Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_div.php
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--- t3lib/class.t3lib_div.php	(revision 9766)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_div.php	(working copy)
@@ -488,9 +488,12 @@
 		$returnCode = '';
 		if ($gfxConf['gif_compress'] && strtolower(substr($theFile, -4, 4)) == '.gif') { // GIF...
 			if (($type == 'IM' || !$type) && $gfxConf['im'] && $gfxConf['im_path_lzw']) { // IM
-				$cmd = self::imageMagickCommand('convert', '"' . $theFile . '" "' . $theFile . '"', $gfxConf['im_path_lzw']);
+					// use temporary file to prevent problems with read and write lock on same file on network file systems
+				$temporaryName  = substr($theFile, 0, strrpos($theFile, basename($theFile))) . md5(uniqid()) . '.gif';
+				@rename($theFile, $temporaryName);
+				$cmd = self::imageMagickCommand('convert', '"' . $temporaryName . '" "' . $theFile . '"', $gfxConf['im_path_lzw']);
 				exec($cmd);
-
+				@unlink($temporaryName);
 				$returnCode = 'IM';
 			} elseif (($type == 'GD' || !$type) && $gfxConf['gdlib'] && !$gfxConf['gdlib_png']) { // GD
 				$tempImage = imageCreateFromGif($theFile);