#12578: sage-list-packages script needs write permissions to SAGE_ROOT/tmp
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Reporter: rohana | Owner: leif
Type: defect | Status: positive_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-5.0
Component: scripts | Keywords:
Work_issues: | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Author: R. Andrew Ohana
Merged: | Dependencies:
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Changes (by jhpalmieri):
* cc: jdemeyer (added)
* status: needs_review => positive_review
Old description:
> This is a problem for system installs. e.g. on sage.math
>
> {{{
> $ sage -sh
> $ sage-list-packages optional
> Using SAGE Server http://www.sagemath.org//packages
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/local/share/sage-4.8/local/bin/sage-list-packages", line 21,
> in <module>
> os.makedirs(SAGE_ROOT_TMP)
> File "/usr/local/share/sage-4.8/local/lib/python/os.py", line 157, in
> makedirs
> mkdir(name, mode)
> OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/share/sage-4.8/tmp'
> SAGE_ROOT=/usr/local/share/sage-4.8
> }}}
>
> This causes the `optional_packages` function among others to fail.
>
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>
> Apply attachment:trac12578.patch to the Sage Scripts repo.
New description:
Duplicate of #12018.
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Comment:
Let's keep all discussion for this issue in one place, so please add your
patch to #12018. People can decide what approach they like there.
Jeroen: do not merge the patch here; please close this ticket as a
duplicate.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/12578#comment:6>
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