Try to run makepkg while pacman is running...

orelien · 2003-01-26 19:29:18

I tried to run makepkg, while pacman was downloading a package, and I got the following error:

error: unable to lock pacman database.
       if you're sure pacman is not already running, you
       can remove /tmp/pacman.lck
==> ERROR: Dependency Check Failed:

Maybe a "dependency check failure" is not the appropriate error message?
makepkg should perhaps handle the case where pacman is already running (or that there is an existing lock file)?

Sorry for disturbing everyone, it is just a detail...

ody · 2003-01-27 08:06:23

well the first stage of makepkg is to check dependencies, so actualy that is the point if fails at..

Arielext · 2003-01-27 09:05:51

so stage 0 should be
if (pacman.lck) {
cout << "error: unable to lock pacman database.
if you're sure pacman is not already running, you
can remove /tmp/pacman.lck "
exit(0);
}

don't mind the syntax, it's a combination of c and java

orelien · 2003-01-27 11:41:16

In fact, makepkg is using pacman to check dependencies:

  msg "==> Checking Dependencies..."
  missdep=`pacman -T ${depends[@]}`
  ret=$?
  if [ "$ret" != "0" ]; then
    if [ "$ret" = "127" ]; then
      msg "==> ERROR: Dependency Check Failed:"
      ...
    else
      msg "==> ERROR: pacman returned a fatal error."
    fi
    exit 1
  fi

If the returned value is 127, it displays "==> ERROR: Dependency Check Failed:"

The problem is that pacman can return an error code of 127 in 2 cases: "dependency failure" OR "pacman already locked".

I think pacman should return an error different from 127 when there is already a lock.
As a consequence, without changing makepkg, we would have: "ERROR: Dependency Check Failed" when dependencies checking fails and: "ERROR: pacman returned a fatal error" for other cases.

Arch Linux

#1 2003-01-26 19:29:18

Try to run makepkg while pacman is running...

#2 2003-01-27 08:06:23

Re: Try to run makepkg while pacman is running...

#3 2003-01-27 09:05:51

Re: Try to run makepkg while pacman is running...

#4 2003-01-27 11:41:16

Re: Try to run makepkg while pacman is running...

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