nspluginwrapper Is it necessary

[Tony Molloy]

On Friday 30 November 2007 04:53, Kam Leo wrote:
> On Nov 29, 2007 8:25 PM, Peter Reed <mrdeadworry at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday 29 November 2007 01:37:33 Tony Molloy wrote:
> > > HI,
> > >
> > > nspluginwrapper causes SELinux denials when it's in enforcing mode.
> > > This means that when you do a full install of F8 you cannot get a
> > > browser running. I know there is a workaround with chcon and semanage.
> > > But what I'd like to know is if I'm running a 32bit system then is
> > > nspluginwrapper really necessary at all or is it only for 64bit
> > > systems.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Tony
> >
> > You only need nspluginwrapper for 64bit systems it is meaningless for a
> > 32bit system.  Why would you install this on a 32bit system if you read
> > the description of what it is and what it does you would understand it is
> > for 32bit compatibility on 64bit systems.
> > Peter
>

That's what I thought. But why then is it in the i386 Fedora spin. Surely it 
should be in Everything. If you do a full install of the Fedora spin or you 
do a DVD install it is installed by default.

Tony

> I've been informed that it (nspluginwrapper) is installed by default.
> It was not installed (or it was not in the path) on one system but was
> installed on another. Both were F8-i386 DVD installs.

See above.


Tony