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screen-resolution-extra package

[patch] screen-resolution-extra should depend on polkit-1-auth-agent instead of policykit-1-gnome

Bug #1745815 reported by Vlad Orlov
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screen-resolution-extra (Ubuntu)
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Graham Inggs
Bionic
Fix Released
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Graham Inggs

Bug Description

System: Ubuntu MATE 18.04
Package version: 0.17.1

Expected behavior:

Package screen-resolution-extra should depend on polkit-1-auth-agent. This would allow installing it in desktop environments that provide their own PolicyKit authentication agents, like MATE which has mate-polkit. All these agents provide polkit-1-auth-agent (which is a virtual package).

Actual behavior:

Package screen-resolution-extra depends on policykit-1-gnome. In MATE desktop it leads to installation of both mate-polkit and policykit-1-gnome, which is not needed.

Additional info:

Package screen-resolution-extra is used by nvidia-settings tool, therefore the problem affects everyone who uses proprietary nvidia drivers.

The debdiff that is attached below makes screen-resolution-extra depend on polkit-1-auth-agent, fixing the problem.

Tags: bionic patch
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Vlad Orlov (monsta) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "Debdiff with the fix for Bionic" seems to be a debdiff. The ubuntu-sponsors team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review and hopefully sponsor the debdiff. If the attachment isn't a patch, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are member of the ~ubuntu-sponsors, unsubscribe the team.

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Graham Inggs (ginggs) wrote :

You should not depend on a virtual package only. Depend on the default real package OR the virtual package, as below:

Depends:
policykit-1-gnome | polkit-1-auth-agent

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Vlad Orlov (monsta) wrote :

policykit-1-gnome provides polkit-1-auth-agent, should be ok

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

it's ok but non deterministic then, please change your patch to follow the previous recommendation

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Vlad Orlov (monsta) wrote :

Ok, here goes the corrected debdiff.

Graham Inggs (ginggs)
Changed in screen-resolution-extra (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Graham Inggs (ginggs)
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Graham Inggs (ginggs) wrote :

Uploaded, with (LP: #1745815) added to the changelog so this bug is closed automatically.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package screen-resolution-extra - 0.17.2

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screen-resolution-extra (0.17.2) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Depend on policykit-1-gnome | polkit-1-auth-agent for desktop
    environments that provide their own PolicyKit authentication
    agents. (LP: #1745815)

 -- Vlad Orlov <email address hidden> Sun, 28 Jan 2018 01:14:32 +0300

Changed in screen-resolution-extra (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Vlad Orlov (monsta) wrote :

Oops, I forgot to add that link to LP...

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Vlad Orlov (monsta) wrote :

Thanks for uploading, that was fast :)

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