[Bug 624877] Re: INFO: task dpkg:23317 blocked for more than 120 seconds.

[Abe Froeman]

I've tried to get around this first by doing:
rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get install -f

But what I installed previously is now held in an inconsistent state.  I can't be apt-get purge'd and it can't be properly installed.  So I:
dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq <packagename>

And apt-get install something else instead.  But every time it gets to
upacking it locks up again.

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INFO: task dpkg:23317 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/624877
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