Hi Leonardo, Thank you to have pointed out this problem. I see there is a link that must be removed from the plugins finder window.
FYI, the file that must be modified is: toolkit/mozapps/plugins/content/pluginInstallerWizard.xul I am going to fix it. Thanks, Giuseppe Leo <[email protected]> writes: > Hello GNUzilla people, this is my first email to this list so I'll introduce > myself. My name is Leonardo De Luca and my nickname is leo_rockway, I'm a > gNewSense user and I wrote a Python script to automate the process of > creating localized xpi files for GNU IceCat [0]. I had previously announced > my script in identi.ca and in #icecat @ freenode. > > Now, I have been talking with someone from the VENENUX GNU/Linux distro and > he > told me of a bug he found in GNU IceCat. This is the way to replicate the > bug: > > 0) Open a site that needs Java; you can use [1] as an example). > > 1) A bar pops up on top. The bar says "Additional plugins are required to > display all the media on this page." and there's a button: "Install Missing > Plugins...". There's also a box in the page that says "Click here to download > plugin." in the position where the Java applet would be. > > 2) Either click on the top button or in the box with the "Click here to > download plugin." (the result is the same). > > 3) The plugin finder service pops up and informs that "No suitable plugins > were found." There's sa link the bottom of that popup that says "Find out > more about Plugins or manually find missing plugins.". Clicking on that link > directs you to [2] which then redirects you to [3]. > > 4) As you can see, that page offers some nasty plugins: "Adobe Reader", > "Adobe > Flash Player", "Java", "QuickTime", "RealPlayer", "Shockwave" and "Windows > Media Player". > > At first I thought this was something caused by my localized xpi files, that > maybe I had forgotten to replace a string that pointed to the right page, but > then I noticed that this also happens without the localized xpi files. I even > tried to $ grep missingplugins * -R in the locale directory and I got no > relevant results, so this link to Mozilla's plugins' page must be located > somewhere else. I wouldn't know where else to look for a way to solve this > bug, so unfortunately I can't provide a patch. > > Well, I think that's pretty much it. Thanks a lot and keep up the good work :) > > Namaste, > Leonardo > > [0] http://leorockway.com.ar/iceceat/IceCatTranslate.py > [1] http://www.javatester.org/version.html > [2] > https://pfs.mozilla.org/plugins/?action=missingplugins&mimetype=application/x-java-vm&appID={ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e9$ > i686&chromeLocale=en-US&appRelease=3.5.1 > [3] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:7 -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
