linux-flashplugin-6.0r79_3 is forbidden

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 01:10:52PM -0400, Peter wrote:
> --- Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 10:20:12AM -0400, Peter wrote:
> > > Anyone know how to install flash6 on FreeBSD 5.4?  This is what I
> > get
> > > when I try to install the port:
> > > 
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > > ===>  linux-flashplugin-6.0r79_3 is forbidden:
> > > http://vuxml.FreeBSD.org/83421018-b3ef-11da-a32d-000c6ec775d9.html.
> > > *** Error code 1
> > > 
> > > Stop in /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin6.
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > > 
> > > The URL suggests to install flash7 or flash8 but I heard that these
> > > versions are unstable and frequently crash firefox (I'm using
> > 1.5.0.1).
> > 
> > If you don't mind the security vulnerabilities specified, then
> > comment out the forbidden tag from the makefile.
> 
> Well I decided to install linux-flashplugin7 and I followed the
> instructions inside linuxpluginwrapper (install a patch) and I got an
> error:

Talk to the maintainer.

> # patch < patch-rtld.c
> Hmm...  Looks like a unified diff to me...
> The text leading up to this was:
> --------------------------
> |--- libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c.orig       Fri Sep 24 08:04:52 2004
> |+++ libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c    Sun Oct 17 03:37:44 2004
> --------------------------
> Patching file libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c using Plan A...
> Hunk #1 failed at 129.
> Hunk #2 failed at 178.
> Hunk #3 failed at 1738.
> 3 out of 3 hunks failed--saving rejects to libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c.rej
> done
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> p.s. Why is installing Flash so hard?

Because the authors do not support FreeBSD, so you have to jump
through many hoops to make it work.

Kris

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