Bug#1102647: ethtool should not be user uninstallable via GUI

From	<asciiwolf@seznam.cz>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1102647: ethtool should not be user uninstallable via GUI
Date	2025-04-11 14:40 +0200
Message-ID	<KAlPP-cKtN-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
Organization	linux.* mail to news gateway

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Package: ethtool
Version: 1:6.14-1

ethtool is user uninstallable via GUI (such as GNOME Software or KDE Discover). This is not correct since it is a (in many configurations pre-installed) system tool, not user app, and uninstalling it can also uninstall other critical system packages.

The main problem is the "desktop" component type in AppStream metadata:

$ head org.kernel.software.network.ethtool.metainfo.xml 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<component type="desktop">
  <id>org.kernel.software.network.ethtool</id>
  <metadata_license>MIT</metadata_license>
  <name>ethtool</name>
  <summary>display or change Ethernet device settings</summary>
  <description>
    <p>ethtool can be used to query and change settings such as speed,
    auto- negotiation and checksum offload on many network devices,
    especially Ethernet devices.</p>

The correct component type should be "console-application".

(This should ideally be fixed in upstream as well.)

Alternative solution would be removing the whole metainfo file.

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Bug#1102647: ethtool should not be user uninstallable via GUI <asciiwolf@seznam.cz> - 2025-04-11 14:40 +0200
  Bug#1102647: ethtool should not be user uninstallable via GUI <asciiwolf@seznam.cz> - 2025-04-11 15:10 +0200
    Bug#1102647: ethtool should not be user uninstallable via GUI Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> - 2025-04-23 08:30 +0200
      Bug#1102647: ethtool should not be user uninstallable via GUI Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-04-23 10:40 +0200
        Bug#1102647: ethtool should not be user uninstallable via GUI Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> - 2025-04-23 10:50 +0200
  Processed: Re: ethtool should not be user uninstallable via GUI "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-04-23 08:30 +0200
  Bug#1102647: marked as done (ethtool should not be user  uninstallable via GUI) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-04-30 07:10 +0200

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