[Bug 175255] Re: False success installing a packet when MD5sum mismatched

[Saïvann Carignan]

This bugs is in the flashplugin-nonfree package which does not tells
synaptic that the installation script failed so even if the script print
"md5 missmatch", it does not mean anything to synaptic if the script
finally tells to synaptic that it was executed correctly. I set the
package to flashplugin-nonfree

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: apt
  
  Machine: Xubuntu 7.10 (original kernel 2.6.22), AMD Turion64 x2
  
  Particular problem:
  Installing the flashplugin-nonfree packet. I get success doing it, but later flash doesn't work. After reinstalling again I check that the MD5sum mismatched but still the packet is marked as installed and successfully.
  
  General problem:
  I have seen the same problem for other packets. 
  
  Real problem:
  Having apparently success when is not true. Bug in packet manager (synaptic, apt, whatever). When you couldn't install the packet due a MD5sum mismatch or another reason, you should see perfectly that there were a problem and you couldn't install the packet. This can get crazy a person because you see the program like installed when is not. Then maybe you try to install it again but the response is that you have it already installed when is not true. 
  
  This was terrible when I tried to get working flash in Firefox.
  ->Install missing plugins -> Install Flash Player -> Error you have it
  already installed!! ???
  
  More problematic with Synaptic because maybe you never see the MD5sum
  mismatch.
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+ This is not a duplicate of bug 173890

** Changed in: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: apt => flashplugin-nonfree
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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False success installing a packet when MD5sum mismatched
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175255
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