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Steve Wills <swi...@freebsd.org> writes: > Hey, > > Just wondering, is there any way to avoid Firefox depending on gtk2? > > Thanks, > Steve No. Gtk2 is required for Adobe Flash (NPAPI) support[1]. --disable-npapi is unlikely[2] due to extra maintenance cost unless tested together[3] with other --disable-* options. Current www/firefox still supports www/flashplayer (confirmed myself) despite confusion[4]. According to upstream (linked in bug 1455897) it will stop around Firefox 73.0 if not postponed until after ESR76. [1] https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/search?q=gtk2 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455897 [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1377445 [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1371159 [4] https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/flashplayer-in-recent-www-firefox.65810/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-gecko@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gecko To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gecko-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
