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apt-ftparchive sets permission of Packages file to 001 to

Bug #917845 reported by peter hicks on 2012-01-17

This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
apt (Debian)	Fix Released	Unknown	debbugs #595922
apt (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned
Lucid	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

[Impact]
When using apt-ftparchive with a config file, BinDirectory blocks don't inherit the default file permissions, causing them to end up with a permission of 0001

[Development Fix]
Fixed upstream in http://anonscm.debian.org/loggerhead/apt/debian-sid/revision/2013 ; incorporated into releases after Lucid.

[Stable Fix]
Cherry-picked the upstream patch - http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~l3on/ubuntu/lucid/apt/fix-917845/revision/107

[Text Case]
(lucid-amd64)root@caron:~# mkdir -p apt/conf
(lucid-amd64)root@caron:~# mkdir -p apt/dists/sid/{main,contrib,non-free}/{binary-i386,source}
(lucid-amd64)root@caron:~# mkdir -p apt/pool/{main,contrib,non-free}
(lucid-amd64)root@caron:~# cd apt/
(lucid-amd64)root@caron:~/apt# cp /usr/share/doc/apt-utils/examples/apt-ftparchive.conf conf/
(lucid-amd64)root@caron:~/apt# apt-ftparchive generate conf/apt-ftparchive.conf
[...]
(lucid-amd64)root@caron:~/apt# ls -l dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages

Broken result: ---------x 1 root root 0 Feb 29 09:37 dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages
Fixed result: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 29 11:11 dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages

[Regression Potential]
Patch is isolated, straightforward, and contained within the apt-ftparchive tool.

[Original Report]
This is the same as Debian Bug#595922 and was introduced in 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.9. It was not present in 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.7.

apt-ftparchive changes permissions on the Packages files to 001:

strace -F -e chmod /usr/bin/apt-ftparchive generate conf/apt-ftparchive.conf

chmod("./dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2", 01) = 0
chmod("./dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz", 01) = 0
chmod("./dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages", 01) = 0

E: Could not open file ./dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Error processing contents dists/lucid/Contents-amd64

See original description

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Related branches

lp:~l3on/ubuntu/lucid/apt/fix-917845

Merged into lp:ubuntu/lucid/apt

Evan Broder (community): Approve on 2012-02-29

lp:ubuntu/lucid-proposed/apt

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2012-01-17

Changed in apt (Debian):
status:	Unknown → Fix Released

Leo Iannacone (l3on) on 2012-01-28

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Leo Iannacone (l3on)

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote on 2012-01-28:

All versions past lucid are not affected by this bug. And it was certainly not introduced by 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.9; maybe 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.8, though.

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Leo Iannacone (l3on) wrote on 2012-01-31:

The problem seems to be fixed here:

http://anonscm.debian.org/loggerhead/apt/debian-sid/revision/2013/ftparchive/apt-ftparchive.cc

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
assignee:	Leo Iannacone (l3on) → nobody

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2012-02-22

description:

updated

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Evan Broder (broder) wrote on 2012-02-29:

I've just uploaded this fix to lucid-proposed. Somebody from the SRU team should review it shortly.

description:

updated

Torsten Spindler (tspindler) on 2012-03-01

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2012-03-05: Please test proposed package

Hello peter, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apt into lucid-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Fix Released
Changed in apt (Ubuntu Lucid):
status:	New → Fix Committed
tags:	added: verification-needed

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peter hicks (pete-jl) wrote on 2012-03-06: Re: [Bug 917845] Re: apt-ftparchive sets permission of Packages file to 001 to

apt-utils-0.7.25.3ubuntu9.11 fixes the problem. thanks!

Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar) on 2012-03-06

tags:

added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-03-14:

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.11

---------------
apt (0.7.25.3ubuntu9.11) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * New patch from upstream ftparchive-fix-filemode-settings.patch:
    - Ensure that BinDirectory as well as Tree settings get the correct
      default FileMode setting (LP: #917845, Closes: #595922)
-- Leo Iannacone <email address hidden> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:38:41 +0100

Changed in apt (Ubuntu Lucid):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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