Bug#227203: tetex-bin could hint at dvips secure mode
From: Andreas Mohr <andi@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de>
Subject: Bug#227203: tetex-bin could hint at dvips secure mode
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 14:28:09 +0100
> Back ticks in commands such as \DeclareGraphicsRule are disabled
> by default in Debian, in contrast to several other distributions,
> confusing (quite?) some people, since they expect such commands
> to just work.
Hmm, if I remembered correctly, secure mode by default was
a upstream settings and not Debian specific.
> Thus it'd would probably be a good idea to remind people in
> /usr/share/doc/tetex-bin/README.Debian.gz that devips
> "secure mode" is enabled and the fact that you should
> configure it in /etc/texmf/dvips/config.ps (the "z" parameter).
> Also config.ps doesn't explicitly mention the words "secure mode" either...
It was a good idea to remind users in README.Debian about
secure mode of dvips but I suspect that the present explanation
of config.ps is already sufficient.
I can't see so much improvement/clearness between
-% Execution of external programs is disabled by default. Set
-% to z0 if you want backticks in \special commands enabled.
and
+% Execution of external programs is disabled by default ("secure mode").
+% Set to z0 if you want backticks in \special commands enabled.
Regards, 2004-1-18(Sun)
--
Debian Developer & Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian
Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>
Department of Math., Univ. of Tokushima
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