[Bug 1270541] Re: [Feature Request] Automatic dpkg --configure -a

[Michael Murphy]

Actually no, it seems you didn't read #1 or fully comprehend the issue
caused by it. It isn't that something is still running somewhere. As I
stated, if power is lost while apt is running, on a reboot that file
will still be there, and the owner of the system will be unable to use
APT to install or upgrade packages until they manually delete that file.

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Title:
  [Feature Request] Automatic dpkg --configure -a

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  1) If /var/lib/dpkg/lock or /var/lib/apt/lists/lock is detected, ask if it is OK to remove these files before running apt-get.
  2) If package installation was disrupted (example: power was lost / system crash), it should automatically run sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a instead of prompting to run it manually.

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