Thanks for this additional information. The man open /devptmx are a resource leak in the process that drives dpkg. I uploaded a fix for this today.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Committed -- apt-get blocks on /dev/ptmx a lot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148806 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs