Automatically downloading updated packages should not block package managers
Bug #268492 reported by
Wouter Stomp
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apt (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: synaptic
When you enable the setting in synaptic to automatically download updated packages when they are available, there can be long periods when you cannot for example open the update manager. Downloading these packages should not lock anything.
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Thank you for reporting this bug. However, this seems to be a fundamental issue with the way package managers handle the database any time they are running, which includes downloading files. I don't think this is a major enough issue to warrant a rewrite of a large portion of the update managers, therefore i am closing it.