Software Installation GUI Broken

[Scott Robbins]

On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 03:39:30AM +0000, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R <caf <at> omen.com> writes:
> > The system-administration-add/remove software app is broken.
> > It refuses to run from root.
> 
> The upstream author (who's also one of the Fedora packagers) of PackageKit and 
> gnome-packagekit refuses to allow running gnome-packagekit as root. He doesn't 
> consider that broken. (Like you, I do.)
> 
> See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447266


There is a saying that Unix doesn't prevent you from doing stupid things
because that would also prevent you from doing smart things.  On the
other hand Gnu is Not Unix.  

I wonder if it's worth adding my voice to the bug.  (Though I don't use
package kit, it's the principle of thing.  I guess I see the developers'
point of view as more and more newcomers enter the Linux world, 
but...)

I suppose that they're also the ones that bear the blame when newcomers
break a system, but I guess it's a matter of being treated as if I'm a
child.  I get that enough from my wife... (looks over his shoulder as he
types and quickly hits send.)
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