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Bug#800500: marked as done (SystemError on unreadable files in sources.list.d)

Your message dated Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:17:32 +0200
with message-id <20150930101335.GA11323@debian.org>
and subject line Re: Bug#800499: SystemError on unreadable files in sources.list.d
has caused the Debian Bug report #800500,
regarding SystemError on unreadable files in sources.list.d
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Package: python-apt
Version: 1.1.0~alpha3

Test case:
- sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bug.list
- sudo chmod 770 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bug.list
- python -c "import apt; apt.Cache()"

That triggers a SystemError

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 113, in
__init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 164, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: E:Opening /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bugs.list -
ifstream::ifstream (13: Permission denied), E:The list of sources could
not be read., E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or
opened.

The issue is hit sometimes by oneconf users on Ubuntu, see e.g
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/1323586

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On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:04:35AM +0200, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Package: python-apt
> Version: 1.1.0~alpha3
> 
> Test case:
> - sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bug.list
> - sudo chmod 770 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bug.list
> - python -c "import apt; apt.Cache()"
> 
> That triggers a SystemError
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 113, in
> __init__
>     self.open(progress)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 164, in open
>     self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
> SystemError: E:Opening /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bugs.list -
> ifstream::ifstream (13: Permission denied), E:The list of sources could
> not be read., E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or
> opened.
> 
> The issue is hit sometimes by oneconf users on Ubuntu, see e.g
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/1323586

Unreadable sources.list files are an unsupported mode of operation
and will not be supported in neither APT nor python-apt (which
directly calls the functions from APT).

Authentication data should not be stored in sources.list files,
but in a netrc file. Using that, there's no need for unreadable
sources.list files.

If you cannot read a sources.list file, the state would be
inconsistent.

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