Subject: Re: pkg/19285: pkg build knob for mozilla libnullplugin
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
From: Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/07/2002 10:56:58
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 10:00:08AM -0500, Andrew Brown wrote:
| > | > >Synopsis: need a build knob to disable mozilla libnullplugin
| > | >
| > | > If you remove the plugin:
| > | > rm /usr/pkg/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnullplugin.so
| > |
| > | It is in /usr/X11R6/lib/mozilla and /usr/X11R6/lib/mozilla/plugins
| > | on my system, not sure which one is run.
| > | (but yes, the popup is annoying)
| >
| >Ok, so technically it's in ${LOCALBASE}/lib/mozilla/plugins. YKWIM.
| >The correct one to remove is mozilla/plugins/libnullplugin.so ...
|
| technically, it seems to have been installed twice.
|
| % locate libnullplugin | xargs ls -l
| -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 19336 Nov 12 18:14 /usr/X11R6/lib/mozilla/libnullplugin.so
| -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 19336 Nov 12 18:14 /usr/X11R6/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnullplugin.so
| -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 19396 Aug 23 07:49 /usr/pkg/lib/netscape/netscape7/plugins/libnullplugin.so
| % locate libnullplugin | xargs pkg_info -FI
| mozilla-1.1nb1 Open-source version of the Netscape browser
| mozilla-1.1nb1 Open-source version of the Netscape browser
| netscape7-0nb2 Netscape Browser/Mail- and Newsreader suite version 7
|
| i don't know which one gets run either, so they should both probably
| "go".
the one that causes the problem is the one in mozilla/plugins.
i don't know why both are installed, but if you remove the one that
i've mentioned (three times now!) the problem goes away.
| ps - what about writing a new nullplugin that simply does nothing?
why bother? if you remove it mozilla's default action is adequate.