Re: update flash

2014-01-19 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:32:09 +0100 Slavko wrote: > Ahoj, > > Dňa Sun, 19 Jan 2014 08:24:14 -0500 Celejar napísal: > > > On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:37:36 -0700 > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > But yes it is hard to avoid proprietary protocols. Tax forms are in > > > PDF. Videos are

Re: update flash

2014-01-19 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Sun, 19 Jan 2014 08:24:14 -0500 Celejar napísal: > On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:37:36 -0700 > Bob Proulx wrote: > > ... > > > But yes it is hard to avoid proprietary protocols. Tax forms are in > > PDF. Videos are in Flash, or worse Silverlight. Audio files are in > > I think we've di

Re: update flash

2014-01-19 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:37:36 -0700 Bob Proulx wrote: ... > But yes it is hard to avoid proprietary protocols. Tax forms are in > PDF. Videos are in Flash, or worse Silverlight. Audio files are in I think we've discussed this before, but is it really correct to call PDF a proprietary protocol

Re: update flash

2014-01-17 Thread François Patte
Le 17/01/2014 18:28, Patrick Bartek a écrit : > On Fri, 17 Jan 2014, François Patte wrote: > >> Le 17/01/2014 05:11, Patrick Bartek a écrit : >>> On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>> On Jo, 16 ian 14, 09:58:43, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > [snip] >>> >>> I was unaware of this.

Re: update flash

2014-01-17 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 17 Jan 2014, François Patte wrote: > Le 17/01/2014 05:11, Patrick Bartek a écrit : > > On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > >> On Jo, 16 ian 14, 09:58:43, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >>> > >>> [snip] > > > > I was unaware of this. I thought it was the plugin. I have since > > r

Re: update flash

2014-01-17 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 17 Jan 2014, Ma Xiaojun wrote: > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 1:42 AM, Patrick Bartek > wrote: > > My primary browser. Same problem whether using Adobe Flash or > > Google's version. In fact, if using Google's, those "problem" > > sites don't even recognize it, and say "You need to install F

Re: update flash

2014-01-17 Thread François Patte
Le 17/01/2014 05:11, Patrick Bartek a écrit : > 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 >>> ulti

Re: update flash

2014-01-17 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2014-01-16 11:41 PM, Ma Xiaojun wrote: On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Vendor_dependence So you are so "freedom loving", why don't you abandon Flash-using-website altogether? Is it so hard? Maybe because flash is required

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Ma Xiaojun wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Vendor_dependence > > So you are so "freedom loving", why don't you abandon > Flash-using-website altogether? > Is it so hard? You may be confusing me with comments made by others. I wasn't the one with the Fla

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Ma Xiaojun
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Vendor_dependence So you are so "freedom loving", why don't you abandon Flash-using-website altogether? Is it so hard? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subj

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Ma Xiaojun wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > The OS is not the problem. All the other sites I frequent work just > > fine. It's just a couple that don't, but used to -- a month or so ago. > > A sane OS doesn't lock you at 11.2; a broken one does. Adobe Flash is a proprietary plugin from Adobe.

FIXED: Flash problem (was Re: update flash)

2014-01-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
In my quest to get Flash to work on a couple sites requiring version 11.8 or greater when 11.2 is the last Linux version, I was having no luck until today: Got an update/upgrade of Chrome, my primary browser, and its Pepper version of Flash is 12.0.0.41. The problem sites now work just fine. The

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Ma Xiaojun
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 1:42 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > My primary browser. Same problem whether using Adobe Flash or Google's > version. In fact, if using Google's, those "problem" sites don't even > recognize it, and say "You need to install Flash." Contact Google for support. > The OS is n

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
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 nonf

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Curt wrote: > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > Of course, the package could set up a cron job to do the update > > > automatically, but most people would hate that (me included) and it's > > > trivial to do it yourself. > > > > It could check for an updated version and, if one

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Andrei POPESCU wrote: > 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

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 16 ian 14, 18:25:34, Curt wrote: > On 2014-01-16, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > Of course, the package could set up a cron job to do the update=20 > > automatically, but most people would hate that (me included) and it's=20 > > trivial to do it yourself. > > It could check for an updated v

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Curt
On 2014-01-16, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Of course, the package could set up a cron job to do the update=20 > automatically, but most people would hate that (me included) and it's=20 > trivial to do it yourself. It could check for an updated version and, if one is available, alert the user by the

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
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

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Paul Cartwright wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/15/2014 08:02 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Jarth Berilcosm wrote: > > > > Good advice. On Jessie and later I have this: > > > > cat /etc/cron.daily/adobe-flashplugin-local > > #!/bin/sh >

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 15 ian 14, 19:06:12, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Query: Wouldn't apt-get update and upgrade do the same > > thing, if there were a new security update? And if you have > > the nonfree repo enabled, of course. > > apt-get only understands pa

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Ma Xiaojun wrote: > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Patrick Bartek > wrote: > > FWIW: Adobe says that 11.2.202 is the last and final Linux version > > of Flash. Although, they will continue backported security updates. > > Windows/OSX version is up to 12.something-or-othe

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20140116_101618, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 15 ian 14, 19:06:12, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Query: Wouldn't apt-get update and upgrade do the same > > thing, if there were a new security update? And if you have > > the nonfree repo enabled, of course. > > apt-get only understands pack

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Paul Cartwright
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/15/2014 08:02 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Jarth Berilcosm wrote: > > Good advice. On Jessie and later I have this: > > cat /etc/cron.daily/adobe-flashplugin-local > #!/bin/sh > update-flashplugin-nonfree --quiet --install > > If your version

Re: update flash

2014-01-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 15 ian 14, 19:06:12, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Query: Wouldn't apt-get update and upgrade do the same > thing, if there were a new security update? And if you have > the nonfree repo enabled, of course. apt-get only understands package (as in .deb) versions, so if a newer flashplugin-non

Re: update flash

2014-01-15 Thread Ma Xiaojun
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > FWIW: Adobe says that 11.2.202 is the last and final Linux version of > Flash. Although, they will continue backported security updates. > Windows/OSX version is up to 12.something-or-other, IIRC. And I'm > beginning to run across sites t

Re: update flash

2014-01-15 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Wed, 15 Jan 2014, Bob Proulx wrote: > Jarth Berilcosm wrote: > > If you have flash-player non-free installed make sure to run > > update-flashplugin-nonfree --install > > update-flashplugin-nonfree --status > > ... > > http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58396 documents what's up with an > > ol

Re: update flash

2014-01-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Jarth Berilcosm wrote: > If you have flash-player non-free installed make sure to run > update-flashplugin-nonfree --install > update-flashplugin-nonfree --status > ... > http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58396 documents what's up with an old > exploit used in new scenario's. Good advice. On J

Re: update flash

2014-01-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/01/14 02:56, Jarth Berilcosm wrote: > If you have flash-player non-free installed make sure to run > > update-flashplugin-nonfree --install > > update-flashplugin-nonfree --status > > Flash Player version installed on this system : 11.2.202.335 > Flash Player version available on upstr

Re: update flash

2014-01-15 Thread Stephen Allen
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update flash

2014-01-15 Thread Jarth Berilcosm
If you have flash-player non-free installed make sure to run update-flashplugin-nonfree --install update-flashplugin-nonfree --status Flash Player version installed on this system : 11.2.202.335 Flash Player version available on upstream site: 11.2.202.335 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/