Linux-flashplugin7 & rtld - RFC
Dmitry Pryanishnikov
dmitry at atlantis.dp.ua
Wed Jun 21 12:26:38 UTC 2006
Hello!
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Ganbold wrote:
>> You mean __weak_reference patch to rtld, yes?
>
> I tried to follow http://www.jail.se/freebsd.html with
> http://www.jail.se/freebsd/rtld_dlsym_hack.diff patch.
This patch is essentially does the same thing as __weak_reference one.
>> Do you see "Shockwave Flash 7.*" plugin installed when selecting "Help ->
>> About Plug-ins" in your browser?
>
> I see Shockwave Flash 7.0 r63 enabled in about:plugins.
Strange. I've just build native firefox-1.5.0.4,1 from ports, and I can't
even find info about plugins (menu Help contains only "About Mozilla Firefox",
no "About Plug-ins" there).
>> hanging the browser). So just remove linux-flashplugin-* port, and you'll
>> get the original behaviour (no hangs, no flash either).
>
> Most probably it will work by removing linux-flashplugin*, but I would like
> to use flash plugin.
> Probably there is some other issue and it is not related to the patch.
I was curious whether patching rtld _itself_ (w/o using linux-flashplugin7)
hurts your application (i.e. causes a regression). I see that it isn't the
case. I'm aware that linux-flashplugin7 itself is _not_ stable under
FreeBSD + native browser + linuxpluginwrapper. Patch just makes it possible
to use this combination _if it works for you_ (for many Flash-using sites it
actually works, just not for all).
>> installed, this is completely new problem. I'll try to install
>> native Firefox from ports this evening and then check whether rtld
>> patch itself (w/o linux-flashplugin) changes anything.
> Please let me know how it works.
As I expected, w/o linux-flashplugin rtld patch doesn't affect operation
of the native firefox: no hangs on www.fifaworldcup.com, no Flash either.
In other words, no regression.
Sincerely, Dmitry
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