It would be nice if dpkg, apt et al. waited for the lock indefinitely instead of bailing out immediately. The UI could show a throbber and a caption such as “Automatic security updates are being installed. Please wait.” or whatever is appropriate for the piece of software holding the lock.
-- Apt's unable to acquire lock message isn't user friendly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/74134 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
