#6317 NORM Never A: olpc-update 656 disassociates external apps installed in previous build

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#6317: olpc-update 656 disassociates external apps installed in previous build
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 Reporter:  chihyu  |       Owner:  jg            
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  distro  |     Version:                
 Keywords:          |    Verified:  0             
 Blocking:          |   Blockedby:                
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 A secured MP machine was upgraded from 653 to 656 via olpc-update 656.

 The only external application I installed in 653 was Adobe Flash, and it
 was gone after the update. (Flash player version test shows GSH 8,0,99,0).

 Build 653 can be retrieved by holding down the O key while rebooting, and
 flash payer version test shows LNX 9,0,115,0, which is the Adobe Flash
 version I installed.

 Please also refer to the following user feedback (excerpt from
 http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=5781):
 {{{
 > I just updated to 656, using the internet incremental update. Everything
 > I installed on 653 is gone -- Java, Flash, XFCE, OpenOffice, a Java
 > application, preference folders. You get the idea. However, all the
 > space that they took up still seems used. I'm not back down to anything
 > resembling a 300mb clean image.
 >
 > So where's it hiding? Can it be recovered? If it can't be recovered, how
 > do I reclaim the space?
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6317>
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