On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 15:56 +0000, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> WaltSullivan, might it be that permissions for files in
> /var/lib/apt/lists might be wrong? Could you attach the output of the
> following command to this bug report? (The file /tmp/apt.txt)
> 
> ls -laR /var/lib/apt > /tmp/apt.txt
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Incomplete
> 
> -- 
> update-manager no longer setuid, fails for non-root
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/412806
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> of the bug.
> 
> Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> 
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: update-manager
> 
> $ lsb_release -d
> Description:	Ubuntu 9.04
> 
> $ apt-cache policy update-manager
> update-manager:
>   Installed: 1:0.111.9
>   Candidate: 1:0.111.9
>   Version table:
>  *** 1:0.111.9 0
>         500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca jaunty-updates/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      1:0.111.9 0
>         500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca jaunty-updates-i386/main Packages
>      1:0.111.7 0
>         500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca jaunty/main Packages
>      1:0.111.7 0
>         500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca jaunty-i386/main Packages
> 
> "sudo /usr/bin/update-manager" works, but when a non-root user runs update-manager, it gives the following error message:
> Could not initialize the package information
> 
> An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
> 
> Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
> 
> 'E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.noreply.org_pub_tor_dists_jaunty-i386_main_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-security-i386_multiverse_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-security-i386_universe_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-security-i386_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-security-i386_main_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-i386_partner_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid-backports-i386_multiverse_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid-backports-i386_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_intrepid-backports-i386_main_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-updates-i386_multiverse_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-updates-i386_universe_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-updates-i386_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-updates-i386_main_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-i386_multiverse_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-i386_universe_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-i386_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied), E:Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca_ubuntu_dists_jaunty-i386_main_binary-amd64_Packages - open (13 Permission denied)'
> 
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> Package: update-manager 1:0.111.9
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
>  PATH=(custom, no user)
>  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: update-manager
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic x86_64
>