Comment 41 for bug 173890

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Gonzhauser (gonzhauser) wrote : Re: [Bug 173890] Re: flashplugin-nonfree fails to install... new version?

selivanow schrieb:
> On Dec 11, 2007 11:54 AM, Gonzhauser <email address hidden> wrote:
>> Vinay Augustine schrieb:
>>
>> I sent a patch a while ago to ask the user whether he wants to still
>> install even if md5sums did not match. Is this acceptable and why not, why?
>> Here is the patch again.
>>
>>
> I believe that would be ok if:
>
> 1) The user was notified when using the non-console based managers
> 2) Users were make aware that it may break things, such as konqueror
> (as T. Shaw pointed out.)

Do you know how to notify the user? If you can tell me a devscript
function or similar I would be glad to implement that.

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