update-manager locks itself

Bug #217640 reported by Tom Harris
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

When trying install updates in Update Manager from System -> Administration -> Update Manager, it complains that it can't get a lock on the cache. This seems to be caused by the fact that updates are being downloaded in the background as set as an option in System -> Administration -> Software Sources (ticked Automatic Updates and "Download all updates in background").

Shouldn't Update Manager make use of the current background process, or at least crash more gracefully?

Running Hardy with all latest updates.

Tom Harris (tom-harris)
description: updated
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 108446, so it 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in update-manager:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Invalid
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