Re: Linux-flashplugin7 & rtld - RFC


Hello!

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Ganbold wrote:
You mean __weak_reference patch to rtld, yes?

I tried to follow http://www.jail.se/freebsd.html with http://www.jail.se/freebsd/rtld_dlsym_hack.diff patch.

This patch is essentially does the same thing as __weak_reference one.

Do you see "Shockwave Flash 7.*" plugin installed when selecting "Help -> About Plug-ins" in your browser?

I see Shockwave Flash 7.0 r63 enabled in about:plugins.

Strange. I've just build native firefox-1.5.0.4,1 from ports, and I can't even find info about plugins (menu Help contains only "About Mozilla Firefox",
no "About Plug-ins" there).

hanging the browser). So just remove linux-flashplugin-* port, and you'll get the original behaviour (no hangs, no flash either).

Most probably it will work by removing linux-flashplugin*, but I would like to use flash plugin.
Probably there is some other issue and it is not related to the patch.

I was curious whether patching rtld _itself_ (w/o using linux-flashplugin7)
hurts your application (i.e. causes a regression). I see that it isn't the case. I'm aware that linux-flashplugin7 itself is _not_ stable under
FreeBSD + native browser + linuxpluginwrapper. Patch just makes it possible
to use this combination _if it works for you_ (for many Flash-using sites it
actually works, just not for all).

installed, this is completely new problem. I'll try to install
native Firefox from ports this evening and then check whether rtld
patch itself (w/o linux-flashplugin) changes anything.
Please let me know how it works.

As I expected, w/o linux-flashplugin rtld patch doesn't affect operation
of the native firefox: no hangs on www.fifaworldcup.com, no Flash either.
In other words, no regression.

Sincerely, Dmitry
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Atlantis ISP, System Administrator
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