bin/178603: pkg_info -g reports file is missing when it is just unreadable

[Ronald F.Guilmette]

The following reply was made to PR bin/178603; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Ronald F.Guilmette" <rfg at tristatelogic.com>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Cc: rfg at tristatelogic.com
Subject: bin/178603: pkg_info -g reports file is missing when it is just
 unreadable
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 16:10:12 -0700 (PDT)

 >Number:         178603
 >Category:       bin
 >Synopsis:       pkg_info -g reports file is missing when it is just unreadable
 >Confidential:   no
 >Severity:       non-critical
 >Priority:       low
 >Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 >State:          open
 >Quarter:        
 >Keywords:       
 >Date-Required:
 >Class:          sw-bug
 >Submitter-Id:   current-users
 >Arrival-Date:   Mon May 13 23:20:01 UTC 2013
 >Closed-Date:
 >Last-Modified:
 >Originator:     Ronald F. Guilmette
 >Release:        FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE amd64
 >Organization:
 entr0py
 >Environment:
 
 System: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE amd64
 
 >Description:
 
 If the "pkg_info -g" command is executed by a non-root user, then in such
 a cases, some of teh files to be checked may have permissions set so that
 they are not readable by ordinary users.  In such cases, "pkg_info -g"
 will improperly and incorrectly report each such file with a message
 saying "doesn't exist" rather than "not readable by you".
 
 This is misleading and incorrect.
 
 >How-To-Repeat:
 
 portinstall dbus-1.6.8
 pkg_info -g dbus-1.6.8
 
 Result will be:
 
 pkg_info: /usr/local/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper doesn't exist
 
 >Fix:
 
 Left as an exercise for the reader.
 
 But seriously folks, a proper fix should be fairly trivial.  I will cook
 up patches, if requested.
 >Release-Note:
 >Audit-Trail:
 >Unformatted:
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