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

[Tony White]

On 07/08/2009, Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra at tudelft.nl> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>  --
>  Eelco Dolstra | http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/
>

Cool, I forgot to mention that the 64bit flash player archive in the
same expression may also need the same treatment but you knew that
anyway. :)
Nice one Eelco. :)

Thanks,
Tony