Re: Linux-flashplugin7 & rtld - RFC

From: Ganbold <ganbold_at_micom.mng.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:40:23 +0900
This patch makes my native Firefox-1.5.0.4 hang when I go to 
www.fifaworldcup.com site.

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Ganbold

Adi Pircalabu wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:02:06 -0400 John Baldwin wrote:
>
>   
>> On Friday 16 June 2006 14:25, Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote:
>>>       
>>>> dmitry> doesn't crash/hang anything, it just gives the
>>>> dmitry> possibility to use this combination.
>>>>
>>>> This patch is somewhat redundant.  Adding
>>>>
>>>> 	__weak_reference(dlsym, _dlsym);
>>>>
>>>> is enough.
>>>>         
>>>   Indeed, this also works for me. It would be nice to see this
>>> trivial addition committed.
>>>       
>> I agree.  Do you have the __weak_reference() patch handy?
>>     
>
> I know that this patch, by itself, does not break anything in the base
> system. It gives the possibility to use native Mozilla-based browsers
> with linux-flashplugin7. It eases the task of integrating them.
> But not always adding a feature leads to the desired results. Flash7
> DOES hang a lot when used with native Mozilla. Denying this isn't the
> right thing to do, it will hit lots of users.
> There are not as many reports as someone would expect because the patch
> is not applied (yet) mainstream. Usually, if you offer a feature in a
> software product, users tend to use it.
> In this specific case I'd go for the solution of a separate library
> used with LD_PRELOAD by Mozilla proposed by Marcus Alves Grando.
> In the end, it's a matter of decision.
>
>   
Received on Tue Jun 20 2006 - 23:41:03 UTC

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