Bug 151261 - xdvi doesn't call xdvi.bin correctly
Summary: xdvi doesn't call xdvi.bin correctly
Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
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Product: Fedora Legacy
Classification: Retired
Component: tetex (Show other bugs)
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Version: fc3
Hardware: All Linux
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Reported: 2005-03-16 15:02 UTC by Boris Folgmann
Modified: 2007-04-18 17:20 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: tetex-3.0-9.FC4
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Last Closed: 2006-02-16 03:26:04 UTC
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Description Boris Folgmann 2005-03-16 15:02:56 UTC 
Description of problem:
xdvi calls xdvi.bin with wrong parameters

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
tetex-xdvi-2.0.2-21.3

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
$ xdvi example.dvi
  
Actual results:
Usage: xdvi [+[<page>]] [-regression] [-s <shrink>] [-S <density>] [-nogrey]
        [-gamma <g>] [-install] [-noinstall] [-rulecolor <color>] [-p <pixels>]
        [-margins <dimen>] [-sidemargin <dimen>] [-topmargin <dimen>]
        [-offsets <dimen>] [-xoffset <dimen>] [-yoffset <dimen>]
        [-paper <papertype>] [-altfont <font>] [-nomakepk] [-mfmode <mode-def>]
        [-editor <editor>] [-not1lib]
...


Expected results:
Correctly run xdvi.bin -name xdvi example.dvi


Additional info:
I prepended an echo before the last line in /usr/bin/xdvi which reads:
xdvi.bin $NAMEOPT ${1+"$@"}
So I could see what xdvi calls. It gave me the "correct" output
xdvi.bin -name xdvi example.dvi
When pasted in the shell again, this xdvi.bin call works, but not when running
xdvi. May be it's an expansion problem of the ${} construction. There must be
something wrong, because xdvi.bin is only outputting its usage when called by xdvi.
Comment 1 Jindrich Novy 2006-02-15 09:10:11 UTC 
teTeX-3.0 is present in FC4 and on, so this is now fixed since FC4.
Comment 2 Boris Folgmann 2006-02-15 14:16:17 UTC 
What is with RHEL AS 4.2?
Comment 3 David Eisenstein 2006-02-16 03:17:21 UTC 
This bug report was filed against tetex-2.0.2-21; but the latest version of
tetex available for FC3 is tetex-2.0.2-21.7.FC3.  Have you tried that version
to see if the problem persists?

You asked about RHEL AS 4.2.  If you find this bug present in RHEL, you will
need to file a bug report against the RHEL product.

In any event, as this is not a security or critical bug.  Fedora Legacy deals
only with security and critical bug-fix errata.  (See 
<http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy>).

This bug is not eligible for being fixed at this time by Fedora Legacy.  If
you can make a case that this misbehavior in xdvi presents security problems
for you or other FC3 users, you are welcome to reopen this bug.

As Jindrich Novy notes in comment #1, this has been fixed in FC4.
Comment 4 David Eisenstein 2006-02-16 03:26:04 UTC 
Sorry, wrong resolution in previous close.
Comment 5 Boris Folgmann 2006-02-16 09:35:06 UTC 
Yes David, it's still broken in tetex-2.0.2-21.7.FC3. Since current RHEL is
based on FC3, I assume that xdvi is broken there, too. I'll check in the near
future.
Comment 6 Boris Folgmann 2007-01-23 13:16:28 UTC 
tetex-xdvi-2.0.2-22.EL4.7 is broken too. I'll file it on RHEL 4.4.
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