install-prompt for missing features (Was: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?)

[Doug Barton]

On 07/04/2012 16:41, Jason Hellenthal wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 03:59:29PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On 07/04/2012 15:55, Jason Hellenthal wrote:
>>> Seeing as sudo plays a big part of this
>>
>> No ... not only is sudo not a necessary component, it shouldn't be
>> involved at all. The feature works on debian/ubuntu for regular
>> userspace commands.
>>
> 
> What are they using to authenticate for the install ? do you know ?

Perhaps I misunderstood what you meant. Certainly you'd need proper
permissions for installing something.

What I meant was that the concept of prompting for uninstalled stuff
does not, and should not require sudo to be involved in any way.

Doug

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