Bug#283400: apt-get: allow non-root --print-uris build-dep

[Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>]

Control: tag -1 pending

On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 03:08:35AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.27
> Severity: wishlist
> File: /usr/bin/apt-get
> 
> Allow normal users to use --print-uris build-dep
> $ apt-get --print-uris build-dep grass
> 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?
> 
> 

Thanks for the report, this will be fixed in the next upload.

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