#9873: gparted-0.30.0
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Reporter: bdubbs@… | Owner: bdubbs@…
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.2
Component: BOOK | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Resolution:
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Comment (by bdubbs@…):
Release Notes
This release of GParted includes an interim fix to enable running
GParted as root under Wayland in addition to other bug fixes and
language translation updates.
ATTENTION PACKAGERS:
The installation location of the gparted script has changed and
package scripts calling pkexec can be dropped.
This release provides an interim workaround to allow GParted to run
under Wayland by using xhost to grant and revoke root access to the
X11 display. This must be enabled while building the software with:
./configure --enable-xhost-root
Pkexec from polkit has been made the first choice graphical SU
program as all the desktops have settled on using polkit as the
privileged access mechanism. See "Installing polkit's Action File"
section in the README file for when an additional installation step
may be needed.
Also changed is that execution of the graphical SU program has been
moved from gparted.desktop to the gparted shell wrapper. Therefore
gparted can be run either by an unprivileged user or by root and as
such is installed in $prefix/bin rather than $prefix/sbin. This
additionally means distributions can drop their pkexec scripts used
to launch gparted.
### Key changes include:
* Interim fix for GParted fails to run as root under Wayland
* Fix reading Unicode labels when no FS specific tools available
* Safely quote and escape external programs arguments
Bug Fixes
* Interim fix for GParted fails to run as root under Wayland (#776437)
* Fix message failed to execute "mkudffs" when not installed (#786050)
* Fix reading Unicode labels when no FS specific tools available
(#786502)
* Update list of prohibited fat label characters (#787202)
* Fix detection of file system images (#787181)
* Safely quote and escape external programs arguments (#787203)
* Fix problems with space in device names (#649509)
* Remove minor bits of legacy from DMRaid module (#788007)
* Remove whole_device partition flag (#788308)
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