Remove gksu from Ubuntu
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
| edubuntu-netboot (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| gksu (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| libgksu (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| libui-dialog-perl (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| macchanger-gtk (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| network-config (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| sbackup (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| umit (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Debian has removed gksu. I recommend that we remove gksu and libgksu for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS also.
It is recommended that developers use PolicyKit to only use elevated privileges for the specific actions where it is needed.
It is recommended that users use the gvfs admin backend available in Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 LTS. You can do this with the admin:// prefix. For instance, instead of running gksu gedit or gksu nautilus to edit /etc/default/grub, navigate to admin:/
Ubuntu 17.10's default session (a themed GNOME on Wayland) does not support gksu. Ubuntu 18.04 switched back to using X instead of Wayland as default but it is expected that Wayland will once again be the default in 18.10.
$ reverse-depends src:gksu
Reverse-Recommends
==================
* macchanger-gtk (for gksu)
* wicd-gtk (for gksu)
Reverse-Depends
===============
* edubuntu-netboot (for gksu)
* peony-gksu (for gksu)
* umit (for gksu)
List of packages to remove and commentary
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* peony-gksu: NBS
* macchanger-gtk: Removed from Debian Testing in January 2017 for a security bug
* libui-dialog-perl: no other rdepends but macchanger-gtk. This is the security bug that got macchanger-gtk removed from Testing. Debian bug 496448
* edubuntu-netboot: never in Debian. Edubuntu is "on hold" since 2016.
* umit: never in Debian, appears unmaintained upstream since at least 2014 (maybe 2012?)
* gksu
* libgksu
References
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description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: bionic |
description: | updated |
no longer affects: | aptoncd (Ubuntu) |
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : | #1 |
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : | #2 |
Removing packages:
sbackup 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic
sbackup 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic amd64
sbackup 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic arm64
sbackup 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic armhf
sbackup 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic i386
sbackup 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic ppc64el
sbackup 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic s390x
sbackup-gtk 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic amd64
sbackup-gtk 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic arm64
sbackup-gtk 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic armhf
sbackup-gtk 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic i386
sbackup-gtk 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic ppc64el
sbackup-gtk 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 in bionic s390x
sbackup-
sbackup-
sbackup-
sbackup-
sbackup-
sbackup-
Comment: (From Debian) RoQA; missed both jessie and stretch; Debian bug #870969
Remove [y|N]? y
Changed in sbackup (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in network-config (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
summary: |
- Remove unmaintained gksu reverse dependencies + Remove gksu from Ubuntu |
no longer affects: | macchanger-gtk (Ubuntu) |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : | #3 |
Removing packages from bionic:
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic amd64
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic arm64
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic armhf
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic i386
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic ppc64el
edubuntu-netboot 14.04.2 in bionic s390x
Comment: Unmaintained package for no-longer-active flavor; depends on gksu which is obsolete and removed from Debian; LP: #1740618
1 package successfully removed.
Changed in edubuntu-netboot (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : | #4 |
Removing packages from bionic:
umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic
umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic amd64
umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic arm64
umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic armhf
umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic i386
umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic ppc64el
umit 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 in bionic s390x
Comment: Ubuntu-specific, in maintenance-mode since 2009, depends on obsolete gksu; LP: #1740618
1 package successfully removed.
Changed in umit (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : | #5 |
Removing packages:
gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic
gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic amd64
gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic arm64
gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic armhf
gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic i386
gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic ppc64el
gksu 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic s390x
gksu-dbgsym 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic amd64
gksu-dbgsym 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic arm64
gksu-dbgsym 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic armhf
gksu-dbgsym 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic i386
gksu-dbgsym 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic ppc64el
gksu-dbgsym 2.0.2-9ubuntu2 in bionic s390x
Comment: (From Debian) RoM; RoQA; unmaintained; Debian bug #892768
Remove [y|N]? y
Changed in gksu (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : | #6 |
Removing packages:
libgksu 2.0.13~
libgksu2-0 2.0.13~
libgksu2-0 2.0.13~
libgksu2-0 2.0.13~
libgksu2-0 2.0.13~
libgksu2-0 2.0.13~
libgksu2-0 2.0.13~
libgksu2-0-dbgsym 2.0.13~
libgksu2-0-dbgsym 2.0.13~
libgksu2-0-dbgsym 2.0.13~
libgksu2-0-dbgsym 2.0.13~
libgksu2-0-dbgsym 2.0.13~
libgksu2-0-dbgsym 2.0.13~
libgksu2-dev 2.0.13~
libgksu2-dev 2.0.13~
libgksu2-dev 2.0.13~
libgksu2-dev 2.0.13~
libgksu2-dev 2.0.13~
libgksu2-dev 2.0.13~
Comment: (From Debian) RoM; RoQA; unmaintained, security-sensitive; Debian bug #892771
Remove [y|N]? y
Changed in libgksu (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : | #7 |
if you believe Debian bug #496448 is sufficient rationale for removal of macchanger-
Changed in libui-dialog-perl (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in macchanger-gtk (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
> * sbackup: never in Debian
Not exactly true. sbackup 0.10.5+nmu1 was removed from Debian on 2017-09-10.