Hi Ralf, On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:05:46 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > after upgrading sudo today, gksudo stopped working. Downgrading sudo > fixed the issue. > > [rocketmouse@archlinux tmp]$ grep sudo /var/log/pacman.log | grep > 2015-07-21 [2015-07-21 15:30] [ALPM] upgraded sudo (1.8.14.p1-1 -> > 1.8.14.p2-1) [2015-07-21 18:24] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U > sudo-1.8.11.p2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' [2015-07-21 18:24] [ALPM] > warning: /etc/sudoers installed as /etc/sudoers.pacnew [2015-07-21 > 18:24] [ALPM] downgraded sudo (1.8.14.p2-1 -> 1.8.11.p2-1) > [2015-07-21 18:58] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S sudo' [2015-07-21 > 18:58] [ALPM] warning: /etc/sudoers installed as /etc/sudoers.pacnew > [2015-07-21 18:58] [ALPM] upgraded sudo (1.8.11.p2-1 -> 1.8.14.p2-1) > [2015-07-21 18:59] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U > sudo-1.8.11.p2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' [2015-07-21 18:59] [ALPM] > warning: /etc/sudoers installed as /etc/sudoers.pacnew [2015-07-21 > 18:59] [ALPM] downgraded sudo (1.8.14.p2-1 -> 1.8.11.p2-1) > > I need to extract the package of version 1.8.14.p1-1 from a backup, I > downgraded to 1.8.11.p2-1, because this was the version provided by > the downgrade command, however there wasn't an issue when 1.8.14.p1-1 > was installed. > > Any ideas, before I file a bug report? > > Regards, > Ralf Did you try rebuilding gksudo? Sudo now has an extra option enabled IIRC, so that might help. Regards, runical