On 2015-09-11, Paul van der Vlis <p...@vandervlis.nl> wrote: > Op 09-09-15 om 23:43 schreef Liam O'Toole: >> On 2015-09-09, Paul van der Vlis <p...@vandervlis.nl> wrote: >>> Op 09-09-15 om 12:20 schreef Liam O'Toole: >>> >>>> If you use flashplayer-mozilla from deb-multimedia, then you get updates >>>> automatically. >>> >>> When you use cron, you get updates automatically too. See my other post. >> >> I saw that, thanks. I prefer to manage updates through APT. Each to his >> own. > > You prefer to get updates from a place, what gave many problems in the past. > >>>> Conflicts are avoided by pinning the deb-multimedia repository. >>> >>> I think this is complex to do right. >>> >>> My experience: deb-multimedia in sources.list gives problems. >>> See: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/FAQ#Common_issues >>> >>> When I need a package from deb-multimedia, I use wget and dpkg. >> >> I've been using Flash from deb-multimedia for years without issue (on >> stable releases, I grant you). I use the following pinning: >> >> Package: * >> Pin: release o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages >> Pin-Priority: 100 > > I don't know what this is doing, do you?
Yes. When a package is available in both debian and deb-multimedia, the former is always preferred. > > I think you will have many packages on your system what are coming from > deb-multimedia. Maybe that's what you want, no idea. Not so. See above. > I think the people from deb-multimedia are doing their best to make good > packages. But I think Debian is too complex to mix with a repo like > deb-multimedia with many packages. Maybe you don't have problems with > flash, but I think your system is not "rock solid" anymore. > And what does deb-multimedia bring you for that? The system is no longer 'rock solid' as soon as you install any third-party software, be it via flashplayer-mozilla or flashplugin-nonfree or anything else. -- Liam
