Reported as Debian bug 234800.  The report concerns the workstation part of the
installation (we already ran setup -net as part of the package creation process)

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From: 	Rogério Brito
To: 	Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#234800: openoffice.org: Creates empty directories .netscape* that
confuse mozilla

Date: 	Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:06:41 -0300	
Package: openoffice.org
Version: 1.1.0-3
Severity: normal

For some time now, I see that OpenOffice creates two directories in a user's
home directory called .netscape and .netscape6 which are almost empty: they only
have subdirectories called plugins on my system (i.e., it creates
~/.netscape{6,}/plugins).

Unfortunately, the presence of such directories confuse Mozilla in such a way
that it thinks that it has to convert data from old profiles (even if you have
already been using Mozilla for quite some time already).

The worst problem is that novice users get extremely confused when they see a
menu they have never seen before (Mozilla's Profile Manager) after they've been
using Mozilla for some time and after just one use of OpenOffice.

Is there any way to make OpenOffice not generate such (undesired) directories
upon first run/installation?

Thanks, Rogério Brito.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable  APT prefers testing  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.2-2
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR
Versions of packages openoffice.org depends on:
ii  dictionaries-common           0.20.1     Common utilities for spelling dict
ii  openoffice.org-bin            1.1.0-3    OpenOffice.org office suite binary
ii  openoffice.org-debian-files   1.1.0-3+2  Debian specific parts of OpenOffic
ii  openoffice.org-l10n-en [openo 1.1.0-3    English US language package for op
ii  openoffice.org-l10n-pt [openo 1.1.0-3    Portuguese language package for op
ii  openoffice.org-l10n-pt-br [op 1.1.0-3    Português do Brasil language packa
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