GICodeWarrior Couldn't a complete backup of the previous known working version be keep on a Canonical/Ubuntu server. This way if there is any problems with this particular package again the user could simply use aptitude to pull the package from a dedicated Ubuntu server/repo, and not pull it direct from adobe?
Note: not sure this is possible. On Dec 19, 2007 4:22 PM, GICodeWarrior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Walker wrote on 2007-12-17: > > Couldn't something be done to not use md5sums in the .deb file? Since we > have > > no idea when Adobe may change the file, could there be a way to say, > download > > the file 2 or 3 times and see if the sum is all the same. OR, have some > > dedicated machine somewhere that once-a-day downloads and generates the > > md5sum, which users can check against? > > The md5sum check is not only to verify the integrity of the file. It is > also to verify the version. > > When the version changes, two things need to happen. The package needs > to be updated to reflect the version change, so users are notified of > the available upgrade. Also, the new version needs to be tested. > > If the new version was automagically pushed, everyones flash > installations could be broken. > > Perhaps a better route would be to ask Adobe to distribute the previous > versions of the plugin separately rather than in a massive tarball. If > they had each version in a separate, numbered tarball each version of > the flash package could point directly to the proper version, and this > problem would go away. > > -- > flashplugin-nonfree fails to install... new version? > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173890 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > -- 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
