[Popcon-developers] Bug#555790: Generate warning only if dpkg isn't running

[Arthur Marsh]

Bill Allombert wrote, on 2010-01-10 03:59:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 06:35:30PM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I received a similar report from anacron on my system, presumably
>> because I was in the midst of upgrading my system.  When I run the
>> script again by hand, it doesn't occur.
>>
>> How about generating the warning only if dpkg isn't running?
> 
> How can we do that in a reliable way ? Maybe we could wait and retry later 
> instead of failing. Could you try the attached popularity-contest script ?
> 
> Cheers,
> 

Thanks, I've installed it (with correct file owner, group and 
permissions) and will see how it runs.

Regards,

Arthur.