A question about groups

[Karl Auer]

On Sun, 2020-04-05 at 08:23 -0400, stan wrote:
> I am trying to build an example package from source using the
> instructions at:
> 
> https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rebuilding-ubuntu-debian-linux-binary-p
> ackage/
> 
> When I run the first commaind, I get the following error message:
> 
> dpkg-source: info: applying 0203_generic-arch-fallback.patch
> W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file 'mplayer_1.3.0-
> 8.dsc' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13:
> Permission denied)

Please tell us the actual command you were trying to run. I'm guessing
it is this one:

   sudo apt-get source mplayer

On that command, I get a similar message to the one you are getting.
It's a warning ("W" prefix) rather than an actual error, so I suspect
the command has actually worked OK.

I tried a couple of other source packages and got the same warning on
each, but in each case the source appeared to have been installed OK. I
suggest you press on.

I can't explain the message though. This may be one for Ralf :-)

Regards, K.

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