The md5sums in the debian/config files were not updated, people with the previous flash tar still in their local disk will have flash suddenly removed.
Attaching a fix, tested with a user in that situation 17:38 < bazhang> 821cc72359a937caef85bb4cc74ef5cd /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz 17:40 <Riddell> what's your output of apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree ? 17:40 <bazhang> flashplugin-nonfree: 17:40 <bazhang> Installed: 9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12.1 17:40 <bazhang> Candidate: 9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12.1 17:40 <bazhang> Version table: 17:40 <bazhang> *** 9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12.1 0 17:40 <bazhang> 500 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Packages 17:40 <bazhang> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 17:40 <bazhang> 9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12 0 17:40 <bazhang> 500 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Packages 17:41 <bazhang> or should I pastebin that? 17:41 <Riddell> that's fine 17:41 <Riddell> md5sum /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so ? 17:43 <bazhang> no such file or directory 17:43 <Riddell> good 17:43 <Riddell> wget http://kubuntu.org/~jriddell/tmp/flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12.2_i386.deb 17:44 <Riddell> dpkg --install flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12.2_i386.deb 17:44 <Riddell> md5sum /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so 17:46 <bazhang> this is connecting me to macromedia (the second command) is that right? 17:48 <Riddell> yes 17:48 <bazhang> just taking a while 17:49 <bazhang> 13ce705df5d47422a9192b29827544e8 /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so 17:50 <Riddell> excellent ** Attachment added: "flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12.2.debdiff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11815472/flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.48.0.2%2Breally0ubuntu12.2.debdiff -- 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