Package: flashplugin-nonfree
Version: 1:2.8.2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


Adobe has again updated their flash player version 10 (now dated Nov. 11, 2010)

Attempting to install gives the following error:

   ERROR: sha512sum rejected install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
   More information might be available at:
     http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer

For this package to be usable for any period of time, it needs to not use 
a fixed built-in checksum (which I assume is the source of the error).
Otherwise, it could be broken again by Adobe doing a new release the day
after this is fixed, or the day of the next Debian release for that matter.

Possibly it could give a warning on checksum error and allow the user to
decide whether or not to install rather than failing outright.  I realize
there are potential problems with this approach too, but the current approach
is badly broken and this might make it less of a problem.  FWIW.

-- Package-specific info:
Debian version: squeeze/sid
Architecture: i386
Package version: 1:2.8.2
MD5 checksums:
        md5sum: /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/*: No such file or directory
        md5sum: /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so: No such file or 
directory
Alternatives:
        update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for flash-mozilla.so.
        ls: cannot access /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so: No such 
file or directory
        /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so: ERROR: cannot open 
`/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so' (No such file or directory)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages flashplugin-nonfree depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.36     Debian configuration management sy
ii  gnupg                         1.4.10-4   GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  libatk1.0-0                   1.30.0-1   The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.10-6   The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcurl3-gnutls               7.21.0-1   Multi-protocol file transfer libra
ii  libfontconfig1                2.8.0-2.1  generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6                  2.4.2-1    FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.4.5-6  GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.24.2-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.20.1-2   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnspr4-0d                   4.8.6-1    NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-1d                    3.12.8-1   Network Security Service libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0                 1.28.3-1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libstdc++6                    4.4.5-6    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.3.3-3  X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                      2:1.1.2-1  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxt6                        1:1.0.7-1  X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  wget                          1.12-2.1   retrieves files from the web

flashplugin-nonfree recommends no packages.

Versions of packages flashplugin-nonfree suggests:
pn  flashplugin-nonfree-extrasoun <none>     (no description available)
ii  iceweasel                     3.5.15-1   Web browser based on Firefox
pn  konqueror-nsplugins           <none>     (no description available)
ii  msttcorefonts                 2.7        transitional dummy package
ii  ttf-dejavu                    2.31-1     Metapackage to pull in ttf-dejavu-
ii  ttf-mscorefonts-installer [ms 3.3        Installer for Microsoft TrueType c
pn  ttf-xfree86-nonfree           <none>     (no description available)
ii  x-ttcidfont-conf              32         TrueType and CID fonts configurati

-- debconf information:
  flashplugin-nonfree/httpget: false
  flashplugin-nonfree/not_exist:
  flashplugin-nonfree/local:



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