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-rw-r--r--cmdline/apt-get.cc5
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-get.cc b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
index b1260f06a..b6150a423 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-get.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
@@ -1403,10 +1403,7 @@ static bool DoChangelog(CommandLine &CmdL)
if (printOnly == false)
{
- // Disable drop-privs if "_apt" can not write to the target dir
- CheckDropPrivsMustBeDisabled(Fetcher);
- if (_error->PendingError() == true)
- return false;
+ // Note: CheckDropPrivsMustBeDisabled isn't needed here as the download happens in a dedicated tempdir
bool Failed = false;
if (AcquireRun(Fetcher, 0, &Failed, NULL) == false || Failed == true)