This bug was fixed in the package poppler - 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.4
---
poppler (22.02.0-2ubuntu0.4) jammy; urgency=medium
* Add fix-invisible-form-fields.patch:
- Pick upstream fix for a regression making fields invisible
(LP: #1980836)
-- Timo Jyrinki Wed, 17 Apr 2024
Mantic has poppler 23.08.0 which contains this fix, marking the Ubuntu
task as done.
** Changed in: poppler (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
Autopkgtest problem on armhf only, resolved with a rerun.
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1980836
Title:
Regression in Ubuntu 22.04: Content of form field stored invisibly
To manage
Tested with 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.4 and working fine. Thanks!
** Tags removed: verification-needed-jammy
** Tags added: verification-done-jammy
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1980836
Hello Philipp, or anyone else affected,
Accepted poppler into jammy-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/22.02.0-2ubuntu0.4 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See
SRU information added.
** Description changed:
- Evince on Ubuntu 22.04 is not able to handle some PDF forms correctly
- anymore that it was able to handle on Ubuntu 21.10 and on Ubuntu 20.04.
+ [ Impact ]
+
+ The bug causes text entered in certain PDF form fields to be stored but
+ both
the upload is fine, but could you please fix the description to have the
necessary SRU information described here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#SRU_Bug_Template
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
I have a PDF form that provably works in 20.04's version of Evince
(poppler) but does not in 22.04, so came to search for an existing bug.
I can confirm this patch fixes the issue for me too on 22.04. I built it
now at https://launchpad.net/~timo-jyrinki/+archive/ubuntu/poppler-jammy
and
