You have been subscribed to a public bug: This is a feature request to add more information about which process is locking /var/lib/dpkg/lock instead of just saying "Could not get lock" when having package reporting issues.
The name and PID of the process and possibly its parent processes would give users more information as to what was using the lock. Here is an example of the kind of additional information that would help the user find out what was locking apt: # lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME apt-get 15935 root 4uW REG 0,47 0 87 /var/lib/dpkg/lock # ps -f --pid 15935 UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 15935 1843 0 14:20 ? 00:00:00 apt-get upgrade # ps -f --pid 1843 UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 1843 0 0 Jan23 ? 00:00:00 bash Right now, when clicking on the alert "1 computer is having issues reporting packages" for this lock issue, the Exit Code is 100 and the Error output is: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? In one scenario, a user had https://mathias- kettner.de/checkmk_check_apt.html running on his servers every minute and didn't know about it until he used auditd to see what was locking /var/lib/dpkg/lock. Reproducer: Issue can be reproduced by leaving an apt-get process at the Yes/No prompt on a computer: # apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: libgssapi-krb5-2 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 4 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 486 kB of archives. After this operation, 1024 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] ** Affects: landscape-client Importance: Wishlist Status: Confirmed ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Fix Released ** Tags: lds-squad rls-pp-incoming -- Add info about process locking /var/lib/dpkg/lock when having package reporting issues https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1659014 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
