Bug#492493: lintian: please remove the su-to-root check in desktop files
Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> writes:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 1.24.1
>
> The su-wrapper-not-su-to-root is nice for menu files, but for desktop
> files it doesn’t make much sense. Since the utility is in the menu
> package, it means the command will fail to launch although it has a
> dependency on gksu. (Or that would imply adding tons on Depends on
> menu.)
>
> Please disable the check until su-to-root is moved to a better place,
> like debianutils.
As mentioned in the long description, this check was added at the request
of the Live CD folks because using gksu instead of su-to-root breaks their
environment. They need the indirection through su-to-root so that they
can take advantage of its configurability to use sudo instead. I believe
this applies to desktop files just as much as it does to menu files.
Unless you have confirmation that this is no longer the case, or that I
didn't understand in the first place, I'm really hesitant to make this
change; I think it would be better for any package that needs to use
su-to-root to add the necessary dependency. I disagree that this is
"tons"; very few packages need to run programs as root.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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