Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:44:48 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal@dataix.net> 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: <4FF4D570.7020002@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20120704234104.GA392@DataIX.net> References: <86bojxow6x.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4FF35864.5030109@FreeBSD.org> <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>
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On 07/04/2012 16:41, Jason Hellenthal wrote:
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> 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.
>>
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> 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.
Doug
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