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https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/commit/7d4b52c4d71c46049d87a0775de695ea914f3f1b
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/merge_requests/113
https://bugs.gentoo.org/827884

From: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 12:54:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] pkexec: Allow --version and --help even if not setuid root

--- a/src/programs/pkexec.c
+++ b/src/programs/pkexec.c
@@ -514,27 +514,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   /* Disable remote file access from GIO. */
   setenv ("GIO_USE_VFS", "local", 1);
 
-  /* check for correct invocation */
-  if (geteuid () != 0)
-    {
-      g_printerr ("pkexec must be setuid root\n");
-      goto out;
-    }
-
-  original_user_name = g_strdup (g_get_user_name ());
-  if (original_user_name == NULL)
-    {
-      g_printerr ("Error getting user name.\n");
-      goto out;
-    }
-
-  if ((original_cwd = g_get_current_dir ()) == NULL)
-    {
-      g_printerr ("Error getting cwd: %s\n",
-                  g_strerror (errno));
-      goto out;
-    }
-
   /* First process options and find the command-line to invoke. Avoid using fancy library routines
    * that depend on environtment variables since we haven't cleared the environment just yet.
    */
@@ -595,6 +574,27 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       goto out;
     }
 
+  /* check for correct invocation */
+  if (geteuid () != 0)
+    {
+      g_printerr ("pkexec must be setuid root\n");
+      goto out;
+    }
+
+  original_user_name = g_strdup (g_get_user_name ());
+  if (original_user_name == NULL)
+    {
+      g_printerr ("Error getting user name.\n");
+      goto out;
+    }
+
+  if ((original_cwd = g_get_current_dir ()) == NULL)
+    {
+      g_printerr ("Error getting cwd: %s\n",
+                  g_strerror (errno));
+      goto out;
+    }
+
   if (opt_user == NULL)
     opt_user = g_strdup ("root");
 
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