Comment 10 for bug 144042

Yea, I already got flash installed manually; I'm trying to explain a bug here not solve a problem on my computer :-)

I'm assuming the "Plugin Finder Service" window is a part of Firefox (?). I'm not sure whether the "Install additional software?" yes-or-no dialog in screenshot 3 is part of Firefox or some package manager. However, I believe (correct me if i'm wrong) that in any case the bug is in Firefox.

In screenshot 3, suppose the "Install additional software?" dialog is part of Firefox; in that case this is a Firefox bug.
In screenshot 3, suppose the "Install additional software?" dialog is part of Synaptic/APT; in that case this is STILL a Firefox bug.

Let me explain why this is a Firefox bug in the latter case. If firefox invokes Synaptic/APT to install flash but for some reason that installation fails (or as in my repro steps above, is canceled by the user) then Synaptic/APT should report an error code back to Firefox to indicate this.

Firefox should use this error code / result to show an appropriate message to the user. Since I canceled the installation, it makes no sense that Firefox tells me that the "Firefox finished installing plugins" because I know this is untrue. Therefore, I'm guessing that Firefox ignores the error code from Synaptic/APT and always displays the same "finished installing plugins" for all possible situations.

Now, isn't that a bug in Firefox, no?