Bug#890728: nmap: zenmap (as root) .desktop file missing.

[Raphael Hertzog]

Hello,

On Sat, 17 Feb 2018, David Britton wrote:
> In Ubuntu, the attached patch was applied to achieve the following:
> 
> The .desktop file for running zenmap as root does not function correctly
> without the 'menu' package that provides the `su-to-root` binary.  This
> patch simply adds 'menu' as a dependency of the zenmap binary package.
> 
>   * debian/control: Add dependency menu for zenmap. (LP #126331)
> 
> Thanks for considering the patch.

Thanks for the report. But the menu package is something that we should
really phase out and try to avoid so I would suggest to switch to pkexec
instead and to add a "Recommends: policykit-1" which is likely already
satisfied on most desktops.

Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer

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