Re: update flash

[Patrick Bartek <bartek047@yahoo.com>]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote:

> On Jo, 16 ian 14, 09:58:43, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > 
> > I am using the flashplugin from Debian's nonfree repo.  If there are
> > any security updates for it from Adobe shouldn't those updates
> > ultimately end up in the repo just like all other nonfree stuff?  Or
> > would the security updates end up in some backport repo, since it
> > would be coming from a newer, non-Linux version of Flash?
> > 
> > As far as I can tell, I have the latest version not only from the
> > repo, but according to Adobe as well: 11.2.202
> 
> You are missing the fact that the flashplugin-nonfree package doesn't 
> actually contain the plugin. The "package" is actually only a 
> downloading script executed on package install[1]. So the only way to 
> trigger an update would be to bump the package version, which has to
> be done by the maintainer.

I was unaware of this.  I thought it was the plugin.  I have since read
the the Debian Flash wiki and see my error.  Of course, the Debian way
of installing/updating Flash is a lot easier than Fedora's which I
switched from middle of last year after using Core and Fedora for a
number of years:  You have to do it 100% manually.

I have also updated the version on my system from 11.2.202.261
to ...335.

Thanks for your clarification.

B