Package: gksu Version: 2.0.2-1 Severity: normal took me a while to figure out, because the manual mentions -- nowhere, instead saying
gksu [-u <user>] [options] <command> implying that once it encounters something it thinks is a command, everything after it is also treated as a command. this is clearly not the case, as below (empty is just a file): infini...@xl269:~$ gksu --sudo-mode -- ls -la empty -rw-r--r-- 1 infinity0 infinity0 0 2009-03-24 23:08 empty infini...@xl269:~$ gksu --sudo-mode ls -la empty empty infini...@xl269:~$ gksu --su-mode -- ls -la empty -rw-r--r-- 1 infinity0 infinity0 0 2009-03-24 23:08 empty infini...@xl269:~$ gksu --su-mode ls -la empty ls: cannot access empty: No such file or directory -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages gksu depends on: ii gnome-keyring 2.24.1-2 GNOME keyring services (daemon and ii libatk1.0-0 1.24.0-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.9-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.8.6-2+b1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-3 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.3.9-4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgconf2-4 2.24.0-7 GNOME configuration database syste ii libgksu2-0 2.0.9-1 library providing su and sudo func ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.0-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnome-keyring0 2.24.1-2 GNOME keyring services library ii libgtk2.0-0 2.14.7-5 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libpango1.0-0 1.24.0-3+b1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libstartup-notificatio 0.9-1 library for program launch feedbac ii sudo 1.7.0-1 Provide limited super user privile ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime gksu recommends no packages. gksu suggests no packages. -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
