apt: silence warnings when fetching apt-news #3301
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Why is this needed?
When fetching the apt-news data, APT will try using the _apt user to store that information on the system. We are now creating a separate folder that is owned by _apt, which silences an APT warning when storing the apt-news data
Fixes: #3209
LP: #2070095
Test Steps
Check that the APT news related tests are still working and that the error message mentioned on #3209 no longer appears on Noble