[Bug 1633678] Re: Compability issue with adobe-flashplugin

[Niklas Holm]

See also https://github.com/i-rinat/freshplayerplugin/issues/246

13.1.2.3 is a dummy version used when the wrapper can't find the plugin.
Firefox caches plugin information in pluginreg.dat, and since the
wrapper's doesn't change when adobe-flashplugin is installed, firefox
doesn't notice anything has changed and as such doesn't update the
cache.

If necessary one can trigger an update of the cache by updating the time
stamp

sudo touch /usr/lib/browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash
/libfreshwrapper-flashplayer.so

** Bug watch added: FreshPlayerPlugin Github Issues tracker #246
   https://github.com/i-rinat/freshplayerplugin/issues/246

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Title:
  Compability issue with adobe-flashplugin

Status in freshplayerplugin package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Since google no longer bundles its pepperflash plugin with chrome's
  debs (bug #1632870) the recommended way to get the plugin is by
  installing adobe-flashplugin from the partner repository. However,
  since it also includes the outdated NPAPI-plugin this will result in
  two flash-plugins being installed to Firefox' plugin directory, due to
  the fact that browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash and adobe-
  flashplugin doesn't use the same alternative link, which they should.

  In /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins there's currently two links:
  flash-mozilla.so -> /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so (installed by browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash)
  flashplugin-alternative.so -> /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin (installed by adobe-flashplugin)

  browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash should use the same
  alternatives-link as the official package but with an higher priority,
  which would eliminate the compability issue.

  Also the recommend of pepperflashplugin-nonfree should be removed and
  solely recommend adobe-flashplugin instead.

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