Bug#498395: gdm doesn't really depend on gksu

Anthony DeRobertis anthony at derobert.net
Tue Sep 9 18:36:51 UTC 2008


Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.7-1
Severity: normal

Having run
	dpkg --force-depends --purge gnome-keyring gksu
I can confirm that gdm works just fine without gksu. It puts up the
login box, authenticates users, and starts the X session. 

Please downgrade the Depends: to a Recommends: or even a Suggests:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (100, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                3.110             add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.22            Debian configuration management sy
ii  e16 [x-window-manager] 0.16.8.13-4       the Enlightenment Window Manager D
pn  gksu                   <none>            (no description available)
ii  gnome-session [x-sessi 2.22.3-1          The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-term 2.22.3-2          The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii  konsole [x-terminal-em 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-5  X terminal emulator for KDE
ii  ksmserver [x-session-m 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-5  session manager for KDE
ii  kwin [x-window-manager 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-5  the KDE window manager
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.20-2          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.22.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1               1:2.4.43-1        Extended attribute shared library
ii  libc6                  2.7-13            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2              1.6.4-6           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.1-3           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.76-1            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdmx1                1:1.0.2-3         X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
ii  libfontconfig1         2.6.0-1           generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.7-2           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.6.2-1         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.16.5-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.20.1.1-1        A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.12.11-3         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpam-modules         1.0.1-4           Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime         1.0.1-4           Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g               1.0.1-4           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.20.5-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  librsvg2-2             2.22.2-2          SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  librsvg2-common        2.22.2-2          SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1            2.0.65-4          SELinux shared libraries
ii  libwrap0               7.6.q-16          Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6               2:1.1.4-2         X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                1:1.0.3-3         X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6              1:1.0.2-3         X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6               2:1.0.4-1         X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxi6                 2:1.1.3-1         X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1           2:1.0.3-2         X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                2.6.32.dfsg-3     GNOME XML library
ii  lsb-base               3.2-20            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  metacity [x-window-man 1:2.22.0-1        A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emul 235-1             X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii  dialog                    1.1-20080316-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  gdm-themes                0.6            Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  whiptail                  0.52.2-11.3    Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  xserver-xephyr            2:1.4.2-5      nested X server
ii  xserver-xorg              1:7.3+15       the X.Org X server
ii  zenity                    2.22.1-1       Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gdm suggests:
pn  libpam-gnome-keyring          <none>     (no description available)
ii  locales                       2.7-13     GNU C Library: National Language (
pn  uswsusp                       <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm





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