Re: adobe flash player in iceweasel does not work anymore in jessie
On 2015-09-13, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun 13 Sep 2015 at 01:04:27 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>
>> On 2015-09-12, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>> > On Sat 12 Sep 2015 at 20:21:40 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 2015-09-11, Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl> wrote:
>> >> > Op 09-09-15 om 23:43 schreef Liam O'Toole:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've been using Flash from deb-multimedia for years without issue (on
>> >> >> stable releases, I grant you). I use the following pinning:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Package: *
>> >> >> Pin: release o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages
>> >> >> Pin-Priority: 100
>> >> >
>> >> > I don't know what this is doing, do you?
>> >>
>> >> Yes. When a package is available in both debian and deb-multimedia, the
>> >> former is always preferred.
>> >
>> > Except when you use "Flash from deb-multimedia for years".
>>
>> I don't follow. Could you please explain?
>
> I was pointing out the apparent contradiction in advising the Debian
> archives over the deb-multimedia ones and not taking it yourself. It
> was not really that important to mention. :)
Ah, I see. I use deb-multimedia when a package is not available in
debian, or when the deb-multimedia package uses (what I consider to be)
a superior approach to the packaging of non-free software. Hence my
preference for flashplayer-mozilla over flashplugin-nonfree.
--
Liam
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