Hi, Attached is a patch proposal for moving gdebi from gksu to polycikit.
Let me know if it needs adjustments. Thanks in advance for considering it. Regards, Julien Lavergne
diff -Nru gdebi-0.9.5.7/data/com.ubuntu.pkexec.gdebi-gtk.policy gdebi-0.9.5.7ubuntu1/data/com.ubuntu.pkexec.gdebi-gtk.policy --- gdebi-0.9.5.7/data/com.ubuntu.pkexec.gdebi-gtk.policy 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ gdebi-0.9.5.7ubuntu1/data/com.ubuntu.pkexec.gdebi-gtk.policy 2015-09-18 14:11:37.000000000 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC + "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN" + "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1/policyconfig.dtd";> +<policyconfig> + + <action id="com.ubuntu.pkexec.gdebi.gtk"> + <message>Authentication is required to run GDebi</message> + <message xml:lang="fr">Authentification requise pour lancer GDebi</message> + <icon_name>gdebi</icon_name> + <defaults> + <allow_any>auth_admin</allow_any> + <allow_inactive>auth_admin</allow_inactive> + <allow_active>auth_admin</allow_active> + </defaults> + <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/sbin/gdebi-gtk</annotate> + <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">true</annotate> + </action> + +</policyconfig> diff -Nru gdebi-0.9.5.7/data/gdebi.desktop.in gdebi-0.9.5.7ubuntu1/data/gdebi.desktop.in --- gdebi-0.9.5.7/data/gdebi.desktop.in 2015-07-02 09:14:35.000000000 +0200 +++ gdebi-0.9.5.7ubuntu1/data/gdebi.desktop.in 2015-09-18 14:21:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ _Name=GDebi Package Installer _GenericName=Package Installer _Comment=Install and view software packages -Exec=gdebi-gtk %f +Exec=gdebi-gtk-pkexec %f Icon=gnome-mime-application-x-deb Terminal=false Type=Application diff -Nru gdebi-0.9.5.7/debian/control gdebi-0.9.5.7ubuntu1/debian/control --- gdebi-0.9.5.7/debian/control 2015-01-29 15:00:39.000000000 +0100 +++ gdebi-0.9.5.7ubuntu1/debian/control 2016-02-28 11:06:25.000000000 +0100 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-vte-2.91, python3-gi, - gksu, + policykit-1 | gksu, gnome-icon-theme Recommends: libgtk2-perl, shared-mime-info, lintian Description: simple tool to view and install deb files - GNOME GUI diff -Nru gdebi-0.9.5.7/gdebi-gtk-pkexec gdebi-0.9.5.7ubuntu1/gdebi-gtk-pkexec --- gdebi-0.9.5.7/gdebi-gtk-pkexec 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ gdebi-0.9.5.7ubuntu1/gdebi-gtk-pkexec 2015-09-18 14:18:52.000000000 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +#!/bin/sh +pkexec "/usr/bin/gdebi-gtk" "$@" \ Pas de fin de ligne à la fin du fichier diff -Nru gdebi-0.9.5.7/setup.py gdebi-0.9.5.7ubuntu1/setup.py --- gdebi-0.9.5.7/setup.py 2014-04-14 09:16:37.000000000 +0200 +++ gdebi-0.9.5.7ubuntu1/setup.py 2015-09-18 14:17:45.000000000 +0200 @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ ('share/application-registry', ['data/gdebi.applications']), ('share/gdebi/', - ['data/gdebi.png'])] + I18NFILES) + ['data/gdebi.png']), + ('share/polkit-1/actions/', + ['data/com.ubuntu.pkexec.gdebi-gtk.policy'])] + I18NFILES) # Make sure that the mo files are generated and up-to-date if 'build' in s.commands:
