Created attachment 1407240 [details] Screenshot of password dialog Description of problem: When packagekit prompts me to install updates and one of them is from an untrusted source (e.g. the Red Hat 'rhpkg' RPM used for RHEL packaging) I get a polkit dialog asking for the root password. The text of that dialog is nearly useless, as it doesn't tell me which package(s) it applies to. If I've got dozens of updates and click "Install updates" I don't know which one causes the problem, or what the untrusted source is. If i want to investigate (to ensure nothing bad has happened to one of the repos I'm using, for example) I have to cancel the root password prompt, then try to update select packages to find which one has the problem. Why can't it just tell me the name of the package that needs authentication? If it's one I know is self-signed (like rhpkg) then I'm happy to give the root password. If it's one that should be trusted (like a kernel update from Fedora) then I obviously don't want to just enter the root password to continue blindly. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): PackageKit-1.1.6-2.fc26.x86_64 PackageKit-Qt-0.9.5-7.fc26.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Actual results: See attached screen capture. Expected results: Tell me **at least** the name of the package(s) that need authentication, ideally also the source they came from (e.g. the download URL used).
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Still present in F27 (see PR 1572845)
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*** Bug 1572845 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Should component be plasma-pk-updates instead? I'm pretty sure this is still present in rawhide, I'll test ASAP.
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Reopened because behaviour is unchanged in F28 (unsurprisingly). I've uninstalled PackageKit-Qt so that can't be the right package. Component changed to plasma-pk-updates plasma-pk-updates-0.3.2-1.fc28.x86_64
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