Bug#64177: tetex-bin: xdvi does not accept command-line options
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Denis Barbier writes:
> On Wed, 17 May 2000, Christoph Martin wrote:
>
> > 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.
> i prefer first solution, but solution 2 is fine if you are sure not to
> add new bugs.
Then we should raise the severity to important, to get it into
potato.
Christoph
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