Bug#1102647: ethtool should not be user uninstallable via GUI
Package: ethtool
Version: 1:6.14-1
ethtool is user uninstallable via GUI (such as GNOME Software or KDE Discover). This is not correct since it is a (in many configurations pre-installed) system tool, not user app, and uninstalling it can also uninstall other critical system packages.
The main problem is the "desktop" component type in AppStream metadata:
$ head org.kernel.software.network.ethtool.metainfo.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<component type="desktop">
<id>org.kernel.software.network.ethtool</id>
<metadata_license>MIT</metadata_license>
<name>ethtool</name>
<summary>display or change Ethernet device settings</summary>
<description>
<p>ethtool can be used to query and change settings such as speed,
auto- negotiation and checksum offload on many network devices,
especially Ethernet devices.</p>
The correct component type should be "console-application".
(This should ideally be fixed in upstream as well.)
Alternative solution would be removing the whole metainfo file.
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