Package: apt Version: 0.3.19 Severity: normal When "apt-get update" is run, the umask of the process (i.e. root's umask) is applied to the permissions of those package list files (stored in /var/state/apt/lists/) which are actually updated. If the umask is 077 or similar, the package files will be unreadable to anybody but the superuser, which means that apt-cache cannot perform searches when run as a normal user.
"apt-get update" should ensure that the package list files it creates have the appropriate permissions (probably 644, possibly configurable in /etc/apt/apt.conf). -- System Information Debian Release: 2.2 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux TK212017118241.teleweb.at 2.2.19 #1 Tue Jun 19 07:46:20 CEST 2001 i686 Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.1.3-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libstdc++2.10 1:2.95.2-13 The GNU stdc++ library
