On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 11:19 -0500, Warren Togami wrote: > Gilboa Davara wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > The attached patch (which should cover all 64bit arches) enable you to > > start the 32bit version of firefox (if it's installed) by starting > > firefox with the "--32" command line option. > > > > Before I submit this to bugzilla, I have two questions: > > > > - Do we rather have a single firefox script that executes both 32bit and > > 64bit or do we want to break the it to dedicated firefox[64] and > > firefox32 scripts. > > - Where should I submit this patch? Mozilla or redhat? > > > > - Gilboa > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214100 > I wrote an alternative implementation in this bug. I don't fully agree > with the rejection of this, but I do agree that the best long-term > solution is to fix nspluginwrapper to offload *ALL* plugins to a > separate process. A separate process also allows greater security > control with selinux. > > Logic of my Implementation: > > * If only the /usr/lib browser is installed, run it. > * If only the /usr/lib64 browser is installed, run it. > * If both are installed, run /usr/lib64 unless it is overridden in > /etc/sysconfig/firefox-arch. > * Allow editing /etc/sysconfig/firefox-arch as the official means for > the system administrator to override their arch selection. > > %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/firefox-arch > This is necessary in the %files section of firefox.spec. > > Benefits of this approach: > 1) This DOES NOT CHANGE the behavior from its current default, which > works with browsers shipped on x86_64. > 2) This defines an explicit way for the system administrator to override > their arch selection in a way that wont break with future package > updates. This effectively enables CHOICE. > This a nice solution - though I rather have a simple method of overriding the selection without editing a configuration file and/or making it system wide. IMHO, adding a command line parameters seems like the obvious choice as it gives the user additional means of controlling which version is executed. I can combine your patch with mine - read, use the default in /etc/sysconfig/firefox-arch unless the user specifically requested something else. Does it sound reasonable to you? - Gilboa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
