[tex-live] dvips cannot find figures

[Frank Küster]

Lars Madsen <daleif at imf.au.dk> wrote:

>>
>> The dvips info file describes the "-R" flag:
>>
>> `-R'
>>     Run securely.  This disables shell command execution in `\special'
>>     (via ``', *note Dynamic creation of graphics::) and config files
>>     (via the `E' option, *note Configuration file commands::), and
>>     opening of any absolute filenames.
>>
>> Try "dvips -R0 ..."
>>
>
> That did the trick, thanks. It might have been a good idea to write
> this somewhere, i.e. that the normal behavior of dvips have changed.
>
> I'm going to change this globally.

It's the z option in config.ps, and probably the comment in there should
also mention absolute pathnames, not only commands in \special.

Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer