Re: /usr/sbin/update-flashplugin-nonfree fails

[Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>]

Hello Marc,

On Thu, 02 Jun 2016, Marc SCHAEFER wrote:
> root@reliand:/home/schaefer# /usr/sbin/update-flashplugin-nonfree --status
> Flash Player version installed on this system  : 11.2.202.616
>                                                          [---]
> Flash Player version available on upstream site: 11.2.202.621
> [ ... ]
> 
> Happens even if you deinstall/reinstall the package.

This is not specific to the version in wheezy. It's just that
flashplugin-nonfree depends on the package maintainer adding its own
signatures/checksums in  https://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/
and this did not happen yet for 11.2.202.621

This seems to be a recurring problem as reported in multiple bugs:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=814316
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820975
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820993

It looks like Bart Martens is busy/lagging behind. Maybe he could use some
help.

It would probably be nice if the script had an option to use the latest
version even though there is no "Debian maintainer signature" on it yet.

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer

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