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Bug#252910: marked as done (gnome-apt: ask for root password when root permissions needed)

Your message dated Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:20:10 +0100
with message-id <200906081820.n58IKAxd015094@kmos.homeip.net>
and subject line gnome-apt has been removed from Debian, closing #252910
has caused the Debian Bug report #252910,
regarding gnome-apt: ask for root password when root permissions needed
to be marked as done.

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If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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252910: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252910
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Package: gnome-apt
Severity: wishlist


At present, when the normal user has an X session running, all these fail:

	gnome-apt                insufficient permissions
	su - ; gnome-apt         "cannot open display"
	su -p ; gnome-apt        directories missing from PATH

When running as a normal user, gnome-apt should recognize when root
permissions will be needed, ask for the root password, and acquire the
necessary permissions.  (The SGI system management tools work this
way.  It encourages the sysadmin to do most of his work NOT logged in
as root.)

	- Jim Van Zandt


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

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Version: 0.4.9-5+rm

The gnome-apt package has been removed from Debian so we are closing
the bugs that were still opened against it.

For more information about this package's removal, read
http://bugs.debian.org/414526 . That bug might give the reasons why
this package was removed, and suggestions of possible replacements.

Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question.

Thank you for your contribution to Debian.

Kind regards,
--
Marco Rodrigues

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