[Bug 182468] [NEW] Synaptic incorectly reports a succesfull instalation of flashplugin-nonfree

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Binary package hint: synaptic

When attempting to install the flashplugin-nonfree package Synaptic Packet Manager reported that is was installed.
Check box checked, dependancies shown, file locations shown etc.
A check of the file locations through Nautilius showed other than an empty Directory, flashplugin-nonfree, nothing had been installed into the Firefox or Mozilla plugin directorys.
I then ran apt-get-install to install the plugin which then returned the error;
md5sum mismatch install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.

So while apt correctly did not install the plugin due to a md5sum mismatch, the Synaptic Packet Manager reported that it was installed, 
when it should have returned a similar error as apt, then indicated that the package was not installed.

I am running Ubuntu 7.10 and it is afresh install.

** Affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Confirmed

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Synaptic incorectly reports a succesfull instalation of flashplugin-nonfree
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/182468
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