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| -rw-r--r-- | pym/portage/news.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage/news.py b/pym/portage/news.py index 6f2eac2b2..b9326c94d 100644 --- a/pym/portage/news.py +++ b/pym/portage/news.py @@ -100,8 +100,17 @@ class NewsManager(object): finally: unlockfile(unread_lock) write_atomic(skipfile, "\n".join(skiplist)+"\n") - apply_permissions(filename=skipfile, + try: + apply_permissions(filename=skipfile, uid=int(self.config["PORTAGE_INST_UID"]), gid=portage_gid, mode=0664) + except OSError, e: + import errno + # skip "permission denied" errors as we're likely running in pretend mode + # with reduced priviledges + if e.errno == errno.EPERM: + pass + else: + raise def getUnreadItems(self, repoid, update=False): """ |