Hi Allan, I have submitted a patch for this.
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Allan McRae <al...@archlinux.org> wrote: > For example: > > allan@mugen ~ > > sudo touch /var/lib/pacman/db.lck > Password: > > allan@mugen ~ > > pacman -Syu > :: Synchronizing package databases... > error: failed to update allanbrokeit (unable to lock database) > error: failed to update kernel64 (unable to lock database) > error: failed to update testing (unable to lock database) > error: failed to update core (unable to lock database) > error: failed to update extra (unable to lock database) > error: failed to update community-testing (unable to lock database) > error: failed to update community (unable to lock database) > error: failed to synchronize any databases > > allan@mugen ~ > > pacman -U /var/abs/local/pacman-git/**pacman-git-20110828-1-i686.** > pkg.tar.xz > error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database) > if you're sure a package manager is not already > running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck > > > Allan > >