I also have this problem. I applied the patch but it did not help. It gives the 
error message:
patching file /var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-installer.prerm
Hunk #1 FAILED at 27.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file 
/var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-installer.prerm.rej

The contents of file (/var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-
installer.prerm.rej) are:

--- flashplugin-installer.prerm 2009-04-08 20:55:56.000000000 +0300
+++ flashplugin-installer.prerm 2009-07-22 11:17:03.625993396 +0300
@@ -27,16 +27,6 @@
                rm -rf /var/cache/flashplugin-installer-unpackdir
                rm -rf /var/cache/flashplugin-installer
                
-               for p in $VARIANTS; do 
-                       update-alternatives --remove "$p-flashplugin" 
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so;
-               done
-               for p in $VARIANTS; do 
-                       update-alternatives --remove "$p-flashplugin" 
/var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so;
-               done
-               for p in $VARIANTS; do
-                        [ `update-alternatives --list "$p-flashplugin" | wc 
-l` = 0 ]  && \
-                               update-alternatives --remove-all 
"$p-flashplugin"
-               done
                ;;
        upgrade|deconfigure)
                update-rc.d -f flashplugin-installer remove >/dev/null 2>&1


** Changed in: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Released => Incomplete

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package flashplugin-installer 10.0.22.87ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: 
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398042
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