gecko-mediaplayer and /usr/lib/firefox/plugins -> ../mozilla/plugins symlink

Mike Hommey mh at glandium.org
Mon May 17 12:56:12 UTC 2010


On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 02:43:04PM +0200, Cesare Tirabassi wrote:
> >/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins is used by all mozilla-based products,
> >including upstream, and as such is the canonical location in debian.
> 
> Does this mean I can get rid of the symlinks
> in /usr/lib/iceape/plugins/ and /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins too?
> If that is the case than I can simply get rid once and for all of ALL
> the symlinks (which should also make backports easier) and am tempted to
> make this change available from next upload.

Yes you can. FWIW, the lookup in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins was added in
debian in xulrunner 1.9~rc2-4, so it works in lenny, and has been added
upstream in 1.9.1 (corresponding to iceweasel 3.5 and iceape 2.0).

Mike



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