Add option to wait for /var/lib/dpkg/lock to become free
Bug #647835 reported by
seahen
This bug affects 8 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aptitude |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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| apt (Debian) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| apt (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: apt
Today I was waiting for texlive-full to install when I discovered that I would also need texmaker. Also, I plan to add apt-get full-upgrade to my nightly crontab, but I don't want it to fail if I happen to be manually installing a package at the same time.
For both of the above situations, it would be useful to have a command-line flag that wouldd make apt-get wait for /var/lib/dpkg/lock to become free, rather than giving up immediately. I suggest -w and --wait, since they're not being used for anything.
| Changed in apt (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| Changed in aptitude: | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
| Changed in aptitude: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Wishlist |
| Changed in aptitude: | |
| importance: | Wishlist → Unknown |
| Changed in aptitude: | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
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| Brian G. Shacklett (bgshacklett) wrote | #1 |
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This type of situation can have a significant impact on scripted configuration. The situation first and foremost on my mind is adding packages via either UserData or Cfn-Init inside of the AWS EC2 service. Additionally, Packer and Vagrant using the Shell provisioner would be affected, and I'm sure there are many other cases, as well. My point is that this has the potential to affect far more than just a one-time single user interaction, but it would actually make it easier to remove some kludgey workarounds that may be necessary to overcome dpkg locks in an enterprise environment.