Hi all. In `alpm_initialize`, there's sprintf(hookdir, "%s%s", myhandle->root, SYSHOOKDIR); where `SYSHOOKDIR` is by default `"/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/"` (defined by `-DSYSHOOKDIR=\"@datarootdir@/libalpm/hooks/\"` in `AM_CPPFLAGS`). This means that the resulting `hookdir` is `"//usr/share/libalpm/hooks/"`, or `"/something/else//usr/share/libalpm/hooks/"` if `--root /something/else` is passed on command line. If you need a reason for changing this (other than programmer's tidiness), know that this causes trouble in Cygwin/MSYS2 as paths starting with `//` have special meaning. I can send a patch, but I'm not sure what's the best way to change it. How about sprintf(hookdir, "%s%s", myhandle->root, SYSHOOKDIR + 1); with a corresponding change in the allocation above it and a comment explaining the magic number? It seems that `root` will always end in a slash and `SYSHOOKDIR` will always start with one, so I picked the one easier to remove. -- David Macek