When pacman is run as root to do -S, -U, or -R, it would immediately abort if pacman is not ready for use. Instead, poll the lockfile and wait until it becomes available.
Implements FS#28840 Original-patch-by: Georges Dubus <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Eli Schwartz <[email protected]> --- scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in index cf30c302..25700b09 100644 --- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in +++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in @@ -228,6 +228,14 @@ run_pacman() { else cmd=(su root -c "$(printf '%q ' "${cmd[@]}")") fi + + local lockfile="$(pacman-conf DBPath)/db.lck" + if [[ -f $lockfile ]]; then + msg "$(gettext "Pacman is currently in use, please wait...")" + while [[ -f $lockfile ]]; do + sleep 3 + done + fi fi "${cmd[@]}" } -- 2.20.1
