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Bug 15751 - emerging netscape-navigator overwrites flash plugin
Summary: emerging netscape-navigator overwrites flash plugin
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: SpanKY
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Reported: 2003-02-15 13:57 UTC by Steven Wilson
Modified: 2003-03-01 23:36 UTC (History)
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Description Steven Wilson 2003-02-15 13:57:08 UTC 
If netscape-navigator is emerged after netscape-flash,
/opt/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so (linked to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins by
netscape-flash) is overwritten with the older version bundled with Navigator.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
(assuming netscape-flash and netscape-navigator are unmerged)

1. emerge netscape-flash
2. identify (md5sum, mozilla about:plugins, etc.)
/opt/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so
3. emerge netscape-navigator
4. identify /opt/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so
Actual Results:  
The netscape-navigator install downgrades libflashplayer.so to a 4.x version
without warning, affecting flash playback in Mozilla (and presumably anything
else linked to this plugin).

Expected Results:  
netscape-navigator should not overwrite files owned by netscape-flash.
netscape-flash should put its binaries somewhere other than
/opt/netscape/plugins  - it is not Netscape software and affects packages other
than Navigator/Communicator.