FS#38468 - [polkit] Add a post-install note about GUI agents

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Balló György (City-busz) - Saturday, 11 January 2014, 19:06 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 03 February 2014, 07:55 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

I think that polkit should notify the users about graphical authentication agents to avoid confusion. Users of lightweight environments may don't know that they should install one for accessing privileged actions from the GUI.

Please add the following note into the post_install() script:
"If you are using a desktop environment, make sure that a graphical authentication agent is installed and autostarted."

Maybe a link could be placed also: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Polkit#Authentication_agents
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Monday, 03 February 2014, 07:55 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  Printing instructions on post_install is a no-go. The message will scroll out of sight during installation anyways, so you won't notice it anyways.

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