Bug #6238

apt-cache search fails to run after closing synaptic

Added by NeilBowers 2013-08-11 02:22:17 . Updated 2014-07-22 23:00:22 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Target version:
Tails_1.1
Start date:
2013-08-11
Due date:
% Done:

100%

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Type of work:
Code
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0
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Description

apt-cache search for user amnesia stops working if the user runs and then closes synaptic.

to recreate:
open synaptic
do a search
close synaptic

now run apt-cache as user amnesia
$> apt-cache search vim
E: Opening configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99synaptic - ifstream::ifstream (13: Permission denied)

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History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2013-08-11 02:55:20

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed

Reproduced on Tails, unreproducible on sid, Wheezy, and Tails/Wheezy => will be automatically fixed once we move to Wheezy => nothing to do on our side => closing.

(Oh, and in both cases I’ve set a 077 umask before trying.)

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2013-08-11 03:09:52

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Rejected

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2013-08-11 03:18:16

  • Status changed from Rejected to Fix committed

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2014-03-31 13:28:03

  • Target version set to Tails_1.1
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2014-03-31 13:28:16

#6 Updated by BitingBird 2014-07-22 23:00:22

  • Status changed from Fix committed to Resolved