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Description:	Ubuntu 12.10
Release:	12.10
Codename:	quantal

flashplugin-installer:
  Installato: 11.2.202.258ubuntu0.12.10.1
  Candidato:  11.2.202.261ubuntu0.12.10.1
  Tabella versione:
     11.2.202.261ubuntu0.12.10.1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages
 *** 11.2.202.258ubuntu0.12.10.1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     11.2.202.243ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/multiverse i386 Packages

flashplugin-installer do not honore proxy settings so cannot download
the proxy so my update are frozen on

Elaborazione dei trigger per update-notifier-common...
flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.261.orig.tar.gz

already reported:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1037662

Very old issue still not solved... :-(

#---------------- Workaround for user with same issue ----------------

As a workaround... while the apt-get update process is frozen on the row
below

Elaborazione dei trigger per update-notifier-common...
flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.261.orig.tar.gz

Opening another terminal...
wget http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.261.orig.tar.gz
sudo /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/install_plugin $(pwd)/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.261.orig.tar.gz
rm adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.261.orig.tar.gz

then to release the frozen update process, type:

sudo killall dpkg

or reboot the pc, then type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

to check and put in a good state the apt env...

# --------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.258ubuntu0.12.10.1
Uname: Linux 3.7.1-030701-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 10 15:39:05 2013
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-02 (192 days ago)

** Affects: adobe-flash-plugin-tools
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal
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flashplugin-installer do not honore proxy settings
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1098233
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