Bug#64177: tetex-bin: xdvi does not accept command-line options
Denis Barbier writes:
> Package: tetex-bin
> Version: 1.0.6-6
> Severity: normal
>
> We use a modified version of the xdvi script to display compressed DVI
> files. Unfortunately this script is broken in that command-line options
> are unavailable.
>
> Solution 1: as texdoc can display compressed files, we may restore
> original xdvi script.
>
> Solution 2: replace the line
> filename=${1+"$@"}
> so that filename is set to the last argument and not the first one.
> If this solution is retained, please fix #62813 too.
>
I think we have to at least fix this one for potato.
I am not shure if we should go back to the original xdvi script (which
is not able to display .gz files) or try to fix our patch.
Christoph
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