clone 481183 -1
reassign -1 poppler-utils
thanks

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 04:10:32PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2008-06-11, 15:03:
> >>>Package: libpoppler2
> >>[...]
> >>>This library appears to be crippled with DRM anti-features.
> >>But it is not. Functions, which the patch virtually disables, are never 
> >>internally used to disallow anything.
> >I don't recall the exact details, but I've seen other programs rely on 
> >those functions. 
> Right. pdftoabw and pdftohtml from poppler-utils use them to restrict 
> access (pdfimages, pdftops and pdftotext have been already patched not 
> to do that - see 02_permissions.dpatch.diff).
> 
> Tools from xpdf-utils do the same, although they are not linked with 
> poppler.
> 
> Don't hesitate to file bugs against _these_ packages.

Doing. Thanks for the pointer.

-- 
Robert Millan

<GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call!
<DRM> What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak?
(as seen on /.)



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