(Quoting fixed.) On 2016-04-10 at 18:54, Harris Paltrowitz wrote:
> On Apr 10, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > >> Those that do still use it (Flash) should upgrade to the newest >> version (which I believe is 11.2.202.616) as they've recently fixed >> some critical vulnerabilities (on 4-7-2016). > > Any idea whether the package "flashplugin-nonfree" is being updated > in the same way?" The package itself is just a downloader+installer, with a few associated utility programs. It doesn't always get updated when the plugin it downloads does, but you can trigger the download yourself. To check whether a new version is available upstream, run: update-flashplugin-nonfree --status To initiate an update attempt, run: update-flashplugin-nonfree --install Both commands will only work as root. (You can get the 'status' command to work as an ordinary user with fakeroot and the full path, but that's a bit more complicated.) Unfortunately, however, just because the 'status' command shows a new version as being available that doesn't mean the 'install' command will necessarily pick it up. The 'install' process checks the upstream binary against a validation list available on the package maintainer's personal Debian Webspace, and if it doesn't find a match, it doesn't download or install the new version. (This rather surprised me, the first time I encountered it.) In my experience, the new version will become installable via this procedure within a week or so after it gets released. There's no visible indication of when this has happened that I know of; you just have to keep retrying the 'install' command until it goes through. Anyone interested in exactly how this works is encouraged to examine the update-flashplugin-nonfree executable; it's a standard shell script, although a somewhat involved one. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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