>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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
