Gksu in 14.04?

[sktsee]

On Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:30:01 -0400, Tom H wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 2:05 PM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 10:59 AM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> gksu/gksudo is abandonware upstream and pkexec is the replacement.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>
>> PS: It would have been really handy to have this listed in the release 
notes....
> 
> I've never used gksu/gksudo or pkexec (unless I'm using them
> implicitly when I use the NM gui). Are they really used that widely
> and that often that they rate a mention in the release notes?

Below is a list of packages that depend or recommends gksu in Precise:

sktsee at muon:~$ apt-rdepends -r gksu -s DEPENDS -s RECOMMENDS
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
gksu
  Reverse Depends: aptoncd (0.1.98+bzr117-1.2)
  Reverse Depends: checkbox-gtk (0.13.7)
  Reverse Depends: foomatic-gui (0.7.9.5build1)
  Reverse Depends: gameconqueror (0.12-2)
  Reverse Depends: gdebi (0.8.5build1)
  Reverse Depends: gdecrypt (0.7.2.2-0ubuntu6)
  Reverse Depends: gkdebconf (>= 1.2.66ubuntu1)
  Reverse Depends: gnome-codec-install (0.4.7+nmu1ubuntu3)
  Reverse Depends: hannah-foo2zjs (1:1)
  Reverse Depends: hplip-gui (3.12.2-1ubuntu3)
  Reverse Depends: l2tp-ipsec-vpn (>= 1.0.6-1)
  Reverse Depends: mythtv-backend (2:0.25.[truncated]
  Reverse Depends: mythtv-frontend (2:0.25 [truncated]
  Reverse Depends: network-config (0.2-1)
  Reverse Depends: sadms (2.0.15.repack-0ubuntu2)
  Reverse Depends: sbackup-gtk (0.11.4-0ubuntu4)polkit support gedit
  Reverse Depends: system-config-date (1.9.60-0ubuntu2)
  Reverse Depends: tcos-configurator (1.22)
  Reverse Depends: tcos-standalone (0.89.86)
  Reverse Depends: tcosconfig (0.3.30)
  Reverse Depends: tcosmonitor (0.2.43)
  Reverse Depends: ubiquity-frontend-gtk (2.10.16)
  Reverse Depends: ubuntu-tweak (0.8.6-1~precise1)
  Reverse Depends: update-manager (1:0.156.14)
  Reverse Depends: update-notifier (0.119ubuntu8.1)
  Reverse Depends: usb-imagewriter (0.1.3-0ubuntu5)
  Reverse Depends: xnetcardconfig (0.2.1-1)
  Reverse Recommends: ettercap-graphical (1:0.7.4.2-1)
  Reverse Recommends: galternatives (0.13.5+nmu2ubuntu1)
  Reverse Recommends: gpppon (0.3-2ubuntu1)
  Reverse Recommends: guymager (0.5.9-1)
  Reverse Recommends: lxde-core (0.5.0-4ubuntu3)
  Reverse Recommends: macchanger-gtk (1.1-4)
  Reverse Recommends: pysdm (0.4.1-0ubuntu3)
  Reverse Recommends: synaptic (0.75.9ubuntu1)
  Reverse Recommends: wicd-gtk (1.7.2.3-1)
  Reverse Recommends: zenmap (5.21-1.1ubuntu1)

There's likely a few programs listed above that some on this list find 
useful enough to keep installed on their machines.

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sktsee