[Bug 1522675] Re: /root/.synaptic/ not created due to locking status

[Flames_in_Paradise]

Is the system missing a user called _apt ?

Was it forgotten to create one?

Is this warning serious or can/should it be silenced?

Who corrupted my system? Can we still trust the system or should we just
install another distro, which doesn't suffer such?

Looks in any case quite messy AND it's an upgrade-regression.

** Tags added: upgrade-regression

** Tags removed: upgrade-regression
** Tags added: regression

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Title:
  /root/.synaptic/ not created due to locking status

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in synaptic package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in synaptic package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  Recently we got new versions for synaptic 0.82+build1 & apt 1.1.3, but
  now get that error when installing/upgrading some packages:

  Setting up libc6-dbg:amd64 (2.21-0ubuntu5) ...
  Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu5) ...
  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)

  From nautilus, i'm seeing a /root/ folder locked (x on its icon) and
  the folder is empty (no /.synaptic/ sub-folder or file), so the above
  error.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: synaptic 0.82+build1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-1.10-generic 4.3.0
  Uname: Linux 4.3.0-1-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Fri Dec  4 05:23:25 2015
  SourcePackage: synaptic
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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