Public bug reported:
affects aptitude, apt-get and synaptic:
/var/lib/dpkg directory and main files should be set immutable (+i) on
install, thereby preventing contents from being deleted and requiring a
reinstall to fix. (we should be working on a copy anyways..)
Since you have to be sudo or root to make changes to packaging
system(packages) it only makes sense that we limit the power of root in
such a case not to destroy the packaging system by mistake.
Just 'being careful' isnt enough. We are required to be root to do anything
with packages. We need keep from shooting self in foot.
backing up database/required files for proper operation each time packager is
called is another option. How feasable, I do not know.
I am not only one to encounter this.
** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: packaging
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