Re: [bug-gv] Bug report: GV 3.6.3

[Markus Steinborn]

Hello,

address@hidden schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> I am using GV 3.6.3 installed from OpenSuse 11.2 repository, KDE 4.3.1 
> "release 6". Since I am not proficient to install a version other than 
> provided by the repository, I could not verify if this bug is still 
> present in later versions.
Well, the official sources do not have this bug. It has been introduced 
by Novell who releases OpenSuse.

I investigated this bug by installing OpenSuse 11.0 ( I do not have a 
DVD of OpenSuse 11.2, you see ).

I can confirm that this bug occurs when using OpenSuse 11.0 with the 
binary of gv shipped with it.
I furthermore can confirm that compiling and installing GNU gv 3.6.3 and 
3.6.8 from the official sources lead to a version of GNU gv without this 
bug (using OpenSuse 11.0, of cause).
I also can confirm that recompiling the Source RPM of Opensuse compiles 
to a binary with this bug.
> This behavior is very disconcerting since the user may think he is 
> about to overwrite the file he wants to open.
Surely it is, but it's not my bug. Please report the bug to Novel: 
http://en.opensuse.org/Submitting_Bug_Reports
You may feel free to include the above facts I confoirmed.

Markus Steinborn
GNU gv maintainer



PS: address@hidden is not maintaining GNU gv any more.