On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:45:20AM +, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 08:37:57PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > Simply depends on the menu package which provide su-to-root
>
> We've determined that su-to-root in it's current state
> doesn't handle the disabled-root case anyway,
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:45:20AM +, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 08:37:57PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > Simply depends on the menu package which provide su-to-root
>
> We've determined that su-to-root in it's current state
> doesn't handle the disabled-root case anyway,
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 08:09:58AM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> So what you are looking for is not a way to run something
> as root, but a way to install a package as a user, which
> is different.
In my specific case, yes.
> Something like apt-daemon is probably what you are looking
> for.
Thanks
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 06:42:07PM +, Jon Dowland wrote:
> That sounds sensible. Is there anything I can do to help?
I'm planning to try and summarize the current situation on a
wiki-page, then I will hopefully have a better idea of how
to proceed.
I might consider trying to exercise the DEP
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 08:37:57PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Simply depends on the menu package which provide su-to-root
We've determined that su-to-root in it's current state
doesn't handle the disabled-root case anyway, so this
wouldn't win me anything.
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Hi Bill,
We need a solution that still works if user enable root password and disable
sudo after installation. Shadow will note tell you whether root has a password
or not. Maybe menu should have a debconf question (do you use sudo ?) that will
be prefilled by d-i. Technical advices and patches
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 07:30:23PM +, Jon Dowland wrote:
> gdp, by default, invokes dpkg to install the generated .deb
> file.
>
> > I’ve been asking to move su-to-root to xdg-utils or
> > debianutils, but the situation is still stuck.
>
> That sounds sensible. Is there anything I can do to
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 06:42:07PM +, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 01:14:35AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > Le samedi 30 janvier 2010 à 22:58 +, Jon Dowland a écrit :
> > > I need to run a command as the superuser inside
> > > game-data-packager (gdp). Up until now, I
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:58:20 + Jon Dowland wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I need to run a command as the superuser inside
> game-data-packager (gdp). Up until now, I've been
> hardcoding a sudo invocation and depending on sudo.
maybe packaging isn't the best solution to the underlying problem?
woul
Jon Dowland wrote:
> That sounds sensible. Is there anything I can do to help?
help persuading the blocking maintainers to do the right thing.
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On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 01:14:35AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le samedi 30 janvier 2010 à 22:58 +, Jon Dowland a écrit :
> > I need to run a command as the superuser inside
> > game-data-packager (gdp). Up until now, I've been
> > hardcoding a sudo invocation and depending on sudo.
>
>
Le samedi 30 janvier 2010 à 22:58 +, Jon Dowland a écrit :
> I need to run a command as the superuser inside
> game-data-packager (gdp). Up until now, I've been
> hardcoding a sudo invocation and depending on sudo.
Why do you need to run anything as root in a packaging tool?
Aren’t you look
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