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Bug#: 210616
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Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: CANTFIX
Assigned To: Jim Ramsay <lack@gentoo.org>
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Reporter: Boian Berberov <bberberov+gentoo_bug@gmail.com>
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Description:   Opened: 2008-02-18 19:24 0000 
Adobe provides a .tar.gz file for flash.  If possible, please remove the
dependency on app-arch/rpm2targz.

Reproducible: Always

------- Comment #1 From Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2008-02-18 19:52:13 0000 ------- 
Poke us once they've released a new version, we are not changing stable
ebuilds.

------- Comment #2 From Boian Berberov 2008-04-09 18:15:16 0000 ------- 
I am reopening since a new version is now in portage and it is marked testing
currently.

------- Comment #3 From Jim Ramsay 2008-04-09 20:43:40 0000 ------- 
Sadly I don't think this can be done.

Problem 1: The .tar.gz they release does not include a version number.  Only
the RPM actually includes the version number as part of the filename.  For
example, with this latest release the downloadable filenames are:

http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
 - or -
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/flash-plugin-9.0.124.0-release.i386.rpm

And the name of the .tar.gz file hasn't changed for any of the previous
releases that I can recall.

Problem 2) Their license prohibits us from hosting a properly-named .tar.gz on
our own mirrors.

I would personally love to remove this dependency, but as long as Adobe
continues to keep using an unversioned filename for the .tar.gz version and a
non-mirroring clause in their license, there's nothing I can do about it.
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