Bug 174232 – app-text/active-dvi-1.6.0-r1 - splash.dvi is not at the right place

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Emmanuel Favre_Nicolin 2007-04-12 03:06:29 UTC]

splash.dvi is not at the right place, when lookng for the "Quick info and key bindings help" it tries to open file
/usr/lib/advi/splash.dvi

it be also a bug of the "Quick info and key bindings help"
that should look at the place where splash.dvi is
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/advi/splash.dvi

or maybe should it be done a symlink??


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.run advi
2.call the "Quick info and key bindings help" with ?
3.here it is

Actual Results:  
splash.dvi is not found and "Quick info and key bindings help"  does not show up.

Expected Results:  
"Quick info and key bindings help"  should show up.

[Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-04-12 06:05:40 UTC]

Which ebuild and version is this about?

[Comment 2 Emmanuel Favre_Nicolin 2007-04-12 23:15:54 UTC]

I forgot that! This is the last version: 1.6.0-r1
ebuild:
/usr/portage/app-text/active-dvi/active-dvi-1.6.0-r1.ebuild

[Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-04-13 07:14:22 UTC]

Reopen.

[Comment 4 Timothy Stotts 2007-06-22 15:54:31 UTC]

simple fix:

# ln -s ../share/texmf/tex/latex/advi /usr/lib/advi

probably adjust make/configure is better.

[Comment 5 Alexis Ballier 2008-06-07 20:39:52 UTC]

this should be fixed with 1.7.3