diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/bc/asn1/Makefile pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/bc/asn1/Makefile
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/bc/asn1/Makefile	2006-07-27 19:18:06.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/bc/asn1/Makefile	2009-05-12 13:02:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ classes= $(patsubst %.java, %.class, $(s
 # the "$*" automatic variable, here
 #
 %.h : %.class
-	$(GCJH) --classpath="." $*;
-	$(RM) $<
+	$(GCJH) --classpath="/usr/share/java/libgcj-4.3.jar:$(PWD):." $*;
 
 ##
 # targets
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/ImgPostscript.java pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/ImgPostscript.java
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/ImgPostscript.java	2006-07-26 19:12:26.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/ImgPostscript.java	2009-05-12 13:01:43.000000000 -0400
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ package com.lowagie.text;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.*;
 import com.lowagie.text.pdf.*;
-import com.lowagie.text.pdf.codec.postscript.*;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 /**
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ implements Element {
      * @throws IOException on error
      * @throws DocumentException on error
      */
-    public void readPostscript(PdfTemplate template) throws IOException,
+/*    public void readPostscript(PdfTemplate template) throws IOException,
     DocumentException {
         setTemplateData(template);
         template.setWidth(width());
@@ -215,5 +214,5 @@ implements Element {
                 is.close();
             }
         }
-    }
+    } */
 }
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/Makefile pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/Makefile
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/Makefile	2006-07-26 17:14:34.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/Makefile	2009-05-12 13:02:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@ classes= $(patsubst %.java, %.class, $(s
 # the "$*" automatic variable, here
 #
 %.h : %.class
-	$(GCJH) --classpath="." $*;
-	$(RM) $<
+	$(GCJH) --classpath="/usr/share/java/libgcj-4.3.jar:$(PWD):." $*;
 
 ##
 # targets
 
 all : $(library) $(headers)
 
+$(classes): $(sources)
+
 $(library) : $(objects)
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(library) $(objects);
 
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/markup/Makefile pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/markup/Makefile
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/markup/Makefile	2006-07-26 17:14:54.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/markup/Makefile	2009-05-12 13:02:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ classes= $(patsubst %.java, %.class, $(s
 # the "$*" automatic variable, here
 #
 %.h : %.class
-	$(GCJH) --classpath="." $*;
-	$(RM) $<
+	$(GCJH) --classpath="/usr/share/java/libgcj-4.3.jar:$(PWD):." $*;
 
 ##
 # targets
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/Makefile pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/Makefile
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/Makefile	2006-07-26 17:15:20.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/Makefile	2009-05-12 13:02:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ classes= $(patsubst %.java, %.class, $(s
 # the "$*" automatic variable, here
 #
 %.h : %.class
-	$(GCJH) --classpath="." $*;
-	$(RM) $<
+	$(GCJH) --classpath="/usr/share/java/libgcj-4.3.jar:$(PWD):." $*;
 
 ##
 # targets
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/wmf/Makefile pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/wmf/Makefile
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/wmf/Makefile	2006-07-26 17:15:32.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/wmf/Makefile	2009-05-12 13:02:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ classes= $(patsubst %.java, %.class, $(s
 # the "$*" automatic variable, here
 #
 %.h : %.class
-	$(GCJH) --classpath="." $*;
-	$(RM) $<
+	$(GCJH) --classpath="/usr/share/java/libgcj-4.3.jar:$(PWD):." $*;
 
 ##
 # targets
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/fonts/Makefile pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/fonts/Makefile
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/fonts/Makefile	2006-07-26 17:15:48.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/fonts/Makefile	2009-05-12 13:02:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ afm_objects= $(patsubst %.afm, %.o, $(af
 # the "$*" automatic variable, here
 #
 %.h : %.class
-	$(GCJH) --classpath="." $*;
-	$(RM) $<
+	$(GCJH) --classpath="/usr/share/java/libgcj-4.3.jar:$(PWD):." $*;
 
 ##
 # targets
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/Makefile pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/Makefile
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/Makefile	2006-07-26 17:15:10.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/Makefile	2009-05-12 13:02:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ classes= $(patsubst %.java, %.class, $(s
 # the "$*" automatic variable, here
 #
 %.h : %.class
-	$(GCJH) --classpath="." $*;
-	$(RM) $<
+	$(GCJH) --classpath="/usr/share/java/libgcj-4.3.jar:$(PWD):." $*;
 
 ##
 # targets
@@ -37,4 +36,4 @@ $(library) : $(objects)
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(library) $(objects);
 
 clean :
-	$(RM) $(RMFLAGS) *.o *.h *.class *.a
+	$(RM) $(RMFLAGS) *.o *.h *.class *.a hyphenation/*.class
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfEncryption.java pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfEncryption.java
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfEncryption.java	2006-07-26 20:02:28.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfEncryption.java	2009-05-12 13:02:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 package com.lowagie.text.pdf;
 
-import java_local.security.MessageDigest; // ssteward
+import java.security.MessageDigest; // ssteward
 import com.lowagie.text.ExceptionConverter;
 
 /**
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfWriter.java pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfWriter.java
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfWriter.java	2006-10-24 19:43:32.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfWriter.java	2009-05-12 13:01:43.000000000 -0400
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ public class PdfWriter extends DocWriter
                         catch (Exception e) {
                             throw new DocumentException(e);
                         }
-                    }else{
+                    } /* else{
                         try {
                             ((ImgPostscript)image).readPostscript(getDirectContent().createTemplate(0, 0));
                         }
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ public class PdfWriter extends DocWriter
                             throw new DocumentException(e);
                         }
                         
