Bug#62813: tetex-bin: xdvi creates a temporary file without deleting it
On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 07:59:18AM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote:
> On Wed, 24 May 2000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
>
> > I agree with your report of the problem (I just submitted the same
> > without noticing yours), but your version gets rid of the trap
> > command, which is quite useful. I had a pseudo-patch in my version
> > which I think does a little better and doesn't tinker with the code as
> > violently. (Remember that the trap gets executed on exit, so the only
> > issue is to make sure that the tempfile is either only created when
> > necessary or is always destroyed.)
>
> Yes, your patch is better than mine, but is still not sufficient to close
> #64177. The question is: as compressed DVI files can be displayed with
> texdoc, do we need xdvi displaying them too?
> If yes we must have a patch to close #64177, if no our patches are
> meanless and must be removed.
>
> I would say "no".
I was working on the assumption that #64177 were fixed. Otherwise I
agree, our stuff on these bug reports is pointless.
Julian
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