* 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.
So they're not used internally, but externally. IOW, it provides
a helper framework to facilitate implementation of restriction
management in an upper layer.
It's nothing wrong with that, as long as you are free _not_to_ use the
framework.
--
Jakub Wilk
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