gnucash aborts immediately under Oneiric Kubuntu

[Paul Abrahams]

On Monday, October 24, 2011 11:45:24 AM Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Paul Abrahams (abrahams at acm.org) said:
> > I'm running Oneiric Kubuntu with gnucash version 1:2.4.7-1.  Here's what
> > I get when I start it from a command shell:
> > 
> > pwa at pwa-K60IJ:~$ gnucash
> > gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at
> > configure time.
> > 
> > Segmentation fault
> > 
> > I also see the opening screen flash briefly.
> > 
> > Something is very wrong, and I don't know what to do about it.
> 
> It may be https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661383, but that's only
> a guess.
> 
> Bill

I really don't feel capable of modifying the code and then installing the 
revised version, especially when it requires understanding the code base.  
This really seems like a task for someone on the development team.

Is there any fix that doesn't require fiddling with the code?

Paul