Bug#159640: apt: usermode "apt-get source" fails on access to /var/lib/apt/lists/*

[Brett Wuth <wuth@errant.castrov.cuug.ab.ca>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: normal

I believe it should be normal usage for a user (as opposed to root) to
run "apt-get source".  This command fails because the files
/var/lib/apt/lists/* are readable only by root.  Manually changing
permission on the files allows the command to run properly.  I believe
the files should be world readable by default.  After all, the
information in these files come from public sources that a user can
access in other ways.


-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Kernel Version: Linux matteo 2.2.19 #1 Sun Dec 16 01:52:45 MST 2001 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6          2.2.5-11.1     GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-7       The GNU stdc++ library