Package: flashplugin-nonfree
Version: 1:3.2
Followup-For: Bug #700092
Control: severity -1 normal
Hi all,
I was thinking about another way to safely ensure the flash plugin is kept up
to date.
Could the package maintainers bump the package version number every time
upstream releases a security update, and run
update-flashplugin-nonfree --install
from the package's postinst script?
I noticed yesterday my flash plugin version lagged behind the latest release
by several fixes, so I manually ran update-flashplugin-nonfree and fixed it.
Most likely many users are in the same situation, and the vast majority doesnt
even know about the update script.
I expect my package manager to keep all the software it installs up to date, and
at this point, only the flash plugin seems to be an exception. As we all know
the security implications of running old versions of the plugin, this should
really be addressed.
Is that a convenient solution?
Thanks
-- Package-specific info:
Debian version: 7.0
Architecture: i386
Package version: 1:3.2
Adobe Flash Player version: LNX 11,2,202,273
MD5 checksums:
5ef4521d2b4c782ce87cea75a3036fe9
/var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/get-upstream-version.pl
38a8cb6c9d3ec0913de6c145a52e8a66
/var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz
946f25a67c1bab8c170d786429b00f8d
/var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_11_linux_i386.tar.gz
6ad2670b1de79435ed8648d767a1c7c7
/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
Alternatives:
flash-mozilla.so - auto mode
link currently points to
/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so - priority 50
/usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so - priority 10
Current 'best' version is
'/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so'.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Dec 10 20:01
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so -> /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so: symbolic link to
`/etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so'
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
APT prefers testing-updates
APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'),
(500, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages flashplugin-nonfree depends on:
ii binutils 2.22-7.1
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.49
ii gnupg 1.4.12-7
ii libatk1.0-0 2.4.0-2
ii libcairo2 1.12.2-3
ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.26.0-1+wheezy1
ii libfontconfig1 2.9.0-7.1
ii libfreetype6 2.4.9-1.1
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.2-5
ii libglib2.0-0 2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.10-2
ii libnspr4 2:4.9.2-1
ii libnss3 2:3.14.2-1
ii libpango1.0-0 1.30.0-1
ii libstdc++6 4.7.2-5
ii libx11-6 2:1.5.0-1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.1-2
ii libxt6 1:1.1.3-1
ii wget 1.13.4-3
flashplugin-nonfree recommends no packages.
Versions of packages flashplugin-nonfree suggests:
pn flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound <none>
pn hal <none>
ii iceweasel 19.0-1
pn konqueror-nsplugins <none>
ii ttf-dejavu 2.33-3
ii ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1
pn ttf-xfree86-nonfree <none>
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