diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 732c919..032db37 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def checkSourceExists(package, release):
         m = re.search('"/ubuntu/%s/\+source/%s/(\d[^"]+)"' % (release,
                 package.replace('+', '\+')), page)
         if not m:
-            print >> sys.stderr, "Unable to find this source package '%s' in " \
+            print >> sys.stderr, "Unable to find source package '%s' in " \
                 "the %s release." % (package, release.capitalize())
             sys.exit(1)
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def prepareLaunchpadCookie():
         if launchpad_cookiefile != None:
             break
 
-    # Unable to find an correct file.
+    # Unable to find a correct file.
     if launchpad_cookiefile == None:
         print >> sys.stderr, "Could not find cookie file for Launchpad. "
         print >> sys.stderr, "Looked in: %s" % ", ".join(try_globs)
@@ -152,13 +152,16 @@ def prepareLaunchpadCookie():
 
 def _check_for_launchpad_cookie(cookie_file):
     # Found SQLite file? Parse information from it.
-    if cookie_file.find('cookies.sqlite') != -1:
+    if 'cookies.sqlite' in cookie_file.find():
         import sqlite3 as sqlite
 
         con = sqlite.connect(cookie_file)
-
         cur = con.cursor()
-        cur.execute("select host, path, isSecure, expiry, name, value from moz_cookies where host like ?", ['%%launchpad%%'])
+        try:
+            cur.execute("select host, path, isSecure, expiry, name, value from moz_cookies where host like ?", ['%%launchpad%%'])
+        except sqlite.OperationalError:
+            print 'Warning: Database "%s" is locked; ignoring it.' % cookie_file
+            return None
 
         # No matching cookies?  Abort.
         items = cur.fetchall()
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3797d82..8d9f757 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+ubuntu-dev-tools (0.45ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * common.py:
+     - Trying to read from a locked sqlite cookie database isn't a fatal
+       error anymore.
+
+ -- Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals <rainct@ubuntu.com>  Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:46:55 +0200
+
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.44ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * Bazaar revision 203.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 79469fb..287492f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ Description: useful tools for Ubuntu developers
  This is a collection of useful tools that Ubuntu developers use to make their
  packaging work a lot easier.
  .
- Such tools can include bug filing, build rebuilding, packaging preparation,
- package analysis, among other things.
+ Such tools can include bug filing, build rebuilding, packaging preparation
+ and package analysis, among other things.