Control: tag -1 unreproducible moreinfo On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:12:52AM +0200, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > Package: python-apt > Version: 1.1.0~alpha3 > > Unsure when/how that is triggered but oneconf seems to hit that often in > Ubuntu > > example > > "Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/oneconf/packagesethandler.py", > line 63, in update > newpkg_list = self.distro.compute_local_packagelist() > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/oneconf/distributor/Ubuntu.py", > line 42, in compute_local_packagelist > with apt.Cache() as apt_cache: > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 113, in __init__ > self.open(progress) > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 166, in open > self._records = apt_pkg.PackageRecords(self._cache) > SystemError: E:Could not open file > /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_wily_restricted_binary-i386_Packages > - open (2: No such file or directory), E:Could not open file > /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_wily_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages > - open (2: No such file or directory), E:Could not open file > /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_wily_universe_binary-i386_Packages > - open (2: No such file or directory), E:Could not open file > /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_wily_main_binary-i386_Packages > - open (2: No such file or directory), E:Could not open file > /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_wily_restricted_binary-amd64_Packages > - open (2: No such file or directory), E:Could not open file > /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_wily_multiverse_binary-amd64_Packages > - open (2: No such file or directory), E:Could not open file > /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_wily_universe_binary-amd64_Packages > - open (2: No such file or directory)"
You're probably opened the cache without holding a lock, and an update ran in parallel. That's really the only possible explanation I could think of. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. Be friendly, do not top-post, and follow RFC 1855 "Netiquette". - If you don't I might ignore you.
