Firefox and flash revisited. Don't shoot me for this post.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 OK, let me preface this by saying flash 7 was marked broken for a reason (a very good one at that). I'm probably going to be stepping on some toes here and I'd like to apologize in advance. I've managed to install the broken port by changing a couple of files and using macromedia's own package. It was a no-brainer. I don't recommend doing this by any means. I've carried out this installation for two reasons, one was for development on an internal machine that never touches the net. Second because of the sheer volume of people asking about how to do this, I was curious to see if it could be done. I've detailed the process here: http://altbit.org/?p=207 Let me say again, that this is a VERY bad idea. There are serious implications in installing this port. Modification of the port's files could probably break something that I don't completely understand as well. Use this at your own risk. One last time, I'd like to apologize for stepping on any toes, but I understand the annoyance of this port not functioning. Thank you. cmh - -- C.M. Hobbs, KD5RYO http://altbit.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFDJjv+HhXKrh8irARAl5rAKDNAtAcmboCLhBawun3yZWn/2hkxQCeJjp6 jmoeWa0aHyrH8rdNYBz46Y8= =MAb0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firefox and flash revisited. Don't shoot me for this post.
Christopher Hobbs wrote: OK, let me preface this by saying flash 7 was marked broken for a reason (a very good one at that). I'm probably going to be stepping on some toes here and I'd like to apologize in advance. I've managed to install the broken port by changing a couple of files and using macromedia's own package. It was a no-brainer. I don't recommend doing this by any means. I've carried out this installation for two reasons, one was for development on an internal machine that never touches the net. Second because of the sheer volume of people asking about how to do this, I was curious to see if it could be done. I've detailed the process here: http://altbit.org/?p=207 To get the distinfo file, just run 'make makesum', it's a lot easier. Commenting out 'RESTRICTED' is not required. Let me say again, that this is a VERY bad idea. If it's a bad idea then why do you tell people how to do it? You could perhaps just send in a PR with your changes and the maintainer and the committers will take a look at it. --jona ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firefox and flash revisited. Don't shoot me for this post.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jona Joachim wrote: Christopher Hobbs wrote: OK, let me preface this by saying flash 7 was marked broken for a reason (a very good one at that). I'm probably going to be stepping on some toes here and I'd like to apologize in advance. I've managed to install the broken port by changing a couple of files and using macromedia's own package. It was a no-brainer. I don't recommend doing this by any means. I've carried out this installation for two reasons, one was for development on an internal machine that never touches the net. Second because of the sheer volume of people asking about how to do this, I was curious to see if it could be done. I've detailed the process here: http://altbit.org/?p=207 To get the distinfo file, just run 'make makesum', it's a lot easier. Commenting out 'RESTRICTED' is not required. Let me say again, that this is a VERY bad idea. If it's a bad idea then why do you tell people how to do it? You could perhaps just send in a PR with your changes and the maintainer and the committers will take a look at it. --jona Thanks for the 'make makesum' and RESTRICTED tips, while I know my way around the ports system, there are still a few odds and ends that I don't completely understand. I need to read more about it. As for the PR, I didn't actually change anything but the Makefile and distinfo. If I could, I'd do something useful with flash but it's not open source, after all. I posted it because I know the feeling of frustration when something won't work. I prefaced it with the whole bad idea spill because it can still be used for internal purposes like I had previously mentioned (i.e. the development box at my office that never touches the net). I'm really sorry if I'm coming off wrong here. I'm probably not following etiquette too well. I'll look into a PR, though I don't know that it'll do much good. I'm not looking to start any wars, I just wanted to help out. cmh - -- C.M. Hobbs, KD5RYO http://altbit.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFDK+g+HhXKrh8irARAm13AKCqtbZiw9uoNabRt8sSmZpdDT4SkACgoWtv S3FvOl9OlxKO1IZgp6IxShU= =9stO -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
