Tested with 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6: root@uu-frontend-lock:~# strace unattended-upgrade --verbose --dry-run 2>&1 | grep lock openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/run/unattended-upgrades.lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 4 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 5 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/lib/dpkg/lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 6 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 5 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/lib/dpkg/lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 6 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/apt/archives/lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 37 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/lib/dpkg/lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 6 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 5 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/lib/dpkg/lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 6 root@uu-frontend-lock:~# apt-get install una unaccent unace-nonfree unagi unagi-dev unar unace unadf unagi-dbg unalz unattended-upgrades root@uu-frontend-lock:~# apt-get install unattended-upgrades Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libfreetype6 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. Suggested packages: bsd-mailx default-mta | mail-transport-agent needrestart The following packages will be upgraded: unattended-upgrades 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 23 not upgraded. Need to get 37.7 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed/main amd64 unattended-upgrades all 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6 [37.7 kB] Fetched 37.7 kB in 0s (186 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 28996 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../unattended-upgrades_1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6_all.deb ... Unpacking unattended-upgrades (1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6) over (1.1ubuntu1.18.04.5) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ... Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.3) ... Setting up unattended-upgrades (1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ... root@uu-frontend-lock:~# strace unattended-upgrade --verbose --dry-run 2>&1 | grep lock openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/run/unattended-upgrades.lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 4 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 5 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/lib/dpkg/lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 6 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/cache/apt/archives/lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 37 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/var/lib/dpkg/lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, 0640) = 6 root@uu-frontend-lock:~#
** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1789637 Title: Proper support for frontend lock To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1789637/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs