[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-25 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package packagekit - 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.4 --- packagekit (0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.4) xenial; urgency=medium * debian/patches/frontend-locking.diff: Implement frontend locking in a simple way. Will need some more work to

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-25 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package packagekit - 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.3 --- packagekit (1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.3) bionic; urgency=medium * Pass --no-restart-after-upgrade to dh_installsystemd to avoid PackageKit restarting while upgrading under PackageKit (LP: #1790613) packagekit

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Same on xenial (0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.4): root@xxx:~# lslocks COMMAND PID TYPE SIZE MODE M START END PATH iscsid396 POSIX 4B WRITE 0 0 0 /run/iscsid.pid atd 390 POSIX 4B WRITE 0 0 0 /run/atd.pid cron 392 FLOCK 4B WRITE 0

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
(that was 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.3 in bionic) ** Tags removed: verification-needed-bionic ** Tags added: verification-done-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795614 Title:

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-18 Thread Julian Andres Klode
I verified by creating a prerm script for packagekit-tools with sleep 20 in it, and then looked at the locks while that was sleeping: # lslocks COMMAND PID TYPE SIZE MODE M START END PATH cron 415 FLOCK 4B WRITE 0 0 0 /run/crond.pid packagekitd 3374 POSIX

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-04 Thread Robie Basak
Hello Julian, or anyone else affected, Accepted packagekit into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository. Please help us by testing this new package.

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-04 Thread Robie Basak
** Description changed: + [SRU Notes] + + [rbasak] Requires apt 1.2.28 (Xenial) and 1.6.5 (Bionic), both of which + are currently in proposed. Do not release to updates without releasing + the newer apt first. + [Impact] PackageKit needs an adjustment for frontend locking, so it does not

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-04 Thread Julian Andres Klode
** Description changed: [Impact] PackageKit needs an adjustment for frontend locking, so it does not release the frontend lock during dpkg invocations, but only the normal dpkg lock. Frontend locking prevents race conditions between multiple dpkg frontends, which can cause other

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-04 Thread Julian Andres Klode
** Description changed: [Impact] PackageKit needs an adjustment for frontend locking, so it does not release the frontend lock during dpkg invocations, but only the normal dpkg lock. Frontend locking prevents race conditions between multiple dpkg frontends, which can cause other

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-04 Thread Balint Reczey
@rbasak If unattended-upgrades runs at the same time as software updater is updating apt caches then unattended upgrades crashes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795614 Title:

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-04 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Added some more details, but I'm really at a loss what else you could want to know than it screwing up installations. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795614 Title: packagekit

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-04 Thread Julian Andres Klode
** Description changed: [Impact] PackageKit needs an adjustment for frontend locking, so it does not release the frontend lock during dpkg invocations, but only the normal dpkg lock. Frontend locking prevents race conditions between multiple dpkg frontends, which can cause other

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-03 Thread Robie Basak
The updated description explains why frontend locking is necessary, but how does this particular bug impact users? What's wrong for users as a consequence of this bug? Eg. what user story is broken? I need to understand this in order to judge whether an SRU is warranted, which I'm supposed to

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-03 Thread Julian Andres Klode
** Description changed: [Impact] PackageKit needs an adjustment for frontend locking, so it does not release the frontend lock during dpkg invocations, but only the normal dpkg lock. + + Frontend locking prevents race conditions between multiple dpkg + frontends, which can cause other

[Bug 1795614] Re: packagekit frontend locking

2018-10-02 Thread Francis Ginther
** Tags added: id-5bae2d4a668b6f3b803fb88b -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795614 Title: packagekit frontend locking To manage notifications about this bug go to: