Hello Esko, or anyone else affected, Accepted evince into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.18.2-1ubuntu4.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716357 Title: a typo in evince-previewer.desktop breaks /etc/mailcap Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in evince source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in evince source package in Zesty: Fix Committed Bug description: * Impact there is an extra ";" in the mimetype list leading to a buggy mailcap entry * Test case: check if /etc/mailcap contains a line "; evince-previewer %s; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"" * regression potentiel check that evince is correcly used when trying to open file associated to it ----------------- Release version: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Package version: 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1 /usr/share/applications/evince-previewer.desktop comes from the evince package. It has an empty entry in mime types between application/x -ext-cb7 and application/oxps. ===8<=== ... MimeType=application/pdf;application/x-bzpdf;application/x-gzpdf;application/x-xzpdf;application/x-ext-pdf;application/postscript;application/x-bzpostscript;application/x-gzpostscript;image/x-eps;image/x-bzeps;image/x-gzeps;application/x-ext-ps;application/x-ext-eps;application/x-dvi;application/x-bzdvi;application/x-gzdvi;application/x-ext-dvi;image/vnd.djvu;application/x-ext-djv;application/x-ext-djvu;image/tiff;application/x-cbr;application/x-cbz;application/x-cb7;application/x-ext-cbr;application/x-ext-cbz;application/x-ext-cb7;;application/oxps;application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument; ... ===>8=== This entry gets included in /etc/mailcap via update-mime trigger from the package mime-support and the result is a broken line: ===8<=== ... application/x-ext-cb7; evince-previewer %s; test=test -n "$DISPLAY" ; evince-previewer %s; test=test -n "$DISPLAY" application/oxps; evince-previewer %s; test=test -n "$DISPLAY" ... ===>8=== Some programs that use /etc/mailcap get confused by the broken line so it would be nice if the typo it originates from was fixed. The expected result in /etc/mailcap from running update-mime: ===8<=== ... application/x-ext-cb7; evince-previewer %s; test=test -n "$DISPLAY" application/oxps; evince-previewer %s; test=test -n "$DISPLAY" ... ===>8=== To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1716357/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp