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task #7340: Wrong information about firefox plugin in the manual
Submitter: | Benjamin Wolsey <bwy> | ||
Submitted: | Sat 29 Sep 2007 12:58:01 PM UTC | ||
Should Start On: | - | Should be Finished on: | - |
Category: | None | Priority: | 5 - Normal |
Status: | None | Privacy: | Public |
Percent Complete: | 0% | Assigned to: | None |
Open/Closed: | Open | Effort: | 0.00 |
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Sat 29 Sep 2007 12:58:01 PM UTC, comment #6: |
Benjamin Wolsey <bwy>![]() |
Sat 29 Sep 2007 12:58:00 PM UTC, comment #5: Transferring discussion to a task for later. |
Benjamin Wolsey <bwy>![]() |
Sat 29 Sep 2007 07:42:14 AM UTC, comment #4: I think that at present, while most people who build are testing gnash and just want the plugin installed where they can automatically use it, it's fine as it is. Requiring more installation steps or manual copying of files just means more people on IRC asking how to get youtube working.
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Benjamin Wolsey <bwy>![]() |
Sat 29 Sep 2007 07:27:01 AM UTC, comment #3: The problem with installing in ~/.mozilla/plugins is that it's a user directory, while make install is typically done as root. People that don't use sudo for various reasons run make install with su -c, which makes the process run by the root user. Configure, run as the user, sets it to be the right user directory, but the created files and directories are owned by root and unwriteable by the user.
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Chris Robinson <kcat> |
Sat 29 Sep 2007 05:56:00 AM UTC, comment #2: See also bug #20887.
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Sandro Santilli <strk>![]() |
Fri 28 Sep 2007 08:10:25 PM UTC, comment #1: Currently it does get installed in ~/.mozilla/plugins, as all browsers look there. We also did copy the mozilla SDK for NSAPI to the plugin directory so people don't have to install that package. The reason we install in the users home directory is otherwise, they'd have to be root, and the changes would be global. |
Rob Savoye <rsavoye>![]() |
Sat 29 Sep 2007 12:58:01 PM UTC, original submission:
Someone on IRC, who had RTFM, couldn't find out how to set the firefox plugin directory to ~/.mozilla/plugins rather than ~/.firefox/plugins, which is what the manual says.
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Benjamin Wolsey <bwy>![]() |
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2007-09-29 | bwy | Reassign item | Gnash - The GNU Flash player, bug #21184 | ![]() |
Gnash - The GNU Flash player, task #7340 |
This item has been reassigned from the project Gnash - The GNU Flash player bugs tracker to your tracker.
The original report is still available at bugs #21184
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[field #0] Item ID: 21184
[field #1] Group ID: 8191
[field #2] Open/Closed: Open
[field #3] Severity: 3 - Normal
[field #4] Privacy: Public
[field #9] Category: plugin
[field #10] Submitted by: bwy
[field #11] Assigned to: bwy
[field #12] Submitted on: Freitag 28.09.2007 um 20:06
[field #13] Summary: Wrong information about firefox plugin in the manual
[field #14] Original Submission: Someone on IRC, who had RTFM, couldn't find out how to set the firefox plugin directory to ~/.mozilla/plugins rather than ~/.firefox/plugins, which is what the manual says.
docs/C/usermanual/installation/install.xml
As I understand it, we build the plugin from our own headers (so all the stuff about headers is wrong) and the plugin is always installed in ~/.mozilla/plugins unless otherwise specified.
I'll fix at least first part when I have time to check more carefully, or once someone has confirmed that's correct.
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