Description of problem: nspluginwrapper has an explicit dependency on gecko-libs and 'rpm -q --whatprovides gecko-libs' responds with firefox only so that means firefox. Is that right? Because if only libgtkembedmoz.so then that this can be provided by other packages too. But this is a side issue. The real trouble is that /usr/bin/mozilla-plugin-config has the following code: ## ## Detect a gecko-lib instalation if it's requested ## if [ "0" -eq "1" ]; then if [ ! -x $MOZ_LIB_DIR/firefox-2.0.0.9/firefox-bin ]; then if [ ! -x $SECONDARY_LIB_DIR/firefox-2.0.0.9/firefox-bin ]; then echo "Error: $MOZ_LIB_DIR/firefox-2.0.0.9/firefox-bin not found" if [ -d $SECONDARY_LIB_DIR ]; then echo " $SECONDARY_LIB_DIR/firefox-2.0.0.9/firefox-bin not found" fi exit 1 fi MOZ_LIB_DIR="$SECONDARY_LIB_DIR" fi export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$MOZ_LIB_DIR/firefox-2.0.0.9 fi This obviously breaks if a firefox version changes - like right now as firefox-2.0.0.9 was replaced. Instead a code like that could be used: ## ## Detect a gecko-libs instalation if it's requested ## set_library_path () { [ $? -eq 0 ] || exit 1 # gecko-libs are missing if [ "$2" = x86_64 ] ; then export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib64/$1" else export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib/$1" fi } set_library_path $(rpm -q --whatprovides gecko-libs \ --qf '%{name}-%{version} %{arch}\n') Does that means that with a new firefox plugins have to be rewrapped? If yes then some triggers are needed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-12.fc8
Check this code: [snip] if [ "0" -eq "1" ]; then [snip] nspluginwrapper uses gecko-libs run-time only if it's compiled with XPCOM support. And XPCOM support is turned off in Fedora 8.
Ok, but if and when XPCOM support will be turned on will you remember that you have a brewing trouble on your hands? So I should look more carefuly at the original code and in a replacement it should be if [ "$2" = x86_64 -o "$2" = ia64 -o "$2" = s390 ] ; then .... and possibly MOZ_LIB_DIR and SECONDARY_LIB_DIR adjusted as they are currently not derived from an architecture of a package but these are easy to adjust