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[Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 303085 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303085

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 303085
   Restricted Manager needs a nicer "lock" message

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/358378

Title:
  apt lock error messages should be easier to understand

Status in Jockey driver manager:
  Invalid
Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Hello,

  This is more a feature request than a bug, but i think it can have an
  importance for front-end users. The typical use/case of what you do
  after installing a (debian/ubuntu :p) distro is updating it (thus,
  update-manager is running, locking apt), and setting your drivers.

  One might try to download the drivers at the same time the update-manager is running, leading into this error message :
  SystemError : failed to lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

  (see : http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6626/captureeir.png)

  This message is not clear at all, and a message such as "There
  currently is an app install / system update running, please try again
  once it's finished" would be much easier for whoever doesn't know what
  a lock is and doesn't understand that jockey and update-manager both
  need apt.

  
  Cordially, SD.

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