Well, yes, that happens sometimes. There is a race, because apt needs to release the dpkg lock before starting dpkg. Guess I should poke guillem about https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2017/01/msg00044.html again.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Also affects: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Julian Andres Klode (juliank) ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Julian Andres Klode (juliank) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1760979 Title: apt-get dist-upgrade failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1760979/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs