On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 01:05:29PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Hi. We are working on wrapping up the Lenny version of Debian Edu, > and ran into a fatal problem with Gnash. On the commonly used web > sites, gnash will fill up ~/.xsession-errors with messages and thus > fill the users home directories very quickly. The issue is reported > to us in <URL: http://bugs.skolelinux.org/1404 >, and to Debian as > <URL: http://bugs.debian.org/497633 >. > > I've created a patch that solve this issue, and submitted it to the > BTS. Would you be willing to apply this patch to a stable update of > gnash in Lenny, to make it possible for us to continue using Gnash > from Lenny in the default Debian Edu installation?
I have no objection. Miriam, are you ok with it? > The issue is fixed in version 0.8.5 of gnash, but a backport of gnash > 0.8.6 in Sid is first of all hard because of a lot of new > dependencies, I think it just needs libtool 2.2.6a-4~bpo50+1 from lenny-backports. I would strongly recommend use of backports of gnash in general, since flash-encumbered content in the web is constantly evolving and the Gnash project needs to adapt all the time. -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
