Ben Hutchings wrote: > However, both these actions are conditional on the aptproxy user not > existing. Therefore if apt-proxy is removed and reinstalled, the the > ownership of /var/cache/apt-proxy will not be changed as required. > (This happened on my system, where I accidentally deleted > /var/cache/aptproxy and attempted to repair it by reinstalling.) Is it > possible that you have installed apt-proxy more than once?
There was almost certainly the previous version of the package (from woody) removed but not purged on the system. > Given that the "silent failure" is noted in the log, I think apt-proxy > is doing the best it can in this situation. But the postinst script is > buggy. I don't understand how you think it's doing the best it can. Why restrict the permissions fixes to only run when the username is created? Where is it noted in the log? I hardly think an obscure backtrace counts as a log message to inform the user that the package is not caching as it should. -- Matt Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mob +64 21 611 544 www.mattb.net.nz
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