Hi, since both KDE upstream and the Fedora KDE SIG refuse to fix the regression that Dolphin, KWrite, and Kate can no longer be run as root, I have decided to write a small metapackage that automatically applies the binary patch to fix the issue. The patch that is applied is the 's/getuid/getpid/g' hack, see: https://www.spinics.net/linux/fedora/fedora-kde/msg19018.html for an explanation of how it works. The patched executables are written to /usr/local/bin. The metapackage uses file triggers so that the patched version is automatically updated when the original copy in /usr/bin is updated from the system package. While it would be possible in principle with this method to apply the patches in place in /usr/bin, I have decided against it, for 2 reasons: 1. integrity checks such as rpm -Va would fail on the patched executables, and 2. delta RPMs would fail because the original RPM could not be reconstructed. Writing the patched executables to a different directory avoids this issue. After installing this package, e.g., "kdesu kwrite" should just work again. You can get the package from the Kannolo Copr: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/kkofler/kannolo/ Source code: https://svn.calcforge.org/viewvc/kannolo/trunk/packages/kannolo-root-unlocker/ Direct package link: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/kkofler/kannolo/package/kannolo-root-unlocker/ Enjoy! Kevin _______________________________________________ kde mailing list -- kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kde-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
