[Bug 1589024] Re: Warning on viewing a changelog

[Joe Philipps]

This also happens for non-superuser users too, emitting a different
warning but permissions related as well.  It's also mentioned in the
Debian bug report.  I have gotten the following:

W: chmod 0700 of directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial failed - SetupAPTPartialDirectory (1: Operation not permitted)
W: chmod 0700 of directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial failed - SetupAPTPartialDirectory (1: Operation not permitted)

Just mentioning it here for completeness to make it easier to find.

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Title:
  Warning on viewing a changelog

Status in aptitude package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in aptitude package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  If I want to view the changelog of package, I get always such a
  warning:

  W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file
     '/tmp/aptitude-root:4327:hU0Ogm/aptitudeDownload6J+8J:+PsVGmTNm^.^::Lz:%.Hi55VKA' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Keine Berechtigung)

  “Keine Berechtigung” is German and means “no access”

  This problem exists since I’ve upgraded to xenial.

  Open aptitude, select a package and press “C”.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: aptitude 0.7.4-2ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Jun  4 04:41:59 2016
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/aptitude-curses
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-04 (91 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release i386 (20151021)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=de_DE
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: aptitude
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-08 (26 days ago)

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