apt lock error messages should be easier to understand
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jockey |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| jockey (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Hello,
This is more a feature request than a bug, but i think it can have an importance for front-end users. The typical use/case of what you do after installing a (debian/ubuntu :p) distro is updating it (thus, update-manager is running, locking apt), and setting your drivers.
One might try to download the drivers at the same time the update-manager is running, leading into this error message :
SystemError : failed to lock /var/cache/
(see : http://
This message is not clear at all, and a message such as "There currently is an app install / system update running, please try again once it's finished" would be much easier for whoever doesn't know what a lock is and doesn't understand that jockey and update-manager both need apt.
Cordially, SD.
| Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in jockey: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Changed in jockey (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Triaged |
Not an upstream bug, this needs to be handled in the Ubuntu branch.