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120127 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> # Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@g.o> (27 Jan 2012) |
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> # Has developed into an unmaintainable mess, and everyone who |
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> # knows about it is either retired or missing in action. |
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> # Several minor bugs and one ugly security issues (#386271). |
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> # Masked for removal because of lack of maintainer. |
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I use Xpdf frequently & have no problem with it. |
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The security bug you cite says there is a newer version 3.03 |
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which fixes at least some of the security problems. |
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If you limit yourself sensibly to PDFs from known reliable sites, |
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you won't run into the problem in Bug 386271 AFAIK. |
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The bug I submitted is minor & has a workaround, which I use. |
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Is there an alternative which doesn't require eg 'kdelibs' or similar ? |
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In my netbook, Xpdf is the only method I have of reading PDFs, |
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as I use Fluxbox & don't have KDE installed at all. |
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There is a fork of some kind at https://github.com/rbrito/xpdf-poppler , |
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which is given as the contact by 'eix'. |
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I very much hope there is at least an alternative |
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or otherwise some reconsideration of removing Xpdf from Gentoo. |
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