polkits

[Elan Ruusamäe]

what's the difference PolicyKit vs polkit?

both are available from th, neither seem to obsolete each other

funnily, PolicyKit URL is polkit and polkit URL is PolicyKit :)


$ rpm -qi PolicyKit
Name        : PolicyKit                    Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 0.9                               Vendor: (none)
Release     : 3                             Build Date: Fri 02 Oct 2009 
10:59:17 EEST
Install Date: Fri 19 Aug 2011 14:29:35 EE   Build Host: nereid-builder
Group       : Libraries                     Source RPM: 
PolicyKit-0.9-3.src.rpm
Size        : 187516                           License: MIT
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Wed 14 Oct 2009 13:56:54 EEST, Key ID 
af3f93bce4f1bc2d
URL         : http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/polkit-spec.html
Summary     : A framework for defining policy for system-wide components
Description :
PolicyKit is a framework for defining policy for system-wide
components and for desktop pieces to configure it. It is used by HAL.

$ rpm -qi polkit
Name        : polkit                       Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 0.104                             Vendor: (none)
Release     : 1                             Build Date: Wed 25 Jan 2012 
00:41:41 EET
Install Date: Sun 29 Jan 2012 01:11:48 EE   Build Host: nereid-builder
Group       : Libraries                     Source RPM: 
polkit-0.104-1.src.rpm
Size        : 108449                           License: LGPL v2+
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Sat 28 Jan 2012 14:35:04 EET, Key ID 
af3f93bce4f1bc2d
URL         : http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PolicyKit
Summary     : A framework for defining policy for system-wide components
Description :
PolicyKit is a framework for defining policy for system-wide
components and for desktop pieces to configure it.


-- 
glen