Quoting Niels Thykier (ni...@thykier.net):
FTR; I don't think that "apt-get check" is supposed to work as non-root.
- If it fails, please attempt to figure out where the permission
fails (e.g. [dir-test])
# ls -ld / /var /var/lib /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg/status
drwxr-xr-x 21 root ro
Alan Schwartz:
>> Sorry to hear you had issues with the upgrade.
>>
>> The problem you describe appears to be related to the release notes item
>> [5.3.2] (5.3.2.1 actually, but I cannot find the direct link to that).
>> The exact case with /var/lib/dpkg/status is not mentioned, but it could
>> be
Sorry to hear you had issues with the upgrade.
The problem you describe appears to be related to the release notes item
[5.3.2] (5.3.2.1 actually, but I cannot find the direct link to that).
The exact case with /var/lib/dpkg/status is not mentioned, but it could
be that there are some permissions
Alan Schwartz:
> Package: upgrade-reports
> Version: 9
> Severity: grave
>
> Followed the Debian 9 release notes to upgrade a jessie i386 (686) machine
> to stretch. No apt sources except official debian ones. Following the apt-get
> dist-upgrade step, attempts to use apt-get, apt-cache, aptitude
Package: upgrade-reports
Version: 9
Severity: grave
Followed the Debian 9 release notes to upgrade a jessie i386 (686) machine
to stretch. No apt sources except official debian ones. Following the apt-get
dist-upgrade step, attempts to use apt-get, apt-cache, aptitude
produce the following error:
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