Comment 7 for bug 779908

I finally got around to running the debug pdftk. Here's the output:

$ pdftk base14-fonts.pdf output /tmp/a.pdf verbose
Command Line Data is valid.

Input PDF Filenames & Passwords in Order
( <filename>[, <password>] )
   base14-fonts.pdf

The operation to be performed:
   filter - Apply 'filters' to a single, input PDF based on output args.
      (When the operation is omitted, this is the default.)

The output file will be named:
   /tmp/a.pdf

Output PDF encryption settings:
   Output PDF will not be encrypted.

No compression or uncompression being performed on output.

Creating Output ...
Unhandled Java Exception:
Unhandled Java Exception:
java.lang.NullPointerException
   at gnu.gcj.runtime.NameFinder.lookup(NameFinder.java:201)
   at java.lang.VMThrowable.getStackTrace(natVMThrowable.cc:44)
   at java.lang.Throwable.getStackTrace(Throwable.java:524)
   at java.lang.Throwable.stackTraceString(Throwable.java:419)
   at java.lang.Throwable.printStackTrace(Throwable.java:365)
   at java.lang.Throwable.printStackTrace(Throwable.java:354)

$ apt-cache policy pdftk
pdftk:
  Installiert: 1.44-1withdbg2
  Kandidat: 1.44-1withdbg2
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 1.44-1withdbg2 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/johfel/pdftk/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.44-1 0
        500 http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/ubuntu/archive/ natty/universe i386 Packages

$ apt-cache policy libgcj11-dbg
libgcj11-dbg:
  Installiert: 4.5.2-8ubuntu1
  Kandidat: 4.5.2-8ubuntu1
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 4.5.2-8ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/ubuntu/archive/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status