Bug#221793: tetex-bin: xdvi fails on compressed files in read-only directory
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 09:35:33PM +0100, Hilmar Preusse wrote:
> > After investigating further, I believe the fix is to add
> >
> > DIR => File::Spec->tmpdir,
> >
> > to the argument list of tempfile. I don't know why things work for you.
> > (Just to make sure, the problem occurs when the current directory is
> > unwritable.)
> >
> Julian has checked i a new version into cvs, which works at least for
> me and doesn't show that bug. You may check it out:
>
> cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.debian.org:/cvs/tetex co tetex-bin/debian/xdvi-pl
The correct fix, incidentally, was to remove all mention of the
template; it is unnecessary, and makes tempfile attempt to use the
current directory rather than the TMPDIR. Mea culpa.
Julian
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