Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 11:12:29 -0800 From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: Clint Olsen <clint@0lsen.net> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Getting flash working with Firefox Message-ID: <41CF0D1D.2010904@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <41CE4B75.3070008@0lsen.net> References: <20041222084249.GA76803@0lsen.net> <41C9CAFB.5090308@glengroup.com> <200412230037.iBN0bF9n021470@sakura.ninth-nine.com> <41CE4B75.3070008@0lsen.net>
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Clint Olsen wrote: > Not to sound ungrateful, but why does one have to do all this gobbledy > gook in order to get flash working? Because Macromedia haven't made a FreeBSD-native flash plugin. > After reading the port and this > stuff, I still don't know what in the heck to do. Then you probably shouldn't attempt this on the basis that you could very well hose your entire system as a result. Go yell at Macromedia for not providing a FreeBSD-native plugin. > I thought the point > of the ports system is to make this stuff easier not bake cookies. It is. It does. I don't know how much simpler things could get than 'pkg_add gnome2', for example. Dealing with cross-platform issues, however, requires a reasonable amount of effort. Sometimes even on the part of those that use the port or package. Of course, you could always help out by asking Macromedia to produce a FreeBSD-native plugin. -aDe
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