Re: Adobe Reader 7.0.9 update on RHEL3 - gtk2 version problem

On 12 Jan 2007, at 12:32, Jussi Silvennoinen wrote:

>>>> works fine - I presume it is more or less the same as redhat's own
>>>> acroread-7.0.1-1.1.0.EL3.i386.rpm
>>>
>>>
>>> sounds like you want to get Red Hat's updated acroread instead... it
>>> can't be far off in time..
>>>
>>
>> But what would be the point?
>>   Redhat's acroread 7.0.1 is certainly suffering from the same bug in
>> Adobe's code. We need a Redhat acroread-7.0.9, and Josh Bressers of
>> Redhat kind of promised it.
>
> I bet he's banging his head to his desk as he reads that.
> I certainly did not se any promise made.

What he said was:

 > We are aware and are currently working on this problem.  I don't  
know how
 > this will be addressed yet, but will keep the list informed when  
we know
 > more.

Which can be paraphrased to:

 > We know about it, We don't know how we will fix it, We'll let you  
know when we do.

Fixing it could include issuing an updated version of gpdf which  
automatically obsoletes acroread, deleting it from everyone's system,  
but that isn't the solution that Alois wants.

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Sam

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