[Bug 432909] [NEW] [karmic upgrade] flashplugin-installer creates bad symlink

[Nathaniel Smith]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: flashplugin-installer

I just upgraded from jaunty to karmic by running 'update-manager -d'.

Observed behavior: the non-free Adobe flash plugin disappeared from my
firefox. 'apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-installer' seemed to
complete without error, but my firefox still had no idea about the
existence of any flash plugin -- it didn't show up on about:plugins,
etc.

Underlying cause:
Looking in /usr/share/ubufox/plugins, there is a symlink 
    npwrapper.libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
However, /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so does not exist. The installer seems to have placed that file in /var/lib/flashplugin-installer instead. (I.e., the symlink should point to /var/..., not /usr/...)

Running 'cd /usr/share/ubufox/plugins && sudo ln -sf /var/lib
/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so .' seems to fix the
problem, which is useful as a workaround, and as confirmation that the
symlink is, indeed, the problem.

Please fix, kthx.

This is on x86-64.

** Affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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[karmic upgrade] flashplugin-installer creates bad symlink
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