Hi Mike, You already can run apt-spy as non-root.
The only thing you can't do without root is download the mirror list, you're stuck with whatever list was last downloaded. I think that a viable option to add would be to specify the location to download the list to. That may go into a future version. Cheers, Stephen > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Gilbert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 March 2006 03:09 > To: Debian Bug Tracking System > Subject: Bug#359616: allow apt-spy to be run as non-root > > > Package: apt-spy > Version: 3.1-14 > Severity: wishlist > > currently apt-spy requires the user to run the software as root. i > propose that it should be possible to run apt-spy as non-root. > the code need only be modified to download the server list to a > temp location and to present the best server on standard > output, rather > than updating /etc/apt/sources.list. > > mike > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 > Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) > > Versions of packages apt-spy depends on: > ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: > Shared libraries an > ii libcurl3 7.15.3-1 Multi-protocol > file transfer libra > > apt-spy recommends no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person: to do so could be a breach of confidence. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of the Trust. Thank you for your co-operation. This footnote confirms that the message has been swept for computer viruses by McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Edition: whilst every care is taken to avoid the transmission of virus code; please ensure that you have up to date virus detection software before opening any E-mail messages or attachments. Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
