Bug#885548: [pkg-wine-party] Bug#885548: winetricks: Don't recommend gksu
On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 5:18 PM, Jens Reyer wrote: > control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/issues/912 > >> I won't be able to fix upstream for a few weeks, but I've filled a bug in >> the meantime: >> >> https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/issues/912 > > There have been a few patches upstream, so I guess we'll have a solution > soon. > > Greets > jre Yes, there's a pending PR, just sorting out some final issues with contributors before merging. If that doesn't happen by 2018/02/05, it should this week. -- -Austin GPG: 14FB D7EA A041 937B
Bug#885548: winetricks: Don't recommend gksu
control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/issues/912 > I won't be able to fix upstream for a few weeks, but I've filled a bug in > the meantime: > > https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/issues/912 There have been a few patches upstream, so I guess we'll have a solution soon. Greets jre
Bug#885548: [pkg-wine-party] Bug#885548: Bug#885548: winetricks: Don't recommend gksu
Hi Austin, Apologies for the top post — you can use pkexec from a shell script (see gsmartcontrol-root in the gsmartcontrol package). Regards, Stephen On 28 December 2017 19:04:24 GMT+00:00, Austin English wrote: >On Dec 27, 2017 11:42 PM, "Jeremy Bicha" wrote: > >Package: winetricks >Severity: important >Tags: sid buster >User: pkg-gnome-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org >Usertags: oldlibs gksu > >gksu has been deprecated for years. The intent of gksu is to allow >running apps with elevated privileges but the way to do that is for >the app developer to use PolicyKit to request elevated privileges for >the specific actions that need done instead of for the whole app to >run as root. > >For the next major stable release of Debian (codenamed Buster), the >Debian GNOME team plans to default to GNOME on Wayland where gksu does >not even work. > >Therefore, the Debian GNOME team intends to either remove gksu or >replace it with a non-functional warning message. gksu is unmaintained >(last upload 2014) and is a security vulnerability. > >winetricks recommends sudo | gksu | kdesudo. Please drop gksu from that >list. > >On behalf of the Debian GNOME team, >Jeremy Bicha > > >Winetricks maintainer here. > >Forgive my ignorance, but afaik there's not a way to use policykit from >a >shell script, is there? gksu/kdesu are for users running the script but >not >in a console (e.g. with a zenity menu). > >Alternatively, is there a Wayland replacement for gksu?
Bug#885548: [pkg-wine-party] Bug#885548: Bug#885548: winetricks: Don't recommend gksu
Great, thanks. I won't be able to fix upstream for a few weeks, but I've filled a bug in the meantime: https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks/issues/912
Bug#885548: [pkg-wine-party] Bug#885548: winetricks: Don't recommend gksu
On Dec 27, 2017 11:42 PM, "Jeremy Bicha" wrote: Package: winetricks Severity: important Tags: sid buster User: pkg-gnome-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: oldlibs gksu gksu has been deprecated for years. The intent of gksu is to allow running apps with elevated privileges but the way to do that is for the app developer to use PolicyKit to request elevated privileges for the specific actions that need done instead of for the whole app to run as root. For the next major stable release of Debian (codenamed Buster), the Debian GNOME team plans to default to GNOME on Wayland where gksu does not even work. Therefore, the Debian GNOME team intends to either remove gksu or replace it with a non-functional warning message. gksu is unmaintained (last upload 2014) and is a security vulnerability. winetricks recommends sudo | gksu | kdesudo. Please drop gksu from that list. On behalf of the Debian GNOME team, Jeremy Bicha Winetricks maintainer here. Forgive my ignorance, but afaik there's not a way to use policykit from a shell script, is there? gksu/kdesu are for users running the script but not in a console (e.g. with a zenity menu). Alternatively, is there a Wayland replacement for gksu?
Bug#885548: winetricks: Don't recommend gksu
Package: winetricks Severity: important Tags: sid buster User: pkg-gnome-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: oldlibs gksu gksu has been deprecated for years. The intent of gksu is to allow running apps with elevated privileges but the way to do that is for the app developer to use PolicyKit to request elevated privileges for the specific actions that need done instead of for the whole app to run as root. For the next major stable release of Debian (codenamed Buster), the Debian GNOME team plans to default to GNOME on Wayland where gksu does not even work. Therefore, the Debian GNOME team intends to either remove gksu or replace it with a non-functional warning message. gksu is unmaintained (last upload 2014) and is a security vulnerability. winetricks recommends sudo | gksu | kdesudo. Please drop gksu from that list. On behalf of the Debian GNOME team, Jeremy Bicha