Bug#122377: tetex-bin: xdvi dies on certain external hyperlinks

[Stefan Ulrich <stefan.ulrich@dsl.pipex.com>]

tag 122377 + woody
thanks,

Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmul.ac.uk> writes:

> Package: tetex-bin
> Version: 1.0.7+20001218-6

> xdvi dies on the following hyperlink:

> \special{html:<a href="http://www.research.att.com/cgi-bin/access.cgi/as/njas/sequences/eisA.cgi?Anum=001037";>}
> A001037
> \special{html:</a>}

> It is fine with:

> \special{html:<a href="http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/";>}
> Sequences
> \special{html:</a>}

> The error message is:
> xdvi.bin: Not a DVI file.

This has been fixed in (some version previous to) 22.40v (which
is in sid). Now the first link will result in a message
`Corrupted DVI file' (since it still considers the downloaded
file a DVI file - this has been fixed in 22.74), but the `Back'
button works.

So I'd suggest to tag this bug as `woody'.

Best,
Stefan