While testing another patch, I noticed that fw_update will lock the package database even if it's just downloading and not touching the installed packages.
Currently we do _read_ the existing firmware as part of detecting what we might need to download or upgrade without locking. I'm unsure if that is an issue. Comments, OK? Index: fw_update.sh =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/fw_update/fw_update.sh,v retrieving revision 1.51 diff -u -p -r1.51 fw_update.sh --- fw_update.sh 14 Oct 2023 18:10:47 -0000 1.51 +++ fw_update.sh 14 Oct 2023 18:12:08 -0000 @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ kept='' unregister='' if [ "${devices[*]:-}" ]; then - lock_db + "$INSTALL" && lock_db for f in "${devices[@]}"; do d="$( firmware_devicename "$f" )"