[Bug 1270541] [NEW] [Feature Request] APT Unlock

[Michael Murphy]

Public bug reported:

1) If /var/lib/dpkg/lock or /var/lib/apt/lists/lock is detected, ask if it is OK to remove these files before running apt-get.
2) If package installation was disrupted (example: power was lost / system crash), it should automatically run sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a instead of prompting to run it manually.

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: trusty

** Description changed:

  1) If /var/lib/dpkg/lock or /var/lib/apt/lists/lock is detected, ask if it is OK to remove these files before running apt-get.
  2) If package installation was disrupted (example: power was lost / system crash), it should automatically run sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a instead of prompting to run it manually.
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- ProblemType: Bug
- DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
- Package: apt 0.9.14.1ubuntu2
- ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-4.19-generic 3.13.0-rc8
- Uname: Linux 3.13.0-4-generic x86_64
- ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
- Architecture: amd64
- CurrentDesktop: Unity
- Date: Sun Jan 19 03:33:25 2014
- InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-17 (2 days ago)
- InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140115)
- ProcEnviron:
-  LANGUAGE=en_US
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
- SourcePackage: apt
- UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Tags removed: amd64 apport-bug

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Title:
  [Feature Request] APT Unlock

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  1) If /var/lib/dpkg/lock or /var/lib/apt/lists/lock is detected, ask if it is OK to remove these files before running apt-get.
  2) If package installation was disrupted (example: power was lost / system crash), it should automatically run sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a instead of prompting to run it manually.

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