40557 - NPN_PostURLNotify not implemented under Linux

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 105417

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect, P3)

Description

[Ralf Vandenhouten]

I'm trying to develop a plug-in under Linux that uses the NPN_PostURLNotify API
function in order to communicate with an external URL. The plug-in compiles but
the runtime linker complains that the symbol NPN_PostURLNotify is not found when
Netscape is started.

Comment 1

[Ralf Vandenhouten]

The same bug is found under Solaris (and possibly all other UNIX systems?) as
well.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This one as well, please :-)

Gerv

Comment 3

[Ralf Vandenhouten]

Attachment: Self-contained Plugin sources based on UnixTemplate from PluginSDK

Comment 4

[Ralf Vandenhouten]

I have attached the complete source code of a plugin example that uses
NPN_PostURLNotify, based on the standard example provided with the Plugin SDK.
It seems that NPN_PostURLNotify is missing in npunix.c in the "common"
subdirectory. I have added some lines in this file (marked with "#ifdef
WHY_IS_THIS_MISSING") in order to show how this could look like, but it does not
work with the modified code as well. Netscape always crashes when reaching the
NPN_PostURLNotify call.
The build ID was 4.72 [en] 20000131, but I tried several other Linux and Solaris
versions of Netscape (e.g. 4.73) with the same result. I also installed Mozilla
15 (Build ID 2000041805), but wasn't able to run any legacy plugin at all there.

Comment 5

[Blake Ross]

confirming so av can take a look...

Comment 6

[Braden]

Deals with old Netscape plugin API. Adding '4xp' keyword.

Comment 7

[Ralf Vandenhouten]

Is there any chance that this bug will be fixed in the near future? My plugin
development strongly depends on that.

Comment 8

[av (gone)]

Is my understanding correct that you are referring to 4.x client, not Mozilla? 
If so, I am not sure this is a right place to report the bug.

Comment 9

[Ralf Vandenhouten]

Where should I report it instead? Is there any chance that it will be fixed?

Comment 10

[karnaze (gone)]

Moving to m1.0

Comment 11

[Peter Lubczynski]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 105417 ***

Comment 12

[shrirang khanzode]

mass duplicate verifications . For filtering purposes, pls use keywd
"massdupverification"