FS#516 - flashplugin has to be reinstalled after each mozilla update

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Damir Perisa (damir.perisa) - Friday, 05 March 2004, 22:24 GMT
Last edited by Dale Blount (dale) - Friday, 19 March 2004, 22:29 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Dale Blount (dale)
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.6 Widget
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 40%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

dont know how to solve it ... but the problem is this:

if a new version of mozilla or mozilla-SOMETHING comes out, it has empty plugins ... if flashplugin was installed, it has to be reinstalled to work with mozilla again (actually the updated mozilla asks to install flashplugin from the internet again, but you can then cancle, close mozilla and run "pacman -S flashplugin" what will bring back the plugin)
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Closed by  Dale Blount (dale)
Sunday, 28 March 2004, 23:59 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Friday, 05 March 2004, 22:31 GMT
I've noticed this too, anyone with ideas please comment.
Comment by dorphell (dorphell) - Saturday, 06 March 2004, 06:23 GMT
maybe it has to do with you re-generating the ld cache, and so the browser is still hung up on the old version.
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Saturday, 06 March 2004, 16:30 GMT
well, not really. The plugin just doesn't exist where it should until you re-install flashplugin.

The plugin installs to /opt/flashplugin and symlinks to /opt/mozilla/lib/mozilla/plugins which is a symlink to /opt/mozilla/lib/mozilla-$ver/plugins.
So the plugin won't get installed to a new mozilla-$ver directory until it is re-installed.
Comment by dorphell (dorphell) - Monday, 08 March 2004, 03:40 GMT
Oh, heh. Didn't look into it, that should be a trivial fix then.
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Monday, 08 March 2004, 13:44 GMT
dorph,
mind explaining the trivial fix? Xentac and I are banging our heads on the wall with this one... (other than removing the automatic symlink installer from all the plugin packages).

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