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Fedora 12 updates PackageKit

Fedora 12 updates PackageKit
[Distributions] Posted Nov 24, 2009 14:03 UTC (Tue) by jake

Fedora has released an update to PackageKit to "switch the signed install permission to require the root password". This is the fix for the change that allowed unprivileged package installation, which led to an uproar from some Fedora users and developers. Note that it is a regular update, not a security update. Click below for the update information.

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