[Bug 806291] Re: [needs-packaging] Boot-Repair

[Michael Nagel]

hmm... i don't see how to comment on the blueprint, so i put this here:

after looking at the code, i think you are basically doing exactly what
i suggested.

i am not sure what Fabrice means with
- I've got the feeling that boot-repair have ot be launched as root. Is it the case? If so, you should use gksudo or equivalent in the .desktop files

if he means "the tool should be run as root, not as user" then this is already taken care of
if he means "the request for root privileges should be directly in the launcher" this is not yet the case, because root privileges are only requested in a subsequent script. i do not know desktop files well enough to tell if this is a problem, but i do not think so. if it is absolutely necessary to put "(gk)su(do) boot-repair" in the launcher, this should not hurt either. gui-g2slaunch.sh could either just do nothing if it is started with root privileges or it could (unnecessarily, but no harm) run (gk)su(do) once again...

but i still think everything can be left as it is, because the tool
already requests the necessary rights, even when launched via the
.desktop file that runs "boot-repair" making it is less obvious that
rights are indeed requested.

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Title:
  [needs-packaging] Boot-Repair

Status in Boot-Repair:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  Boot-Repair is a small tool to repair frequent boot problems,
  reinstall GRUB, restore MBR...

  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1769482

  Stable packages are available for 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 ..
  on https://launchpad.net/~yannubuntu/+archive/boot-repair

  Licence: GPLv3

  It should be included in Ubuntu's repositories.

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