diff -u abiword-2.8.2/debian/changelog abiword-2.8.2/debian/changelog
--- abiword-2.8.2/debian/changelog
+++ abiword-2.8.2/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+abiword (2.8.2-2ubuntu1.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/patches/debian/abiword-libxml2-xmlCleanupParser-is-harmful.patch 
+    - Fix by Michal Schmidt (Fedora Bug: #554899)
+      "remove harmful calls to xml{Init,Cleanup}Parser"
+    - Fixes Abiword locking up when opening help (LP: #519541)
+
+ -- Arand Nash <ienorand@gmail.com>  Mon, 17 May 2010 16:11:16 +0100
+
 abiword (2.8.2-2ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low
 
   * FFe granted, upload to ubuntu. lp: #543612
diff -u abiword-2.8.2/debian/patches/series abiword-2.8.2/debian/patches/series
--- abiword-2.8.2/debian/patches/series
+++ abiword-2.8.2/debian/patches/series
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+debian/abiword-libxml2-xmlCleanupParser-is-harmful.patch
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- abiword-2.8.2.orig/debian/patches/debian/abiword-libxml2-xmlCleanupParser-is-harmful.patch
+++ abiword-2.8.2/debian/patches/debian/abiword-libxml2-xmlCleanupParser-is-harmful.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+Description: remove harmful calls to xml{Init,Cleanup}Parser
+ Do not call xmlCleanupParser() ever to prevent TLS data corruption. And it
+ seems that xmlInitParser() is not needed either, as libxml2 calls it itself
+ when it's needed.
+Origin: vendor, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554899#c12
+Bug: http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12670
+Bug-Fedora: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554899
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/519541
+Author: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com>
+Applied-Upstream: 2.8.3, commit:SVN r28765
+Last-Update: 2010-05-17
+
+Index: b/src/af/util/xp/ut_xml_libxml2.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- a/src/af/util/xp/ut_xml_libxml2.cpp	2009-06-26 18:44:37.000000000 +0100
++++ b/src/af/util/xp/ut_xml_libxml2.cpp	2010-05-17 16:09:24.765599135 +0100
+@@ -298,18 +298,3 @@
+ 
+   return ret;
+ }
+-
+-// guardian because (afaik) xmlParserXXX aren't guaranteed to be idempotent
+-static volatile int iLibXml2Guardian = 0;
+-
+-void UT_XML::_init()
+-{
+-  if(++iLibXml2Guardian == 1)
+-    xmlInitParser();
+-}
+-
+-void UT_XML::_cleanup()
+-{
+-  if(--iLibXml2Guardian == 0)
+-    xmlCleanupParser();
+-}
+Index: b/src/af/util/xp/ut_xml.h
+===================================================================
+--- a/src/af/util/xp/ut_xml.h	2008-05-12 15:50:06.000000000 +0100
++++ b/src/af/util/xp/ut_xml.h	2010-05-17 16:09:24.765599135 +0100
+@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@
+ 
+   bool grow (char *& buffer, UT_uint32 & length, UT_uint32 & max, UT_uint32 require);
+ 
+-  void _init();
+-  void _cleanup();
+-
+  protected:
+   bool reset_all ();
+  private:
+Index: b/src/af/util/xp/ut_xml.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- a/src/af/util/xp/ut_xml.cpp	2008-05-12 15:50:06.000000000 +0100
++++ b/src/af/util/xp/ut_xml.cpp	2010-05-17 16:09:24.765599135 +0100
+@@ -115,13 +115,10 @@
+   m_pExpertListener(0),
+   m_pReader(0)
+ {
+-	_init();
+ }
+ 
+ UT_XML::~UT_XML ()
+ {
+-  _cleanup();
+-
+   if (m_chardata_buffer) g_free (m_chardata_buffer);
+ 
+   FREEP (m_namespace);