[Bug 1900826] [NEW] Red error tray icon - cannot check for updates and a crash

[Lyubomir]

Public bug reported:

After i select the error, there are options to retry for updates and also an option to open the Package Manager.
If i select the option to open the Package Manager, there is an Ubuntu error crash. I select "send the error", and then the error cannot be reported because of var/lib/apt/lists/dl.winehq.org_wine-builds_ubuntu_dists_focal_InRelease - fopen (13: Permission denied), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

The initial error (which is displayed in the popup from the tray icon is
something like the aforementioned error, if not the same).

Doing ll command on the /var/lib/apt/lists directory shows that almost all files are owned by root:root. The following exceptions are owned by _apt:root:
auxfiles/
dl.winehq.org_wine-builds_ubuntu_dists_focal_InRelease
partial/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-52.57-lowlatency 5.4.65
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-52-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Wed Oct 21 13:01:23 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-08 (255 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-20 (183 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2020-05-15T09:41:35.683742

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal

** Summary changed:

- Red error tray icon - cannot check for reports and a crash
+ Red error tray icon - cannot check for updates and a crash

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Title:
  Red error tray icon - cannot check for updates and a crash

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After i select the error, there are options to retry for updates and also an option to open the Package Manager.
  If i select the option to open the Package Manager, there is an Ubuntu error crash. I select "send the error", and then the error cannot be reported because of var/lib/apt/lists/dl.winehq.org_wine-builds_ubuntu_dists_focal_InRelease - fopen (13: Permission denied), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

  The initial error (which is displayed in the popup from the tray icon
  is something like the aforementioned error, if not the same).

  Doing ll command on the /var/lib/apt/lists directory shows that almost all files are owned by root:root. The following exceptions are owned by _apt:root:
  auxfiles/
  dl.winehq.org_wine-builds_ubuntu_dists_focal_InRelease
  partial/

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-52.57-lowlatency 5.4.65
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-52-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  Date: Wed Oct 21 13:01:23 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-08 (255 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-20 (183 days ago)
  mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2020-05-15T09:41:35.683742

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