Bug#582049: evince: segfaults on certain DVI files embedding EPS

Mon Apr 18 19:09:04 UTC 2011

clone 582049 -1
retitle -1 evince: misrenders text in DVI file.
kthxbye

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 07:52:45PM +0100, Colin wrote:
> I'm running testing where evince is at 2.30.3-3 atm and I cannot
> reproduce this bug.
> I can render both files when they are together on the same dir or not.
> So I'm guessing this is fixed under version 2.30.3-3.
> Brian, can you try with this version?

It doesn't segfault, but it does horribly misrender.  The text is
unintelligibly corrupt.  If I use dvipdfmx to convert it to a PDF,
evince then renders it correctly.  You can close 582049 at your leisure,
and the clone will be the bug for the misrender.

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