> Andrew Schulman wrote: > > This morning I made the mistake of remotely killing an 'apt-get update' > > that had not finished running on another terminal. Now, apt-get is > > totally broken. Whenever I try to install anything, I get: > > > > debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by > > another process > > > > and everything fails. Right now I have 11 uninstallable packages. > > > > I have hunted down and killed every running process that matches apt*, > > dpkg*, or debconf*. Still the accursed lock remains. I can't find any > > obvious lock files in /var/lock or /var/cache/debconf. > > The lock is a flock() lock which can only be held open if the process > remains running, so you obviously missed killing something. Try lsof.
Okay, thanks for the tip. I rebooted for other reasons, and the problem went away. But next time I'll try lsof to hunt down the offender. Thanks, Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
