[Bug 1939665] Re: "apt-get update" fails if another instance is running

2021-08-12 Thread Avi Kivity
In practice the two processes that run apt-get update are unaware of each other. When I'm updating of course I wouldn't intentionally run two instances in parallel. Indeed the other process is likely apt- daily.service. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1939665] Re: "apt-get update" fails if another instance is running

2021-08-12 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Please ignore Chris (well, do upgrade though, 20.10 is ld, it hasn't seen security updates in months) I understand your report, I only implemented lock waiting for the dpkg lock, not for the list lock that update holds. Note that apt-get generally doesn't wait for the lock, only apt does

[Bug 1939665] Re: "apt-get update" fails if another instance is running

2021-08-12 Thread Chris Guiver
Please note: I see your issue as being opinion & expected behavior. Many users use the conditional "&&" in commands like yours as it can be considered safer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1939665] Re: "apt-get update" fails if another instance is running

2021-08-12 Thread Chris Guiver
Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 20.10 (groovy) reached end-of-life on July 22, 2021. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more.