Place an update.lk

    ``remote`` can either be a dictionary containing repo configuration
    information, or a pattern. If the latter, then remotes for which the URL
    matches the pattern will be locked.

def lock(remote=None):
    '''
    Place an update.lk

    ``remote`` can either be a dictionary containing repo configuration
    information, or a pattern. If the latter, then remotes for which the URL
    matches the pattern will be locked.
    '''
    def _do_lock(repo):
        success = []
        failed = []
        if not os.path.exists(repo['lockfile']):
            try:
                with salt.utils.files.fopen(repo['lockfile'], 'w'):
                    pass
            except (IOError, OSError) as exc:
                msg = ('Unable to set update lock for {0} ({1}): {2} '
                       .format(repo['url'], repo['lockfile'], exc))
                log.debug(msg)
                failed.append(msg)
            else:
                msg = 'Set lock for {0}'.format(repo['url'])
                log.debug(msg)
                success.append(msg)
        return success, failed

    if isinstance(remote, dict):
        return _do_lock(remote)

    locked = []
    errors = []
    for repo in init():
        if remote:
            try:
                if not fnmatch.fnmatch(repo['url'], remote):
                    continue
            except TypeError:
                # remote was non-string, try again
                if not fnmatch.fnmatch(repo['url'], six.text_type(remote)):
                    continue
        success, failed = _do_lock(repo)
        locked.extend(success)
        errors.extend(failed)

    return locked, errors