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Date:      Tue, 1 Aug 2006 23:51:36 +0400
From:      "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "michael johnson" <ahze@ahze.net>
Cc:        gnome@freebsd.org, Arjan van Leeuwen <avleeuwen@piwebs.com>, Jeremy Messenger <mezz@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: NPAPI/XPI support in native gecko apps and other ports
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On 8/1/06, michael johnson <ahze@ahze.net> wrote:
>  I know very little about the XPI work you've done, I've read a
>  bit about it but I haven't really dug my hands in to it.  From what
>  I've read it looks pretty good.

Thanks.

> I do have a question on how everything works, esp. with
> gecko.plug.diff patch.
>
> With the gecko.plug.diff patch plugins must be installed before
> installing a gecko for them to be seen by gecko?

This patch is needed for two things:
1. Enable plugins automatically if a gecko is installed after a "miniport"
2. Clean up symlinks for a successfull deinstallation

If a plugin is installed after a gecko, it works all right even without
the patch.



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