Bug#498799: apt - E: Failed to write temporary StateFile /var/lib/apt/extended_states.tmp
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.14
Severity: important
apt raises an error if non-root tries to compute the upgrades.
| $ /usr/bin/apt-get -o 'Debug::NoLocking=true' -s -qq upgrade; echo $?
| Inst gcc-4.3-base [4.3.1-2] (4.3.1-9 Debian:testing) [libstdc++6 ]
| Conf gcc-4.3-base (4.3.1-9 Debian:testing) [libstdc++6 ]
| Inst libstdc++6 [4.3.1-2] (4.3.1-9 Debian:testing)
| Conf libstdc++6 (4.3.1-9 Debian:testing)
| Inst libncursesw5 [5.6+20080804-1] (5.6+20080830-1 Debian:testing)
| Inst python2.5 [2.5.2-6+lenny1] (2.5.2-11 Debian:testing) []
| Inst python2.5-minimal [2.5.2-6+lenny1] (2.5.2-11 Debian:testing)
| Conf libncursesw5 (5.6+20080830-1 Debian:testing)
| Conf python2.5-minimal (2.5.2-11 Debian:testing)
| Conf python2.5 (2.5.2-11 Debian:testing)
| E: Failed to write temporary StateFile /var/lib/apt/extended_states.tmp
| 100
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