Bug#996540: Post install fails when run as non-root user and does not respect PKG_ROOT

2022-01-17 Thread Glenn Washburn
On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:10:52 +0100 Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote: > Quoting Glenn Washburn (2022-01-17 08:42:24) > > I'll restate my use case briefly here. The use case is installing packages > > as > > an unprivileged user to a user writable location (I don't have privileges on > > thi

Bug#996540: Post install fails when run as non-root user and does not respect PKG_ROOT

2022-01-17 Thread Hilmar Preuße
Control: reopen -1 Control: severity -1 wishlist Am 17.01.2022 um 09:10 teilte Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues mit: Hi, I didn't decide how to go further yet. For now I reopen and set severity to wishlist as it doesn't sound like a bug to me. @Glenn: if you have patches to implement your re

Bug#996540: Post install fails when run as non-root user and does not respect PKG_ROOT

2022-01-17 Thread Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
Quoting Glenn Washburn (2022-01-17 08:42:24) > I'll restate my use case briefly here. The use case is installing packages as > an unprivileged user to a user writable location (I don't have privileges on > this machine and can't chroot). This can be done by invoking the dpkg binary > with the "--fo

Bug#996540: Post install fails when run as non-root user and does not respect PKG_ROOT

2022-01-16 Thread Glenn Washburn
On Sat, 15 Jan 2022 07:54:17 +0100 Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote: > Quoting Hilmar Preuße (2022-01-14 23:57:32) > > > The post install is failing when dpkg is configured with a root and run as > > > an unprivileged user. This is an issue partly with packaging and partly > > > with the up

Bug#996540: Post install fails when run as non-root user and does not respect PKG_ROOT

2022-01-14 Thread Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
Quoting Hilmar Preuße (2022-01-14 23:57:32) > > The post install is failing when dpkg is configured with a root and run as > > an unprivileged user. This is an issue partly with packaging and partly > > with the upstream package (I think). The upstream issue can be remedied > > with a patch in the

Bug#996540: Post install fails when run as non-root user and does not respect PKG_ROOT

2022-01-14 Thread Hilmar Preuße
Am 15.10.2021 um 07:42 teilte Glenn Washburn mit: Hi Glenn, The post install is failing when dpkg is configured with a root and run as an unprivileged user. This is an issue partly with packaging and partly with the upstream package (I think). The upstream issue can be remedied with a patch in

Bug#996540: Post install fails when run as non-root user and does not respect PKG_ROOT

2021-10-14 Thread Glenn Washburn
Package: install-info Version: 6.7.0.dfsg.2-6 The post install is failing when dpkg is configured with a root and run as an unprivileged user. This is an issue partly with packaging and partly with the upstream package (I think). The upstream issue can be remedied with a patch in the packaging.