[Bug 427029] Re: E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the download directory

[David-Sarah Hopwood]

Is it considered acceptable that doing anything involving package
management can fail due to bad luck? Perhaps the dist-upgrade should be
holding the lock for a much shorter time, and/or perhaps the error
message could say what the actual problem is (for example by identifying
the process holding the lock).

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Title:
  E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource
  temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the download directory

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

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  I'm fully connected to my dsl connection through the Ethernet port and
  any time I try to install a new program or update my computer, this
  message appears.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Sep  9 15:50:00 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.124.6
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic i686

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