I've just uploaded this fix to lucid-proposed. Somebody from the SRU team should review it shortly.
** Description changed: [Impact] - <fill me in with explanation of severity and frequency of bug on users and justification for backporting the fix to the stable release> + When using apt-ftparchive with a config file, BinDirectory blocks don't inherit the default file permissions, causing them to end up with a permission of 0001 [Development Fix] - <fill me in with an explanation of how the bug has been addressed in the development branch, including the relevant version numbers of packages modified in order to implement the fix. > + Fixed upstream in http://anonscm.debian.org/loggerhead/apt/debian-sid/revision/2013 ; incorporated into releases after Lucid. [Stable Fix] - <fill me in by pointing out a minimal patch applicable to the stable version of the package.> + Cherry-picked the upstream patch - http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~l3on/ubuntu/lucid/apt/fix-917845/revision/107 [Text Case] - <fill me in with detailed *instructions* on how to reproduce the bug. This will be used by people later on to verify the updated package fixes the problem.> - 1. - 2. - 3. - Broken Behavior: - Fixed Behavior: + (lucid-amd64)root@caron:~# mkdir -p apt/conf + (lucid-amd64)root@caron:~# mkdir -p apt/dists/sid/{main,contrib,non-free}/{binary-i386,source} + (lucid-amd64)root@caron:~# mkdir -p apt/pool/{main,contrib,non-free} + (lucid-amd64)root@caron:~# cd apt/ + (lucid-amd64)root@caron:~/apt# cp /usr/share/doc/apt-utils/examples/apt-ftparchive.conf conf/ + (lucid-amd64)root@caron:~/apt# apt-ftparchive generate conf/apt-ftparchive.conf + [...] + (lucid-amd64)root@caron:~/apt# ls -l dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages + + Broken result: ---------x 1 root root 0 Feb 29 09:37 dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages + Fixed result: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 29 11:11 dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages [Regression Potential] - <fill me in with a discussion of likelihood and potential severity of regressions and how users could get inadvertently affected. + Patch is isolated, straightforward, and contained within the apt-ftparchive tool. [Original Report] This is the same as Debian Bug#595922 and was introduced in 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.9. It was not present in 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.7. apt-ftparchive changes permissions on the Packages files to 001: strace -F -e chmod /usr/bin/apt-ftparchive generate conf/apt- ftparchive.conf chmod("./dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2", 01) = 0 chmod("./dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz", 01) = 0 chmod("./dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages", 01) = 0 E: Could not open file ./dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages - open (13: Permission denied) E: Error processing contents dists/lucid/Contents-amd64 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917845 Title: apt-ftparchive sets permission of Packages file to 001 to To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/917845/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
