--- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Eric Tanguy wrote: > > Le mercredi 29 juin 2005 à 12:17 +0100, Paul > Howarth a écrit : > > > >>Eric Tanguy wrote: > >> > >>>Le mercredi 29 juin 2005 à 10:58 +0100, Paul > Howarth a écrit : > >>> > >>> > >>>>Eric Tanguy wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>When i installed > java-1.5.0-sun-plugin-1.5.0.04-1jpp.i586.rpm the > link > >>>>>is created in /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.8/plugins/ > and i have to copy it > >>>>>manually to /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.4/plugins/. > Why this link is not > >>>>>created at the right place ? > >>>> > >>>>The trigger script in the java-1.5.0-sun-plugin > package that is intended > >>>>to set up this link tries to figure out where to > put the link by > >>>>searching for the definition of MOZ_DIST_BIN in > /usr/bin/firefox. > >>>>However, in the FC4 firefox, MOZ_DIST_BIN is > specified as: > >>>> > >>>>MOZ_DIST_BIN="$MOZ_LIB_DIR/firefox-1.0.4" > >>>>rather than > >>>>MOZ_DIST_BIN="/usr/lib/firefox-1.0.4" > >>>> > >>>>and the script doesn't know how to handle that. > This is probably worth > >>>>bringing up with the people at jpackage. > >>>> > >>> > >>>So how to change that ? have we to modify the > firefox package ? May be > >>>it will be better to put the plugins in > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins which > >>>seems to be used by firefox (with no version > dependance) and mozilla ? > >> > >>That seems reasonable to me but there may be a > good reason why it's not > >>done by default. > > > > I will be interested by knowing this reason. > > > > > >>What needs fixing is the spec file for the > jpackage java package so that > >>if MOZ_DIST_BIN comes back as > "$MOZ_LIB_DIR/firefox-1.0.4" then it goes > >>back and looks to see what MOZ_LIB_DIR is (using > the same method as for > >>finding MOZ_DIST_BIN) and substitues that. Not > terribly difficult. > > > > How to indicate this to the jpackage maintainer ? > > Try asking on the jpackage-discuss list. > > http://jpackage.org/contacts.php > > Paul. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Linking from Distrowatch.com to Fedora Weekly News [http://fedoranews.org/wiki/Fedora_Weekly_News_Issue_2] , I found this link. http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/How_To_Install_Java_Plugin_on_FC4 It could be of help with the java issue. Regards Antonio __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html
