Bug 2387561

Summary:	pre-install.d/10packagelist with etckeeper-dnf5 shows permission denied errors when dnf runs as non root
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Štefan Gurský <scorpy_sk>
Component:	etckeeper	Assignee:	Thomas Moschny <thomas.moschny>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	42	CC:	alberto, thomas.moschny
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Description Štefan Gurský 2025-08-11 08:59:26 UTC

When running dnf as non root user, the following error is displayed:

/etc/etckeeper/pre-install.d/10packagelist: line 4: /var/cache/etckeeper/packagelist.pre-install: Permission denied
/etc/etckeeper/pre-install.d/10packagelist: line 5: /var/cache/etckeeper/packagelist.fmt: Permission denied

That happens even during autocomplete, where it is especially annoying. For example trying to autocomplete `dnf info etcke` (write it into bash and then press TAB) shows the error between entered text and the completion.

I think pre-install.d/10packagelist should not be run in this case at all.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. have etckeeper-dnf5 installed
2. as non root run `dnf info etckeeper`
3. Observe the error message is displayed before output.



Additional Information:
etckeeper-dnf5 is
Version     : 1.18.22
Release     : 3.fc42