[Bug 306278] [NEW] Synaptic shows a package as installed even if the download failed

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Hi,

I am using Ubuntu 8.04. I get this problem when trying to install
flashplugin-nonfree using the Synaptic package manager. As you can see
from the console output below, the server responds with a 404 when
trying to download the tarball. However, when I look again at the
package listing in Synaptic, it is marked as "Installed". I guess it
should not be marked as installed if the download failed.

Also, I had uninstalled and then tried to re-install this package when
this problem occured. I had it installed successfully on my system
before.

Chaitanya

Console output from Synaptic:

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-nonfree.
(Reading database ... 140901 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flashplugin-nonfree (from .../flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.124.0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.124.0ubuntu2) ...
Downloading...
--22:16:00--  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... 122.252.138.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|122.252.138.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
22:16:02 ERROR 404: Not Found.

download failed
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.

** Affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Won't Fix

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Synaptic shows a package as installed even if the download failed
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/306278
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