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Bug#1126728: steam-installer: Included polkit example rule breaks packagekit

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Subject Bug#1126728: steam-installer: Included polkit example rule breaks packagekit
Date Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:00:01 +0100
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Package: steam-installer
Version: 1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

The included /usr/share/doc/steam-installer/examples/50-steam-no-admin-actions.rules that is suggested in the README denies all PackageKit polkit requests.
This breaks KDE Plasma's Discover and possibly GNOME Software, both of which rely on PackageKit. Packages are unable to be installed, updated or refreshed.
The rule should be narrower in scope to only include Steam or at least a warning should be placed somewhere.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.17.13+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages steam-installer depends on:
ii  dbus-user-session [default-dbus-session-bus]  1.16.2-2+b1
ii  dbus-x11 [dbus-session-bus]                   1.16.2-2+b1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                         1.5.91
ii  lsof                                          4.99.4+dfsg-2
ii  steam-libs                                    1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
ii  steam-libs-i386                               1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
ii  xdg-user-dirs                                 0.19-1
ii  zenity                                        4.1.99-1

steam-installer recommends no packages.

steam-installer suggests no packages.

Versions of packages steam-libs depends on:
ii  ca-certificates       20250419
ii  curl                  8.18.0-2
ii  file                  1:5.46-5+b1
ii  libcap2               1:2.75-10+b5
ii  libcrypt1             1:4.5.1-1
ii  libelf1t64 [libelf1]  0.194-1
ii  libgcc-s1             15.2.0-12
ii  libgl1                1.7.0-3
ii  libgl1-mesa-dri       25.3.3-1
ii  libgpg-error0         1.58-1+b1
ii  libstdc++6            15.2.0-12
ii  libudev1              259-1
ii  libva-x11-2           2.23.0-1
ii  libva2                2.23.0-1
ii  libxcb-dri3-0         1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxcb1               1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxi6                2:1.8.2-2
ii  libxinerama1          2:1.1.4-3+b5
ii  xz-utils              5.8.2-2

Versions of packages steam-libs recommends:
ii  fontconfig                                           2.17.1-3
ii  fonts-liberation                                     1:2.1.5-3
ii  i965-va-driver [va-driver]                           2.4.1+dfsg1-2
ii  intel-media-va-driver [va-driver]                    26.1.0+dfsg1-1
ii  konsole [x-terminal-emulator]                        4:25.12.1-1
ii  libasound2-plugins                                   1.2.12-2+b4
ii  libegl1                                              1.7.0-3
ii  libexpat1                                            2.7.3-2
ii  libfontconfig1                                       2.17.1-3
ii  libgbm1                                              25.3.3-1
ii  libglib2.0-0t64 [libglib2.0-0]                       2.86.3-5
ii  libnm0                                               1.54.3-1+b1
ii  libsdl2-2.0-0                                        2.32.10+dfsg-6
ii  libusb-1.0-0                                         2:1.0.29-2+b1
ii  libva-drm2                                           2.23.0-1
ii  libva-glx2                                           2.23.0-1
ii  libx11-6                                             2:1.8.12-1+b1
ii  libx11-xcb1                                          2:1.8.12-1+b1
ii  libxau6                                              1:1.0.11-1+b1
ii  libxcb-dri2-0                                        1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxcb-glx0                                          1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxcb-present0                                      1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxcb-sync1                                         1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxdamage1                                          1:1.1.6-1+b3
ii  libxdmcp6                                            1:1.1.5-2
ii  libxext6                                             2:1.3.4-1+b4
ii  libxfixes3                                           1:6.0.0-2+b5
ii  libxkbcommon-x11-0                                   1.12.3-1
ii  libxkbcommon0                                        1.12.3-1
ii  libxss1                                              1:1.2.3-1+b4
ii  libxxf86vm1                                          1:1.1.4-2
ii  mesa-libgallium [va-driver]                          25.3.3-1
ii  mesa-vulkan-drivers                                  25.3.3-1
ii  steam-devices                                        1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
ii  va-driver-all                                        2.23.0-1
ii  xdg-desktop-portal                                   1.20.3+ds-2
ii  xdg-desktop-portal-gtk [xdg-desktop-portal-backend]  1.15.3-2
ii  xdg-desktop-portal-kde [xdg-desktop-portal-backend]  6.5.4-1
ii  xdg-utils                                            1.2.1-2
ii  zenity                                               4.1.99-1

Versions of packages steam-libs suggests:
pn  libudev0            <none>
pn  nvidia-driver-libs  <none>
pn  nvidia-vulkan-icd   <none>
ii  pipewire            1.4.10-1

