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OVERVIEW
========
polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is
used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged
processes.
DOCUMENTATION
=============
Latest documentation, reference manual and API description of polkit can be found
on project's Gitlab Pages.
Old reference can be found at
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/
RELEASES
========
Latest releases are available at polkit's Gitlab Releases page:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/releases
Older releases are still available as tarballs at
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/releases/
To verify the authenticity of the compressed tarball, use this command
``` bash
$ gpg --verify polkit-$(VERSION).tar.gz.sign polkit-$(VERSION).tar.gz
$ gpg: Signature made Tue 23 Apr 2019 04:19:29 PM CEST using RSA key ID FFDCE258
$ gpg: Good signature from "Jan Rybar (Red Hat) <jrybar@redhat.com>"
```
Public key available at
https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/7FFB7D6BD83147D74284E3178CEB3030FFDCE258
BUGS and DEVELOPMENT
====================
Please report non-security bugs via the polkit's freedesktop.org GitLab at
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues
SECURITY ISSUES
===============
Please report any security issues not yet known to public
by creating new issue and checking the ***This issue is confidential*** checkbox.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues
BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
==================
**polkit** uses [meson build system](https://mesonbuild.com/) for configuration with *ninja* as backend and *gcc* as compiler.
To configure and compile your copy of polkit tarball, simply follow meson build instructions in the following manner:
```
$ meson setup [[-D option]...] target_directory
$ meson compile -C target_directory
...
# meson install -C target_directory
```
List of available configuration options can be obtained with `meson configure` command.
I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE
====================
Your merge requests and patch suggestions are welcome! If you want to contribute, a merge request on this Gitlab instance is a preferred way, yet not the only one. Please consult other options with this upsteam's maintainers.
Should you already have a freedesktop.org Gitlab account, please file your merge request. In this case, please **don't force-push any further changes** into the merge request and add a new commit into the MR instead.
Thank you in advance.
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