[Pkg-privacy-maintainers] Bug#1001981: Bug#1001981: Bug#1001981: onioncircuits: Doesn't start: Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/usb-0.0.83.dev0.dist-info'

[Sascha Steinbiss]

severity 1001981 normal
thanks

FTR: The original reporter confirmed that removing the Python modules in
/usr/local got onioncircuits to start again. So lowering severity as
this is likely not a packaging bug breaking onioncircuits for everyone.

S.

On 23.12.21 12:58, Sascha Steinbiss wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> thanks for your report. Let's see what I can do.
> 
>> clicking then launcher results in no visible action.
> 
> This is just in bullseye? Unfortunately I can't reproduce this,
> onioncircuits opens fine for me.
> 
>> Starting from shell
>> results in this:
>>
>> rz at rz-debian:~$ onioncircuits
> <snip>
>> PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-
>> packages/usb-0.0.83.dev0.dist-info'
> 
> This is quite suspicious. There should no Python code installed by
> Debian packages in /usr/local [1]. It looks like something installed
> alongside the Debian-provided Python modules is interfering with
> operation of the pycountry module, which is a dependency of onioncircuits.
> Did you install any Python packages system-wide using pip or other means
> other than Debian packaging, maybe even using sudo? This may leave files
> around with permissions not including the rz user.
> 
> Can you please try uninstalling these files in
> /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages and try again? Thanks!
> 
> Cheers
> Sascha
> 
> [1] See Policy 9.1.2:
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#site-specific-programs
> 
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