I also meant to say that this is on 9.04. I just ran `gksu synaptic` to install a program (fslint), which installed, and synaptic closed with no messages in the terminal, which is good. Unfortunately, the lock file has returned.
>From this we can say that it's a problem for both update-manager and synaptic - probably via some shared backend. I'll update with exact message details when I next have updates to install. -- update manager lock file not always removed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124387 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs