GUI upgrade of flashplugin-installer never works

[Andrej Mernik]

I have a problem with upgrading Flash from GUI Package Manager:

1. Occasionally an upgrade pops-up in the update manager (Apper)
2. I select everything to upgrade
3. Upgrade finishes with no errors
4. I run browser, Flash Plugin is not installed/detected

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer says the latest version is installed
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer --reinstall fixes the issue

Apper upgrade:
2013-04-15 22:13:41 upgrade flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.275ubuntu0.12.10.1 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:13:41 status half-configured flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.275ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:13:41 status unpacked flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.275ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:13:41 status half-installed flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.275ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:13:41 status half-installed flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.275ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:13:41 status half-installed flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.275ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:13:42 status unpacked flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:13:42 status unpacked flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:14:54 configure flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1 <none>
2013-04-15 22:14:54 status unpacked flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:14:54 status half-configured flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:14:55 status installed flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1

Console reinstall:
2013-04-15 22:35:08 upgrade flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:35:08 status half-configured flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:35:08 status unpacked flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:35:08 status half-installed flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:35:08 status half-installed flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:35:08 status half-installed flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:35:08 status unpacked flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:35:08 status unpacked flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:35:23 configure flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1 <none>
2013-04-15 22:35:23 status unpacked flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:35:23 status half-configured flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1
2013-04-15 22:35:24 status installed flashplugin-installer:amd64 11.2.202.280ubuntu0.12.10.1

System info:
3.5.0-26-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 8 23:18:20 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=quantal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.10"
Apper: 0.7.2
KDE: 4.10.2
Qt: 4.8.3

[Andrej Mernik (r33d3m33r-deactivatedaccount)]

This bug is also present in 13.04.

[Andrej Mernik (r33d3m33r-deactivatedaccount)]

This might be an Apper bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=693591

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Andrej Mernik (r33d3m33r-deactivatedaccount)]

I just encountered this bug during upgrade on a different system that had Kubuntu 14.04 installed. This time Muon 2.1.3 was used with KDE 4.12.2.