpenOffice it is still "used" somehow.

Bye.

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