[Bug 1846512] Re: update-usbids runs as root and fetches over HTTP

[Brian Murray]

This tool doesn't seem to be a part of the usbutils package in the
development release of Ubuntu (eoan).

** Package changed: ubuntu => usbutils (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  update-usbids runs as root and fetches over HTTP

Status in usbutils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  $ cat /usr/sbin/update-usbids
  #!/bin/sh

  # see also update-pciids.sh (fancier)

  [ "$1" = "-q" ] && quiet="true" || quiet="false"

  set -e
  SRC="http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids"
  DEST=/var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids

  ...

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