outdated hardy-backports package being used instead of hardy-updates

[Parag Joshi]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Since I upgraded to Kubuntu Hardy 8.04 (lsb_release shows Ubuntu 8.04.2), my flash player stopped working. I have tried re-installing flashplugin-nonfree.
However, after removing it and running sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree, I get HTTP 404:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  libflashsupport xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  flashplugin-nonfree
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 158 not upgraded.
Need to get 18.8kB of archives.
After this operation, 168kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports/multiverse flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.124.0ubuntu2 [18.8kB]
Fetched 18.8kB in 1s (17.4kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree.
(Reading database ... 237490 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.124.0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.124.0ubuntu2) ...
Downloading...
--02:29:50-- http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
           => `./install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 96.17.210.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|96.17.210.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
02:29:50 ERROR 404: Not Found.

download failed
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.

Note that, I did run sudo apt-get update before running this install command. So, it should have the right URL.
Also, I could not view flash in Firefox even when flashplugin-nonfree was installed and I had the .so files in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory.
Even after removing flashplugin-nonfree, I still have flash player in /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/. So, why does flash not work?
$ ls /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/
libflashplayer.so mplayerplug-in-dvx.so mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt mplayerplug-in.so mplayerplug-in.xpt
libjavaplugin.so mplayerplug-in-dvx.xpt mplayerplug-in-rm.so mplayerplug-in-wmp.so nphelix.so
mozplugger.so mplayerplug-in-qt.so mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt nphelix.xpt

At the very least, this HTTP 404 should be fixed.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as Triaged and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better! Please report any other issues you may find.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

I attached the debdiff and I tested it. It upgraded the backports package properly.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

@asac

I wasn't sure which repo it should go in, so I just marked it hardy. You'll have to change it to whatever is appropriate.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 06:29:24AM -0000, Micah Gersten wrote:
> @asac
>
> I wasn't sure which repo it should go in, so I just marked it hardy.
> You'll have to change it to whatever is appropriate.

the right targe twould havbe been "hardy-security" ... as we plan to push
that through -proposed to -updates and -security

 - Alexander

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

New debdiff targetting hardy-security

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

I tested this by:
1. uploading to my ppa https://edge.launchpad.net/~micahg/+archive/ppa/+packages
2. Boot hardy 8.04.3 i386 desktop LiveCD
3. Enable -backports
4. Have Firefox attempt to install flash
5. Package is installed, but download fails
6. Add ppa as source
7. use aptitude to upgrade flash (download works now)
8. Load flash site in firefox

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

Micah, thanks for the debdiff! In the future, please be sure to wrap lines to 80 characters in the changelog and generally follow https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdatePreparation#Packaging. I have made these changes and I am going to upload through -security.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package flashplugin-nonfree - 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.246.0ubuntu1

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flashplugin-nonfree (10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.246.0ubuntu1) hardy-security; urgency=low

  * Closes LP: #461773 - outdated backports package being used instead of
    updates/security version
    - Backports version is
      10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.124.0ubuntu2 due to
      LP: #235135 which tried to backport amd64 to hardy

 -- Micah Gersten <email address hidden> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:16:06 -0500