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Bug#168479: marked as done (apt-get -s should not lock when not root)

Your message dated Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:17:48 +0100
with message-id <1265984268.17117.5.camel@hp>
and subject line Closing bug, apt-get -s now works for non-root.
has caused the Debian Bug report #49627,
regarding apt-get -s should not lock when not root
to be marked as done.

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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: wishlist

bash-2.05b$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=build/bin build/bin/apt-get -s upgrade
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

Of course I'm not root.  But -s just simulates, and doesn't modify the system,
so root isn't required.

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Version: 0.7.22

excerpt from the changelog:

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * [ABI break] support '#' in apt.conf and /etc/apt/preferences
    (closes: #189866)
  * [ABI break] Allow pinning by codename (closes: #97564)
  * support running "--simulate" as user

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Julian Andres Klode  - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member

See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.

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