Package: gksu
Version: 2.0.2-2+b1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Running gksudo fails with the following error message:
sudo: sorry, a password is required to run sudo
Examples of commands to reproduce the above error:
gksudo synaptic
gksudo zenmap
Programs will run with appropriate permissions when sudo
instead of gksudo is used as, for example, in "sudo synaptic".
A Google search for the above error ("sudo: sorry, a" ...)
reveals a similar Ubuntu bug, which has been reported
as fixed:
[Reassigned synaptic bug]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/395131
[gksu bug]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/394261
Note that I have marked this as grave because this prevents
update manager from being launched when it is invoked
by clicking on the update notification icon (star with
downward pointing arrow) on the tray.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (90, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gksu depends on:
ii gnome-keyring 2.26.1-1 GNOME keyring services (daemon and
ii libatk1.0-0 1.26.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.8.6-2+b1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-4 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.9-4.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.26.2-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgksu2-0 2.0.12-1 library providing su and sudo func
ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.1-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-keyring0 2.26.1-1 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.16.5-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libpango1.0-0 1.24.0-3+b1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libstartup-notification0 0.10-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii sudo 1.7.2-1 Provide limited super user privile
gksu recommends no packages.
gksu suggests no packages.
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