Cannot view PDF attachments in Alpine

[Christopher Barrington-Leigh]

When I try to view a PDF attachment in Alpine, I get "don't know how to display application pdf" error.

I have application/pdf lines in both /etc/mailcap and ~/.mailcap

I have tried setting the mailcap path in alpine's settings to each of those. Neither works (nor does leaving it blank).

I expect evince to get launched when I try to view a PDF attachment.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alpine 2.02-3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 4 15:51:39 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
SourcePackage: alpine
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-10 (117 days ago)

[Kenrick Bingham (loxo)]

The following line works for me on 12.04.1:

application/pdf; /usr/bin/evince '%s'; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"; description=Portable Document Format; nametemplate=%s.pdf

Had to add it manually, though (see #876703).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.