@Brian This is still happening on that fresh wily dist-upgraded to xenial, even with the latest apt 1.2.3 and gcc 5.3.1-1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu6) ... W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_cl' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) The main issue sems to be that .root folder LOCKED, that disable to subfolder creation. Is that locked .root folder expected ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Title: /root/.synaptic/ not created To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1522675/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