-                    }
+                    } */
                 }
             }
             else {
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/xml/xmp/Makefile pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/xml/xmp/Makefile
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/xml/xmp/Makefile	2006-07-26 20:53:34.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text/xml/xmp/Makefile	2009-05-12 13:02:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ classes= $(patsubst %.java, %.class, $(s
 # the "$*" automatic variable, here
 #
 %.h : %.class
-	$(GCJH) --classpath="." $*;
-	$(RM) $<
+	$(GCJH) --classpath="/usr/share/java/libgcj-4.3.jar:$(PWD):." $*;
 
 ##
 # targets
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/Makefile pdftk-1.41/java_libs/Makefile
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/java_libs/Makefile	2006-08-29 02:44:26.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/java_libs/Makefile	2009-05-12 13:02:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -11,15 +11,9 @@
 java_libs_root= $(CURDIR)
 
 # append gcj flags
-export GCJFLAGS+= --encoding=UTF-8 --classpath="$(java_libs_root)"
+export GCJFLAGS+= --encoding=UTF-8 --classpath="/usr/share/java/libgcj-4.3.jar:$(java_libs_root)"
 
-all : libgcj_local itext
-
-libgcj_local :
-	$(MAKE) -C "$(java_libs_root)/gnu_local/java/security";
-	$(MAKE) -C "$(java_libs_root)/gnu_local/java/security/provider";
-	$(MAKE) -C "$(java_libs_root)/gnu/gcj/convert";
-	$(MAKE) -C "$(java_libs_root)/java_local/security";
+all : itext
 
 itext :
 	$(MAKE) -C "$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text";
@@ -33,15 +27,9 @@ itext :
 	$(MAKE) -C "$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/pdf/fonts";
 	$(MAKE) -C "$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/xml/xmp";
 	$(MAKE) -C "$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/bc/asn1";
-	$(MAKE) -C "$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript";
-
-clean : libgcj_local_clean itext_clean
+#	$(MAKE) -C "$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript";
 
-libgcj_local_clean :
-	$(MAKE) -iC "$(java_libs_root)/gnu_local/java/security" clean;
-	$(MAKE) -iC "$(java_libs_root)/gnu_local/java/security/provider" clean;
-	$(MAKE) -iC "$(java_libs_root)/gnu/gcj/convert" clean;
-	$(MAKE) -iC "$(java_libs_root)/java_local/security" clean;
+clean : itext_clean
 
 itext_clean :
 	$(MAKE) -iC "$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text" clean;
@@ -55,4 +43,4 @@ itext_clean :
 	$(MAKE) -iC "$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/pdf/fonts" clean;
 	$(MAKE) -iC "$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/xml/xmp" clean;
 	$(MAKE) -iC "$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/bc/asn1" clean;
-	$(MAKE) -iC "$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript" clean;
+#	$(MAKE) -iC "$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript" clean;
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/pdftk/Makefile.Base pdftk-1.41/pdftk/Makefile.Base
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/pdftk/Makefile.Base	2006-10-24 19:44:06.000000000 -0400
+++ pdftk-1.41/pdftk/Makefile.Base	2009-05-12 13:02:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -25,24 +25,13 @@ $(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/pdf/f
 $(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/markup/markup.a \
 $(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/xml/xmp/xmp.a \
 $(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/bc/asn1/asn1.a \
-$(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/postscript.a \
+
+# $(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/postscript.a \
 
 # font metric files, included as resources
 afms= $(wildcard $(java_libs_root)/com/lowagie/text/pdf/fonts/*.afm)
 afm_objects= $(patsubst %.afm, %.o, $(afms))
 
-# older versions of libgcj might not have the MD5 algorithm,
-# so I added it here; these *_local java files were grabbed from
-# libgcj CVS on March 7, 2004; diffed September 5, 2006 w/ gcc 4.1.1
-#
-# gnu/gcj/convert/Input_UnicodeBig.java was grabbed March 26, 2004; diffed September 5, 2006 w/ gcc 4.1.1
-#
-libgcj_local_libs = \
-$(java_libs_root)/java_local/security/security.a \
-$(java_libs_root)/gnu_local/java/security/provider/provider.a \
-$(java_libs_root)/gnu_local/java/security/security.a \
-$(java_libs_root)/gnu/gcj/convert/convert.a
-
 # this must already be set according to your platform Makefile;
 # we're just appending to it, here
 #
diff -urNp pdftk-1.41.orig/pdftk/pdftk.cc pdftk-1.41/pdftk/pdftk.cc
--- pdftk-1.41.orig/pdftk/pdftk.cc	2006-11-28 17:51:36.000000000 -0500
+++ pdftk-1.41/pdftk/pdftk.cc	2009-05-12 13:02:44.000000000 -0400
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
 #include "com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfIndirectObject.h"
 #include "com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfFileSpecification.h"
 #include "com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfBoolean.h"
+#include "com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfEncodings.h"
+#include "com/lowagie/text/pdf/BaseFont.h"
 
 #include "com/lowagie/text/pdf/RandomAccessFileOrArray.h" // for InputStreamToArray()
 
@@ -2672,6 +2674,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 			JvInitClass(&itext::PdfDictionary::class$);
 			JvInitClass(&itext::PdfOutline::class$);
 			JvInitClass(&itext::PdfBoolean::class$);
+			JvInitClass(&itext::PdfEncodings::class$);
+			JvInitClass(&itext::BaseFont::class$);
 
 			TK_Session tk_session( argc, argv );