Comment 3 for bug 783706

Did as suggested with the following result:

The following packages will be upgraded:
   postfix
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
29 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/1,165 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
(Reading database ... 181555 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace postfix 2.8.2-1ubuntu1 (using
.../postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
  subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
  /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Can't seem to get past this error. It's been a couple of weeks.. Almost
makes one think of what MS windows 7 is like. ( almost but never)

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.

-Eleanor Holmes Norton, US Congressional Delegate

On 11-05-16 05:18 PM, Clint Byrum wrote:
> Hi Ron, this is a temporary issue that occasionallly comes up if some
> other configuration script is accessing the debconf database:
>
> debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
> another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
>
> Please try your updates/upgrades again and they should work just fine.
>
> Closing as Invalid.
>
> ** Changed in: php5 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>