Bug#362118: gksu: looking for xauth in the wrong folder

[Michael Rasmussen]

Package: gksu
Version: 1.3.7-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

After xorg is upgraded in Debian Sid to 7.0 gksu no longer works because
it looks in a wrong folder for xauth. See debug output below

$gksu -d /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
try_su_run: buf: -Password:
sh: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: No such file or directory
xauth: --
display: -:0.0-
gksu_context_run: buf: -Password: -
DEBUG (run:after-pass) buf: -Password: -
DEBUG (run:post-after-pass) buf: -gksu: waiting
-
DEBUG (gksu: waiting) buf: -gksu: waiting
-
sh: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: No such file or directory
xauth: --
display: -:0.0-
gksu_context_run: buf: -Password: -
DEBUG (run:after-pass) buf: -Password: -

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686
Locale: LANG=da_DK, LC_CTYPE=da_DK (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages gksu depends on:
ii  gconf2                      2.14.0-1     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libatk1.0-0                 1.11.4-1     The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                       2.3.6-6      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                   1.0.4-1      The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1              2.3.2-5.1    generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6                2.1.10-3     FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.14.0-1     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgksu1.2-0                1.3.7-1      library providing su and sudo func
ii  libgksuui1.0-1              1.0.7-1      a graphical fronted to su library
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.10.2-1     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0           0.4.9-1      GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.8.16-1     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2                   1:2.14.0-1   libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.12.0-2     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0                  1.2.8rel-5.1 PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0                    1.7-5        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.0.0-5    X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                 1.1.5.2-2    X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                    1:1.0.0-3    X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxi6                      1:1.0.0-3    X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1                1:1.0.1-2    X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                  2:1.1.0.2-3  X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                 1:0.9.0.2-2  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  sudo                        1.6.8p12-3   Provide limited super user privile
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.3-11   compression library - runtime

gksu recommends no packages.

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