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  1. Bug #1547984
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Comment 2 for bug 1547984

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Removed by request (removed3425744) wrote : Re: Downloading a package with root fails

Also in the last time I'm seeing often on an "apt-get dist-upgrade" this:

W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/libpython3.5_3.5.1-6ubuntu2_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

The permissions of the directory are this:

root@ubuntu:~# stat /var/cache/apt/archives/partial | grep 'Access: ('
Access: (0700/drwx------) Uid: ( 113/ _apt) Gid: ( 0/ root)