[Bug 1242397] Re: fatal error occurs when upgrading to 13.10

[John Kim]

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** Package changed: ubuntu => ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  fatal error occurs when upgrading to 13.10

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When upgrading I get this message:

  dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process
  Error in function:

  
  A fatal error occurred

  Please report this as a bug and include the files
  /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log and /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log in
  your report. The upgrade has aborted.
  Your original sources.list was saved in
  /etc/apt/sources.list.distUpgrade.

  SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)


  Could not install the upgrades

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