Re: Firefox Acroread plugin not working

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On 4/23/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sunday 23 April 2006 19:14, Kam Leo wrote:
> >On 4/23/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On Sunday 23 April 2006 17:17, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> >> >On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> >> On Sunday 23 April 2006 13:36, Lauri wrote:
> >> >>> # chcon -t texrel_shlib_t
> >> >>> /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Reader/intellinux/lib/*.so
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Lauri
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you very much Lauri, that worked like a champ.  But why
> >> >> does it seem to be such a huge secret other than its ulitmately
> >> >> being usefull to the blackhats?
> >> >>
> >> >> I assume that this command line (the top line above) can be used
> >> >> against any other known good (we think) but similarly
> >> >> malfunctioning (the bottom line above) program?
> >> >
> >> >Yes, if you are sure that's the malfunction.  The binary NVIDIA
> >> > driver's GLX and VMWare Workstation are the other examples I know
> >> > of. Are there others?
> >>
> >> That question is rhetorical I assume as we won't know till it bites
> >> us again if there are any others.  But it does tend to show just how
> >> much committment Adobe has in supporting linux.  Their test box is
> >> probably still running rh6.1...
> >>
> >> >--
> >> >   Matthew Saltzman
> >> >
> >> >Clemson University Math Sciences
> >> >mjs AT clemson DOT edu
> >> >http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
> >>
> >Gene, how is Adobe responsible for a problem caused by Red Hat /
> >Fedora Core developers? You are using essentially the same version of
> >Acrobat Reader that worked without problems for Fedora Core 4. It is
> >not Adobe's fault that the Red Hat / Fedora Core  implementers of
> >SELinux changed the rules after Acrobat Reader 7 was released. If you
> >have a bone to pick, take it up with the responsible party.
>
> Well now, I *thought* that was what I was doing in posting to this list.
> and the fix did eventually come from here, no doubt deciphered by
> someone intimatly familiar with selinux and the errors it may cause to
> be thrown.  As a new user to selinux, how would I have recognized that
> error when the docs are so limited, literally one page, 1/3 of which is
> credits.
>
> But it appears the fix is to request that Adobe include that command in
> the rpms post-install script, so I have also requested that of Adobe.
>
> Applying logic, there isn't a whole lot the FC release crew could have
> done or would need to do to alleviate it once the nature of the problem
> was known.  It is not their code to be responsible for, its Adobe's, so
> if they want it to run on an as installed FC5 box, which it should,
> then its up to them to fix it IMNSHO.
>
> Is this the wrong attitude on my part?
>
> --
> Cheers, Gene
>

Adobe packaged Acrobat Reader for a generic Linux distribution. Where
is it written that Adobe owes Red Hat / Fedora Core preferential
treatment over the other Linux distributions? You will need to present
a strong case for why Adobe should provide a customized package for
Red Hat users.


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