Bug#123266: tetex-bin: endless loop in /usr/bin/xdvi.real when the first argument ends with a `.'

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Heiko Scheit wrote:

> Package: tetex-bin
> Version: 1.0.7+20001218-7
> Severity: important
>
> When executing xdvi with the first argument ending with a dot (`.') it
> seems to go into an endless loop (never exits; uses close to 100% CPU
> time).  No X11 window ever shows up.  The given file does not even
> have to exist.
>
> For instance:
> $ /usr/bin/xdvi abcdef.

With the tetex-bin package from unstable I get:

$ /usr/bin/xdvi abcdef.
Warning: empty extension for file name or URL `file:abcdef.'
Can't open `/home/bunk/abcdef..dvi': No such file or directory
$

Could you confirm that your problem is fixed there?

> Greetings, Heiko

cu
Adrian

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