Thanks for the patch. However given your patch it sounds like this bug is Mint specific, so I'm marking the ubuntu task invalid.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1199370 Title: mintupdate / apt requires access to my home directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1199370/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs