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Description of problem:
soffice --help wouldn't display help when soffice already running

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libreoffice-*-3.4.5.2-1.el6

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run soffice
2. run soffice --help again when soffice already running 
3.
  
Actual results:
no output

Expected results:
should display help

Additional info:

known fix upstream, will backport it

bah the *exact* original case of soffice --help should work, but any of the swriter, simpress etc wrappers add another agument to the command line and the original test to show help only works for 1 argument.

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Cause: new faster startup helper not aware of the command line help option

Consequence: activating the help feature from the command line when an instance is already executing doesn't work

Fix: extend the startup scripts to handle the help feature under all circumstances

Result: activating help from the command line works under all circumstances

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-0798.html