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File 0001-Defuse-root-block.patch of Package kate (Revision 668f445642baca537f472afc5e7678c2)

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From f1b20995d1fe309b32b090ef8667f2de2f1d9d02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luca Beltrame <lbeltrame@kde.org>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:27:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Defuse root block

While the main point is correct as any application running in the same
X session (not sandboxed) can use kate's capability to open a console,
we allow (even encourage) running YaST on X11 as root.
That way it's only an impact on usability.
---
 apps/lib/kateapp.cpp | 19 ++-----------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/lib/kateapp.cpp b/apps/lib/kateapp.cpp
index 2d1a66157..85079c356 100644
--- a/apps/lib/kateapp.cpp
+++ b/apps/lib/kateapp.cpp
@@ -87,23 +87,8 @@ void KateApp::initPreApplicationCreation()
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WIN) && !defined(Q_OS_HAIKU)
     // Prohibit using sudo or kdesu (but allow using the root user directly)
     if (getuid() == 0) {
-        setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-        bindtextdomain("kate", KDE_INSTALL_FULL_LOCALEDIR);
-        if (!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("SUDO_USER")) {
-            auto message = kli18n(
-                "Running this editor with sudo can cause bugs and expose you to security vulnerabilities. "
-                "Instead use this editor normally and you will be prompted for elevated privileges when "
-                "saving documents if needed.");
-            std::cout << dgettext("kate", message.untranslatedText()) << std::endl;
-            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-        } else if (!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("KDESU_USER")) {
-            auto message = kli18n(
-                "Running this editor with kdesu can cause bugs and expose you to security vulnerabilities. "
-                "Instead use this editor normally and you will be prompted for elevated privileges when "
-                "saving documents if needed.");
-            std::cout << dgettext("kate", message.untranslatedText()) << std::endl;
-            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-        }
+        std::cout << "THIS IS POTENTIALLY INSECURE!\nTo edit files as root please use:" << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "SUDO_EDITOR=kwrite sudoedit <file>" << std::endl;
     }
 #endif
 
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