Package: apt Version: 1.1~exp3 Severity: grave # find /var/cache/apt/archives/ /var/lib/apt/lists/ -printf '%u %g\n'|sort|uniq -c 254 119 nogroup 2013 119 root 13 root root
# grep _apt /etc/passwd _apt:x:111:65534::/home/_apt:/bin/false The problem is that those directories are shared filesystems. The user and group numbers on one system don't match those on the others. It so happens that mine are on a "sneakernet". I will do chown -R _apt:root /var/cache/apt/archives /var/lib/apt/lists at boot as a workaround. But then there is the more general case of e.g., NFS mounted filesystems. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org