Comment 12 for bug 466088

OK, thanks for the information, most probably we will stick to gksu then...

2009/12/7 Jonathan Wiltshire <email address hidden>

> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 01:06:57PM -0000, Bart de Koning wrote:
> > Upstream we use gksu, it is changed to su-to-root in the ubuntu packages,
> > however it seems to be a very neat solution for a common encountered
> > problem.
> > Are there any strong arguments not to switch upstream, eg what is the
> > availability of su-to-root on other distributions, like Suse, or Fedora,
> or
> > is it a specific ubuntu implementation?
>
> It was originally a Debian tool and I don't know whether it has been
> integrated into any other distributions. A quick Google suggests not, so
> you should probably not change it upstream.
>
> You could generate it at build-time if the building system is Debian-based,
> but that's probably over-engineering it. The patch isn't exactly a big
> delta.
>
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> Jonathan Wiltshire
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> BackInTime karmic package missing depends on menu
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/466088
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> Status in Back In Time: Invalid
> Status in “backintime” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
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> Bug description:
> The Back In Time (root) launcher as shipped in karmic calls the program
> su-to-root. This program is not installed on a base Ubuntu machine, but
> menu (The package containing su-to-root) is not listed as a dependency.
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