Bug#443728: apt-file update should not have to be run as root

2008-07-10 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
Hi, i generally run apt-file under my standard user account. however to run an update, i need to switch to the root account. this seems rather unnecessary since the apt-file cache could just as easily be stored in ~/.config/apt-file, rather than /var. this is a request for apt-file to

Bug#443728: apt-file update should not have to be run as root

2008-07-10 Thread Stefan Fritsch
On Thursday 10 July 2008, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: The idea behind storing this centrally is that not every individual user needs to download the large Contents files, but that these are in one place. I think this is very similar to 'apt-get update' which also requires root, even though things

Bug#443728: apt-file update should not have to be run as root

2007-09-23 Thread Michael Gilbert
Package: apt-file Version: 2.0.8.2 Severity: wishlist i generally run apt-file under my standard user account. however to run an update, i need to switch to the root account. this seems rather unnecessary since the apt-file cache could just as easily be stored in ~/.config/apt-file, rather than