On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 03:39:30AM +0000, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R <caf <at> omen.com> writes: > > The system-administration-add/remove software app is broken. > > It refuses to run from root. > > The upstream author (who's also one of the Fedora packagers) of PackageKit and > gnome-packagekit refuses to allow running gnome-packagekit as root. He doesn't > consider that broken. (Like you, I do.) > > See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447266 There is a saying that Unix doesn't prevent you from doing stupid things because that would also prevent you from doing smart things. On the other hand Gnu is Not Unix. I wonder if it's worth adding my voice to the bug. (Though I don't use package kit, it's the principle of thing. I guess I see the developers' point of view as more and more newcomers enter the Linux world, but...) I suppose that they're also the ones that bear the blame when newcomers break a system, but I guess it's a matter of being treated as if I'm a child. I get that enough from my wife... (looks over his shoulder as he types and quickly hits send.) -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Spike: Oh, listen to Mary Poppins. He's got his crust all stiff and upper with that nancy-boy accent. (everyone looking at him) You Englishmen are always so... (pauses) Bloody hell! (ticks off on his fingers) Sodding, blimey, shagging, knickers, bollocks, oh God! I'm English! Giles: Welcome to the nancy tribe. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
