Bug#629956: apt: apt-cache fails with current fakeroot

2011-06-15 Thread Martin Pitt
Hey Jonathan, Jonathan Nieder [2011-06-15 16:11 -0500]: > One approach would be to say that running a typical test suite is not > something fakeroot can fully support Note that this isn't really a test suite problem -- it applies to a plain "fakeroot apt-cache", which could be done in any kind of

Bug#629956: apt: apt-cache fails with current fakeroot

2011-06-15 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Clint Adams wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 02:41:01PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: >> I tracked this down to apt-cache now failing to work under fakeroot: >> >> $ fakeroot apt-cache policy coreutils >> E: Could not open file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - open (13: Permission >> denied) >> E:

Bug#629956: apt: apt-cache fails with current fakeroot

2011-06-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 03:22:51PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 02:41:01PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > > I tracked this down to apt-cache now failing to work under fakeroot: > > > > $ fakeroot apt-cache policy coreutils > > E: Could not open file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin

Bug#629956: apt: apt-cache fails with current fakeroot

2011-06-15 Thread Clint Adams
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 02:41:01PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > I tracked this down to apt-cache now failing to work under fakeroot: > > $ fakeroot apt-cache policy coreutils > E: Could not open file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - open (13: Permission > denied) > E: Failed to truncate file - ftrunc