Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 00:07:08 -0400 From: Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal@dataix.net> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Subject: Re: install-prompt for missing features (Was: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) Message-ID: <20120705040708.GB392@DataIX.net> In-Reply-To: <4FF4D570.7020002@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAC8HS2Hx%2BqV1zYSzyM6wYzbyA6BStd3HEwc-VDhv40DHM=qCvw@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ5ikPz_yDhEQutiXVG354qRHYJTn-M_S4Cx-=YRgFP7eQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120704185104.GA42355@DataIX.net> <4FF4B36A.2040608@FreeBSD.org> <20120704180134.7c649e1b@bhuda.mired.org> <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> <20120704225519.GB19945@DataIX.net> <4FF4CAD1.8080804@FreeBSD.org> <20120704234104.GA392@DataIX.net> <4FF4D570.7020002@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 04:44:48PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > On 07/04/2012 16:41, Jason Hellenthal wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 03:59:29PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > >> On 07/04/2012 15:55, Jason Hellenthal wrote: > >>> Seeing as sudo plays a big part of this > >> > >> No ... not only is sudo not a necessary component, it shouldn't be > >> involved at all. The feature works on debian/ubuntu for regular > >> userspace commands. > >> > > > > What are they using to authenticate for the install ? do you know ? > > Perhaps I misunderstood what you meant. Certainly you'd need proper > permissions for installing something. > > What I meant was that the concept of prompting for uninstalled stuff > does not, and should not require sudo to be involved in any way. > Agreed. I didn't make that quite clear. Most of which I noticed from my very limited use of Fedora in the past since the only thing that was being installed was already built packages is the use of sudo to elevate privelages thats just why I refered to it in that manner. -- - (2^(N-1))
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