[freebsd-stable] Re: Macromedia FLASH ...

[John Merryweather Cooper]

I don't run firefox, but I have java (java/jdk14) working just fine with 
Mozilla (my preferred browser), Galeon, and Opera.  I'm running a very 
recently built 4.9-STABLE and I use cvsup and portupgrade to keep all my 
ports closely syncronized.  Since firebird/firefox uses Gecko, I'm 
pretty sure that it should work.  However, there are a few gotchas:

1) there has been a recent change of gettext from 12.x to 13.x, and my 
experience is that bad things usually happen if there's a clash between 
gettext versions in two or more applications (when one app was built 
with the older version and another was built with a more recent version);

2) other library changes can also have subtle effects;

3) the more your system diverts from the ports tree (with patches or 
installations not in the tree), the more difficult it is going to be to 
isolate your problem

4) sysutils/portupgrade is your friend.  If you aren't using it, you 
should . . .
NOTE:  I've never heard of deleting javavmwrapper (mine is as installed);

I'm no expert, I just maintain a few ports.

jmc

regisr wrote:
> On 23-Feb-2004 John Merryweather Cooper wrote:
>  
> 
>>The best bet I've found is to install the linuxpluginwrapper port, but 
>>you'll need a recently compiled 4.9-STABLE world/kernel to make it work.
> 
> 
> As you are an expert about this ... I have also a problem with java plug-in.
> (The standalone works fine)
> 
> (Native java) jdk-1.4.2p6_3
> mozilla-firebird-0.7_3 (firefox in the ports crashes when loading a SSL page as
> the first tab)
> FreeBSD 4.9 stable (CVS 22 feb)
> javavmwrapper-1.4 
> 
> I have read than I should delete it but:
> package 'javavmwrapper-1.4' is required by these other
> packages and may not be deinstalled:
> jdk-1.4.2p6_3
> linux-sun-jdk-1.4.2.03
> 
> If I make a link /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> in the directory /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/ firebird ends without any
> message (epiphany too)
> 
> If I delete it I can run the browsers (but not java of course).
> 
> 
> 
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