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desktop-effects-kde package

Misleading error message on missing packages

Bug #219729 reported by Fredrik Mellbin
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desktop-effects-kde (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Roderick B. Greening

Bug Description

Binary package hint: desktop-effects-kde

If kdesudo is not installed the following lines in DesktopEffectsCommon.py will erroneously conclude that adept_batch isn't installed, creating great confusion for the user (me).

try:
''' Installs the Compiz package. Not very nice as it is distribution dependent. '''
subprocess.call(['kdesudo', '-c' 'adept_batch install compiz-kde compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-fusion-plugins-extra'])
except:
subprocess.call(['kdialog', '--sorry', 'Adept Batch is not installed on this system'])

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Roderick B. Greening (roderick-greening) wrote :

desktop-effects-kde should depend on kdesudo.

That will fix the underlying issue.

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Roderick B. Greening (roderick-greening) wrote :

sent to dev.

Changed in desktop-effects-kde:
assignee: nobody → roderick-greening
status: New → Fix Committed
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Roderick B. Greening (roderick-greening) wrote :

attaching diff

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package desktop-effects-kde - 0.4.3

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desktop-effects-kde (0.4.3) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Add dep on kdesudo as the program requires kdesudo to perform install with admin rights.
    (LP: #219729)

 -- <email address hidden> (Roderick B. Greening) Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:57:21 -0230

Changed in desktop-effects-kde:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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