sudo dpkg --configure -a not resolving blocking of synaptic & updating

[Jocklad]

[quote author=Jocklad link=topic=3543.msg26815#msg26815 date=1477047214]
Had same problem this morning.
Had to use sudo dpkg --configure -aa
Found it in one of Goldfingers threads.....worked fine.
Jocklad
OOps my mistake it is sudo dpkg --configure -a  :-[ :-[

But that's the point I was making in my post: I used "sudo dpkg --configure -a" & it didn't work ...
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It did work for me but I did do a system cleanup before trying it.

Hopefully Torreydales link will fix you up.