Bug#599233: /usr/bin/gksudo: do not swallow stderr output

[Yaroslav Halchenko]

Package: gksu
Version: 2.0.2-3
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/gksudo



Now it is close to impossible to figure out what went wrong while running
the command since std error gets swallowed into a buffer:

$> gksudo "apt-get install -q asdf" ; echo $?
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...

(gksudo:2664): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_str_has_prefix: assertion `str != NULL' failed
100

$> gksudo -d "apt-get install -q asdf" ; echo $? 
No ask_pass set, using default!
xauth: /tmp/libgksu-Mrcj37/.Xauthority
STARTUP_ID: gksudo/apt-get install -q asdf/2697-0-novo_TIME0
cmd[0]: /usr/bin/sudo
cmd[1]: -H
cmd[2]: -S
cmd[3]: -p
cmd[4]: GNOME_SUDO_PASS
cmd[5]: -u
cmd[6]: root
cmd[7]: --
cmd[8]: apt-get
cmd[9]: install
cmd[10]: -q
cmd[11]: asdf
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
buffer: -E-
buffer: -: Unable to locate package asdf-
buffer: --
...




-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (901, 'unstable'), (900, 'testing'), (300, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gksu depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.30.0-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                      2.11.2-2      Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                  1.8.10-5      The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1             2.8.0-2.1     generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6               2.4.2-1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4                2.28.1-3      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgksu2-0                 2.0.13~pre1-1 library providing su and sudo func
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.24.1-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0          2.30.1-1      GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.20.1-1      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.28.1-1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.10-1        library for program launch feedbac
ii  sudo                       1.7.2p7-1     Provide limited super user privile

Versions of packages gksu recommends:
ii  gnome-keyring                 2.30.3-1   GNOME keyring services (daemon and

gksu suggests no packages.

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