Bug#202494: dvipdfm: Doesn't work, just prints help message

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

reassign 202494 tetex-bin
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On 22.07.03 Silas S. Brown (ssb22@cam.ac.uk) wrote:

> Package: dvipdfm
> Version: 0.13.2-3
> Severity: important
> 
> I can't get dvipdfm to work AT ALL.  Whenever I run it with
> any options, it only prints the help message, and I have no
> idea why.  For example:
> 
> ssb22:/tmp$ ls -l test.dvi
> -rw-rw-r--    1 ssb22    ssb22         616 Jul 16 11:48 test.dvi
> ssb22:/tmp$ xdvi test.dvi  # works OK
> ssb22:/tmp$ which dvipdfm
> /usr/bin/dvipdfm
> ssb22:/tmp$ dvipdfm test.dvi
> 
<help message snipped>

> All dimensions entered on the command line are "true" TeX
> dimensions. Argument of "-s" lists physical page ranges separated
> by commas, e.g., "-s 1-3,5-6"
> 
I can't reproduce the bug any more. Do you agree do close it now?

H.
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