app-install-data: wireshark appears twice (with root and without root)

[Andreas Gnau]

There are two entries for Wireshark in gnome-app-install, "Wireshark" and "Wireshark (as root)". This doesn't make sense at all, because it's the same package that ships two .desktop-files (one using gksu and running it normally).

[Jasey (jason-rivers)]

Actually, I believe this makes perfect sence.

let me explain.

when you are processing the captured files, you probably don't want to run it as root, why would you? you should never run a program as a root user if there is no need.

however, if you are capturing off the network interface then you will require root access in order to do this.

So the reason there is 2 of them in your menu, is because depending on what you want to do, you would use root or no root access. this is not a bug, it's a feature, one that I use ALOT!

[Andreas Gnau (rondom)]

Please note that I'm talking about the entries in app-install-data-ubuntu which is used by gnome-app-install, not the .desktop-files in the Wireshark package which this data is generated from!
An exception has to be made here.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

This is fixed in my local bzr tree and will be part of the next upload.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package app-install-data-ubuntu - 0.5.7

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app-install-data-ubuntu (0.5.7) hardy; urgency=low

  * updated for the beta release
  * menu-data-additional/spamassassin.desktop:
    - add spamassasin to menu-data (LP: #157948)
  * menu-data/wireshark-root.desktop:
    - remove, one wireshark is enough (LP: #132052)
  * fixed missing Categories for workrave
  * fixed incorrect package for adonthell and filezilla

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:48:17 +0100