CentOS - Jan 2020 - Need info on adobe flash player plugin 32 for CentOS7

On 01/16/2020 03:30 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Kay Schenk <kay.schenk at gmail.com> said:
>> I kept getting messages that my old Flash Player 31 was obsolete so
>> I went in search of an update.
> Adobe stopped releasing Flash for Linux a while back.  IIRC the only
> "supported" Flash on Linux is distributed as a part of Google
Chrome
> (and that's going away sometime soon too, Chrome on all platforms will
> no longer support Flash).
>
Don't know about C7 but I just yum updated my C6 system.
adobe-linux-x86_64 | 2.9 kB     00:00

Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:32.0.0.255-release will be updated
---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:32.0.0.314-release will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution


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On Thu, 16 Jan 2020, Steve Clark wrote:
> On 01/16/2020 03:30 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
>> Once upon a time, Kay Schenk <kay.schenk at gmail.com> said:
>>> I kept getting messages that my old Flash Player 31 was obsolete so
>>> I went in search of an update.
>> Adobe stopped releasing Flash for Linux a while back.  IIRC the only
>> "supported" Flash on Linux is distributed as a part of Google
Chrome
>> (and that's going away sometime soon too, Chrome on all platforms
will
>> no longer support Flash).
>>
> Don't know about C7 but I just yum updated my C6 system.
> adobe-linux-x86_64 | 2.9 kB     00:00
>
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:32.0.0.255-release will be updated
> ---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:32.0.0.314-release will be an update
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
And on Centos 7:

(tigger pts2) $ rpm -qi flash-plugin
Name        : flash-plugin
Version     : 32.0.0.314
Release     : release
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: Tue 14 Jan 2020 05:27:19 AM EST
Group       : Applications/Internet
Size        : 21472196
License     : Commercial
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Mon 16 Dec 2019 06:38:35 PM EST, Key ID 3a69bd24f6777c67
Source RPM  : flash-plugin-32.0.0.314-release.src.rpm
Build Date  : Mon 16 Dec 2019 06:38:30 PM EST
Build Host  : sj1010005204073.corp.adobe.com
Relocations : (not relocatable)
Packager    : Adobe Systems Inc.
Vendor      : Adobe Systems Inc.
URL         : http://www.adobe.com/downloads/
Summary     : Adobe Flash Player NPAPI
Description :
Adobe Flash Plugin 32.0.0.314

See if the following helps:

(tigger pts2) $ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/adobe-linux-x86_64.repo 
[adobe-linux-x86_64]
name=Adobe Systems Incorporated
baseurl=http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

Regards,

-- 
Tom			me at tdiehl.org

On 16/01/2020 20:37, Steve Clark wrote:
> On 01/16/2020 03:30 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
>> Once upon a time, Kay Schenk <kay.schenk at gmail.com> said:
>>> I kept getting messages that my old Flash Player 31 was obsolete so
>>> I went in search of an update.
>> Adobe stopped releasing Flash for Linux a while back.  IIRC the only
>> "supported" Flash on Linux is distributed as a part of Google
Chrome
>> (and that's going away sometime soon too, Chrome on all platforms
will
>> no longer support Flash).
>>
> Don't know about C7 but I just yum updated my C6 system.
> adobe-linux-x86_64 | 2.9 kB     00:00
> 
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:32.0.0.255-release will be updated
> ---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:32.0.0.314-release will be an update
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> 
It's still supported on C7:

$ yum list | grep flash
flash-plugin.x86_64    32.0.0.314-release     @adobe-linux-x86_64
...

-- 
J Martin Rushton MBCS

A GREAT MYSTERY! See inline...


