On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:27:21AM +0200, Cesare Tirabassi wrote: > >Brandon reported trouble unpacking the latest version of gecko-mediaplayer. > >The package contents include > > > > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer.so (a file) > > /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer.so -> > > ../../mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer.so (a symlink) > > > >Unfortunately, some setups include a symlink that makes these paths the > >same. > > If I could get rid of ALL the symlinks in the package I would indeed > be an happier person. > Having said that, and considering backports, the actual plugin > situation (*) and the fact that this is a one-off problem I'm not very > inclined to this (yet). After squeeze is released I think I should > revisit this but I also think some effort should be done > distribution-wise (also including derivatives, I cc the Debian and > Ubuntu mozilla teams). > > C. > (*) There is a general trend to steer from the old harcoded path, or > at least try to have a standard location, which seems to be at least > followed by firefox (iceape), konqueror and chromium-browser. So far, > all plugin packages I know of still use symlinks though, I believe for > back-compatibility.
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins is used by all mozilla-based products, including upstream, and as such is the canonical location in debian. AFAIK, webkit will look there (that's upstream iirc), so I guess chromium would, too. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
