From 1bd014247ddbc3a9049f081077add3cd3f381f18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: baldurk <baldurk@baldurk.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 18:08:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add -- separator when running kdesudo or gksudo

---
 qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.cpp
index 7b370cd4a..e682ade43 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.cpp
@@ -1463,6 +1463,10 @@ bool RunProcessAsAdmin(const QString &fullExecutablePath, const QStringList &par
     QProcess *process = new QProcess;
 
     QStringList sudoParams;
+    // these programs need a -- to indicate the end of their options, before the program
+    if(sudo == lit("kdesudo") || sudo == lit("gksudo"))
+      sudoParams << lit("--");
+
     sudoParams << fullExecutablePath;
     for(const QString &p : params)
       sudoParams << p;