On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 18:11:58 -0500 Ken Moffat via blfs-dev wrote: > I'm getting ready for next week's release of firefox-78.9.0 by > measuring the build using the current candidate. Looking at our > instructions, since 'time immemorial' (ok, more exactly for 3 years, > but in our terms that is eons ago) we've had: > > mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins && > ln -sfv ../../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox/browser/ > > That was created/updated when I changed firefox to 58 and then 59. > I can vaguely recall that in those days there were still available > plugins. But looking at my current system I see no sign of any > plugins in that directory, so I'm minded to remove this unless > anyone jumps up and says that with 78.8.0 they do actually have any > extra plugins in /usr/lib/firefox/browser. > > For myself, the only enabled plugin shown in 'about:addons' is the > OpenH264 video codec from Cisco which 'is automatically installed to > comply with the WebRTC spec' and that does not show up in > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. > > Copying to -support just in case someone there has a different view. > > ĸen > -- > On average, the Panda feeds for 15 hours a day. This is the > same as an adult at home under quarantine, which is why we call > it a "Pandemic". > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page
It should be safe to delete any handling of /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. I believe there is no longer such a thing as a Firefox plugin. See item "March 2017" in [1] that withdrew support for all except Flash. See item "2021" in [1] that withdrew Flash. [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Plugins/Roadmap -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
