Comment 24 for bug 624877

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Robin Duckett (robin-duckett) wrote :

Same problem, ubuntu 10.10 maverick, x86.

100% repeatable steps:

Plug in external drive (in my case, activated USB storage on my Nexus One, and plugged it in, and opened the drive with nautilus, no other file transfer other than however nautilus queries the drive I suspect)
Attempt to install something with apt
Watch as dpk gets mode D on it's process (uninterruptable)
Reboot in order to use apt again, because process will not quit even if you unmount / unplug the device as dpkg retains it's locks/pids and apt refuses to run again until reboot.

This is rediculous, can this just be fixed?