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[Belxjander <Belxjander AT 202-0-42-165.paradise.net.nz>]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 06:24, Geoffrey Derber wrote:
> Eric Womack wrote:
> > OK, I have tested some things on 3 seperate machines and I have decided
> > not to include this patch.
> >
> > However
> >
> > The reason that I don't want to include it is that the changes can be
> > done live 'on-the-fly' with a few changes to the flash spell.  Here are
> > the changes that need to be done:
> >
> > 1. Fix the BUILD so that the cp commands end in / to fix that problem.
>
> Done
>
> > 2. In each subsection, have a mkdir command specific to the system OR
> > what about a universal one (say /usr/lib/browserplugins/ ) ?
>
> Shouldn't the spell for each individual browser create those
> directories?  I know mozilla, netscape and opera do, for kdebase because
> we are modifying the location, can we have kdebase create that directory
> so other plugins can use it as well (not just flash) and if other
> plugins use it and they all try creating the directory, things could get
> messy, I think it'd be better to have the browser spells create those
> directories.

  what about having the browser spells AND the plugin spells check first?
  and only attempt to mkdir when the dir is not present? that is simple enough
  is it not ?

> > 3. Finish the BUILD with a:
> >
> > ln -sf /usr/lib/libstdc++.so /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3
> >
> > This line is needed in order to make the flash plugin (which was built
> > for RedHat 6.2) work with our source-based distro.***

  same goes for this too right ? if not exists then makelink ?

  some way we can put a simple library function somewhere for all the
  spells to call and use ?

  ? /var/lib/sorcery/spellbook/compatability.sh ?

  just thoughts... as that is how I would impliment this change...

> I thought the gcc spell now did this?  Wouldn't it be better to have gcc
> do this than flash, because I know other spells need this symlink as
> well, and again, I think it'd be better to have a single spell create
> the link than multiple spells.
>
> > 4. Finally, in Konqueror, under Settings/Configure Konqueror/Plugins/Scan
> > Directories the entry from #2 above can be added and scanned.  As soon as
> > I track down the storage location of this file, the spell can do it
> > itself.
> >
> > I think this is a much cleaner way of handling this and avoids a patch
> > that would have to be maintained from version to version.  I would prefer
> > to keep the source based spells (in this case kdebase) as clean as
> > possible and since the work-around is needed for a binary spell that the
> > adjustments be made in that spell.
>
> Okay, I've commented out the install for kdebase in the flash spell
> until this is done (for testing just remove the comments, I'd rather
> have a single person do that than trouble for everyone else in the mean
> time).  Btw, the patch I sent should provide the storage location of the
> file. kdebase-${VERSION}/nsplugins/pluginscan.cpp.
>
> Geoff
>
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