Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: evince
Evince reports success (exit code 0) even when it cannot display a
broken PDF file.
$ evince /usr/lib/R/site-library/Zelig/doc/static/intro.pdf
Error: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table...
Error: Couldn't find trailer dictionary
Error: Couldn't read xref table
Error: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table...
Error: Couldn't find trailer dictionary
Error: Couldn't read xref table
desk:~$ echo $?
0
$
Evince gives a big red banner saying "- Unable to open document PDF document
is damaged" but still reports success,
so that code like
for n in *.pdf
do
evince $n || echo $n
done
does not work as expected.
(Incidentally, that file is part of the r-cran-zelig package -- it appears to
be truncated.)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: evince 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 2 07:36:11 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
KernLog:
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evince
** Affects: evince (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick
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exit code zero on failure
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669803
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