LibreOffice Calc hangs on sort operation

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7
  • LibreOffice Calc

Issue

  • LibreOffice Calc hangs on sort operation

Resolution

An update to libreoffice-4.3.7.2 addresses this issue with the sort function.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-0779.html

Diagnostic Steps

A sort operation against customer data would cause LibreOffice to hang.

1. open document in Calc
2. highlight all columns
3. select data -> sort -> choose to sort by column B (product) 
4. Calc hangs

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