[Slackbuilds-users] BUG: pdftk decrypt doesn't work

[Eduardo Sanchez]

This was observed in Slackware64-current but it could well be the case
with Slackware-14.2.

Using the latest pdftk from SBo, an attempt to decrypt a PDF fails:

Command Line:

$ pdftk secured.pdf input_pw mypasswd output \
unsecured.pdf 

Output:

Error: Unexpected Exception in open_reader()
Unhandled Java Exception in main():
java.lang.NullPointerException
   at gnu.gcj.runtime.NameFinder.lookup(libgcj.so.16)
   at java.lang.Throwable.getStackTrace(libgcj.so.16)
   at java.lang.Throwable.stackTraceString(libgcj.so.16)
   at java.lang.Throwable.printStackTrace(libgcj.so.16)
   at java.lang.Throwable.printStackTrace(libgcj.so.16)


Thankfully I was able to decrypt the PDF afterwards using Slackware's
stock qpdf, but I nevertheless wanted to report this in case you guys
could find a workaround.

Regards,


Eduardo

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