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Bug 296760

Summary: sys-auth/polkit-0.95 dependancies enforces policykit to be set
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Krzysztof Magusiak <chrmag>
Component: [OLD] UnspecifiedAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description Krzysztof Magusiak 2009-12-13 18:01:35 UTC
Last update of policykit needs the USE flag (policykit) to be set.
sys-auth/consolekit-0.4[policykit] is required by sys-auth/polkit-0.95 which is required by sys-apps/devicekit-power-013 which is required gnome-session and gnome-power-manager

When the USE flag is set, it requires to set policykit on hal.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update to the newest versions
2. Set USE="-policykit"

Actual Results:  
USE="policykit" must be set.

Expected Results:  
Being able to use sys-auth/polkit-0.95 without the dependancy sys-auth/consolekit-0.4[policykit].
Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-12-13 18:16:39 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 296604 ***
Comment 2 Nirbheek Chauhan (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-12-13 18:22:28 UTC
For being able to get hal[-policykit], see bug 296692