RE: flashplugin-nonfree and latest Flash security updates

[Nick Boyce <nick@glimmer.demon.co.uk>]

On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 22:53:28 +0000
Bart Martens <bartm@debian.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 08:25:01AM -0700, Darren S. wrote:
[...]
> > 'update-flashplugin-nonfree --status` shows a newer release
> > of the plugin upstream.
> > 
> > 
> > options :  --verbose --status --
> > temporary directory: /tmp/flashplugin-nonfree.65hpQUuxtV
> > importing public key ...
> > selected action = --status
> > Flash Player version installed on this system  : 11.2.202.626
> > Flash Player version available on upstream site: 22.0.0.209  
> 
> That is now 11.2.202.632. You may need to delete
> /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/get-upstream-version.pl and try again.

Thanks for sorting it out Bart.
FWIW, in my throwaway BBC-news-reading VM, which is still Debian
Wheezy, I did indeed have to delete that cached script, after which the
update worked perfectly and the Flash player is working normally.

Cheers
Nick
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