Package: flashplugin-nonfree
Version: 1:2.8.1
Severity: grave

While I am aware that the 64-bit Flash plugin is only available in
versions that have security bugs, the flashplugin-nonfree package is now
completely useless on amd64.  Please either depend on nspluginwrapper
and install the 32-bit plugin, or request removal of this package on
amd64.

The only notice that I got that the Flash plugin was no longer available
was buried in many lines of updates, which is not okay.  The message
also uses the word "temporarily", which gives the impression that the
situation will be remedied shortly; nobody knows if the amd64 plugin
will be released tomorrow or in several years.

-- Package-specific info:
Debian version: squeeze/sid
Architecture: amd64
Package version: 1:2.8.1
MD5 checksums:
        868fe510a1e9a6addfa8144c643cef48  
/var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplayer10_install_linux_081108.tar.gz
        4777665a6149af11233d8a000b89ffb1  
/var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
        a311fd97aa6c214f63dc089a20cf7a39  
/var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
        492d98d25886afcaf18252334d4ac4e2  
/var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
        332e60275e9c7a92059f286a2bad6e41  
/var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer-10.0.32.18.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
        8b427c2991c0447af56a951c653ee383  
/var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer-10.0.42.34.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
        4a4561e456612a6751653b58342d53df  
/var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
        14c918ac5a9b9b680bdb37aedae40009  
/var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
        c165af9d4e324bfaf6d1cfbdbe959fbb  
/var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer-10.0.d21.1.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
        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)
Libraries used by libflashplayer.so:
        Omitted because your script is broken and listed every package on my
        system.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.34-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages flashplugin-nonfree depends on:
ii  cdebconf [debconf-2.0]  0.149            Debian Configuration Management Sy
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.32           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               1.8.10-4         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            2.3.11-1         FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.5-20091226-1 GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.24.1-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.20.1-1         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnspr4-0d             4.8.4-1          NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-1d              3.12.6-2         Network Security Service libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.28.1-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libstdc++6              4.5-20091226-1   The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                2:1.3.3-3        X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                2:1.1.1-3        X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxt6                  1:1.0.7-1        X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  wget                    1.12-2           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                     3.6.3-1    Web browser based on Firefox
ii  konqueror-nsplugins           4:4.4.4-1  Netscape plugin support for Konque
ii  ttf-dejavu                    2.31-1     Metapackage to pull in ttf-dejavu-
ii  ttf-mscorefonts-installer [ms 3.2        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: /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree

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