On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 06:44:56AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> I was following the instructions on
> https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation/dev1fanboy/en/upgrade-to-beowulf
> and got to the point of doing apt-get dist-upgrade.
>
> Partway through, it decided, a usual, that it had to stop and restart
> several services:
> postgresql lprng exim4 cron atd_______________________________
> (the entry box had a lot of underscores in it; I suspect just filler?)
>
> I OK'd it.
>
> Next thing on the screen was:
>
> Restarting services possibly affected by the upgrade"
> postgresql: restarting...FAILED! (1)
> lprng: restarting...done.
> exim: restarting...done.
> cron: restarting...done.
> atd...done.
>
> and then it froze for five hours.
(I wasn't worried about postgresql failing; as far as I know, I don't use it.)
>
> After waiting five hours, I tried aborting the upgrade (it had evidently
> failed by this point), first with control-C which did not work, then
> with killall apt-get from a separate xterm.
> Yes, this killed the upgrade.
>
> I tried again with apt-get dist-upgrade
> This time it just told me
> E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - (11: resource temporarily unavailable)
> E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg), os another process using it?
>
> I'm not sure how to proceed from here.
> Is it safe to somehow break the lock? If so, how?
> Does something have to be done to restore the adnimistration directory
> to a safe state?
> Is it OK to reboot (this would be in the middle of an upgrade, and the
> system might not be consistent enough to run successfully)
>
> In case all else fails and I have to reinstall from scratch, I'd prefer
> to install chimaera directly instead of going the ascii -> beowulf ->
> chimaera route. Are there (draft) intructions for that?
>
> -- hendrik
>
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