Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 18:14:42 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Jamie Griffin <griffin8j@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash plugin ? Message-ID: <20140817181442.8dc862dd.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <53F0D244.5060807@gmail.com> References: <53F0986B.2000604@hiwaay.net> <20140817135824.78df3203.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F0D244.5060807@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:03:16 +0100, Jamie Griffin wrote: > linux-f10-flashplugin is currently unavailable as one of its dependent > package is marked as forbidden, i've not been able to get around it with > the usual tricks so i've installed it against the c6-linux emulation > package instead of the f10 one Really? Uh, that's bad... Some time ago, I read that due to licensing, there are Linux ports that you can compile from source, but there won't be precompiled packages (as sources for pkg) for them. Wouldn't it be possible to determine which dependency is marked as forbidden, build that from source (and I assume obtaining the source for a "make install" run is _not_ forbidden) and continue from that point, either with ports or with binary packages? When I installed my system, I built all stuff from source, so the mentioned obstacle might not have hit me for that reason - or the obstacle is new. It's not that I install or update my home system every day... or week... or moth... or year... "never touch a running system"... ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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