Fixes FS#36618. Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org> --- v2: Use strsignal to explain the signal in addition to reporting the value. lib/libalpm/util.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c index f1f760a..19a8612 100644 --- a/lib/libalpm/util.c +++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c @@ -599,6 +599,15 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cmd, char *const argv[]) _alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_ERROR, _("command failed to execute correctly\n")); retval = 1; } + } else if(WIFSIGNALED(status) != 0) { + char *signal_description = strsignal(WTERMSIG(status)); + /* strsignal can return NULL on some (non-Linux) platforms */ + if(signal_description == NULL) { + signal_description = _("Unknown signal"); + } + _alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_ERROR, _("command terminated by signal %d: %s\n"), + WTERMSIG(status), signal_description); + retval = 1; } } -- 1.8.3.4