Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:43:51 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Chuck Robey" <chuckr@chuckr.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux-flashplayer running Message-ID: <op.t3mcvdha9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <4769908E.5080008@chuckr.org> References: <4769908E.5080008@chuckr.org>
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:43:42 -0600, Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> wrot= e: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Oh, I'm in trouble now. I was getting a bit frustrated, because all t= he > different names that my browsers hide under, and the fact that 2 other= = > items > confuse things: > > 1) the config dirs aren't always named after the program, and Please complain it to the developers that create this program. It wasn't= = our idea. > 2) the G_D_ ports often installed things into /usr/local/ even for lin= ux > things, and other times into /compat, and that terribly screws things = up. I don't know what 'G_D_ ports' is. > Why am I complaining? Because now, for Linux-firefox, I do have the > flashplayer.9 working, but with all the screwing around I couldn't = > duplicate > it. The problem was initially the flashplayer, because the version in= = > ports > no longer even exists. I went to the Adobe site, and just got the = > latest. > Then, the version of libdl that Linux-firefox wants is not only differ= ent > thanthe version that the flashplayer wants, they (I think) aren't alwa= ys > looking in the same dir for it. > > Whatever, it CAN be done, because I did it. > > Boy, I wish that the portsmeisters would (once and for all, plublicly)= = > decide > that linux libs have to install into the /compat/linux tree. If they = = > would go > on record for that, I would begin fixing ports to obey it. Can't do = > that now. I see all Linux libraries that I have installed are in /compat/linux/* b= y = ports tree. If it doesn't in your case, then please complain to the righ= t = maintainer. Not single of your complains have to do with freebsd-multimedia@. Cheers, Mezz > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHaZCOz62J6PPcoOkRAqVvAJ0WbGqYUWehBtoPYArnDAto6D/p9wCghTb5 > 0qig9SBuooqMTYwupFbcVbU=3D > =3DYEFq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- = mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org
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