Comment 2 for bug 131949

On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 09:47:03AM -0000, Snah Nosrovlah wrote :
> Corrected version: acroread 7.0.9-0.0.ubuntu0.7.04+medibuntu2
>
> At Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:33:31 +0000,
> Snah Nosrovlah wrote:
> >
> > Public bug reported:
> >
> > Most of the software on my computer is from the gutsy development
> > repositories
> >
> > Acroread version: acroread-7.0.9-0.0.ubuntu.0.7
> >
> > # acroread
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > expr: syntax error
> > .....
> >
> > never starts.
> >
> > ** Affects: medibuntu (upstream)
> > Importance: Undecided
> > Status: New
> >
> > --
> > acroread fails to start
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131949
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>
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> acroread fails to start
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Yep, noticed this too. As I really don't have time to look into it
(/usr/bin/acroread is quite complex) , a simple workaround, although it's an
ugly one, is to modify the first line of /usr/bin/acroread and replace
/bin/bash by /bin/zsh (of course you'll need zsh), or run zsh /usr/bin/acroread
directly.
Cheers

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