Aptdaemon

aptdaemon won't install programs or update the system (ubuntu 10.10)

Bug #954581 reported by Gary Mertens
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Aptdaemon
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Bug Description

I got this message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 141, in _process_transaction
    self._lock_cache()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 680, in _lock_cache
    lock.acquire()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/lock.py", line 116, in acquire
    lock.acquire()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/lock.py", line 66, in acquire
    process = get_locking_process_name(self.path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/lock.py", line 83, in get_locking_process_name
    with open(lock_path,"r") as fd_lock_read:
IOError: [Errno 20] Not a directory: '/var/cache/apt/archives/lock'

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/precise/aptdaemon
Revision history for this message
Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Changelog on Precise says it's fixed and points to this bug.
Version 0.43+bzr784-0ubuntu1:
New upstream snapshot:
  * lock: Fix an exception if the lock file doesn't exists
    (fixes LP: #954581)

Revision history for this message
Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

Actually the bug of the user isn't fixed: The system seems to be seriously broken, since the directory /va/cache/apt/archives isn't available. But aptdaemon won't crash in the locking module anymore.

Changed in aptdaemon:
status: New → Fix Released
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