It would be nice if dpkg, apt et al. waited for the lock indefinitely instead of bailing out immediately. The UI could show a throbber and a caption such as “Automatic security updates are being installed. Please wait.” or whatever is appropriate for the piece of software holding the lock.
It would be nice if dpkg, apt et al. waited for the lock indefinitely instead of bailing out immediately. The UI could show a throbber and a caption such as “Automatic security updates are being installed. Please wait.” or whatever is appropriate for the piece of software holding the lock.