Control: notfixed 932088 0.9.5.7+nmu8 On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 22:20:08 +0000 =?UTF-8?Q?Julian_Gro=C3=9F?= <[email protected]> wrote: > I just tested on forky, and on my end it silently closes *after* asking > for the root password now. > This is both when opening the .deb using Firefox or Nemo. I tried it > with this .deb file: > https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_13/amd64/thunar-megasync-Debian_13_amd64.deb > Starting from command line, in the hopes of getting more information, > yields it just not asking for root: > > juliangro@x299-workstation ~/temp> gdebi > ./thunar-megasync-Debian_13_amd64.deb > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/gdebi", line 76, in <module> > debi = GDebiCli(options) > File "/usr/share/gdebi/GDebi/GDebiCli.py", line 67, in __init__ > self._cache = Cache(tp, rootdir=options.rootdir) > ~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 149, in __init__ > self._check_and_create_required_dirs(rootdir) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^ > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 191, in > _check_and_create_required_dirs > open(rootdir + f, "w").close() > ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '//etc/apt/sources.list' > juliangro@x299-workstation ~/temp [1]> > >
Thanks - marking as not fixed again (I did send my previous mail before seeing your message, it was just slow getting delivered to the BTS). best /Andreas
