This showed up on Ubuntu 21.04. Regression? -- 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/1522675
Title: Warning messages about unsandboxed downloads Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in aptitude package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in synaptic package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in aptitude source package in Xenial: Confirmed Status in synaptic source package in Xenial: Confirmed Status in update-notifier source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in apt source package in Hirsute: Fix Released Status in aptitude source package in Hirsute: Fix Released Status in synaptic source package in Hirsute: Triaged Status in update-notifier source package in Hirsute: Fix Released Status in apt package in Debian: Fix Released Status in aptitude package in Debian: Fix Released Status in synaptic package in Debian: New Bug description: READ ME FIRST ============= This is only a regression on a cosmetic level. Previous versions of apt did not have any sandboxing whatsoever, so this means apt reverted back to that old behavior. update-notifier SRU ------------------- [Impact] Cosmetic. Warnings when installing packages using update-notifier downloading stuff [Test case] Install flashplugin-installer with apt and check that the output does not contain a message like this: W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '...' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt' [Regression Potential] It just chowns /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data- downloads/partial/ to _apt:root, there should not be any regression. Original report --------------- Recently we got new versions for synaptic 0.82+build1 & apt 1.1.3, but now get that error when installing/upgrading some packages: Setting up libc6-dbg:amd64 (2.21-0ubuntu5) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu5) ... W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_cl' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) From nautilus, i'm seeing a /root/ folder locked (x on its icon) and the folder is empty (no /.synaptic/ sub-folder or file), so the above error. oem@u64:~$ ls -l .synaptic total 4 -rw-rw-r-- 1 oem oem 0 Aug 25 11:19 options -rw-rw-r-- 1 oem oem 236 Aug 25 11:19 synaptic.conf oem@u64:~$ ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists/ .... -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Sep 20 06:36 lock drwx------ 2 _apt root 16384 Sep 24 15:25 partial ...... oem@u64:~$ sudo ls -l /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/ ..... drwxr-xr-x 2 _apt root 4096 Sep 22 23:33 partial ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: synaptic 0.82+build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-1.10-generic 4.3.0 Uname: Linux 4.3.0-1-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Fri Dec 4 05:23:25 2015 SourcePackage: synaptic UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1522675/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
