I found that this is caused not by PIL but by libjpeg-turbo: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libjpeg-turbo/+bug/1020872 This happens if your Python executable is setcapp'ed or otherwise creates /proc/self/* files with owner UID=0.
See my bug hunt here: http://lukasz.langa.pl/5/error-opening-file-for- reading-permission-denied/ Summing up, this should be declared a duplicate of 1020872. If you're affected, vote on that other bug instead. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1028396 Title: "Permission denied" while importing _imaging To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-imaging/+bug/1028396/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
