Arch Linux

A recent update to lib32-cairo, from 1.8 to 1.10, dropped its dependency on lib32-xcb-util. However, without lib32-xcb-util, the multilib flashplugin is not detected in web browsers (I have tested this in both Firefox and Midori). Furthermore, attempting to install flashplugin without lib32-xcb-util already installed gives the error "nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib32/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so".

Since lib32-cairo is part of the dependency chain for flashplugin, lib32-xcb-util would have been brought in automatically in the past. But if lib32-cairo no longer needs it, lib32-xcb-util should be added as a dependency to flashplugin or nspluginwrapper (I am not exactly certain where the issue arises).


Steps to reproduce:
-update lib32-cairo to the latest version (1.10.0-3).
-lib32-xcb-util should have no packages depending on it; remove it.
-attempting to install flashplugin will give the error message "nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib32/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so".
-even if it had been installed prior to removing lib32-xcb-util, browsers will not detect flashplugin.