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| author | Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@centricular.com> | 2018-07-03 03:11:28 +0530 |
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| committer | Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@centricular.com> | 2018-07-03 03:12:55 +0530 |
| commit | 8aba4aa2d7a40de43bcd4b56ba5f75a7c043bb66 (patch) | |
| tree | 7e2728676d5bbd5093521ba3d2177c770195c298 /docs/markdown | |
| parent | c47c7105cc8ad2a9a2b6587de05156ebcbc59484 (diff) | |
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0.47 release notes: Document polkit support [skip ci]
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.47.0.md b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.47.0.md index fb36e96..9736256 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.47.0.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.47.0.md @@ -292,3 +292,11 @@ the `depend_files:` and `depends:` keywords. When using binutils's `windres`, dependencies on files `#include`'d by the preprocessor are now automatically tracked. +## Polkit support for privileged installation + +When running `install`, if installation fails with a permission error and +`pkexec` is available, Meson will attempt to use it to spawn a permission +dialog for privileged installation and retry the installation. + +If `pkexec` is not available, the old behaviour is retained and you will need +to explicitly run the install step with `sudo`. |