Bugzilla Bug 4046

since updating to 5.05-r4 the plugin stops during loading. It won't crash
mozilla, it just stops and one can easily switch back to the "source" page.

Is this a bug or just me?

In my case, when acroread starts, the last thing I see is the splash screen
after which Mozilla (and acroread) hang and have to be killed.

acroread has a major tmp directory root exploit so it needs to be updated.

This same problem happens with Galeon (which uses the mozilla core), requires a
kill -9 to get rid of. A temporary workaround is to move nppdf.so out of
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins; at least this keeps you from inadvertently crashing
your browser.

Created an attachment (id=2395) [edit]
path fix for Acrobat reader

fixes Acrobat reader plug-in crashes
works on the 'built' tree; it's a script correction

Solved. The package uses a security wrapper, but unfortunately the path to the
"real" acroread start script wasn't fixed in the wrapper.

I've posted the patch at http://www.markh.com/gentoo-acrobat505.patch for those
interested, and attached it to this bug report (previous comment).
                                                              
To apply: *after* acrobat has been emerge'ed, change to the parent directory
above the Acrobat5 install directory (if  you have it installed already, cd to
/opt)  and run the following command:

 patch -p0 <gentoo-acrobat505.patch

Created an attachment (id=2406) [edit]
fixed typo in the path; path is now /opt/Acrobat5, not /opt/Acrobat

Okay, I've tried this *twice* to make sure I got it right. 

First of all, I made a typo (oops, sorry) inthe patch; the path is Acrobat5, not
Acrobat. The second file above is the fixed one.

There was a *second* bug in the mix... this being that the elements in
/opt/Acrobat5/Readers/intellinux/plug_ins (like everything else) get stripped.
Unfortunately, this breaks ewh.api in that directory, beyond repair.

*SO*... what you need to do in order to get a working Acrobat Reader under
Mozilla and/or Galeon is...

1. emerge acroread

2. put an *unstripped* version of ewh.api into
/opt/Acrobat5/Reader/intellinux/plug_ins; You can download one from me at
http://www.markh.com/ewh.api or, if you prefer, get the Acrobat Reader tarball
from Adobe, run the ./INSTALL and give it /tmp/Acrobat5 as an install directory,
and copy /tmp/Acrobat5/Reader/intellinux/plug_ins/ewh.api to
/opt/Acrobat5/Reader/intellinux/plug_ins/ 

3. change to /opt, and apply the second patch above via 'patch -p0
<gentoo-acrobat505.patch'  -or-  edit /opt/Acrobat/acroread by hand (it's a
script) and change
  $PROG = '/usr/share/Acrobat/505/bin/acroread.real';
to 
  $PROG = '/opt/Acrobat5/bin/acroread.real';
..in the third line.

4. You need a link in your path to acroread for the plugin to work, so type:
  ln -s /opt/Acrobat/acroread /usr/local/bin/acroread

Everything should work for you now. 

One other note... if you've already tried reading a pdf in your browser, make
*sure* you kill -9 any stuck acroread's hanging around before doing the above.
If you don't, and you still have acroread processes stuck in the background, you
won't be able to get it to work.

Cheers, and hope this helps... -mh.

Would you be interested in turning this into a ebuild.. ?

Sounds like a plan. I will work on it tonight or tomorrow, as time permits. 

Thanks for the bug fix Mark.  Updated in portage.

I *heart* Seemant :)

Many thanks for taking over this, Seemant... RealLife(TM) has been really nuts
as of late, and I did not get to the ebuild as intended.