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and subject line Bug#399140: Info received (Bug#399140: flashplugin-nonfree:
Upgrade fails with misleading error message)
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Package: flashplugin-nonfree
Version: 9.0.21.55.2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
This report is for: flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.21.55.2 (NOT 7.0.68.0.1)
The package (9.0.21.55.2) cannot be installed due to the following reasons:
- It asks the user to locate the tar.gz from Macromedia without telling the
user *which file* (file name). The user has downloaded the file last year,
so he/she enters the path name.
- The package then tells the user that the file cannot be located. The user
is confused, but out of desperation presses Enter to download the file.
- The package says it is downloading the file (even though squid does not
log anything), then after a while a second screen appears and tells the
user again that the file cannot be located. This time, it specifically
asks the user "Have you already downloaded the
install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz package from Macromedia?" (Note the
file name... the user becomes more confused because the file so named is
indeed present)
- The package still cannot find the file no matter what the user does. Then
the installation fails.
- The user takes the extraordinary effort to unpack the deb file in /tmp and
look inside control.tar.gz, and finds that it actually is looking for
flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.21.55.2_i386.deb and
not install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz.
- The user proceeds to download the required file and retries.
- When the package asks for the directory it is entered.
- Then the install fails abruptly with
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.21.55.2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
without any further explanation.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.28-ow1
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.Big5, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.Big5 (charmap=BIG5)
Versions of packages flashplugin-nonfree depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.8 Debian configuration management sy
ii gsfonts-x11 0.20 Make Ghostscript fonts available t
ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii wget 1.10.2-2 retrieves files from the web
Versions of packages flashplugin-nonfree recommends:
ii xfs 1:1.0.1-5 X font server
-- debconf information:
* flashplugin-nonfree/httpget: true
* flashplugin-nonfree/not_exist:
flashplugin-nonfree/http_proxy:
* flashplugin-nonfree/local:
* flashplugin-nonfree/delete: false
flashplugin-nonfree/failed:
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--- Begin Message ---
Hi,
9.0.21.55.3 does fix the problem.
The bug report can be closed.
--
Ambrose Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto
+1 416 292 9293 http://www.cccgt.org/
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