binary packages miss manifest.json file

[Rinat]

There is freshplayerplugin compatibility software which helps NPAPI-compatible browsers to load PPAPI Flash. Since PPAPI plugins have no embedded version reporting like NPAPI plugins do, version is stored outside, in a file named manifest.json. Freshplayerplugin needs that file to report version to a browser (say, Firefox).

Please, include manifest.json file in binary packages.

I've tried to take adobe-flashplugin_20151110.1-0xenial1 as a starting point, and found that the following change is enough:

diff -ur adobe-flashplugin-20151110.1.prev/debian/adobe-flashplugin.install.in adobe-flashplugin-20151110.1/debian/adobe-flashplugin.install.in
--- adobe-flashplugin-20151110.1.prev/debian/adobe-flashplugin.install.in 2015-11-28 17:25:13.000000000 +0300
+++ adobe-flashplugin-20151110.1/debian/adobe-flashplugin.install.in 2015-11-28 17:27:07.580851273 +0300
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #ARCH#/libflashplayer.so usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin
 #ARCH#/libpepflashplayer.so usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin
+#ARCH#/manifest.json usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin
 #ARCH#/usr/share/icons/* usr/share/icons
 #ARCH#/usr/share/pixmaps/* usr/share/pixmaps
 debian/10-flash etc/chromium-browser/customizations

Although I've tested package creation only on amd64, I think i386 should be fine too.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Rinat (ibragimovrinat)]

I've just tested, and manifest.json file is now included into a binary package. Corresponding part of change log:

+adobe-flashplugin (1:20160712.1-0ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium
+
+ * New upstream releases
+ - NPAPI: 11.2.202.632
+ - PPAPI: 22.0.0.209
+
+ * Install the manifest.json so that Oxide can use the PPAPI Flash Player
+ - update debian/adobe-flashplugin.install.in
+
+ -- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:33:38 +0100