I also need a newer version of polkit, since the current one (105) broke compatibility with kdeplasma-applets-networkmanagement On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Ray Kohler <ataraxia937@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Jan Steffens <jan.steffens@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:01 AM, Ray Kohler <ataraxia937@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> As it's been marked out-of-date for a while, and I'm interested in it, > >> I've done the work to upgrade the polkit package to 0.107. I've tested > >> this package locally. The main value of this upgrade (for me at least) > >> is systemd integration, including proper systemd-style bus activation. > > > > Unfortunately, enabling systemd support removes consolekit support, > > screwing over everyone not running systemd. > > Ah, I didn't know about that. Are you sure that's still the model used > here with this upstream support? How would I test? I am running > systemd, but I also use consolekit. > > >> This now wants a dedicated user and group, by default 'polkitd'. I > >> re-used 102, which was listed as 'policykit' in the UID/GID database. > >> Hopefully it really was unused. The build depends on this user and group > >> already being present (otherwise 'make install' fails to chown some > >> directories, and polkitd fails to read them and dies). > > > > Ah, that sucks. > > Any suggestions on how to handle this when building in clean chroots? > > I did my builds by building a broken package first (the 'make install' > failure doesn't actually cause the build to fail), installing that > (which created the user and group), and then building it again > (getting a working package this time). Not very satisfactory, and not > workable in a build chroot. Possibly it would work to allow the > directories to get the wrong owner, and then chown them after make > install, using the intended numeric UID/GID directly. Not very safe, > as we might have polkitd:polkitd being something other than 102:102 on > some systems for some reason. > -- Martin Código de novios Falabella: 585855-00 (gracias!) No envíen archivos pesados por mail. Usen DropBox <https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTIwODk0MDk> (2GB + *500MB bonus*) o SpiderOak<https://spideroak.com/download/referral/dd6b3051b5f1f10a5674d694f22dd3e8>(tras registrarse vayan a 'buy more space' e ingresen el código "worldbackupday" --> *8GB*)
