Hi Christoph, On 2024-05-13 15:20:28 +0200, Christoph Martin wrote: > Am 11.05.24 um 11:53 schrieb Vincent Lefevre: > > Package: apt-show-versions > > Version: 0.22.15 > > Severity: normal > > > > When running "apt-show-versions -u" in a cron script, I got > > > > Failed to open file > > /var/lib/apt/lists//debug.mirrors.debian.org_debian-debug_dists_stable-debug_InRelease > > for reading: Permission denied > > > > I don't know why could cause the error, but the pathname with "//" > > is incorrect. > > // in the path should not be a problem.
zsh completion cannot handle it, so I was wondering. > Can you do a 'ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists/' to see the permissions? lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2024-05-11 22:36:06 _var_local_apt_._Packages -> /var/local/apt/./Packages drwxr-xr-x 2 _apt root 4096 2023-10-07 13:42:54 auxfiles -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52957 2024-05-11 16:15:34 debug.mirrors.debian.org_debian-debug_dists_proposed-updates-debug_InRelease -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 308541 2024-05-08 22:34:42 debug.mirrors.debian.org_debian-debug_dists_proposed-updates-debug_main_binary-amd64_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49779 2024-02-10 12:17:11 debug.mirrors.debian.org_debian-debug_dists_stable-debug_InRelease -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14314273 2024-02-10 10:44:17 debug.mirrors.debian.org_debian-debug_dists_stable-debug_main_binary-amd64_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 56601 2024-05-11 16:15:45 debug.mirrors.debian.org_debian-debug_dists_unstable-debug_InRelease -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11867 2024-05-11 16:07:07 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ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_source_Sources -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 2023-10-07 13:42:54 lock drwx------ 2 _apt root 28672 2024-05-11 22:36:14 partial -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47951 2024-05-10 19:15:34 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable-security_InRelease -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1351 2024-02-05 21:52:55 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable-security_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 653 2023-10-17 20:17:43 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable-security_contrib_i18n_Translation-en -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1433 2024-02-05 21:52:54 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable-security_contrib_source_Sources -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 958575 2024-05-10 19:15:00 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable-security_main_binary-amd64_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 663419 2024-05-10 10:56:01 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable-security_main_i18n_Translation-en -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1925600 2024-05-10 19:15:01 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable-security_main_source_Sources -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1300 2023-11-23 16:43:07 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable-security_non-free-firmware_binary-amd64_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 924 2023-09-24 18:52:12 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable-security_non-free-firmware_i18n_Translation-en -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1839 2023-11-23 16:43:07 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable-security_non-free-firmware_source_Sources -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43463 2024-05-10 19:15:35 security.debian.org_dists_testing-security_InRelease > Which user does the cronjob run with? root, AFAIK (the mail was from root). 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