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Re: update flash



On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Paul Cartwright wrote:

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> On 01/15/2014 08:02 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Jarth Berilcosm wrote:
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> > Good advice.  On Jessie and later I have this:
> >
> >   cat /etc/cron.daily/adobe-flashplugin-local
> >   #!/bin/sh
> >   update-flashplugin-nonfree --quiet --install
> >
> > If your version produces "already exists: /..." lines then you need
> > a newer version of the flashplugin-nonfree package for use with
> > --quiet. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=729404
> >
> > Bob
> but Patrick said:
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> FWIW:  Adobe says that 11.2.202 is the last and final Linux version of
> Flash.  Although, they will continue backported security updates.
> Windows/OSX version is up to 12.something-or-other, IIRC. And I'm
> beginning to run across sites that won't play Flash videos unless you
> have Flash 11.8 or higher. What to do?
> 
> so, what is the point in checking for updates, if there will be no
> more??

Security updates.  Adobe will continue to supply them for the Linux
version for a while.

B


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