[arch-general] sudo 1.8.14.p2-1 breaks gksudo

[runical at gmx.com]

Hi Ralf,

On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:05:46 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> after upgrading sudo today, gksudo stopped working. Downgrading sudo
> fixed the issue.
> 
> [rocketmouse at archlinux tmp]$ grep sudo /var/log/pacman.log | grep
> 2015-07-21 [2015-07-21 15:30] [ALPM] upgraded sudo (1.8.14.p1-1 ->
> 1.8.14.p2-1) [2015-07-21 18:24] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U
> sudo-1.8.11.p2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' [2015-07-21 18:24] [ALPM]
> warning: /etc/sudoers installed as /etc/sudoers.pacnew [2015-07-21
> 18:24] [ALPM] downgraded sudo (1.8.14.p2-1 -> 1.8.11.p2-1)
> [2015-07-21 18:58] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S sudo' [2015-07-21
> 18:58] [ALPM] warning: /etc/sudoers installed as /etc/sudoers.pacnew
> [2015-07-21 18:58] [ALPM] upgraded sudo (1.8.11.p2-1 -> 1.8.14.p2-1)
> [2015-07-21 18:59] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U
> sudo-1.8.11.p2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' [2015-07-21 18:59] [ALPM]
> warning: /etc/sudoers installed as /etc/sudoers.pacnew [2015-07-21
> 18:59] [ALPM] downgraded sudo (1.8.14.p2-1 -> 1.8.11.p2-1)
> 
> I need to extract the package of version 1.8.14.p1-1 from a backup, I
> downgraded to 1.8.11.p2-1, because this was the version provided by
> the downgrade command, however there wasn't an issue when 1.8.14.p1-1
> was installed.
> 
> Any ideas, before I file a bug report?
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf


Did you try rebuilding gksudo? Sudo now has an extra option enabled
IIRC, so that might help.

Regards,
runical