[Bug 440036] Re: apt-key list should not change the mtime and ctime on /etc/apt

[Julian Andres Klode]

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  apt-key list should not change the mtime and ctime on /etc/apt

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apt

  In setting up host intrusion detection software (samhain) I discovered
  that `apt-key list` updates the ctime and mtime on /etc/apt. Poking at
  this with strace, it appears to be because gpg creates some temp file
  in /etc/apt, maybe a lock, I don't know. This is frustrating, as list
  should really be a readonly action, and should not require write
  access, let alone complex HIDS rules excluding it.

  I'm running hardy LTS, and have not tested in anything newer. This
  appears somewhat related to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
  bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=393005

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