** Description changed:

+ The impact of this bug is that checkbox stalls forever when attempting
+ to gather system information on Kubuntu. This fix changes the way that
+ kdesudo is called in order to successfully pass the PATH information in
+ the environment.
+ 
  When running Checkbox on Kubuntu, the application seems to stall forever
  when attempting to gather information from the system. The reason is
  that the backend is started during this process which calls upon
  kdesudo. The backend_info plugin assumes that kdesudo can take
  environment variables as part of the option:
  
-   kdesudo -- PATH=/foo command
+   kdesudo -- PATH=/foo command
  
  However, it seems that kdesudo calls the argument with execv instead of
  the shell, so environment variables cannot be given this way.

-- 
Checkbox on Kubuntu stalls when gathering information
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/557443
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

Reply via email to