[pacman-dev] Inconsistent output when db.lck present

[Pang Yan Han]

Hi Allan,

I have submitted a patch for this.

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:

> For example:
>
> allan at mugen ~
> > sudo touch /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
> Password:
>
> allan at 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 at 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
>
>