From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 20 05:43:52 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3ADE16A474 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:43:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from eastrmmtao107.cox.net (eastrmmtao107.cox.net [68.230.240.59]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDC9F13C4CE for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:43:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from eastrmimpo03.cox.net ([68.1.16.126]) by eastrmmtao107.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20071220054351.RVGE8815.eastrmmtao107.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net>; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:43:51 -0500 Received: from mezz.mezzweb.com ([24.255.149.218]) by eastrmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id Stau1Y00E4iy4EG0000000; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:34:55 -0500 Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:43:51 -0600 To: "Chuck Robey" From: "Jeremy Messenger" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4769908E.5080008@chuckr.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4769908E.5080008@chuckr.org> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.25 (Linux) Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux-flashplayer running X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:43:53 -0000 On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:43:42 -0600, Chuck Robey 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