Check for a removed lockfile only if unlinkfile is True, since in this case the parent directory must be writable. This fixes emergelog usage where the parent directory is not writable.
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/678278 Signed-off-by: Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> --- lib/portage/locks.py | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/portage/locks.py b/lib/portage/locks.py index 510925da0..a23d5cb56 100644 --- a/lib/portage/locks.py +++ b/lib/portage/locks.py @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ def lockfile(mypath, wantnewlockfile=0, unlinkfile=0, if isinstance(lockfilename, basestring) and \ - myfd != HARDLINK_FD and _lockfile_was_removed(myfd, lockfilename): + myfd != HARDLINK_FD and unlinkfile and _lockfile_was_removed(myfd, lockfilename): # The file was deleted on us... Keep trying to make one... os.close(myfd) writemsg(_("lockfile recurse\n"), 1) -- 2.18.1