Re: OO 2.2 freezes repeatedly on Freespire 2.0.8

[Bob Proulx]

Kenneth Koym wrote:
>   Repeatedly, OO 2.2 has froze while saving a document; often this 

Ah...  You have found the 'mv' people but not the 'openoffice'
people.  We don't know maintain openoffice here.

> mv: cannot move `/root/.openoffice.org2' to a subdirectory of itself, 
> `/root/.openoffice.org2_backup/.openoffice.org2'
> what causes this?"

That is an error _from_ mv about an incorrect use of it _by_ something
else.  That doesn't actually mean there is a bug in mv.  That is where
the confusion came into place.

> hours and hours to resolve the glitch. Last night I said, "before going 
> to bed, this is the latest response in the terminal
> mv: cannot move `/root/.openoffice.org2' to a subdirectory of itself, 
> `/root/.openoffice.org2_backup/.openoffice.org2'
> what causes this?"

This is an error in the sue of mv.  It is telling you exactly what it
says, that it cannot move a directory into a subdirectory of itself.
Try this smaller example.

  $ mkdir /tmp/dir1
  $ mkdir /tmp/dir1/subdir1
  $ mv /tmp/dir1 /tmp/dir1/subdir1/
  mv: cannot move `/tmp/dir1' to a subdirectory of itself, 
`/tmp/dir1/subdir1/dir1'

That should illustrate the problem better because it is smaller and
easier to understand.  You can't move a parent directory into the
child directory of itself.  It would break its own parent directory.
If /tmp/dir1 is moved then how would you reach /tmp/dir1/subdir1?  It
would then be lost and left floating in the filesystem with no way to
reach it.

> mv --help
> ...
> Report bugs to <address@hidden>.

You have found the right folks to talk about 'mv'.  But I don't see
any problem in your report about the mv command.  It is reporing a
logically incorrect use of the program.

> I believe this is an OO 2.2 bug that needs a general solution. Write me 
> back if I can provide further clarification. The question surely is 
> beyond my knowledge.
> 
> Please help us.

You will need to take this problem up with the openoffice folks.

  http://support.openoffice.org/

Bob

Kenneth Koym wrote:
> Attn: address@hidden
>   Repeatedly, OO 2.2 has froze while saving a document; often this 
> happens just as I open and select a line or two for placing in another 
> document or place it in an email for sending. Then, I have to spend 
> hours and hours to resolve the glitch. Last night I said, "before going 
> to bed, this is the latest response in the terminal
> mv: cannot move `/root/.openoffice.org2' to a subdirectory of itself, 
> `/root/.openoffice.org2_backup/.openoffice.org2'
> what causes this?"
> 
> Yes, why does OO 2.2 easily freeze while saving? Once it happens, one 
> can click Launch Run Command [terminal] & enter mv ~/.openoffice.org2 
> ~/.openoffice.org2_backup but even that cure begins to fail. So, what is 
> the next step that one may take to get freed of this hinderance? The 
> following insights sent me by DrHu on the Freespire forum, is beyond my 
> brain power. Read from DrHu who says 
> http://forum.freespire.org/showthread.php?p=105526#post105526 as 
> follows: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ils/+bug/71174 
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/71174>
> mv --help
> Quote:
> mv --help
> Usage: mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
> or: mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
> or: mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...
> Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.
> 
> Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
> --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file
> -b like --backup but does not accept an argument
> -f, --force do not prompt before overwriting
> -i, --interactive prompt before overwrite
> --strip-trailing-slashes remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE
> argument
> -S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix
> -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY
> -T, --no-target-directory treat DEST as a normal file
> -u, --update move only when the SOURCE file is newer
> than the destination file or when the
> destination file is missing
> -v, --verbose explain what is being done
> --help display this help and exit
> --version output version information and exit
> 
> The backup suffix is `~', unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.
> The version control method may be selected via the --backup option or 
> through
> the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the values:
> 
> none, off never make backups (even if --backup is given)
> numbered, t make numbered backups
> existing, nil numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
> simple, never always make simple backups
> 
> Report bugs to <address@hidden>.
> 
> I believe this is an OO 2.2 bug that needs a general solution. Write me 
> back if I can provide further clarification. The question surely is 
> beyond my knowledge.
> 
> Please help us.
> 
> Thanks.
> Kenneth Koym
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