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From: Nick Cunningham <nick@××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer plugin
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:29:25
Message-Id: e99b2eae0901131829u52598f31t901452dc1d52ca27@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] mplayer plugin by "Michael P. Soulier"
1 2009/1/14 Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@×××××××××××××.ca>
2
3 > So, I noticed this on an emerge
4 >
5 > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been
6 > pulled
7 > !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:
8 >
9 > www-client/mozilla-firefox:0
10 >
11 > ('ebuild', '/', 'www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.19', 'merge') pulled in
12 > by
13 > =www-client/mozilla-firefox-2* required by ('installed', '/',
14 > 'net-www/mplayerplug-in-3.50', 'nomerge')
15 > (and 1 more)
16 >
17 > ('installed', '/', 'www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.0.5', 'nomerge') pulled
18 > in
19 > by
20 > www-client/mozilla-firefox required by world
21 >
22 > So, I interpret this as the mplayer plugin not being available for firefox
23 > 3.0, which is why it's pulling in the 2.0 stream. So, my best solution is
24 > probably just to uninstall the mplayer plugin, is that right?
25 >
26 > It seems to work fine in firefox 3.0. If I want to run the risk and keep
27 > it,
28 > is masking out firefox 2.0 the way to go?
29 >
30 > Thanks,
31 > Mike
32 > --
33 > Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@×××××××××××××.ca>
34 > "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a
35 > touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
36 > --Albert Einstein
37 >
38
39 Perhaps the better solution is to move to the new gecko-mediaplayer which is
40 built for firefox 3 and is the successor to mplayer-plugin.
41
42 - Nick