[CentOS] FireFox and Plugins

Sun Nov 6 23:39:39 UTC 2016
Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>

Am 06.11.2016 um 18:37 schrieb Alice Wonder <alice at domblogger.net>:
> On 11/04/2016 06:00 AM, Alice Wonder wrote:
>> On 11/04/2016 05:09 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 10:10:20AM +0000, James Pearson wrote:
>>> 
>>> With all the talk about deleting a packaged file or rebuilding a base
>>> package, I'm surprised no one has noticed this solution.  The above is
>>> most likely the best solution. Easy to deploy through CM, won't be
>>> overwritten with package updates, and is the best for "Enterprise"
>>> customers (who deploy to hundreds or thousands of computers).
>>> 
>>> I'm already using something similar to change the default home page.
>>> 
>> 
>> Thank you, that looks like what I originally was seeking - a way to
>> blacklist the plugin.
> 
> Even with the plugin disabled, it still shows up in browser fingerprinting.
> 
> Effing firefox, that's just dumb.
> 
> Time to rebuild the RPM without it. Er, well, I'll wait for CentOS 7.3. Er, um, I mean branch 1611 :P


as already suggested - build your own meta package with trigger scripts, to address future updates.

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