Re: apt-get -o's

[Marc Singer <elf@buici.com>]

On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 02:12:51PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 15 Sep 2002, Marc Singer wrote:
> 
> > Interesting.  Using strace, I can tell that the update command is
> > spawning something, I assume it is dpkg.  I still get nothing when I
> > add the debug message:
> 
> That is not a message from dpkg though, you also need to tell apt where to
> find your new lock file. I think the option is dir::state::lock, but you
> should check..

I see the problem now.  The fork was a red-herring.  Once I set
Dir::State::staus to point to an empty file, it works.

Thanks.