#727120 apt: add name/path to "could not lock the cache file"

Package:
apt
Source:
apt
Description:
commandline package manager
Submitter:
Tony den Haan
Date:
2013-10-22 13:12:07 UTC
Severity:
normal
#727120#5
Date:
2013-10-22 12:46:58 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

	 after a failed upgrade system was in bad shape, trying to upgrade kept giving me
	 "could not lock the cache file". even after quite a while on google i could not find what this 'cache file' was supposed to be. given the threads i ran into i think it would be rather useful to actually tell us what where to find this cache file :)
#727120#10
Date:
2013-10-22 13:07:58 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

I am sorry that you are experiencing problems, but your problem description
is a bit unclear. Could you please tell us which commands you run exactly
and what the complete and exact output of these commands are.
(preface them with LANG=C to be sure to get non-translated messages)

[ The message you mention here doesn't exist in apt,
  but a few remotely related do ]


Best regards

David Kalnischkies