On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 22:31:18 +0100 Nicolas DEGAND wrote: > Using the aptitude ncurses interface (invoking "aptitude") with my usual > account. I type the root password when asked by aptitude. [...]
Dear users, since a radical fix for this bug is taking longer than I was hoping, I would like to summarize how the issue may be worked around for the time being. This bug is triggered whenever apt-listbugs is (directly or indirectly) invoked inside an su -c "command" . Hence, if you want to avoid being hit by this bug, please do *not* invoke apt-listbugs (or the package manager that will invoke apt-listbugs) through the su -c "command" mechanism. Also, please note that some package managers (such as aptitude, wajig, and possibly other ones), when run as a regular user, tend to gain root privileges through the su -c "command" mechanism, for the actions that need these privileges. Hence, if you want to avoid being hit by this bug, please become root *before* invoking the package manager, as in: $ su - Password: # aptitude rather than: $ aptitude I hope this may help, while waiting for the real fix. Bye. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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