Package: apt Version: 0.8.15.5 Severity: wishlist
(1) $ apt-cache policy debian-policy dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process (2) $ apt-cache -o Debug::nolocking=true policy debian-policy debian-policy: Installed: 3.9.2.0 Candidate: 3.9.2.0 Package pin: (not found) Version table: *** 3.9.2.0 1001 990 http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status SUGGESTION If there is another dpkg process running, some commands cannot be used without explicit guidance from user. However, I don't believe "policy" command ever has a need to lock a dpkg database for itself; I assume that it only queries the data. Please consider making the "nolocking" default for this command to help making the policy command easier even when other processes are running. -- Package-specific info: -- (/etc/apt/preferences present, but not submitted) -- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2010.08.28 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii gnupg 1.4.11-3 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii libc6 2.13-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.6.1-4 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.6.1-4 GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.6.3-4 terminal-based package manager (te ii bzip2 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.16.0.3 Debian package development tools pn lzma <none> (no description available) ii python-apt 0.8.0 Python interface to libapt-pkg -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org