[ubuntu-dev] Bug#931510: gdebi asks for root passwort for installing simple packages; seems an error.

[rich]

Package: gdebi
Version: 0.9.5.7+nmu1
Severity: important

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.9
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gdebi depends on:
ii  gdebi-core        0.9.5.7+nmu1
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0    3.22.11-1
ii  gir1.2-vte-2.91   0.46.1-1
ii  gksu              2.0.2-9+b1
ii  gnome-icon-theme  3.12.0-2
ii  python3           3.5.3-1
ii  python3-gi        3.22.0-2

Versions of packages gdebi recommends:
ii  libgtk2-perl      2:1.2499-1
ii  lintian           2.5.50.4
ii  shared-mime-info  1.8-1+deb9u1

gdebi suggests no packages.

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