Comment 9 for bug 769948

Just click on also affects and set it to zeitgeist. Seif and rainct should
decide now as rest are not so free for zg work
On 27-Apr-2011 1:21 AM, "Maciej Małecki" <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> For ls it's true, because ~ is expanded by bash. Python works in a bit
different way:
> $ sudo python
> >>> import os
> >>> os.getenv("HOME")
> '/root'
> >>> import os.path
> >>> os.path.expanduser("~")
> '/root'
>
> Yes, there are few environment variables preserved (like USERNAME), but
> sudo changes your working environment (you can easily check: compare
> `env` output with `sudo env` output).
>
> So, for zeitgeist-daemon running as root it's home directory is /root
> and we should decide what to do in this kind of a situation. Should I
> report this directly to Zeitgeist and see if daemon guys can figure
> something out?
>
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>
> Title:
> Add support for yum
>
> Status in Zeitgeist Data-Providers:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I'm not sure if adding this to Zeitgeist makes sense, but sometimes I
would like to see what package (and when) I've installed without opening
PackageKit and browsing logs.
> If Zeitgeist Data-Providers team also would like this in Zeitgeist, I'm
willing to write a plugin.
>
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