Versions of packages steam-libs:i386 depends on:
ii  ca-certificates  20250419
ii  curl             8.18.0-2
ii  file             1:5.46-5+b1
ii  libcrypt1        1:4.5.1-1
ii  libgcc-s1        15.2.0-12
ii  libgl1           1.7.0-3
ii  libgl1-mesa-dri  25.3.3-1
ii  libgpg-error0    1.58-1+b1
ii  libnm0           1.54.3-1+b1
ii  libstdc++6       15.2.0-12
ii  libudev1         259-1
ii  libva-x11-2      2.23.0-1
ii  libva2           2.23.0-1
ii  libxcb-dri3-0    1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxcb1          1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxi6           2:1.8.2-2
ii  libxinerama1     2:1.1.4-3+b5
ii  xz-utils         5.8.2-2

Versions of packages steam-libs:i386 recommends:
ii  fontconfig                                           2.17.1-3
ii  fonts-liberation                                     1:2.1.5-3
ii  i965-va-driver [va-driver]                           2.4.1+dfsg1-2
ii  intel-media-va-driver [va-driver]                    26.1.0+dfsg1-1
ii  konsole [x-terminal-emulator]                        4:25.12.1-1
ii  libasound2-plugins                                   1.2.12-2+b4
ii  libegl1                                              1.7.0-3
ii  libexpat1                                            2.7.3-2
ii  libfontconfig1                                       2.17.1-3
ii  libgbm1                                              25.3.3-1
ii  libsdl2-2.0-0                                        2.32.10+dfsg-6
ii  libusb-1.0-0                                         2:1.0.29-2+b1
ii  libva-drm2                                           2.23.0-1
ii  libva-glx2                                           2.23.0-1
ii  libx11-6                                             2:1.8.12-1+b1
ii  libx11-xcb1                                          2:1.8.12-1+b1
ii  libxau6                                              1:1.0.11-1+b1
ii  libxcb-dri2-0                                        1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxcb-glx0                                          1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxcb-present0                                      1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxcb-sync1                                         1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxdamage1                                          1:1.1.6-1+b3
ii  libxdmcp6                                            1:1.1.5-2
ii  libxext6                                             2:1.3.4-1+b4
ii  libxfixes3                                           1:6.0.0-2+b5
ii  libxkbcommon-x11-0                                   1.12.3-1
ii  libxkbcommon0                                        1.12.3-1
ii  libxss1                                              1:1.2.3-1+b4
ii  libxxf86vm1                                          1:1.1.4-2
ii  mesa-libgallium [va-driver]                          25.3.3-1
ii  mesa-vulkan-drivers                                  25.3.3-1
ii  steam-devices                                        1:1.0.0.85~ds-2
ii  va-driver-all                                        2.23.0-1
ii  xdg-desktop-portal                                   1.20.3+ds-2
ii  xdg-desktop-portal-gtk [xdg-desktop-portal-backend]  1.15.3-2
ii  xdg-desktop-portal-kde [xdg-desktop-portal-backend]  6.5.4-1
ii  xdg-utils                                            1.2.1-2
ii  zenity                                               4.1.99-1

Versions of packages steam-libs:i386 suggests:
ii  gtk2-engines-pixbuf           2.24.33-10
ii  libgtk2.0-0t64 [libgtk2.0-0]  2.24.33-10
pn  libudev0                      <none>
pn  nvidia-driver-libs            <none>
pn  nvidia-vulkan-icd             <none>
ii  pipewire                      1.4.10-1

Versions of packages steam-libs-i386 depends on:
ii  steam-libs  1:1.0.0.85~ds-2

Versions of packages steam-installer is related to:
ii  libc6                             2.42-10+b1
ii  libgl1                            1.7.0-3
ii  libgl1-mesa-dri                   25.3.3-1
ii  libglx-mesa0 [libglx-vendor]      25.3.3-1
pn  libglx-nvidia0                    <none>
ii  libxcb-dri3-0                     1.17.0-2+b2
ii  mesa-vulkan-drivers [vulkan-icd]  25.3.3-1
pn  nvidia-driver                     <none>
pn  nvidia-driver-libs                <none>
pn  nvidia-driver-libs-i386           <none>

-- debconf information:
  steam/purge:
  steam/need-nvidia-i386:

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Bug#1126728: steam-installer: Included polkit example rule breaks packagekit Kot <kot@kot.pink> - 2026-01-31 21:00 +0100
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