** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Wishlist
** Summary changed:
- Synaptic doesn't assume root-priviledges when needed
+ Synaptic should be able to switch from non-root to root mode without losing
state
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Synaptic should be able to switch from non-root to root mode
I thought Synaptic uses apt-get to do the real installing work. In that
case, it could ask privileges for that.
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Synaptic doesn't assume root-priviledges when needed
https://launchpad.net/bugs/80753
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Not. Both apt-get and Synaptic are on the same level: Both use libapt.
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Synaptic doesn't assume root-priviledges when needed
https://launchpad.net/bugs/80753
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Actually gnome-app-install is quite dump :) Since it cannot install
packages itself it calls synaptic with root privileges to do the job.
ASAIK it is not allowed to raise your privilges in UNIX world. So far we
would have to call another process to do the install part - like gnome-
app-install.
