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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer plugin
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:27:54
Message-Id: 58965d8a0901131827m37b1e542pf29ffcefe0ccbe4d@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] mplayer plugin by "Michael P. Soulier"
1 On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Michael P. Soulier
2 <msoulier@×××××××××××××.ca> wrote:
3 > So, I noticed this on an emerge
4 >
5 > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
6 > !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:
7 >
8 > www-client/mozilla-firefox:0
9 >
10 > ('ebuild', '/', 'www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.19', 'merge') pulled in by
11 > =www-client/mozilla-firefox-2* required by ('installed', '/',
12 > 'net-www/mplayerplug-in-3.50', 'nomerge')
13 > (and 1 more)
14 >
15 > ('installed', '/', 'www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.0.5', 'nomerge') pulled in
16 > by
17 > www-client/mozilla-firefox required by world
18 >
19 > So, I interpret this as the mplayer plugin not being available for firefox
20 > 3.0, which is why it's pulling in the 2.0 stream. So, my best solution is
21 > probably just to uninstall the mplayer plugin, is that right?
22 >
23 > It seems to work fine in firefox 3.0. If I want to run the risk and keep it,
24 > is masking out firefox 2.0 the way to go?
25 >
26 > Thanks,
27 > Mike
28
29 After getting fed up with emerge/compile issues with mplayerplug-in i
30 switched to net-www/gecko-mediaplayer and it seems to work okay.
31
32 Paul

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Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer plugin "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@×××××××××××××.ca>