On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: > 120127 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: >> # Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfri...@gentoo.org> (27 Jan 2012) >> # Has developed into an unmaintainable mess, and everyone who >> # knows about it is either retired or missing in action. >> # Several minor bugs and one ugly security issues (#386271). >> # Masked for removal because of lack of maintainer. > > I use Xpdf frequently & have no problem with it. > The security bug you cite says there is a newer version 3.03 > which fixes at least some of the security problems. > If you limit yourself sensibly to PDFs from known reliable sites, > you won't run into the problem in Bug 386271 AFAIK. > The bug I submitted is minor & has a workaround, which I use. > > Is there an alternative which doesn't require eg 'kdelibs' or similar ? > In my netbook, Xpdf is the only method I have of reading PDFs, > as I use Fluxbox & don't have KDE installed at all. > > There is a fork of some kind at https://github.com/rbrito/xpdf-poppler , > which is given as the contact by 'eix'. > > I very much hope there is at least an alternative > or otherwise some reconsideration of removing Xpdf from Gentoo.
I use evince, myself. -- :wq
