The problem is not in firefox or mate, it's in gdebi-gtk, and specifically in GDebiGtk.py, line 619:
os.execv(pkexec_cmd, pkexec_args+gdebi_args) This replaces the current process with a pkexec call. This is not a valid usage of pkexec, as pkexec requires the parent process to not be init (ppid!=1). To reproduce the issue without firefox, one can just run `setsid gdebi- gtk package.deb`. In a similar bug report for update-manager (LP: #1020115), this flag was used instead of os.execv: flags = GObject.SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/update-manager/main/view/head:/UpdateManager/backend/InstallBackendSynaptic.py#L63 Is gdebi still maintained by Ubuntu developers, or should we report this in Debian? Can we propose a patch similar to the update manager, or even just use a simple shell wrapper? ** Summary changed: - Clicking 'Install' on gdebi-gtk makes it vanish ONLY when .deb opened from Chrome/Firefox + gdebi-gtk calls pkexec inappropriately ** No longer affects: firefox (Ubuntu) ** Project changed: ubuntu-mate => gdebi -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1854588 Title: gdebi-gtk calls pkexec inappropriately To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdebi/+bug/1854588/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
