Do any #GNOME folx know why polkit-gnome gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/polic… got archived and is considered "legacy" now? What is "the way" to have graphical applications ask for rights through #PolKit #PolicyKit?
polkit-gnome was the backend that presents the UI to the user; these days, it's integrated into the Shell. Applications have always been using the polkit API directly to ask for authentication: freedesktop.org/software/polki…
@ebassi Thanks! I'll update the ArchLinux Wiki to be more clear that this shouldn't be used with GNOME Shell.
I stumbled on this since a script I use had it's behavior changed recently where before my password was prompted on the CLI it's now opening a window... that looks more like CDE than GNOME and I wondered whether I simply had a package missing
Emmanuele Bassi
in reply to lj·rk • • •Writing polkit applications: polkit Reference Manual
www.freedesktop.orglj·rk
in reply to Emmanuele Bassi • • •@ebassi Thanks! I'll update the ArchLinux Wiki to be more clear that this shouldn't be used with GNOME Shell.
I stumbled on this since a script I use had it's behavior changed recently where before my password was prompted on the CLI it's now opening a window... that looks more like CDE than GNOME and I wondered whether I simply had a package missing