Package: apt-dater-host Version: 0.8.4-1 Severity: normal apt-dater-host uses sudo without the need for it when doing "aptitude -v -y -q -s -f upgrade". in line 192, it prefixes the command with GETROOT, although aptitude -s does not need root privileges.
this is a problem if one has a very restrictive sudo setup (eg allows passwordless sudo only for "aptitude update", which is necessary for apt-dater to refresh correctly, but not for other commands). when the GETROOT prefix is removed, refresh works with minimal privileges. i didn't try with DPKGTOOL=apt-get, but i assume the situation is similar. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.34-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt-dater-host depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.35 Debian configuration management sy ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.24+b1 Perl interface to libapt-pkg ii lsb-release 3.2-23.1 Linux Standard Base version report ii openssh-server 1:5.6p1-1 secure shell (SSH) server, for sec ii sudo 1.7.4p4-2 Provide limited super user privile Versions of packages apt-dater-host recommends: ii aptitude 0.6.3-3.1 terminal-based package manager (te pn imvirt <none> (no description available) apt-dater-host suggests no packages. -- debconf information: apt-dater-host/assume_yes: 1 -- debsums errors found: debsums: missing file /usr/bin/apt-dater-host.distrib (from apt-dater-host package) -- To use raw power is to make yourself infinitely vulnerable to greater powers. -- Bene Gesserit axiom
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