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Bug 690643

Summary:	64-bit flash-plugin support
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Jacob Hunt <jhunt>
Component:	flash-plugin	Assignee:	Martin Stransky <stransky>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	6.0	CC:	bgollahe, dkinon, eskil, james.brown, jwest, msanders, myllynen, rdassen, spurrier
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	FutureFeature
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Enhancement
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Last Closed:	2012-04-27 18:43:29 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	607248, 670971

Description Jacob Hunt 2011-03-24 22:35:46 UTC

Description of problem:

I would like to request a native 64-bit flash-plugin for x86_64

This is essentially a copy of bug 195285, except for this request is for RHEL 6

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2011-03-24 23:08:01 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2011-07-06 00:39:06 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Comment 4 Martin Stransky 2011-10-06 14:30:13 UTC

A stable 64-bit flash-plugin has been released so we should reconsider it. Especially when new Firefox 8 (supposed as a replacement for 3.6.x line) does not work completely with nspluginwrapper.

Comment 5 Matthew Mosesohn 2011-10-06 15:14:49 UTC

It should be included into Firefox and/or flash-plugin to properly handle dual-installation of Flash 32 and 64-bit

Comment 8 Suzanne Logcher 2012-01-31 21:16:03 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in the
current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Because the affected component is
not scheduled to be updated in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately
unable to address this request at this time.  It has been proposed for the next
release. If you would like it considered as an exception in the current
release, please ask your support representative.

Comment 9 Brian Gollaher 2012-04-27 18:43:29 UTC

Closing as Adobe will no longer support flash in Firefox for Linux.

Comment 11 Eskil Brun 2013-10-11 14:23:46 UTC

There is a flash-plugin.i686 distributed in rhel-x86_64-workstation-supplementary-6. This 32-bit plugin almost always fails on our x86_64 RHEL6 workstations. Adobe supplies a working 64-bit version. Could you please remove the non-working 32-bit flash-plugin from rhel-x86_64-workstation-supplementary-6 or supply the working 64-bit flash-plugin in rhel-x86_64-workstation-supplementary-6?