Bug#312383: [experimental] dpkg allways tries to write to logfile

[Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@iki.fi>]

Package: dpkg
Severity: important


dpkg tries to open /var/log/dpkg.log for writing, even if the
operation does not modify the system in any way.

[23:05 wombat]~> dpkg -s scratchbox-core
dpkg: couldn't open log `/var/log/dpkg.log': Permission denied
[23:05 wombat]~> dpkg --help
dpkg: couldn't open log `/var/log/dpkg.log': Permission denied
[23:05 wombat]~> dpkg
dpkg: couldn't open log `/var/log/dpkg.log': Permission denied

wombat:~# dpkg -s scratchbox-core
Package: scratchbox-core
Status: install ok installed
...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.2dyntick
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)