Mekaniserad Apelsin wrote: > This aint ok. You can't have a postinst-script that first checks if you > have a file and don't check if it is the right file before deciding if > to dl the right file. > > It screws up upgrading (as you already know) and if/when this deb ever > hits non proposed repos it will freak out tons of users that a update > "destroys" their system, and you can't have this in proposed forever, > new users are constantly asking why flash doesn't work and why they have > to jump through loops to get flash working. > > The script checks for the file /var/cache/flashplugin- > nonfree/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz, check it for its md5sum and > if it's wrong, dl the new one, and not until that is done and md5 is > still wrong fail the upgrade.
I'm with Mekaniserad on this one. If you're going to make it idiot-proof, actually *make* it idiot-proof. -- flashplugin-nonfree fails to install... new version? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173890 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs