Bug#571660: /usr/bin/apt-get: could not lock /var.../lib/apt/lists/volatile... ("Impossible de verrouiller /var...")
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.25.3
Severity: important
File: /usr/bin/apt-get
Hello,
apt-get source reports an error while trying to acquire locks under
/var/lib/apt/lists
- apt-get is run without root superuser power,
- non other apt/aptitude processes are running at the same time,
- except for downloading source packages from time to time, I do not
use apt (I assume this is the reason why the lock files where not
available); I use aptitude for system maintenance and installation of
new packages.
- the problem was solved by manually creating the required files as a root user.
Here is below a more detailed report of the activity where the error
occurred and how it was fixed.
Cheers
Damien
========================
damien@litaize:~/src$ apt-get source doxygen
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
E: Impossible de verrouiller /var/lib/apt/lists/volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_squeeze_volatile_contrib_source_Sources - open (2: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type)
damien@litaize:~/src$ lsof | grep apt
damien@litaize:~/src$ ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists/volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_squeeze_volatile_contrib_source_Sources
ls: ne peut accéder /var/lib/apt/lists/volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_squeeze_volatile_contrib_source_Sources: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
damien@litaize:~/src$ ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists
total 313768
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 314913 août 15 2009 ftp2.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_lenny_contrib_binary-i386_Packages
(... skipped)
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 835 févr. 26 16:08 ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_Release.gpg
-rw-r----- 1 root root 0 avril 5 2009 lock
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 343193 avril 5 2009 mirror.home-dn.net_debian-multimedia_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages
(... skipped)
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3142 avril 19 2009 starnux.net_debian_dists_unstable_Release
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 févr. 13 2008 volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_lenny_volatile_contrib_binary-i386_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 févr. 13 2008 volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_lenny_volatile_contrib_source_Sources
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19794 févr. 26 18:35 volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_lenny_volatile_main_binary-i386_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5188 févr. 26 18:35 volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_lenny_volatile_main_source_Sources
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 févr. 13 2008 volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_lenny_volatile_non-free_binary-i386_Packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 févr. 13 2008 volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_lenny_volatile_non-free_source_Sources
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40723 févr. 26 18:35 volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_lenny_volatile_Release
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 189 févr. 26 18:35 volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_lenny_volatile_Release.gpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 févr. 26 21:14 volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_squeeze_volatile_main_source_Sources
damien@litaize:~/src$ apt-get source doxygen
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
E: Impossible de verrouiller /var/lib/apt/lists/volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_squeeze_volatile_main_source_Sources - open (2: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type)
litaize:/home/damien/src# touch /var/lib/apt/lists/volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_squeeze_volatile_main_source_Sources
damien@litaize:~/src$ apt-get source doxygen
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
E: Impossible de verrouiller /var/lib/apt/lists/volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_squeeze_volatile_contrib_source_Sources - open (2: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type)
litaize:/home/damien/src# touch /var/lib/apt/lists/volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_squeeze_volatile_contrib_source_Sources
damien@litaize:~/src$ apt-get source doxygen
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
E: Impossible de verrouiller /var/lib/apt/lists/volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_squeeze_volatile_non-free_source_Sources - open (2: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type)
litaize:/home/damien/src# touch /var/lib/apt/lists/volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_squeeze_volatile_non-free_source_Sources
damien@litaize:~/src$ apt-get source doxygen
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
Nécessité de prendre 3 192ko dans les sources.
Réception de : 1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org squeeze/main doxygen 1.6.2+20100208-0.1 (dsc) [1 284B]
Réception de : 2 http://ftp.fr.debian.org squeeze/main doxygen 1.6.2+20100208-0.1 (tar) [3 170kB]
Réception de : 3 http://ftp.fr.debian.org squeeze/main doxygen 1.6.2+20100208-0.1 (diff) [21,1kB]
3 192ko réceptionnés en 9s (330ko/s)
dpkg-source: info: extraction de doxygen dans doxygen-1.6.2+20100208
dpkg-source: info: extraction de doxygen_1.6.2+20100208.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: mise en place de doxygen_1.6.2+20100208-0.1.diff.gz
dpkg-source: info: upstream files that have been modified:
doxygen-1.6.2+20100208/addon/doxywizard/config.h
doxygen-1.6.2+20100208/addon/doxywizard/config.l
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "environment";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:::: "touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "[ ! -f /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket ] || /usr/bin/dbus-send --system --dest=org.debian.apt --type=signal /org/debian/apt org.debian.apt.CacheChanged";
APT::Archives "";
APT::Archives::MaxAge "30";
APT::Archives::MinAge "2";
APT::Archives::MaxSize "500";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "Debian stable";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 200
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 990
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 600
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20090214-16:03]/ lenny main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20090214-16:03]/ lenny main
### LENNY
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free
### TESTING
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile squeeze/volatile main contrib non-free
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile squeeze/volatile main contrib non-free
### UNSTABLE
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (200, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.2-9 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.4.2-9 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none> (no description available)
ii aptitude 0.4.11.11-1+b2 terminal-based package manager
ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii dpkg-dev 1.15.5.6 Debian package development tools
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii python-apt 0.7.13.3 Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii synaptic 0.63.1 Graphical package manager
-- no debconf information
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