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Fedora 12 to remove unprivileged package installation

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“The Fedora 12 release contained changes in the default
PackageKit behavior that allow installation of packages by users in
cases where:

“* the user is logged in on the local console, and
* is installing packages signed with a previously trusted key,
and
* is using a previously configured and trusted repository

“After more discussion and thought, though, the package
maintainers have posted to the fedora-devel-list mailing list
agreeing to provide an update to Fedora 12’s PackageKit.”

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