HOW-TO get Flash7 working!

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Thu Jan 10 19:14:58 PST 2008


On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Rudy wrote:

> Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:
>
>>> rm /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/fp7_archive.zip
>>
>> An other way to fix it in some ways is to run a make makesum to update
>> the distfile checksums
>
> The fp7_archive.zip was an odd case were I felt more comfortable deleting it 
> -- hadn't see that error before (and didn't save it to cut and paste).  I 
> thought it was only my system, but apparently, others had this same issue 
> with the fp7_archive.zip file.  Maybe a new one was released with the same 
> filename on adobe?
>
> Would "makesum" would blindly use what is in the /usr/ports/distfiles -- 
> corrupt, man-in-the-middled, or whatever was there?

Yes.  Don't use make makesum unless you're porting or at least know the 
distfile is safe.  make distclean and a refetch is the safer way to go, 
or updating the ports tree so the checksum comes from someone who is 
presumably more aware of the correct distfile.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA


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