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acroread for linux: libgtk test fails (loops w/ 99% cpu)

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From: matjes
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:50
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acroread on Linux is a shell-script which performs several tests before starting the actual reader.

One of these is a test for the libgtk version

It only tests for minor versions up to
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.900.*

libgtk has progressed to at least /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1000.4

acroread thus loops around this test and never progresses to
starting the actual reader process..

here is a quick fix:

# diff -u acroread.orig acroread
--- acroread.orig 2006-12-04 16:46:51.000000000 +0800
+++ acroread 2006-12-04 16:46:40.000000000 +0800
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
            return 1
         fi

- echo $mfile| sed 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'
+ echo $mfile| sed 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)\+00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'
         return 0
     fi
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