TL;DR version:
I am on Linux, manual downloads gives me v11.2.202.577, official repo gives me 11.2.202.569.
Is my copmuter brokened and how do I fix it?
I'm trying to update Flash for Linux using my OS's package manager, and it fails to provide me an up-to-date version (up-to-date as in the 11.2 version tree, I know Flash for Windows latest version is 21, I expected dnf to provide me with Flash 11.2.202.577)
If I visit the official download page, I can download the binary for 11.2.202.577, so Adobe is still offering 11.2 backports. But the repo apparently is stuck at 11.2.202.569.
Detailed version
Performing dnf update --verbose gets me:
cachedir: /var/cache/dnf
Loaded plugins: migrate, noroot, debuginfo-install, Query, download, protected_packages, reposync, config-manager, builddep, system-upgrade, copr, playground, needs-restarting, generate_completion_cache
DNF version: 1.1.6
(... other repos ...)
repo: using cache for: adobe-linux-x86_64
not found deltainfo for: Adobe Systems Incorporated
not found updateinfo for: Adobe Systems Incorporated
repo: using cache for: rpmfusion-free
not found deltainfo for: RPM Fusion for Fedora 22 - Free
not found updateinfo for: RPM Fusion for Fedora 22 - Free
(... other repos ...)
repo: using cache for: updates
Russian Fedora for Fedora 22 - Free - Updates 123 kB/s | 140 kB 00:01
(...)
adobe-linux-x86_64: using metadata from Tue Mar 1 17:13:54 2016.
rpmfusion-free: using metadata from Wed Aug 5 09:49:43 2015.
(...)
updates: using metadata from Sun Apr 3 18:07:09 2016.
(...)
Last metadata expiration check performed 0:00:00 ago on Mon Apr 4 15:02:47 2016.
Completion plugin: Generating completion cache...
--> Starting dependency resolution
---> Package bind-libs.x86_64 32:9.10.3-8.P3.fc22 will be upgraded
---> Package bind-libs.x86_64 32:9.10.3-9.P4.fc22 will be an upgrade
(...)
---> Package chromium.x86_64 1:49.0.2623.108-1.fc22.R will be upgraded
---> Package chromium.x86_64 1:49.0.2623.110-1.fc22.R will be an upgrade
---> Package chromium-libffmpeg.x86_64 1:49.0.2623.108-1.fc22.R will be upgraded
---> Package chromium-libffmpeg.x86_64 1:49.0.2623.110-1.fc22.R will be an upgrade
(...)
--> Finished dependency resolution
Dependencies resolved.
Performing dnf clean all and then dnf update causes a lot of data fetching to occur, including from the adobe repo, but it still displays the same date (Mar 1 17):
(...)
Adobe Systems Incorporated 3.1 kB/s | 1.8 kB 00:00
not found deltainfo for: Adobe Systems Incorporated
not found updateinfo for: Adobe Systems Incorporated
(...)
adobe-linux-x86_64: using metadata from Tue Mar 1 17:13:54 2016.
Repository details
$ 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
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/ gives me 404
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml is:
<repomd>
<data type="other">
<location href="repodata/other.xml.gz"/>
<checksum type="sha">8a3454cf049cac24d0cec354d129ab89b4fdf5ce</checksum>
<timestamp>1456863234</timestamp>
<open-checksum type="sha">7745898d3eddf4692293413d8a29cb9e3ffcd843</open-checksum>
</data>
<data type="filelists">
<location href="repodata/filelists.xml.gz" />
<checksum type="sha">7b54b465547eb400102607b9d22922bb52d52705</checksum>
<timestamp>1456863234</timestamp>
<open-checksum type="sha">21eab3d4f0f8b03c642c71e544772e70957a5718</open-checksum>
</data>
<data type="primary">
<location href="repodata/primary.xml.gz"/>
<checksum type="sha">b42e0ca15e52334cd62d04fe95ffbc4547f13641</checksum>
<timestamp>1456863234</timestamp>
<open-checksum type="sha">3e36f0867eece5ee02a3040b78160ed271e9ee69</open-checksum>
</data>
</repomd>
Interestingly, 1456863234 Unix Time is Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:13:54 GMT and 01 Mar 2016 17:13:54 BRT
Detailed details
I'm running Firefox on Fedora 23 and I've been getting the security alert for an outdated Flash version for quite a few days now:
If I open the about:plugins page, I get the following information
(notice the part where it says (STATE_VULNERABLE_UPDATE_AVAILABLE):
Shockwave Flash
Arquivo: libflashplayer.so Caminho: /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so Versão: 11.2.202.569 Status: Ativo (STATE_VULNERABLE_UPDATE_AVAILABLE) Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
Visiting the about:addons page also shows me a security alert:
Clicking the "Update now" link opens https://blocklist.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p1138, which states "Flash Player Plugin on Linux 11.2.202.559 to 11.2.202.569 (...) have been blocked on March 18, 2016" and has a link to the Mozilla Plugin Check page.
That page also says I have Flash 11.2 r202 (11.2.202.569) and displays an "update" button linking to http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer.
The Adobe Flash Player download page says the latest version is 11.2.202.577. It correctly detects I'm on Linux 64-bit pt-br Firefox, and offers me a few download choices.
If I choose .rpm, it allows me to download the binaries in an .rpm package. I do, howeber, prefer to use the package manager (in my case. dnf with a yum compatibility) to get my updates.
If I download the "YUM package" and rpm -i the file, it says I already have it installed. Removing adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch and then reinstalling the file produces the same result.
