Gksu in 14.04?

[Tom H]

On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 7:04 PM, sktsee <sktseer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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)

This list is strange. I have update-manager and update-notifier on my
laptop but I don't have gksu:

# dpkg -l | egrep ^update-'manager|notifier'
ii  update-notifier                                       0.154.1
                                       amd64        Daemon which
notifies about package updates
ii  update-notifier-common                                0.154.1
                                       all          Files shared
between update-notifier and other packages
# dpkg -l | grep gksu
#


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

As long as they're in universe why not. Over time they'll lose their
dependency on gksu.

I wonder whether Ubuntu has a policy that packages in main can't
depend on packages in universe.