[Bug 839848] Re: dpkg: warning: failed to open configuration file '/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch' for reading: Permission denied

[Matt Zimmerman]

Yes, I assume it was related to my stricter-than-default umask.  I'm
sure that dpkg itself does the right thing for conffiles, though, so
it's safe to say this is resolved.

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Title:
  dpkg: warning: failed to open configuration file
  '/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch' for reading: Permission denied

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  After upgrading from Natty to Oneiric, I'm getting this warning every
  time dpkg is invoked as a non-root user, because:

  
  -rw-r----- 1 root root 26 2011-09-01 18:28 /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Sep  2 12:52:28 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LC_COLLATE=C
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-02 (0 days ago)

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