[Bug 1241001] [NEW] Permissions incorrect in httplib

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Public bug reported:

The permissions for files installed by httplib and dateutil seem to be
incorrect. I compared read permissions across all the dist-packages and
they all show "user read" permissions apart from these two. The log of
permissions is attached. Forcing a reinstall via Synaptic didn't fix the
issue. When running the standard instructions at
http://kartograph.org/docs/kartograph.py/install-ubuntu.html I
discovered the error, when load_entry_point could not inspect the
toplevel.txt file, as below, and sure enough, httplib's toplevel.txt
file was readable only by user root and group staff.

$ kartograph world.json -o world.svgTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/kartograph", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2825, in <module>
    add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 710, in subscribe
    callback(dist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2825, in <lambda>
    add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2257, in activate
    self.insert_on(path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2364, in insert_on
    self.check_version_conflict()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2403, in check_version_conflict
    for modname in self._get_metadata('top_level.txt'):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2251, in _get_metadata
    for line in self.get_metadata_lines(name):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1219, in get_metadata_lines
    return yield_lines(self.get_metadata(name))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1211, in get_metadata
    return self._get(self._fn(self.egg_info,name))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1326, in _get
    stream = open(path, 'rb')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/httplib2-0.8-py2.7.egg/EGG-INFO/top_level.txt'

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: python-httplib2 0.8-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 17 14:55:44 2013
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: python-httplib2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: python-httplib2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 saucy

** Attachment added: "Proof that httplib and dateutils do not follow convention"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1241001/+attachment/3880241/+files/python-permissions.txt

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Title:
  Permissions incorrect in httplib

Status in “python-httplib2” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The permissions for files installed by httplib and dateutil seem to be
  incorrect. I compared read permissions across all the dist-packages
  and they all show "user read" permissions apart from these two. The
  log of permissions is attached. Forcing a reinstall via Synaptic
  didn't fix the issue. When running the standard instructions at
  http://kartograph.org/docs/kartograph.py/install-ubuntu.html I
  discovered the error, when load_entry_point could not inspect the
  toplevel.txt file, as below, and sure enough, httplib's toplevel.txt
  file was readable only by user root and group staff.

  $ kartograph world.json -o world.svgTraceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/local/bin/kartograph", line 5, in <module>
      from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2825, in <module>
      add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 710, in subscribe
      callback(dist)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2825, in <lambda>
      add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2257, in activate
      self.insert_on(path)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2364, in insert_on
      self.check_version_conflict()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2403, in check_version_conflict
      for modname in self._get_metadata('top_level.txt'):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2251, in _get_metadata
      for line in self.get_metadata_lines(name):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1219, in get_metadata_lines
      return yield_lines(self.get_metadata(name))
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1211, in get_metadata
      return self._get(self._fn(self.egg_info,name))
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1326, in _get
      stream = open(path, 'rb')
  IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/httplib2-0.8-py2.7.egg/EGG-INFO/top_level.txt'

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: python-httplib2 0.8-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Oct 17 14:55:44 2013
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: python-httplib2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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