Bug 352358 – gnome-base/gconf: `ldap' and `policykit' USE flags need descriptions

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Dean Matzkov 2011-01-21 18:52:37 UTC]

$ equery u gconf
 ldap      : Adds LDAP support (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
 policykit : Enable PolicyKit authentication support

The default descriptions for the `ldap' and `policykit' USE flags don't really let you know what they're actually supposed to do, and thusly, aren't very useful.

To my understanding, GConf's `policykit' integration exposes an extra dbus interface for changing system-wide defaults, using sys-auth/polkit for authentication. And `ldap' seems to enable an extra backend that pulls email addresses, contacts and similar data from an LDAP server, and stuffs them into keys in `/apps/evolution/*'.

[Comment 1 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) 2011-01-22 18:10:26 UTC]

I don't think it's worth spending time on it since it is getting deprecated.

[Comment 2 Pacho Ramos 2011-03-11 16:11:46 UTC]

I don't think it needs a specific description for "policykit", it has a similar behavior as in other packages. About "ldap", it's different and that information can be taken from a readme file in sources tarball :-/

[Comment 3 Pacho Ramos 2011-03-12 14:59:01 UTC]

+  12 Mar 2011; Pacho Ramos <[e-mail]> metadata.xml:
+  Improve 'ldap' USE description (bug #352358 by Dean Matzkov).
+