Thank you for reporting this bug. However, this seems to be a fundamental issue with the way package managers handle the database any time they are running, which includes downloading files. I don't think this is a major enough issue to warrant a rewrite of a large portion of the update managers, therefore i am closing it.
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Automatically downloading updated packages should not block package managers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268492 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs