Package: module-assistant Version: 0.9.10 Severity: important module-assistant doesn't use sudo for the prepare and download commands (and maybe others) making it unusable for non-root users. IMHO it should use a common run-as-root wrapper around all commands that may require root privileges.
$ module-assistant -v -u ~/src/modules -t update Found sudo, will use it for apt-get and dpkg commands. Updating info about acx100-source Updating info about affix-source ... Updated infos about 67 packages $ module-assistant -v -u ~/src/modules -t prepare Found sudo, will use it for apt-get and dpkg commands. Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.10-5-686 Kernel headers available in /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.10-5-686 Creating symlink... Couldn't create the /usr/src/linux symlink! Done! $ module-assistant -v -u ~/src/modules -t get cdfs Found sudo, will use it for apt-get and dpkg commands. MA_SOURCE_PKG=cdfs-src /usr/share/modass/packages/default.sh download apt-get -y --force-yes install cdfs-src E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? Installation of the cdfs-src source failed. Ignoring this package. Maybe you need to add something to sources.list, maybe the contrib and non-free archives. Updating info about cdfs Updated infos about 1 packages -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-5-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=it_IT (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages module-assistant depends on: ii libtext-wrapi18n-perl 0.06-1 internationalized substitute of Te ii perl 5.8.4-6ubuntu1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction -- no debconf information -- Massimo Dal Zotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
