[OE-core] [PATCH 0/5] Add polkit distro feature

[Randy MacLeod]

On 1/15/19 5:27 PM, Stefan Agner wrote:
> From: Stefan Agner <stefan.agner at toradex.com>
> 
> This patchset adds Polkit (formerly known as PolicyKit) as a distro feature.
> Polkit is used to centrally manage system policies and allows non-privileged
> processes access privileged operations.
> 
> Since various packages such as systemd, ConnMan or NetworkManager allow building
> with/without Polkit support it is sensible to have a global policy by using a
> distro feature to descide whether to use Polkit.
> 
> Currently there is NetworkManager and xfce4 which enable polkit if systemd is
> enabled. Using Polkit as a distro feature allows to easily prevent any Polkit
> use while still using systemd.
> 
> I plan to send another patch to wire this up in various packages in
> meta-openembedded as well as documentation update.

Thanks.

The patches are pretty straight-forward.
LGTM.

../Randy

> 
> --
> Stefan
> 
> Stefan Agner (5):
>    systemd: only enable polkit if DISTRO_FEATURES asks for polkit
>    gconf: rename policykit to polkit
>    gconf: enable polkit if polkit distro feature is set
>    consolekit: rename policykit to polkit
>    consolekit: enable polkit if polkit distro feature is set
> 
>   meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_239.bb            | 3 +--
>   meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.6.bb             | 7 +++----
>   meta/recipes-support/consolekit/consolekit_0.4.6.bb | 4 ++--
>   3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 


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