Bug#489987: kpdf: KPDF refuses to open files that do not have the correct extension
Package: kpdf
Version: 4:3.5.9-1+b2
Severity: minor
Take any pdf file that already works in KPDF. Rename it to change its extension
from .pdf to something else; for example, "file.pdf.bak" works. Start KPDF and
attempt to open the file (the file dialog won't list it, so you have to force
it a bit by typing the name manually or entering a different filter). KPDF says
"Error" "Could not open ..etc.."
Of course, KPDF is lying - it could open the file if it wanted to. It just
doesn't want to because the extension is different. ("Will not open .." would
be a truer statement...)
As you might guess, I wanted to view a ".pdf.bak" file when I found this bug,
but it happens on all sorts of extensions. Without extension seems to work
okay, though.
Peace,
Brendon
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages kpdf depends on:
ii kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-4 core libraries and binaries for al
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.6-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.1-2 GCC support library
ii libpaper1 1.1.23+nmu1 library for handling paper charact
ii libqt3-mt 3:3.3.8b-5 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii libstdc++6 4.3.1-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libxft2 2.1.12-3 FreeType-based font drawing librar
Versions of packages kpdf recommends:
ii kghostview 4:3.5.9-1+b2 PostScript viewer for KDE
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