Steps to Reproduce:
1. Execute `/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1` under sway
2. Start a authentication: `pkexec /bin/sh`

Actual results:
Authentication window opens and crashes immediately.

See also: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/70670.

And I created a Merge Request: https://salsa.debian.org/utopia-team/polkit-gnome/-/merge_requests/1.

Am 24.06.21 um 08:28 schrieb zsien:

Thanks!

I wanted to ask you to forward this patch to upstream, but it seems
PolicyKit-gnome has been archived:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/policykit-gnome

Having a security sensitive application with a dead upstream is probably
not a good idea, so I wonder whether dropping policykit-1-gnome from the
archive would be a (better) alternative.

Currently, the only hard reverse dependency according to dak is:

Checking reverse dependencies...
# Broken Depends:
cinnamon: cinnamon
cinnamon-control-center: cinnamon-control-center

Dependency problem found.


I thought cinnamon had a builtin PK agent. Either this is not true or
the dependency is unnecessary.

Simon, should we hand over policykit-1-gnome to the cinnamon maintainers?

Regards,
Michael

Am 24.06.21 um 08:28 schrieb zsien:

For fun, I tried this with mate-polkit as well (which as I understand is
based on policykit-1-gnome). It segfaulted as well. So cloning the issue.