[Nix-dev] flashplayer won't install from unstable channel

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

Tony White wrote:

> 2009/8/7 Bill Trost <trost at cloud.rain.com>:
>>  # nix-env  -i flashplayer
>>  installing `flashplayer-10.0.22.87'
>>  the following derivations will be built:
>>   /nix/store/1gvb99w1jl1jsb8l5mg4dcnniplji368-install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz.drv
>>   /nix/store/h6vbwl91b79qnvn5r7gr3n6hqlrxazpw-flashplayer-10.0.22.87.drv
>>  building path(s) `/nix/store/7s1qisscfjmvxrmlpxfkwh0z8hnvagkv-install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz'
>>
>>  trying http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
>>   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
>>                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
>>  100 3949k  100 3949k    0     0   565k      0  0:00:06  0:00:06 --:--:--  578k
>>  output path `/nix/store/7s1qisscfjmvxrmlpxfkwh0z8hnvagkv-install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz' should have sha256 hash `cd29f166c87fecc943e88fe951bb61c56728fab12b4bf343badafa73ea95394e', instead has `88aea5d73c5be37328a388630f8b89c256235c4f8337eef15ed523bbe3e5dada'
>>  cannot build derivation `/nix/store/h6vbwl91b79qnvn5r7gr3n6hqlrxazpw-flashplayer-10.0.22.87.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
>>  error: build of `/nix/store/h6vbwl91b79qnvn5r7gr3n6hqlrxazpw-flashplayer-10.0.22.87.drv' failed
>>
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> 
> Hi Bill,
> That's easy, it just means that the software has been updated upstream

Indeed.  Unfortunately Adobe doesn't include the version number in the tarball.

> You can fix it easily on your machine by downloading the file
> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz

I've committed a fix.

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Eelco Dolstra | http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/