On 1/16/20 1:00 PM, me at tdiehl.org wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2020, Steve Clark wrote:
>
>> On 01/16/2020 03:30 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
>>> Once upon a time, Kay Schenk <kay.schenk at gmail.com> said:
>>>> I kept getting messages that my old Flash Player 31 was
obsolete so
>>>> I went in search of an update.
>>> Adobe stopped releasing Flash for Linux a while back.? IIRC the
only
>>> "supported" Flash on Linux is distributed as a part of
Google Chrome
>>> (and that's going away sometime soon too, Chrome on all
platforms will
>>> no longer support Flash).
>>>
>> Don't know about C7 but I just yum updated my C6 system.
>> adobe-linux-x86_64 | 2.9 kB???? 00:00
>>
>> Resolving Dependencies
>> --> Running transaction check
>> ---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:32.0.0.255-release will be
updated
>> ---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:32.0.0.314-release will be an
update
>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>
> And on Centos 7:
>
> (tigger pts2) $ rpm -qi flash-plugin
> Name??????? : flash-plugin
> Version???? : 32.0.0.314
> Release???? : release
> Architecture: x86_64
> Install Date: Tue 14 Jan 2020 05:27:19 AM EST
> Group?????? : Applications/Internet
> Size??????? : 21472196
> License???? : Commercial
> Signature?? : DSA/SHA1, Mon 16 Dec 2019 06:38:35 PM EST, Key ID 
> 3a69bd24f6777c67
> Source RPM? : flash-plugin-32.0.0.314-release.src.rpm
> Build Date? : Mon 16 Dec 2019 06:38:30 PM EST
> Build Host? : sj1010005204073.corp.adobe.com
> Relocations : (not relocatable)
> Packager??? : Adobe Systems Inc.
> Vendor????? : Adobe Systems Inc.
> URL???????? : http://www.adobe.com/downloads/
> Summary???? : Adobe Flash Player NPAPI
> Description :
> Adobe Flash Plugin 32.0.0.314
>
> See if the following helps:
>
> (tigger pts2) $ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/adobe-linux-x86_64.repo 
> [adobe-linux-x86_64]
> name=Adobe Systems Incorporated
> baseurl=http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
This did indeed help. The Adobe repo appears in my update list. I 
install NPAPI version. All LOOKS good at that point from the gnome 
software app gpk-application. I look at what's been installed etc.

Then, as soon as I leave this environment, and get back into the 
Software app, flash is no longer installed! I wish I was joking about 
this but I've done this 3 times and I'm not going to do it again. :(

I see that some Adobe entries in Firefox's current blocklist.xml. 
But...what is going on here? Are we absoluting FORBIDDEN in any way from 
using Flash? Any insights?
>
> Regards,
>

J Martin Rushton via CentOS wrote:
> 
> On 16/01/2020 20:37, Steve Clark wrote:
>> On 01/16/2020 03:30 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
>>> Once upon a time, Kay Schenk <kay.schenk at gmail.com> said:
>>>> I kept getting messages that my old Flash Player 31 was
obsolete so
>>>> I went in search of an update.
>>> Adobe stopped releasing Flash for Linux a while back.? IIRC the
only
>>> "supported" Flash on Linux is distributed as a part of
Google Chrome
>>> (and that's going away sometime soon too, Chrome on all
platforms will
>>> no longer support Flash).
>>>
>> Don't know about C7 but I just yum updated my C6 system.
>> adobe-linux-x86_64 | 2.9 kB???? 00:00
>>
>> Resolving Dependencies
>> --> Running transaction check
>> ---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:32.0.0.255-release will be
updated
>> ---> Package flash-plugin.x86_64 0:32.0.0.314-release will be an
update
>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>
> It's still supported on C7:
> 
> $ yum list | grep flash
> flash-plugin.x86_64??? 32.0.0.314-release???? @adobe-linux-x86_64
> ...
I think you'll find the latest releases won't run on CentOS 7:

% ldd libflashplayer.so
./libflashplayer.so: /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.21' not 
found (required by ./libflashplayer.so)

and hence Firefox won't load this version ...

The last version that runs on CentOS 7 is 32.0.0.270

See: https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FP-4199058

James Pearson