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Zibi1981

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[SOLVED] Pacman error when running from $HOME with apparmor.d rules

Why am I constantly getting this error message when installing anything with pacman?

:: Processing package changes...
error: could not get current working directory

Last edited by Zibi1981 (2025-03-01 10:54:50)

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loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error when running from $HOME with apparmor.d rules

Broken custom hook?

grep -rF 'Processing package changes' /usr/share/libalpm/hooks/ /etc/pacman.d/hooks

Zibi1981

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error when running from $HOME with apparmor.d rules

I don't think so. This command does nothing.

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loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error when running from $HOME with apparmor.d rules

Please post the full output of a pacman command that installs, removes or upgrades a package with the --debug option added.

Zibi1981

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error when running from $HOME with apparmor.d rules

It could be related to BTRFS file system, as it was not present before I've reinstalled and changed EXT4 to BTRFS.

https://github.com/wesbarnett/snap-pac/issues/20

EDIT

Digging a little bit more into this I get to think it's related to appamor.d rules that I've set up.

https://github.com/roddhjav/apparmor.d

Last edited by Zibi1981 (2025-02-28 20:17:47)

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loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error when running from $HOME with apparmor.d rules

"Reloading AppArmor service..." https://github.com/roddhjav/apparmor.d/ … or.hook#L4 is not in the output you have shared why do you believe that hook is the cause?  Why have you not shared the output I requested?

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error when running from $HOME with apparmor.d rules

The cause isn't gonna be so much any hook as the access restriction imposed by apparmor.
https://apparmor.pujol.io/issues/

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loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error when running from $HOME with apparmor.d rules

The cause isn't gonna be so much any hook

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

Zibi1981

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error when running from $HOME with apparmor.d rules

The cause isn't gonna be so much any hook as the access restriction imposed by apparmor.
https://apparmor.pujol.io/issues/

Gotta love that "it's not a bug, it'a a feature" thing

This is a feature, not a bug! It can safely be ignored. Pacman tries to get your current directory. You will only get this error when you run pacman in your home directory.

According to the Arch Linux guideline, on Arch Linux, packages cannot install files under /home/. Therefore, the pacman profile purposely does not allow access of your home directory.

This provides a basic protection against some packages (on the AUR) that may have rogue install script.

Last edited by Zibi1981 (2025-02-28 22:55:37)

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seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacman error when running from $HOME with apparmor.d rules

Hardening the system implies feature constrain.
The idea is somewhat sound but you'll likely no longer be able to "pacman -U ~/some.pkg.tar.zst"? (whether you want to be on a hardened system is a different matter)
Running pacman from /tmp will likely prevent the message, you could use a script or alias for that.

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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