Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: lintian > Version: 1.24.1 > > The su-wrapper-not-su-to-root is nice for menu files, but for desktop > files it doesn’t make much sense. Since the utility is in the menu > package, it means the command will fail to launch although it has a > dependency on gksu. (Or that would imply adding tons on Depends on > menu.) > > Please disable the check until su-to-root is moved to a better place, > like debianutils.
As mentioned in the long description, this check was added at the request of the Live CD folks because using gksu instead of su-to-root breaks their environment. They need the indirection through su-to-root so that they can take advantage of its configurability to use sudo instead. I believe this applies to desktop files just as much as it does to menu files. Unless you have confirmation that this is no longer the case, or that I didn't understand in the first place, I'm really hesitant to make this change; I think it would be better for any package that needs to use su-to-root to add the necessary dependency. I disagree that this is "tons"; very few packages need to run programs as root. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
