7.0.68~ubuntu2~dapper1: fix from #61404 fails without meaningful feedback

Use -phigh.

bruce@Herodotus:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh flashplugin-nonfree
Password:
Downloading... done.
installation failed
bruce@Herodotus:/var/cache/apt/archives$

Was this a fresh installation of flashplugin-nonfree or an upgrade?

Please execute ``sudo update-flashplugin''. If that still fails, please purge then reinstall the package.

This was an upgrade/ The update-flashplugin repeated the failure. Purge and reinstall appears to have gone smoothly. Does this imply that messed up files left over from 7.0.68~ubuntu1~dapper1 were continuing to cause problems in the fixed version?

bruce@Herodotus:~$ sudo update-flashplugin
Password:
Downloading... done.
installation failed
bruce@Herodotus:~$ sudo aptitude purge flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  flashplugin-nonfree{p}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 168kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 207484 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing flashplugin-nonfree ...
Purging configuration files for flashplugin-nonfree ...
bruce@Herodotus:~$ sudo aptitude --with-recommends install flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-nonfree
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/15.8kB of archives. After unpacking 168kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree.
(Reading database ... 207475 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_7.0.68~ubuntu2~dapper1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (7.0.68~ubuntu2~dapper1) ...

bruce@Herodotus:~$

Quite possible. Are the proper symlinks to the files in /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/ created?

The directory /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/ is empty.

$ grep -nH flash /var/cache/debconf/config.dat

bruce@Herodotus:~$ ls /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/
bruce@Herodotus:~$ grep -nH flash /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:1086:Name: flashplugin-nonfree/httpget
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:1087:Template: flashplugin-nonfree/httpget
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:1089:Owners: flashplugin-nonfree
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:1091:Name: flashplugin-nonfree/local
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:1092:Template: flashplugin-nonfree/local
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:1094:Owners: flashplugin-nonfree
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:1096:Name: flashplugin-nonfree/not_exist
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:1097:Template: flashplugin-nonfree/not_exist
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:1098:Owners: flashplugin-nonfree
bruce@Herodotus:~$

Not rejecting this bug but closing it without further action. The problem on the bug submitter's system is solved. Anyone feel free to reopen and explain why.

It required purging and reinstalling the package in order to solve the problem. That would normally suggest to me that further work on the package is indicated. On the other hand, no one else has reported the problem yet. My philosophy is that a problem which happens once can sometimes be dismissed as a quirk ... but if it happens a second time, it is a real problem and something must be done to fix it.

I would agree that the bug be left closed for now, but if someone else reports the same behaviour, I hope that you will re-open it and add some further cleanup of previous files.

same problem happened in kubuntu 6.06.1

sudo update-flashplugin
Downloading... Done
installation failed

but I don't know if I can purge in adept, since I am using kubuntu.