Bug 486444

Summary:	app-laptop/configure-trackpoint: avoid gksu dependency
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Pacho Ramos <pacho>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Markos Chandras (RETIRED) <hwoarang>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	elliot, m4rk, proxy-maint, treecleaner
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	PMASKED
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	Pending removal: 2016-11-08
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	425156
Attachments:	Suggested ebuild Manifest for my suggested ebuild

Description Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2013-09-29 09:46:18 UTC

As explained in bug 425156, gksu is dead and should be replaced by direct polkit usage when needed (as was done with gparted). Does this package really need to gain root privileges? (Arch looks to not do that, but reading ebuild looks like provided desktop file wants to do that)

Thanks

Comment 1 Markos Chandras (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-09-30 19:40:03 UTC

Yes the upstream desktop file uses gksu. We can drop that from the desktop file but the user will be surprised that he will not be able to use the desktop file to launch the app anymore.

Comment 2 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2013-09-30 21:02:36 UTC

I can try to port it to pkexec usage then (as done in gparted, for example)

Comment 3 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2016-09-18 11:45:05 UTC

Is this tool from 2008 still needed? Is this driver special or something that cannot be configured in the regular way of all the other devices and neither with tools like gnome-extra/gpointing-device-settings?

Comment 4 Elliot Chandler 2016-10-24 19:32:41 UTC

Created attachment 451334 [details]
Suggested ebuild

Hi!

I would like to request that configure-trackpoint not be removed because of the gksu dependency, and rather that the ebuild be amended, because configure-trackpoint can be used with kdesu instead. I have attached an updated ebuild I made. Thank you for considering this!

—Elliot (aka kyan in IRC)

Comment 5 Elliot Chandler 2016-10-24 19:33:16 UTC

Created attachment 451336 [details]
Manifest for my suggested ebuild

Comment 6 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2016-10-28 07:26:02 UTC

(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #3)
> Is this tool from 2008 still needed? Is this driver special or something
> that cannot be configured in the regular way of all the other devices and
> neither with tools like gnome-extra/gpointing-device-settings?

Why do you still need this? (that needs to be run as root :/)

Comment 7 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2016-11-09 10:25:27 UTC

removed