slackpkg blacklist kde should not blacklist polkit anymore

frushiyama · 09-24-2020, 09:52 AM

I am on slackware64 + multilib current and using XFCE only, so i blacklist kde packages using:

Code:

#slackpkg blacklist kde

This command add`s all kde packages and others, the polkit package.
I use this to keep the system without list new kde packages when i install new ones with slackpkg install new command.
After some update (recently PAM add i guess) polkit became necessary in Slackware without KDE.
Problems like permission in power off and mount USB thumb drives from a XFCE session were solved when i removed the polkit package from blacklist and installed it on my Slackware XFCE only machine.

chrisretusn · 09-25-2020, 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frushiyama

I am on slackware64 + multilib current and using XFCE only, so i blacklist kde packages using:

Code:

#slackpkg blacklist kde

This command add`s all kde packages and others, the polkit package.
I use this to keep the system without list new kde packages when i install new ones with slackpkg install new command.
After some update (recently PAM add i guess) polkit became necessary in Slackware without KDE.
Problems like permission in power off and mount USB thumb drives from a XFCE session were solved when i removed the polkit package from blacklist and installed it on my Slackware XFCE only machine.

There is a better way to blacklist kde in /etc/slackpkg/blacklist. This will do the same without all the entries that 'slackpkg blacklist kde' does.

Code:

kde/
kdei/

polkit is not part of KDE.