From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 8 18:15:44 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ECEE16A417 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2007 18:15:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from picard@kti.ae.poznan.pl) Received: from newton.kti.ae.poznan.pl (newton.kti.ae.poznan.pl [150.254.204.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C1D13C4AA for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2007 18:15:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from picard@kti.ae.poznan.pl) Received: from eto189.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl ([83.20.160.189] helo=copernic.kti.ae.poznan.pl) by newton.kti.ae.poznan.pl with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Iex8O-0000Jb-8g; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:15:16 +0200 Received: from picard by copernic.kti.ae.poznan.pl with local (Exim 4.68 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Iex8d-000HM9-Gd; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:15:31 +0200 Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 20:15:31 +0200 From: Willy Picard To: RW , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071008181531.GB1493@copernic.kti.ae.poznan.pl> References: <20071008125558.GE1509@copernic.kti.ae.poznan.pl> <790a9fff0710080752k90c1ac3r23856304f176648e@mail.gmail.com> <20071008174630.665f978e@gumby.homeunix.com.> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071008174630.665f978e@gumby.homeunix.com.> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Sender: Willy Picard Cc: Subject: Re: The scandalous status of linux-flashplugin9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:15:44 -0000 On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 05:46:30PM +0100, RW wrote: > On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:52:18 -0500 > "Scot Hetzel" wrote: > > > On 10/8/07, Willy Picard wrote: > > > > The thing that shocked me is the fact that the port is still in the ports > > > tree even if it does not work! (It compiles but each try to view a Flash > > > animation leads to a segmentation fault of Firefox). If we want the > > > FreeBSD community to be focused on quality (I assume we all want), then > > > this port should be removed from the ports tree or at least marked as > > > broken. > > > > > the port should be marked broken for OSVERSION < 7000xx, and > > compat.linux.osrelease = 2.4.2, as the flash9 plugin may require 2.6.16 > > linux emulation. > > No it shouldn't. > > I've never seen it crash a browser, and it works to a limited extent on > some sites that can't be navigated without it. I am very pleased to read that someone figured out how to make the Flash 9 plugin work ("to a limited extent"). May I ask you what your configuration is (wich OS version) and which "tweaks" do you use (libmap.conf)? Best regards, Willy -- Willy Picard e-mail: picard@kti.ae.poznan.pl Dept. of Information Technology www: http://www.kti.ae.poznan.pl/ The Poznan University of Economics tel: +48 61 848 05 49 Mansfelda 4, 60-854 Poznan, Poland fax: +48 61 848 38 40