Bug#859100: webkit2gtk: webkit2gtk loads system-installed extensions by default

[Alberto Garcia]

On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 12:26:37PM +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote:

> It appears that when/if a java or flash plugin is installed from
> another debian package, webkit2gtk tries to load it, even when
> setting a custom, local, webextensions directory as documented in
> https://webkitgtk.org/reference/webkit2gtk/stable/WebKitWebContext.html#webkit-web-context-set-web-extensions-directory

Web Extensions != NPAPI plugins

Web Extensions are these:

   https://blogs.igalia.com/carlosgc/2013/09/10/webkit2gtk-web-process-extensions/

NPAPI plugins are java, flash, etc.

Try to disable them with this setting:

   https://webkitgtk.org/reference/webkit2gtk/unstable/WebKitSettings.html#webkit-settings-set-enable-plugins

Berto