Bug#82478: marked as done (apt: Unhelpful error message when /var/cache/apt/lock exists)
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From: John Dalbec <jdalbec@cboss.com>
Subject: apt: Unhelpful error message when /var/cache/apt/lock exists
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Package: apt
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Somehow I got a stray /var/cache/apt/lock file after an apt-get update.
I got these messages on apt-get update/upgrade:
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
Removing /var/cache/apt/lock fixed the errors.
Perhaps a more informative error message could be issued in this situation?
-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux bill 2.2.17 #1 Wed Dec 20 19:30:40 EST 2000 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.3-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-13 The GNU stdc++ library
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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 18:18:58 -0700 (MST)
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>
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To: John Dalbec <jdalbec@cboss.com>, 82478-done@bugs.debian.org
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Subject: Re: Bug#82478: apt: Unhelpful error message when /var/cache/apt/lock exists
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On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, John Dalbec wrote:
> Somehow I got a stray /var/cache/apt/lock file after an apt-get update.
> I got these messages on apt-get update/upgrade:
> E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
> E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
> Removing /var/cache/apt/lock fixed the errors.
> Perhaps a more informative error message could be issued in this situation?
Er.
You cannot have a stray /var/cache/apt/lock, the file is ment to always
exist. APT uses fcntl locking.
The above error generally indicates that your http downloader segfaulted,
coupled with the fact it went away, and that in 3 years nobody has ever
reported that message suggests you have a hardware problem of some sort.
Jason
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