build: make path to polkit-agent-helper-1 binary configurable

Add new configure option to set the path to "polkit-agent-helper-1".

The path cannot be obtained from pkg-config and `pkg-config
--variable=prefix polkit-agent-1` is not good enough.

On Fedora, the path is "/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1".
On Debian Buster, the path is "/usr/lib/policykit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1"
On Debian Sid, the path is "/usr/libexec/polkit-agent-helper-1" (but
currently it is also symlinked from "/usr/lib/policykit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1".

NEWS

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE!
 * initrd: support new ip method "link6" for IPv6 link-local only.
 * ci: use ci-templates for containers on gitlab-ci.
 * ci: test build against Alpine Linux on gitlab-ci.
+* build: new configure option to set path to "polkit-agent-helper-1".
 * Many bugfixes and improvements.
 
 =============================================

clients/common/nm-polkit-listener.c

@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ begin_authentication(AuthRequest *request)
 {
     int         fd_flags;
     const char *helper_argv[] = {
-        POLKIT_PACKAGE_PREFIX "/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1",
+        POLKIT_AGENT_HELPER_1_PATH,
         request->username,
         NULL,
     };

config.h.meson

@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@
 /* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
 #mesondefine PACKAGE_STRING
 
+/* path to polkit-agent-helper-1 binary */
+#mesondefine POLKIT_AGENT_HELPER_1_PATH
+
 /* Path to resolvconf */
 #mesondefine RESOLVCONF_PATH
 
@@ -218,9 +221,6 @@
 /* Define if you have oFono support (experimental) */
 #mesondefine WITH_OFONO
 
-/* Define the polkit agent package prefix */
-#mesondefine POLKIT_PACKAGE_PREFIX
-
 /* Define if you have PPP support */
 #mesondefine WITH_PPP
 

configure.ac

@@ -642,16 +642,25 @@ fi
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAIN_AUTH_POLKIT, "$enable_polkit", [The default value of the auth-polkit configuration option])
 AC_SUBST(NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAIN_AUTH_POLKIT_TEXT, "$enable_polkit")
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(POLKIT, [polkit-agent-1 >= 0.97], [have_pk_agent=yes],[have_pk_agent=no])
-if test x"$have_pk_agent" = x"no"; then
-	POLKIT_PACKAGE_PREFIX="/usr"
-else
-	POLKIT_PACKAGE_PREFIX=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=prefix polkit-agent-1`
+AC_ARG_WITH([polkit-agent-helper-1-path],
+            AS_HELP_STRING([--with-polkit-agent-helper-1-path=PATH],
+                           [Path name to the polkit-agent-helper-1 binary from polkit]),
+            POLKIT_AGENT_HELPER_1_PATH="$withval",
+            POLKIT_AGENT_HELPER_1_PATH="")
+if test -z "$POLKIT_AGENT_HELPER_1_PATH" ; then
+    for p in /usr/libexec/polkit-agent-helper-1 \
+             /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1 \
+             /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1 ; do
+        if test -f "$p" ; then
+            POLKIT_AGENT_HELPER_1_PATH="$p"
+            break
+        fi
+    done
 fi
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([POLKIT_PACKAGE_PREFIX],
-                   ["$POLKIT_PACKAGE_PREFIX"],
-                   [polkit-agent package prefix])
-
+test -z "$POLKIT_AGENT_HELPER_1_PATH" && POLKIT_AGENT_HELPER_1_PATH=/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([POLKIT_AGENT_HELPER_1_PATH],
+                   ["$POLKIT_AGENT_HELPER_1_PATH"],
+                   [path to polkit-agent-helper-1 binary])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(modify-system, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-modify-system], [Allow users to modify system connections]))
 if test "${enable_modify_system}" = "yes"; then
@@ -1332,6 +1341,7 @@ if test "${enable_modify_system}" = "yes"; then
 else
 	echo "  policykit: main.auth-polkit=${enable_polkit} (restrictive modify.system)"
 fi
+echo "  polkit-agent-helper-1: $POLKIT_AGENT_HELPER_1_PATH"
 echo "  selinux: $have_selinux"
 echo "  systemd-journald: $have_systemd_journal (default: logging.backend=${nm_config_logging_backend_default})"
 echo "  hostname persist: ${hostname_persist}"

meson.build

@@ -514,12 +514,18 @@ config_h.set_quoted('NM_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAIN_AUTH_POLKIT', config_auth_polkit_def
 
 enable_modify_system = get_option('modify_system')
 
-polkit_agent_dep = dependency('polkit-agent-1', version: '>= 0.97', required : false)
-if polkit_agent_dep.found()
-	config_h.set_quoted('POLKIT_PACKAGE_PREFIX', polkit_agent_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('prefix'))
-else
-	config_h.set_quoted('POLKIT_PACKAGE_PREFIX', '/usr')
+polkit_agent_helper_1_path = get_option('polkit_agent_helper_1_path')
+foreach p : [ '/usr/libexec/polkit-agent-helper-1',
+              '/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1',
+              '/usr/lib/policykit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1' ]
+  if polkit_agent_helper_1_path == '' and run_command('test', '-f', p).returncode() == 0
+    polkit_agent_helper_1_path = p
+  endif
+endforeach
+if polkit_agent_helper_1_path == ''
+  polkit_agent_helper_1_path = '/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1'
 endif
+config_h.set_quoted('POLKIT_AGENT_HELPER_1_PATH', polkit_agent_helper_1_path)
 
 
 crypto = get_option('crypto')
@@ -1016,6 +1022,7 @@ if enable_polkit
   output += ' modify.system)'
 endif
 output += '\n'
+output += '  polkit-agent-helper-1: ' + polkit_agent_helper_1_path + '\n'
 output += '  selinux: ' + enable_selinux.to_string() + '\n'
 output += '  systemd-journald: ' + enable_systemd_journal.to_string() + ' (default: logging.backend=' + config_logging_backend_default + ')\n'
 output += '  hostname persist: ' + hostname_persist + '\n'

meson_options.txt

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ option('suspend_resume', type: 'combo', choices: ['upower', 'systemd', 'elogind'
 option('polkit', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'User auth-polkit configuration option.')
 option('config_auth_polkit_default', type: 'combo', choices: ['default', 'true', 'false', 'root-only'], value: 'default', description: 'Default value for configuration main.auth-polkit.')
 option('modify_system', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Allow users to modify system connections')
-option('polkit_agent', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'enable polkit agent for clients')
+option('polkit_agent_helper_1_path', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Path name to the polkit-agent-helper-1 binary from polkit')
 option('selinux', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Build with SELinux')
 option('systemd_journal', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Use systemd journal for logging')
 option('config_logging_backend_default', type: 'combo', choices: ['default', 'syslog', 'journal'], value: 'default', description: 'Default value for logging.backend')