acroread7

[Lowell Gilbert]

Matthias Andree <matthias.andree at gmx.de> writes:

> Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local at be-well.ilk.org> writes:
> 
> > The new acroread is failing in an NIS environment:
> >
> > !
> > ! lowell> acroread
> > !
> > ! (acroread:78217): GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (1001)
> > ! [1002] (mikazuki-dhcp124-141) lowell> 
> > !
> >
> > The problem comes from the Linux glib, which presumably isn't able to
> > pick up our password database properly in that case.
> 
> Acroread 7 is reported to be a Beta version issued for a Dutch customer,
> German language article: <http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/57616>

My German is only good enough to get the general drift; I missed some
of the details.  I can't find confirmation anywhere else, anyway.

Note that Acroread 7 is currently the only Acroread in the FreeBSD
ports tree.