Comment 13 for bug 1798369

OK.
Thanks!
RGMüller

Em seg., 24 de ago. de 2020 às 17:40, Brian Murray <
<email address hidden>> escreveu:

> ** Tags added: restore-new-distro
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1798369
>
> Title:
> Reinstall Ubuntu (with preserving existing data) shows error message
> due to "Could not get lock /target/var/cache/apt/archives/lock"
>
> Status in APT:
> New
> Status in ubiquity:
> New
> Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in apt source package in Eoan:
> Invalid
> Status in ubiquity source package in Eoan:
> Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> When trying to reinstall an existing Ubuntu cosmic installation using
> latest 18.10 desktop images, the install shows an error dialog around
> the end of the installation with an "Error restoring installed
> applications". Looking at the syslog such a traceback can be seen:
>
> apt_pkg.Error: E:Could not get lock
> /target/var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily
> unavailable), E:Unable to lock directory
> /target/var/cache/apt/archives/
>
> After reproducing this on a live session, after chrooting into /target
> indeed any apt-get install operations result in the same lock-file
> error. The whole syslog of the reinstall attached to the bug.
>
> Test case:
> * Download latest cosmic image
> * Install cosmic on the whole disk (can be on a VM)
> * (optional) Boot into the system and leave a file in the home
> directory (to leave a trace, just in case)
> * Reboot and install cosmic using the first option in ubiquity:
> Reinstall Ubuntu
> * Finish configuration
>
> The install itself doesn't fail, but around the end of the
> installation process the error dialog appears. System is still
> bootable but left with old packages.
>
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