* Is this reproducible?

Yes.

 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
If you have a remote PDF file with relative links to an other file on the 
server, evince can not open it.

I investigated on this and it seems that evince can handle this properly if the 
file is opend directly (e.g. via shell #  evince 
http://www.example.org/pathto/file.pdf).
But when open a pdf file via browser while surfing (in my case Firefox) it 
doesn't pass the url to evince but the path to the downloaded file. To fix 
this, the browser should only pass the url to the external application.  


* Expected behaviour
As Adobe Reader BrowserPlugin: Render the pdf 'on the server'. Then the 
relative links to others documents on the server would work.
And: Do not open relative linked Documents in an new window, replace the 
existing document instead.

* Testcase
I've made a simple testcase with two files. Extract those into a local folder. 
Open Mainfile.pdf and click on the link. Second_file.pdf is (as expected) opend 
in an new window.
Now upload the files to a server and open Mainfile.pdf on the Server via 
Browser.

** Attachment added: "Testcase with two linked files"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/446510/+attachment/1836549/+files/Testcase_rel_links_evince.tar.gz

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Title:
  Evince refuses to load remote pdf files (http) which it will load
  nicely once they are downloaded.

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