Bug#29983: marked as done (apt: Wrong diagnostic, could be better)
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From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@antinea.enst.fr>
Subject: apt: Wrong diagnostic, could be better
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Package: apt
Version: 0.1.9
Severity: wishlist
By mistake, I just tried to run "apt-get install xxx" from my account instead
of from root account. The error message I got from apt-get was:
E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Couldn't lock the cache dir, /var/cache/apt/ another process is using it
Of course, this is only due to the fact that I used the wrong UID to do this.
The error message could mention this.
Best regards.
Sam
-- System Information
Debian Release: slink
Kernel Version: Linux zaphod 2.1.124 #3 Mon Oct 5 10:02:08 CEST 1998 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.0.7u-5 The GNU C library version 2 (run-time files)
ii libstdc++2.9 2.91.58-5 The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version)
--- Begin /etc/apt/sources.list (modified conffile)
deb ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://www.de.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free
deb http://www.de.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable non-US
deb http://www.uk.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free
--- End /etc/apt/sources.list
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