Package: aptitude Version: 0.2.15.9-2 Severity: wishlist aptitude was interrupted in the middle of an upgrade (the ssh connection failed) and then subsequent calls to "aptitude update" gave the message (even after I removed the lock files):
W: Warning: could not lock the cache file. Opening in read-only mode apt-get on the other hand gave a more informative error message: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. Would be great if aptitude noticed it too! While I am at it, it would also be nice that "aptitude clean" does not need disk space (apt-get clean does not). This is because, sometimes one forgets to clean the cache, so the /var/ partition becomes full and one cannot use "aptitude clean" to correct that state of affairs! Regards, ChriS -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages aptitude depends on: ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 0.5.28.6 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:4.0.1-2 GCC support library ii libncurses5 5.4-9 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libsigc++-1.2-5c102 1.2.5-4 type-safe Signal Framework for C++ ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 Versions of packages aptitude recommends: pn aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-do <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
