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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