[gentoo-user] netscape-flash masking

[gentoo-user] netscape-flash masking

[»Q«]

$ emerge -p netscape-flash

!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "netscape-flash" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
!!! request:
- net-www/netscape-flash-9.0.48.0 (masked by: package.mask)
# Olivier Crête <tester [at] gentoo [dot] org> (14 Jul 1007)
# We can't mirror. Different upstream mirrors have different versions
# and the tarballs are unversioned
# And the older versions are affected by critical remote security
# vulnerability 
# See Gentoo bug #185141

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I emerged netscape-flash-9.0.48.0 before it was masked.  I assume that
emerge got the correct tarball, else it would have been caught by the
checksum checking, and because about:plugins in Firefox says 
"File name: libflashplayer.so Shockwave Flash 9.0 r48".

I guess I'm seeking reassurance that my understanding is correct, that
I have the version with the vulnerability fixed.

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Re: [gentoo-user] netscape-flash masking

[Daniel]

On July 15, 2007 03:09:41 pm »Q« wrote:
> I emerged netscape-flash-9.0.48.0 before it was masked.  I assume that
> emerge got the correct tarball, else it would have been caught by the
> checksum checking, and because about:plugins in Firefox says
> "File name: libflashplayer.so Shockwave Flash 9.0 r48".
>
> I guess I'm seeking reassurance that my understanding is correct, that
> I have the version with the vulnerability fixed.

I can't tell you if you've got the "right" one, but I can warn you not to 
un-merge it... there doesn't appear to be a replacement available just 
yet :-)


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Re: [gentoo-user] netscape-flash masking

[Nico]

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2007/7/16, Daniel <danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca>:
>
> On July 15, 2007 03:09:41 pm »Q« wrote:
> > I emerged netscape-flash-9.0.48.0 before it was masked.  I assume that
> > emerge got the correct tarball, else it would have been caught by the
> > checksum checking, and because about:plugins in Firefox says
> > "File name: libflashplayer.so Shockwave Flash 9.0 r48".
> >
> > I guess I'm seeking reassurance that my understanding is correct, that
> > I have the version with the vulnerability fixed.
>
> I can't tell you if you've got the "right" one, but I can warn you not to
> un-merge it... there doesn't appear to be a replacement available just
> yet :-)
>
>
>
I've uninstall netscape-flash because of a problem with files in my
~/.mozilla/plugins/ but, now it's hard masked, do I (we) have to use the
media-libs/libflash instead ?
thx for advice

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Re: [gentoo-user] netscape-flash masking

[Nico]

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>
> I've uninstall netscape-flash because of a problem with files in my
> ~/.mozilla/plugins/ but, now it's hard masked, do I (we) have to use the
> media-libs/libflash instead ?
> thx for advice
>

oops, my fault, There is a bug filled here :
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185141

Waiting for news there now :)

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