Bug#227203: tetex-bin could hint at dvips secure mode
Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de> schrieb:
> On 11.01.04 Andreas Mohr (andi@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de) wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/227203
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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...
>>
> AFAICS this has been documented in latest tetex-bin. We just forgot
> to close the bug. Andreas or Atsuhito, will you do that?
Following the suggestions of the submitter, I also prepared a patch for
tetex-base-2.0.2/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps. Since this is in
tetex-base, it has not yet been applied. Not that I'd weep if it
wouldn't. But it doesn't do any harm, and if it helps two more users
besides the submitter, it's worth applying. Therefore I'd keep it open.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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