File 001-enable-running-from-non-appimage.patch of Package go-appimage

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File 001-enable-running-from-non-appimage.patch of Package go-appimage (Revision 8e5aad6948c49ec53163d0b7ab07ec80)

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diff --git a/src/appimaged/prerequisites.go b/src/appimaged/prerequisites.go
index a614d5f..9edf3af 100644
--- a/src/appimaged/prerequisites.go
+++ b/src/appimaged/prerequisites.go
@@ -48,24 +48,6 @@ func checkPrerequisites() {
 	// Ensure that no other processes with the same name are already running under the same user
 	TerminateOtherInstances()
 
-	// We really don't want users to run this in any other way than from an AppImage
-	// because it only creates support issues and we can't update this AppImage
-	// using our own dogfood
-	// The ONLY exception is developers that know what they are doing
-	_, aiEnvIsThere := os.LookupEnv("APPIMAGE")
-	_, gcEnvIsThere := os.LookupEnv("GOCACHE")
-	if !aiEnvIsThere {
-		// log.Println(os.Environ())
-		log.Println("Running from AppImage type", thisai.Type())
-		if !gcEnvIsThere {
-			log.Println("Not running from within an AppImage, exiting")
-			os.Exit(1)
-		} else {
-			// Note that this exception is for use during development of this tool only and may go away at any time.
-			sendDesktopNotification("Not running from an AppImage", "This is discouraged because some functionality may not be available", 5000)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Check whether we have a sufficient version of unsquashfs for -offset
 	if !helpers.CheckIfSquashfsVersionSufficient("unsquashfs") {
 		os.Exit(1)

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