Bug 43917 – Backport: Update to UCS 4.2 interim-1 (+x) aborts: dpkg : status database locked

Bug 43917 - Backport: Update to UCS 4.2 interim-1 (+x) aborts: dpkg : status database locked


Summary:	Backport: Update to UCS 4.2 interim-1 (+x) aborts: dpkg : status database locked

Status:	CLOSED FIXED

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Update - Release updates
Version:	UCS 4.1
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P2 major (vote)
Target Milestone:	UCS 4.1-4-errata
Assigned To:	Arvid Requate
QA Contact:	Daniel Tröder

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Depends on:	43625
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Reported:	2017-03-17 07:01 CET by Stefan Gohmann
Modified:	2017-05-10 15:38 CEST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Stefan Gohmann

2017-03-17 07:01:52 CET

We need a backport to UCS 4.1: r77714

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #43625 +++

My latest attempt of an update to UCS 4.2 interim-1 (+x) aborts with

dpkg : status database area is locked by another process

===========================================================================
Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von .../ncurses-base_5.9+20140913-1_all.deb ...
Entpacken von ncurses-base (5.9+20140913-1) über (5.9-10.17.201403180024) ...
ncurses-base (5.9+20140913-1) wird eingerichtet ...
dpkg: Fehler: dpkg-Status-Datenbank ist von einem anderen Prozess gesperrt
 none
Checking for app updates:                              E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
Error: Failed to execute "apt-get -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confold -o DPkg::Options::=--force-overwrite -o DPkg::Options::=--force-overwrite-dir --trivial-only=no --assume-yes --quiet=1 -u dist-upgrade"
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I updated from

repository/online/server='http://updates-test.software-univention.de'

Comment 1 Arvid Requate

2017-04-25 12:09:17 CEST

Package built with backported patch in errata4.1-4

Advisory: univention-updater.yaml

Comment 2 Daniel Tröder

2017-05-04 14:39:57 CEST

OK: works as expected

Comment 3 Janek Walkenhorst

2017-05-10 15:38:52 CEST

<http://errata.software-univention.de/ucs/4.1/418.html>