--- pdftk/pdftk.cc	2009-04-09 18:07:27.000000000 +0100

+++ pdftk/pdftk.cc	2009-04-09 18:09:20.000000000 +0100

@@ -2669,6 +2669,44 @@

 			 strcmp( argv[ii], "-h" )== 0 );

 	}

+  {

+    // Set up CLASSPATH so that we can find property files in

+    // itext.jar.  Do this the official way, calling build-classpath.

+

+    char new_classpath[4096];

+    char itext_classpath[1024];

+    char *environ_classpath = getenv ("CLASSPATH");

+

+    FILE *p = popen ("/usr/bin/build-classpath itext bcprov bcmail bctsp", "r");

+    if (!p)

+      {

+        perror ("Can't popen /usr/bin/build-classpath itext bcprov bcmail bctsp");

+        exit (1);

+      }

+

+    char *s = fgets(itext_classpath, sizeof itext_classpath, p);

+    if (!s)

+      {

+        perror ("Can't get ouput from /usr/bin/build-classpath itext bcprov bcmail bctsp");

+        exit (1);

+      }

+

+    char *nl = strchr (itext_classpath, '\n');

+    if (nl)

+      *nl = 0;

+

+    pclose (p);

+

+    strcpy (new_classpath, "CLASSPATH=");

+    strncat (new_classpath, itext_classpath, sizeof new_classpath);

+    if (environ_classpath)

+      {

+        strncat (new_classpath, ":", sizeof new_classpath);

+        strncat (new_classpath, environ_classpath, sizeof new_classpath);

+      }

+    putenv (new_classpath);

+  }

+

 	if( help_b ) {

 		describe_full();

 	}