276303 - Do not load javaplugin if it's not a symlink

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[Kyle Yuan]

Installing java plugin on Linux/UNIX is always a tricky work. Some users will
get mozilla crash if they copy the javaplugin library to the plugins directory
instead of creating a symbolic link.

Comment 1

[Kyle Yuan]

Attachment: prevent non-symlink javaplugin from loading

Comment 2

[timeless]

Comment on attachment 169783 [details] [diff] [review]
prevent non-symlink javaplugin from loading

what happens if it's called sunjplugin ? can you possibly scan the file instead
of the filename?

Comment 3

[Kyle Yuan]

Scanning the filename is not the best way but it's the cheapest one. Also, Sun
does not have any plan to change the plugin library name at least within 3 years.

Comment 4

[Kyle Yuan]

java plugin has already fixed this in their code. close it.

Comment 5

[Olivier Cahagne]

Which Java version has got this fixed, is it already in 5.0 Update 1 ?

Comment 6

[Kyle Yuan]

yes, I tried 1.5.0_01-b06 on Solaris, mozilla won't crash even if the javaplugin
library is not a symbolic link.

Comment 7

[timeless]

*** Bug 283239 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***