Bug#869546: apt fails updating itself
On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 06:52:27PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> The "Unpacking apt (1.4.7) over (1.4.6)" requires a lock, right?
> Could the error be due to this lock (because of some race condition
> somewhere)?
We know that there has always been a race and we have a fix planned
for it. Please read the backlog (sorry I did not post to your bug
back when I devised it), specifically:
> See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850417
> and https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2017/01/msg00044.html
> for more details.
(the latter obviously) :)
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