NPAPI/XPI support in native gecko apps and other ports

[michael johnson]

On 8/1/06, Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On 8/1/06, michael johnson <ahze at ahze.net> wrote:
> >  I know very little about the XPI work you've done, I've read a
> >  bit about it but I haven't really dug my hands in to it.  From what
> >  I've read it looks pretty good.
>
> Thanks.
>
> > I do have a question on how everything works, esp. with
> > gecko.plug.diff patch.
> >
> > With the gecko.plug.diff patch plugins must be installed before
> > installing a gecko for them to be seen by gecko?
>
> This patch is needed for two things:
> 1. Enable plugins automatically if a gecko is installed after a "miniport"
> 2. Clean up symlinks for a successfull deinstallation
>
> If a plugin is installed after a gecko, it works all right even without
> the patch.


Okay, one more question. I see nvu/mozilla[-devel]/seamonkey/and few others
aren't in lib/xpi/symlinks , will they need this patch also?