Subject: pkg/19790: www/ns-flash is old, needs different name, and set up links
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/11/2003 08:57:44
>Number: 19790
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: www/ns-flash is old, needs different name, and set up links
>Confidential: yes
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: pkg-manager
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Jan 11 08:58:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:
>Release: NetBSD 1.6
>Organization:
http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
>Environment:
System: NetBSD rainier.reedmedia.net 1.6 NetBSD 1.6 (JCR-20020927) #3: Sat Sep 28 13:40:20 PDT 2002 reed@rainier.reedmedia.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/JCR-20020927 i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
www/ns-flash is old:
flash_5.0* is old. The new version is install_flash_player_6_linux.
Which works fine under NetBSD/i386 1.6 (of course with compat_linux)
and works fine under Linux too.
Package should have new name. The plugin is not for "ns-" (Netscape) only.
I think it should be called: flash-player (like Macromedia calls it),
or flash-plugin.
It should install to its own directory, like:
/usr/X11R6/lib/macromedia-flash/
/usr/X11R6/lib/macromedia-flash/plugins/
/usr/X11R6/lib/macromedia-flash/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/X11R6/lib/macromedia-flash/plugins/flashplayer.xpt
Then symlinks pre-created for Konqueror, Mozilla (includes galeon),
Phoenix (/usr/pkg/lib/phoenix-linux/plugins/), opera, and netscapes.
Create these symlinks even if the browsers are not installed!
For example, my /usr/X11R6/lib/mozilla/plugins/:
flashplayer.xpt -> /usr/X11R6/lib/macromedia-flash/plugins/flashplayer.xpt
libflashplayer.so -> /usr/X11R6/lib/macromedia-flash/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Upgrade to new version.
Change package name to be more clear: flash-plugin.
(flash-player makes me think of stand-alone.)
Install to own directory and
Create symlinks.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: