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[Alberto Salvia Novella <es20490446e@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  Evince puts up spurious error window when .pdf extension is missing

Status in evince package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I first noticed this when trying to display a .pdf file that was downloaded from the New York State of Health website.
  Their notices have filenames like "Template030", and have no extension.

  When i couldn't use Evince, I used LibreOffice Writer to display them
  successfully (actually, what came up was LibreOffice Draw, for some
  reason).

  I since took a look at the error window message, and saw that it said
  "Error opening file: Permission denied"

  I used Sakura terminal, and the Nemo Properties context menu option to
  compare the permissions between one of these files, and a file that
  Evince had no trouble displaying, and found NO DIFFERENCE.

  I took another look at the files, and suddenly noted that the file I was trying to display had no extension.
  Surely, it could not be that simple...
  Renamed the file with the same name + ".pdf" 
  Displayed fine.
  Renamed a file that HAD displayed fine to remove ".pdf"
  Error window.

  Perhaps some part of the standard for .pdf files is that they MUST
  have ".pdf" extensions.  I do not know.

  Either way, putting up an error window that says "Permission denied" is unhelpful.
  Perhaps a WARNING window with: "Required file extension .pdf missing."

  Can it be that the extension is the only way Evince can tell that it is a .pdf file?  I don't think so...
  LibreOffice had no problem with it.
  I had no problem also with GIMP.
  Chromium displayed it correctly when I brought it up with file://[filename]

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  scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ uname -a
  Linux scott-ASUS-M2N68-AM-PLUS 3.16.0-28-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 8 17:22:00 UTC 2014 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
  scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ lsb_release -dsc
  Ubuntu 14.10
  utopic
  scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ echo $DESKTOP_SESSION
  Lubuntu

  scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ evince --version
  GNOME Document Viewer 3.14.1

  
  -Scott Jacobs

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: evince 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.37-generic 3.16.7-ckt1
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Wed Dec 17 22:47:58 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-01 (46 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release i386 (20141022.1)
  SourcePackage: evince
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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