[Bug 1894155] Re: libpam-moudles update failure

[Steve Langasek]

Since your debconf database was locked but dpkg and apt were not, this
is not a bug in the pam package; and since you say you've killed the
process that held the lock, there's not much more debugging we can do.
Therefore, closing this bug report as invalid.

** Changed in: pam (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  libpam-moudles update failure

Status in pam package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  today ubuntu software updater pushed a update, but it failed when
  update libpam-modules from 1.3.1-5ubuntu4.1 to 1.3.1-5ubuntu4.1.

  after that i tried to update this package manually, here is the error
  reported.

  debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
  (Reading database ... 187403 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../libpam-modules_1.3.1-5ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb ...
  debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another p
  rocess: Resource temporarily unavailable
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libpam-modules_1.3.1-5ubu
  ntu4.1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   new libpam-modules:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess returned er
  ror exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/libpam-modules_1.3.1-5ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  
  seems caused by debconf, similar to the bug below: 

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgtk3-perl/+bug/1871960

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: libpam-modules 1.3.1-5ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-45.49-generic 5.4.55
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-45-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Sep  3 17:34:21 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-18 (16 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: pam
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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