Re: flashplayer-mozilla update from debian-multimedia.org
On 2010-06-16, Chris Bannister <mockingbird@earthlight.co.nz> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just noticed that doing "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade" on
> Debian Lenny now wants to pull in "ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk
> ia32-libs-libcurl3 ia32-libs-libidn11 ia32-libs-libnspr4
> ia32-libs-libnss3 ia32-libs-libssh2 lib32asound2 lib32gcc1
> lib32ncurses5 lib32stdc++6 lib32z1"
>
> fischer:~# apt-cache show flashplayer-mozilla
> […]
> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libfreetype6 (>=
> 2.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libx11-6,
> libxext6, iceweasel | www-browser, nspluginwrapper, ia32-libs-libcurl3,
> ia32-libs-libnss3, libcurl3
>
> Seems like a fairly radical change for a stable system!, but then again
> using http://www.debian-multimedia.org is not recommended anyway. :(
Indeed. And if Adobe refuse to maintain the older version there's not
much anyone else can do about it.
>
> A (quick) google search leads me to:
>
> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=774473
>
> Looks like I'll have to run the insecure version because of:
>
> After this operation, 124MB of additional disk space will be used.
> E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/.
>
You can recover some disk space using 'apt-get clean' or (more
conservatively) 'apt-get autoclean'.
> Yeah, I know, hard drives are cheap. But till I get one, should I worry
> about the security hole(s) or panic and not get on the web till I have
> another HDD?
>
I would do the upgrade, if possible. If not, consider disabling Flash in
the meantime.
--
Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland
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