On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 04:52:18PM +0000, Aoife Moloney via devel-announce wrote: > == Summary == > Replace the C implementation of the `usermode` package with a Rust > rewrite of its `userhelper`/`consolehelper` tools. For those two > tools, the rewrite is a drop-in replacement: same package name, same > setuid-root/unprivileged binary split, same `/etc/pam.d` and > `/etc/security/console.apps` configuration format, and the same > command-line interface. The package's other, obsolete tools, > `usermount`, `consolehelper-gtk`, `userpasswd`, `userinfo`, and > `pam-panel-icon`, are dropped and not reimplemented.
$ fedrq wr -F name usermode beesu budgie-session chkrootkit hddtemp mate-system-log mate-utils mock setuptool system-config-rootpassword system-switch-java usermode-gtk vpnc Considering that this is just a handful of packages, maybe we could get rid of consolehelper altogether? It requires a setuid binary and its model of operation is very outdated. Zbyszek -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
