Lars Wirzenius <[email protected]> writes: > My package, computer-janitor-gtk, has a .desktop file that calls gksu. > lintian complains: > > W: computer-janitor-gtk: su-wrapper-not-su-to-root > /usr/share/applications/computer-janitor-gtk.desktop gksu > > It further provides the following explanation: > "The menu item or desktop file command uses an su wrapper other than > su-to-root. On Debian systems, please use su-to-root -X, which will pick > the correct wrapper based on what's installed on the system and the > current desktop environment. Using su-to-root is also important for Live > CD systems which need to use sudo rather than su. su-to-root permits > global configuration to use sudo." > > Ubuntu does not contain su-to-root, and gksu seems to be the right way > to invoke things as root in GNOME on Ubuntu. Lintian should not complain > in this case.
I'm fairly sure that Ubuntu does contain su-to-root. It's in the menu package. I'm also fairly sure that the point above about Live requiring a way to override programs to use sudo still applies and gksu gets in the way of doing that. -- Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- lintian should not complain about gksu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330533 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
