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Spec URL: http://hobbes1069.fedorapeople.org/spnavcfg/spnavcfg.spec SRPM URL: http://hobbes1069.fedorapeople.org/spnavcfg/spnavcfg-0.2.1-1.fc15.src.rpm Description: Spacenav daemon interactive configuration program.
rpmlint output: $ ls *.rpm spnavcfg-0.2.1-1.fc15.src.rpm spnavcfg-debuginfo-0.2.1-1.fc15.x86_64.rpm spnavcfg-0.2.1-1.fc15.x86_64.rpm $ rpmlint *.rpm spnavcfg.src: W: spelling-error Summary(en_US) Spacenav -> Spacemen spnavcfg.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US Spacenav -> Spacemen spnavcfg.src:29: W: rpm-buildroot-usage %build %configure --prefix=%{buildroot}%{_prefix} spnavcfg.x86_64: W: spelling-error Summary(en_US) Spacenav -> Spacemen spnavcfg.x86_64: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US Spacenav -> Spacemen spnavcfg.x86_64: E: setuid-binary /usr/bin/spnavcfg root 04775L spnavcfg.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/bin/spnavcfg 04775L spnavcfg.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/bin/spnavcfg 04775L - They uses setuid in order to allow normal users to write to the config file in /etc. Supposedly it's secure because they have a frontend (gui) and backend part of the program so only the backend runs as root. spnavcfg.x86_64: W: no-manual-page-for-binary spnavcfg - This is a gui only app. 3 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 3 errors, 6 warnings.
naming: ok sources: ok d20cf09515d1e39fd04877a00a2023b5 spnavcfg-0.2.1.tar.gz scriptlets: ok licensing: ok Not entirely happy with the setuid thing though, there's more robust and elegant solutions to that (like policykit), but meh. not a blocker, imo. rest is fairly simple. APPROVED.
(In reply to comment #2) > Not entirely happy with the setuid thing though, there's more robust and > elegant solutions to that (like policykit), but meh. not a blocker, imo. Upstream is willing to make any simple changes that are not Fedora specific. Is there a simple solution to this problem? Thanks, Richard
policykit is not fedora specific, but it's also a wee-bit non-trivial implementation-wise. would require a bit of work/coding (which, for better or worse, I lack the expertise/experience/skill at the moment myself).
New Package SCM Request ======================= Package Name: spnavcfg Short Description: Spacenav daemon interactive configuration program Owners: hobbes1069 Branches: f15 f16 InitialCC:
Git done (by process-git-requests).
spnavcfg-0.2.1-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/spnavcfg-0.2.1-1.fc15
spnavcfg-0.2.1-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/spnavcfg-0.2.1-1.fc16
spnavcfg-0.2.1-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository.
spnavcfg-0.2.1-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.
spnavcfg-0.2.1-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.
Package Change Request ====================== Package Name: spnavcfg New Branches: el6 Owners: zultron hobbes1069 InitialCC: The owner of this package (hobbes1069) and I (zultron) are building this package for EPEL6.