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It is fixed in apt version 1.9.11, newer of which is available e.g. in Ubuntu 20.04.

jarno
– jarno

2020-05-14 22:06:41 +00:00
Commented May 14, 2020 at 22:06
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Note that only apt has this feature, not apt-get.

jarno
– jarno

2020-05-15 05:57:53 +00:00
Commented May 15, 2020 at 5:57
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I've updated this answer to reflect the comment by @jarno and the ticket you linked.

Evan Carroll
– Evan Carroll

2022-04-22 18:36:37 +00:00
Commented Apr 22, 2022 at 18:36
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As of apt 2.4.10, on Ubuntu 22.04, this DOES NOT WORK FOR "update". It works for "apt(-get) upgrade", but if you run two "update" at the same time one of them will still fail instead of waiting.

bgdnlp
– bgdnlp

2023-09-25 10:57:29 +00:00
Commented Sep 25, 2023 at 10:57

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