apt - remove obsolete documentation (#76243)

The lock_timeout feature was recently added to the apt module making
this section in the documentation no longer necessary
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Sam Doran 3 years ago committed by GitHub
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@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ options:
version_added: "2.4"
lock_timeout:
description:
- How many seconds will this action wait to aquire a lock on the apt db.
- How many seconds will this action wait to acquire a lock on the apt db.
- Sometimes there is a transitory lock and this will retry at least until timeout is hit.
type: int
default: 60
@ -298,18 +298,6 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
- name: Remove dependencies that are no longer required
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 = '''

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