Aptdaemon already shows the name of the binary/application which holds the lock in the status message: "Waiting for XXX to exit...". Possible values in real life are aptitude, apt-get, dpkg and synaptic.
The status of the transaction is set to PK_STATUS_ENUM_WAITING_FOR_LOCK on the PackageKit interface and to aptdaemon.enums.STATUS_WATING_FOR_LOCK on the aptdaemon interface which is used by s-c. So basically all technical requirements are there. An important use case is the daily update of the cache to check for upgrades. It "currently" doesn't use aptdaemon but calls apt-get update. So you can get random cache locks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668846 Title: No obvious error when Software Centre can't install due to Synaptic being open To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/668846/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
