[Bug 349469] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

[Arv Evans]

I was installing ssmtp in Ubuntu 12.04  
no other apt-gets or software center or synaptic was running at the time.

SYSTEM:  AMD 2X64-3800 with 4GB RAM and 1TB HD.  Ubuntu 12.04 is up to
date.

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Title:
  debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
  another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

Status in Ambasa Operating System:
  New
Status in Debconf:
  New
Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Upgrading packages that use debconf sometimes fail with the following
  error:

  debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
  another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

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