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apt-xapian-index package

update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseLockError in init(): Unable to get write lock on /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.2: already locked

Bug #770103 reported by Josh Altemoos on 2011-04-25

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #764701: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseLockError in __init__(): Unable to get write lock on /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.2: already locked. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apt-xapian-index (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: apt-xapian-index

This error happened after a fresh-install of 11.04beta and I received this error during first-update. This is a vm machine in VMWare 7.1.4 build-385536

jraltemoos@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-cache policy apt-xapian-index
apt-xapian-index:
  Installed: 0.41ubuntu6
  Candidate: 0.41ubuntu6
  Version table:
*** 0.41ubuntu6 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
jraltemoos@ubuntu:~$

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.41ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 24 19:59:22 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --force --quiet
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--force', '--quiet']
SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseLockError in __init__(): Unable to get write lock on /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.2: already locked
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Josh Altemoos (josh-altemoos) wrote on 2011-04-25:

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2011-06-07: This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #764701, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.