Documentation change to the apt module to reference lock files (#73079)

This change references the suggested workaround in #25414.
Co-authored-by: Alicia Cozine <879121+acozine@users.noreply.github.com>
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Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs 2021-01-08 15:44:42 +00:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -268,6 +268,17 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
apt:
autoremove: yes
# Sometimes apt tasks fail because apt is locked by an autoupdate or by a race condition on a thread.
# To check for a lock file before executing, and keep trying until the lock file is released:
- name: Install packages only when the apt process is not locked
apt:
name: foo
state: present
register: apt_action
retries: 100
until: apt_action is success or ('Failed to lock apt for exclusive operation' not in apt_action.msg and '/var/lib/dpkg/lock' not in apt_action.msg)
'''
RETURN = '''