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Bug 835525 - app-text/writerperfect: cannot convert PalmDoc Ebook(.pdb) and QuarkXpress Document(.qxp)
Summary: app-text/writerperfect: cannot convert PalmDoc Ebook(.pdb) and QuarkXpress Do...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Office Team
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Reported: 2022-03-18 07:23 UTC by Ryan Tsien
Modified: 2022-03-25 13:40 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
example.pdb (example.pdb,1.53 KB, application/vnd.palm)
2022-03-18 07:27 UTC, Ryan Tsien
Details
example.qxp (example.qxp,224.00 KB, application/octet-stream)
2022-03-18 07:27 UTC, Ryan Tsien
Details

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Description Ryan Tsien 2022-03-18 07:23:22 UTC

As title, I'm trying to port it to riscv, and found it cannot convert .pdb and .qxp files on both x86_64 and riscv platforms.

error messages:

```
file command:
./example.pdb:    AportisDoc/PalmDOC E-book "example", 2571 bytes uncompressed
./example.qxp:    Intel Quark Express Document (English)

bash -x log:
+ ebook2odt example.pdb example.b.odt
ERROR : Couldn't convert the document
+ ebook2epub example.pdb example.b.epub
ERROR : Couldn't convert the document
+ qxp2odg example.qxp example.q.odg
ERROR: We have no confidence that you are giving us a valid document.
+ qxp2epub example.qxp example.q.epub
ERROR: We have no confidence that you are giving us a valid document.
```
Comment 1 Ryan Tsien 2022-03-18 07:27:16 UTC
Created attachment 767288 [details]
example.pdb
Comment 2 Ryan Tsien 2022-03-18 07:27:31 UTC
Created attachment 767289 [details]
example.qxp
Comment 3 Jonas Stein gentoo-dev 2022-03-18 16:04:37 UTC
Thank you for your comprehensive report. To me it sounds like 
a bug in the software provided upstream or a misconfiguration in your system [3].
Does the same source work for you on another distribution?
If it works on other distributions, but not on Gentoo Linux, I suggest to discuss this problem 
on a related mailing list, forum or IRC channel. I have had very good experience on the 
Gentoo IRC [1], of course there are also forums and mailing lists. [2]

We will likely close this bug here, because I do not see a relation to the gentoo ebuild or the way Gentoo handles this special software package. Please provide more information, if I am wrong.

[1] https://www.gentoo.org/get-involved/irc-channels/
[2] https://www.gentoo.org/support/
[3] look up the upstream forums; search in their bug tracker
Comment 4 Ryan Tsien 2022-03-19 01:36:08 UTC
(In reply to Jonas Stein from comment #3)
> To me it sounds like 
> a bug in the software provided upstream or a misconfiguration in your system
> [3].

I found no configuration file about this app on my system, and very thanks for your mention and I have sent an email to upstream mail list to ask.

> Does the same source work for you on another distribution?

I haven't tested it on other distribution yet.

> We will likely close this bug here, because I do not see a relation to the
> gentoo ebuild or the way Gentoo handles this special software package.
> Please provide more information, if I am wrong.

Thanks for you reply again and I have no more information to provide.
Comment 5 Ryan Tsien 2022-03-25 13:40:58 UTC
I haven't got any reply from the mail list, so I asked again in the ticket system of sourceforge here https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/tickets/20/ 

And got a reply, 

1)
> .pdb file may be damaged.
but I don't think so.

2)
> .qxp file may be created by an unsupported version of QuarkXpress.
I have no idea about this.