--- giftrans-1.12.2.orig/giftrans.1
+++ giftrans-1.12.2/giftrans.1
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 .fi
 .in -.5i
 ..
-.TH GIFTRANS l local
+.TH GIFTRANS 1
 .SH NAME
 .PP
 giftrans \- transform gif from gif87 to gif89, making one color transparent
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
 .IP -e
 Redirect stderr to a file
 .PP
-Colors may be specified as index, as rgb.txt entry or in the #rrggbb form.
+Colors may be specified as index, as rgb.txt entry or in the #rrggbb
+form. Of course, beware that shells will often consider the #
+character to start a comment and so you may have to escape it!
 .SH EXAMPLE
 .PP
 To convert the white background of a gif file to transparent, use
--- giftrans-1.12.2.orig/giftrans.c
+++ giftrans-1.12.2/giftrans.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 
 #ifndef RGBTXT
 #ifdef X11
-#define	RGBTXT	"/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt"
+#define	RGBTXT	"/usr/share/X11/rgb.txt"
 #else /* X11 */
 #ifdef OPENWIN
 #define	RGBTXT	"/usr/openwin/lib/rgb.txt"
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 	} bc,tc,tn,go,gn;
 
 static char	*image,*comment;
-static int	skipcomment,list,verbose,output,debug;
+static int	skipcomment,list,verbose,output,debug,cont=1;
 static long int	pos;
 
 static char	rgbtxt[] = RGBTXT, *rgb = rgbtxt;
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
 FILE	*dest;
 {
 	unsigned char	buffer[3*256],lsd[7],gct[3*256],gce[5];
-	unsigned int	cnt,cols,size,gct_size,gct_delay,gce_present;
+	unsigned int	cnt,cols,size,gct_size=0,gct_delay,gce_present;
 	struct entry	*rgbptr;
 
 
@@ -547,8 +547,8 @@
 			if (output)
 				(void)fwrite((void *)buffer,10,1,dest);
 			/* Local Color Table */
-			if (buffer[8]&0x80) {
-				size=2<<(buffer[8]&0x7);
+			if (buffer[9]&0x80) {
+				size=2<<(buffer[9]&0x7);
 				pos=ftell(src);
 				(void)fread((void *)buffer,size,3,src);
 				if (verbose) {
@@ -711,7 +711,9 @@
 			(void)fprintf(stderr,"0x%08lx: Unknown extension 0x%02x!\n",ftell(src)-1,buffer[0]);
 			if (debug)
 				dump(pos,buffer,1);
-			return(1);
+			if(!cont)
+			    return(1);
+			break;
 		}
 	} while (buffer[0]!=0x3b&&!feof(src));
 	return(buffer[0]==0x3b?SUCCESS:FAILURE);
@@ -811,10 +813,12 @@
 
 	image=argv[0];
 	root=NULL;
-	if (*rgb)
+	if (*rgb) {
 		if ((src=fopen(rgb,"r"))!=NULL) {
 			next= &root;
 			while (fgets(line,sizeof(line),src)) {
+				if (line[0] == '!') 
+					continue;
 				*next=(struct entry *)malloc(sizeof(struct entry));
 				for (ptr=line;strchr(" \t",*ptr);ptr++);
 				for (nptr=ptr;!strchr(" \t",*ptr);ptr++);
@@ -847,7 +851,7 @@
 			*rgb='\0';
 #endif
 		}
-
+	}
 	bc.index=NONE;
 	tc.index=NONE;
 	tn.index=NONE;