FS#63845 - [light] 1.2-3 Silently fails if the user is not in the 'video' group

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Leonid Bloch (blochl) - Thursday, 19 September 2019, 21:20 GMT
Last edited by Maxim Baz (maximbaz) - Sunday, 03 November 2019, 20:24 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Maxim Baz (maximbaz)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:

The command 'light' silently fails if the user is not in the 'video' group, since compiled with '--with-udev'.
I realize that this is the correct behavior, but in order to avoid confusion, it would be better to add a note during installation, via an .install file, that the user should be a member of the 'video' group for 'light' to work. A user should not be expected to go over the Git history of this package to realize this when updating.
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Closed by  Maxim Baz (maximbaz)
Sunday, 03 November 2019, 20:24 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Thanks, definitely a good suggestion, added the post-install notice in 1.2-4
Comment by Martin Gallant (martyg) - Monday, 30 September 2019, 13:37 GMT
Just got caught by this one. Thanks for writing it down. Upvoted.
Comment by Xavier C. Llano (XavierCLL) - Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 20:23 GMT
I confirm this, thanks for the report and finding the problem

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