Ubuntu
libflashsupport package

Please remove libflashsupport source+binary from archive

Bug #267749 reported by Alexander Sack
14
This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libflashsupport (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Oliver Grawert
Ubuntu ubuntu-8.10-beta
Intrepid
Fix Released
High
Oliver Grawert
Ubuntu ubuntu-8.10-beta
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Michael Vogt
Intrepid
Fix Released
Medium
Michael Vogt

Bug Description

Binary package hint: libflashsupport

libflashsupport causes crashes of adobe flash.

The known use cases for libflashsupport were:
 1. sound through pulse when flash didn't support the alsa pulse plugin (solved since flash 10)
 2. ltsp installs needed this for network sound.

As of 2008-10-17 12:00 UTC, both use cases now work correctly with libasound2-plugins in place of libflashsupport, so the latter's source and binary should be removed from the archive.

See original description
Revision history for this message
Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

milestoning and assigning to ogra so he can verify the options for ltsp.

Changed in libflashsupport:
assignee: nobody → ogra
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-8.10-beta
status: New → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

If this is obsolete, should it also be automatically removed by update-manager when upgrading to 8.10?

Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

2008-10-20 07:48:46 INFO creating lockfile
2008-10-20 07:48:50 INFO Removing candidates:
2008-10-20 07:48:50 INFO libflashsupport 1.9-0ubuntu2 in intrepid
2008-10-20 07:48:50 INFO libflashsupport 1.9-0ubuntu2 in intrepid amd64
2008-10-20 07:48:50 INFO libflashsupport 1.9-0ubuntu2 in intrepid hppa
2008-10-20 07:48:50 INFO libflashsupport 1.9-0ubuntu2 in intrepid i386
2008-10-20 07:48:50 INFO libflashsupport 1.9-0ubuntu2 in intrepid ia64
2008-10-20 07:48:50 INFO libflashsupport 1.9-0ubuntu2 in intrepid lpia
2008-10-20 07:48:50 INFO libflashsupport 1.9-0ubuntu2 in intrepid powerpc
2008-10-20 07:48:50 INFO libflashsupport 1.9-0ubuntu2 in intrepid sparc
2008-10-20 07:48:50 INFO Removed-by: Steve Langasek
2008-10-20 07:48:50 INFO Comment: obsolete; LP: #267749
2008-10-20 07:48:50 INFO 8 packages successfully removed.
Confirm this transaction? [yes, no] yes
2008-10-20 07:49:24 INFO Transaction committed.
2008-10-20 07:49:24 INFO The archive will be updated in the next publishing cycle.

Changed in libflashsupport:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

adding an update-manager task; can someone answer Matt's question? (I think the answer is "yes")

Revision history for this message
Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 267749] Re: Please remove libflashsupport source+binary from archive

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 07:52:05AM -0000, Steve Langasek wrote:
> adding an update-manager task; can someone answer Matt's question? (I
> think the answer is "yes")
>

Yes, imo we should auto remove it if users havent installed
libflashsupport directly/manually.

 - Alexander

Revision history for this message
Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

With the current code in update-manager libflashsupport will be suggested for cleanup. However the user can cancel this step. I will add it to the list of stuff that the forcefully removed on upgrade because it hurts more than it helps and there is no reason to keep it.

Changed in update-manager:
assignee: nobody → mvo
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Oliver Grawert (ogra) wrote :

just on a sidenote, ltsp flash sound works fine without libflashsupport installed with flash 10, i expect no regression due to the removal

Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

This was fixed in update-manager 1:0.93.28:

update-manager (1:0.93.28) intrepid; urgency=low

  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py:
    - do not install nvidia-glx-{173,177} on systems without
      the "sse" cpu extension (LP: #272498)
    - fix case-sensitive parsing when checking for the xorg
      driver
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgrade.cfg:
    - make sure that libflashsupport gets removed on upgrade
      (LP: #285657)
  * DistUpgrade/ReleaseAnnouncement:
    - updated for the release candidate

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:55:40 +0200

Changed in update-manager:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.
Subscribing...

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.