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.
There is the plan to use a socket for the dist-upgrade tool. D-Bus
doesn't seem to be able to handle file descriptors.
Currently we use gksu synaptic in the menu entry.
Cheers,
Sebastian
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
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Synaptic doesn't assume root-priviledges when needed
https://launchpad.net/bugs/80753
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