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

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 08:27:41AM -0000, Greg Rickson wrote:
> I assumed it was because I had both synaptic and Ubuntu Software center
> open At the same time ??

That is certainly the sort of thing that could lead to this locking problem,
yes.

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

Status in Ambasa:
  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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