Package: xpdf Version: 0.5-0 More of a misfeature than a bug.
There is an error message that pops up when xpdf tries to open an encrypted PDF file. It complains that Adobe has not released decryption specs to developers, and implores the user to e-mail Adobe to complain. The latest information at the xpdf home page states that Adobe has finally released the decryption specs. It also says that a new version of xpdf is in the works, but its release is uncertain. It might be wise to change the error message until a new version of xpdf is released by the author. Just a polite gesture more than anything else. :-) This is the error message in question: Error (0): PDF file is encrypted and cannot be displayed Error (0): * Please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask Error (0): * them to prove that PDF is truly an open standard by Error (0): * releasing the decryption specs to developers. Also, Error (0): * please send email to the person responsible for this Error (0): * file ([EMAIL PROTECTED] might be a good place) and ask Error (0): * them to stop using encrypted PDF files. -- Larry Gilbert, technical support (Bess & Rainier.Net) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
