* cmdline/apt-mark:

  - Fix chmoding after have renamed the extended-states file (LP: #140019)
    (thanks to Laurent Bigonville, LP: #140019)
* cmdline/apt-mark:
  - Fix chmoding after have renamed the extended-states file (LP: #140019)
    (thanks to Laurent Bigonville)

cmdline/apt-mark

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     if not options.filename:
         STATE_FILE = apt_pkg.Config.FindDir("Dir::State") + "extended_states"
     else:
-        STATE_FILE=options.state_file
+        STATE_FILE=options.filename
 
     # open the statefile
     if os.path.exists(STATE_FILE):
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         # all done, rename the tmpfile
         os.chmod(outfile.name, 0644)
         os.rename(outfile.name, STATE_FILE)
-        os.chmod(outfile.name, 0644)
+        os.chmod(STATE_FILE, 0644)

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+apt (0.7.6ubuntu12) gutsy; urgency=low
+
+  * cmdline/apt-mark:
+    - Fix chmoding after have renamed the extended-states file (LP: #140019)
+      (thanks to Laurent Bigonville, LP: #140019)
+
+ --
+
 apt (0.7.6ubuntu11) gutsy; urgency=low
 
   * apt-pkg/contrib/mmap.cc:
@@ -124,6 +132,9 @@ apt (0.7.6ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low
   * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
     - do not change the auto-installed information if a package
       is reinstalled
+  * cmdline/apt-mark:
+    - Fix chmoding after have renamed the extended-states file (LP: #140019)
+      (thanks to Laurent Bigonville)
 
   [ Ian Jackson ]
   * dpkg-triggers: Deal properly with new package states.