I don't see how that's a bug in APT. That's a bug in the package. APT runs dpkg as root, so the package has access to everything.
** Package changed: apt (Ubuntu) => pepperflashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1551511 Title: apt: packages that need to download other files do not work Status in pepperflashplugin-nonfree package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Packages that need to download and install other files, such as pepperflashplugin-nonfree and msttfcorefonts fail to download the files. Errors similar to the following are observed: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/courie32.exe' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) or ERROR: failed to retrieve status information from google : W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file './var/lib/apt/lists/partial/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_InRelease' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) More information might be available at: http://wiki.debian.org/PepperFlashPlayer Ubuntu version: 16.04 apt version: 1.2.3 (amd64) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1551511/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
