Re: faq13.html: bye bye opera-flashplugin

On Mon, 9 May 2011, Nicolas P. M. Legrand wrote:

> www/opera-flashplugin has been removed

See faq/index.html :
... The Guide covers the active release of OpenBSD, currently v4.9...


> 
> Index: faq/index.html
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> RCS file: /home/nlegrand/Repositories/cvsync/www/faq/index.html,v
> retrieving revision 1.337
> diff -u -r1.337 index.html
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> +++ faq/index.html	9 May 2011 10:38:52 -0000
> @@ -384,8 +384,6 @@
>    streaming media under OpenBSD?</a>
>  <li><a href="faq13.html#javaplugin" >13.13 - Can I have a Java plugin in
>    my web browser? (i386 &amp; amd64 only)</a>
> -<li><a href="faq13.html#flashplugin">13.14 - Can I have a Flash plugin in
> -  my web browser? (i386 only)</a>
>  </ul>
>  
>  <h3><a href="faq14.html">14 - Disk Setup</a></h3>
> Index: faq/faq13.html
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> +++ faq/faq13.html	9 May 2011 10:38:32 -0000
> @@ -63,8 +63,6 @@
>    OpenBSD?</a>
>  <li><a href="#javaplugin" >13.13 - Can I have Java support in my web
>    browser? (i386 &amp; amd64 only)</a>
> -<li><a href="#flashplugin">13.14 - Can I have Flash support in my web
> -  browser? (i386 only)</a>
>  <!--
>  <li><a href="#camera"     >13.xx - Can I use my digital camera under OpenBSD?</a>
>  <li><a href="#scanner"    >13.yy - How do I set up and use my scanner?</a>
> @@ -1601,69 +1599,6 @@
>  <b>Note:</b> Java support has only been tested with the Firefox,
>  Seamonkey, and Konqueror web browsers.
>  If it works well for you using a different browser, please let us know.
> -
> -
> -<a name="flashplugin"></a>
> -<h2>13.14 - Can I have Flash support in my web browser? (i386 only)</h2>
> -
> -The Flash plugin is distributed by Adobe in binary form only.
> -Adobe does not provide a native OpenBSD plugin, but there is a Linux
> -plugin which you can use under Linux emulation.
> -This plugin is available only for the i386 platform.
> -
> -<p>
> -Before continuing, it is a good idea to read about Linux emulation in the
> -<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=compat_linux&amp;sektion=8">compat_linux(8)</a>
> -manual page, and also
> -<a href="faq9.html#Interact">FAQ 9 - Running Linux binaries on OpenBSD</a>.
> -
> -<p>
> -If you have understood this and you didn't install the necessary files yet,
> -just add the fedora package.
> -Assuming you have the environment variable <tt>PKG_PATH</tt> set
> -(see <a href="faq15.html#Easy">FAQ 15</a>),
> -
> -<blockquote><pre>
> -# <b>pkg_add -i fedora_base</b>
> -</pre></blockquote>
> -
> -This will automatically set <tt>kern.emul.linux=1</tt>, but not permanently.
> -If you need permanent Linux emulation, you need to specify that in
> -<tt>/etc/sysctl.conf</tt>, as explained in
> -<a href="faq9.html#Interact">FAQ 9 - Running Linux binaries on OpenBSD</a>.
> -
> -<p>
> -Another thing you should know is that Linux shared libraries and modules
> -cannot be used with OpenBSD executables, so you will need a Linux browser
> -as well.
> -
> -<p>
> -One candidate is the <a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera</a> web browser,
> -available in the ports tree.
> -OpenBSD does not distribute packages for it, since Opera's license is not
> -clear about its redistribution.
> -However, installation should not take long, since it is distributed in
> -binary form by Opera Software.
> -After that you can easily install the Flash plugin from the ports tree.
> -
> -<blockquote><pre>
> -# <b>cd /usr/ports/www/opera</b>
> -# <b>make install</b>
> -# <b>cd /usr/ports/www/opera-flashplugin</b>
> -# <b>make install</b>
> -</pre></blockquote>
> -
> -<p>
> -<b>Note:</b>
> -It should be sufficient to perform the last step alone, and the ports
> -system will install the dependencies automatically.
> -For clarity, however, we split the process into a few steps here to
> -explain.
> -
> -<p>
> -If you have followed the above guidelines, the Flash plugin should now be
> -listed when you type "about:plugins" in the URL bar.
> -
>  
>  <!--
>  this would be interesting, but lack of hardware at the moment
> 
> 

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Antoine