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Bug#227203: tetex-bin could hint at dvips secure mode



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?

Hilmar 
-- 
sigmentation fault



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