On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 16 ian 14, 09:58:43, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > I am using the flashplugin from Debian's nonfree repo. If there are > > any security updates for it from Adobe shouldn't those updates > > ultimately end up in the repo just like all other nonfree stuff? Or > > would the security updates end up in some backport repo, since it > > would be coming from a newer, non-Linux version of Flash? > > > > As far as I can tell, I have the latest version not only from the > > repo, but according to Adobe as well: 11.2.202 > > You are missing the fact that the flashplugin-nonfree package doesn't > actually contain the plugin. The "package" is actually only a > downloading script executed on package install[1]. So the only way to > trigger an update would be to bump the package version, which has to > be done by the maintainer.
I was unaware of this. I thought it was the plugin. I have since read the the Debian Flash wiki and see my error. Of course, the Debian way of installing/updating Flash is a lot easier than Fedora's which I switched from middle of last year after using Core and Fedora for a number of years: You have to do it 100% manually. I have also updated the version on my system from 11.2.202.261 to ...335. Thanks for your clarification. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
