Changeset 5dc41f0 for xsoft/graphweb/mozilla.xml

Timestamp:

02/05/2006 09:04:56 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

b9bd12f

Parents:

bc3b7636

Message:

Modified the instructions for linking to installed plugins and removed the commands to create /usr/lib/mozilla compatibility links from the Mozilla instructions

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@5648 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• xsoft/graphweb/mozilla.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

xsoft/graphweb/mozilla.xml

@@ -315 +315 @@
 install -v -m644 mailnews/base/ispdata/movemail.rdf \
     /usr/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/defaults/isp &&
-ln -v -s ../movemail.rdf /usr/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/defaults/isp/US &&
-
-if [ -d /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins ]; then
-    if [ -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnullplugin.so ]; then
-        rm -vf /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnullplugin.so
-    fi
-    mv -v /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/* /usr/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/plugins
-    rm -v -rf /usr/lib/mozilla
+ln -v -s ../movemail.rdf /usr/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/defaults/isp/US</userinput></screen>
+
+<!-- Commenting this out per the discussion on BLFS-Dev about this.
+     The stuff commented out below is replaced with text in the
+     Configuration section to create links to any system-wide 
+     plugins the user may have installed
+
+if [ -L /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins ]; then
+     rm /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
 fi &amp;&amp;
-
+if [ -L /usr/lib/mozilla ]; then
+     rm /usr/lib/mozilla
+fi &amp;&amp;
+
+install -v -m755 -d /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &amp;&amp;
+cp -v /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.12/plugins/* /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &amp;&amp;
+rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.12/plugins &amp;&amp;
+ln -v -s ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.12 &amp;&amp;
+-->
+
+<!-- The following commented out per the discussion on BLFS-Dev. It
+     has been determined that we will no longer continue to support
+     broken programs that don't look at pkgconfig files to find out
+     where Mozilla is installed
+
+ln -v -nsf mozilla-&mozilla-version; /usr/include/mozilla &amp;&amp;
 ln -v -nsf mozilla-&mozilla-version; /usr/lib/mozilla &amp;&amp;
-ln -v -nsf mozilla-&mozilla-version; /usr/include/mozilla</userinput></screen>
+-->
 
     <para>If you built <application>Mozilla</application> utilizing
@@ -569 +585 @@
     installation script.</para>
 
+    <!-- Commenting this out as the commands needing these explanations
+         are also commented out
+
     <para><command>if [ -d /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins ] ... fi</command>: Some
     applications may have already installed <application>Mozilla</application>
@@ -582 +601 @@
     etc.) don't need to know which version of <application>Mozilla</application>
     is installed.</para>
+    -->
 
   </sect2>
@@ -608 +628 @@
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
+    /usr/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/plugins</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>Some packages install Mozilla plugins into the default system-wide
+    directory <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>.
+    If desired, create symbolic links in the <application>Mozilla</application>
+    plugin directory
+    <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/plugins</filename>
+    to the files in the default plugin directory (you should link to the actual
+    files and not other links). Alternatively, you can move or copy the files
+    in the default plugin directory to the
+    <application>Mozilla</application> plugin directory. An example of creating
+    a symbolic link is shown below. Create the links as the
+    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s ../../mozilla/plugins/<replaceable>[plugin.so]</replaceable> \
     /usr/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/plugins</userinput></screen>