> On my laptop install of 16.04 64-bit, it is apt-get update that is causing > the change in ownership/attributes of the affected directory, not apt-get > dist-upgrade. But, on my VM of 16.04 64-bit, it's apt-get dist-upgrade or > apt full-upgrade that causes the change. > > Here is the information concerning apt changing ownership/attributes during > a dist-upgrade. > > I noticed this first, if I remember correctly, on December 9, 2015. > > The directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is affected. Before I observed > the issue, this is what the directory should look like: > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 10 18:07 partial > > This is what it looks like after running sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and > packages are downloaded/processed: > > drwx------ 2 _apt root 4096 Dec 10 18:07 partial > > I noticed this problem when I tried to perform a cache cleanup with: > > sudo apt-get --purge autoremove && sudo apt-get clean > > I got informed that I could not perform the operation on the partial > directory because I didn't have permission. > > I have to change the ownership and attributes after a dist-upgrade. > I'm seeing this on Kubuntu 16.04 64-bit.
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