[Bug 892633] Re: package udev 173-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[Martin Pitt]

The first failure in the log is

Voorbereiden om libselinux1 2.0.96-1ubuntu2 te vervangen (door .../libselinux1_2.0.98-1.1_i386.deb) ...
Uitpakken van vervangende libselinux1 ...
dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process

which means that there was some other package operation in parallel.

This failure then triggered failures of libpam-modules-bin, procps,
udev, etc. If you just re-attempt the update with

  sudo apt-get -f install
  sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

it should recover. However, the interesting question is how it could
happen that there is another dpkg running in parallel. This is either a
dpkg or perhaps an update-manager bug.

** Package changed: udev (Ubuntu) => update-manager (Ubuntu)

** Summary changed:

- package udev 173-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
+ update fails with dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process during dist upgrade

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Title:
  update fails with dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by
  another process during dist upgrade

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  How many errors .. just trying to upgrade!

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: udev 173-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-12.51-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  CustomUdevRuleFiles: README.dpkg-new
  Date: Sat Nov 19 22:45:58 2011
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  MachineType: Standard XS35
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-12-generic root=UUID=368e3a48-a7ab-4264-bb5e-a037abaf22c6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: udev
  Title: package udev 173-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-19 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/28/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 080015
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: B10IE01
  dmi.board.vendor: Shuttle
  dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Shuttle
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd07/28/2010:svnStandard:pnXS35:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnShuttle:rnB10IE01:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnShuttle:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: XS35
  dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.sys.vendor: Standard

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