On Wednesday, 28 October 2026 18:35:11 Central European Standard Time Kevin Fenzi wrote: > ...snip... > > > > == Upgrade/compatibility impact == > > For `userhelper`/`consolehelper`: none expected. The package name, > > binary names, file locations and modes (`userhelper` setuid root, > > `consolehelper` 0755), configuration file format > > (`/etc/security/console.apps/<prog>`, `/etc/pam.d/<prog>`), and > > command-line interface are unchanged from the C implementation. > > Existing managed-program configurations continue to work unmodified > > across the upgrade. > > > It might be nice to list in the change all those fedora packages that > depend on these. I know there's no interface changes expected, but it > would be nice to notify those maintainers / make more visible the > packages affected in case something does appear... > > It should be pretty easy to do a repoquery for these or look at deps?
Before I finished the implementation I talked to Pavel, the mock maintainer. As mock is probably the biggest user of usermode. He said he wants to keep using usermode and I should finish it and propose the change. Request for testing is at: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/mock/issues/1829 I also use it with AI Playground. So I've tested it with both. > > > `usermount`, `consolehelper-gtk`, `userpasswd`, `userinfo`, and > > `pam-panel-icon` are removed from the package. Systems still invoking > > any of these directly, symlinking `consolehelper` to `usermount` or > > `userpasswd`/`userinfo`, or relying on `consolehelper-gtk` > > specifically rather than `consolehelper`, lose that functionality on > > upgrade. This is expected to affect few if any systems given these > > tools' functionality has been superseded for years. > > > Likewise here? Is there any packages that require these in the fedora > packages collection? I haven't found one and all of those have alternatives. Best regards Andreas -- _______________________________________________ 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
