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Description of problem: Firefox 91 comes with a dependency on the mozilla-filesystem package, which is used to provide directories for NPAPI pluginsupport. As Firefox 91 and later have removed NPAPI support, this package is superflous, and should be removed as a hard dependency.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
91.4.0-1.el8_5
How reproducible: 100%
Steps to Reproduce:
1. yum remove mozilla-filesystem
Actual results: firefox package is also removed as well.
Expected results: firefox package remains in place.
Additional info:
- the chrome-gnome-shell package also has a dependency on this package, though it seems superficial.
The dependency can't be removed, because the mozilla-filesystem owns other crucial folders for Firefox. But the mozilla-filesystem should be changed to not include the NPAPI stuff.
The mozilla-filesystem only contains folders used by the Firefox. It does not contain any npapi plugin or anything like that.
Unfortunatelly the subfolders of these folders are used by various packages:
tree /usr/lib64/mozilla
/usr/lib64/mozilla
├── extensions
│ ├── {3550f703-e582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6} <- owned by thunderbird rpm - for place system wide extensions
│ └── {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} <- owned by firefox rpm - for place system wide extensions
├── native-messaging-hosts <- owned by mozilla-filesystem and chrome-gnome-shell in case the gnome shell extension integration is installed
│ └── org.gnome.chrome_gnome_shell.json <- owned by chrome-gnome-shell - used for installation of gnome extensions from the browser
└── plugins
└── gmp-gmpopenh264 <- owned by mozilla-openh264 (not sure if that's in rhel)
└── system-installed
├── gmpopenh264.info
├── libgmpopenh264.so -> libgmpopenh264.so.6
├── libgmpopenh264.so.2.1.1
└── libgmpopenh264.so.6 -> libgmpopenh264.so.2.1.1
We can remove the NPAPI text from the description since this does not actually negatively affect customer in a real way.
> We can remove the NPAPI text from the description since this does not actually negatively affect customer in a real way.
I mean since it's no longer true.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory (mozilla-filesystem bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:1927