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| -rw-r--r-- | src/pacman/util.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.c b/src/pacman/util.c index 0b076d97..f7f8ecf5 100644 --- a/src/pacman/util.c +++ b/src/pacman/util.c @@ -69,9 +69,13 @@ void trans_init_error(void) pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_ERROR, _("failed to init transaction (%s)\n"), alpm_strerror(err)); if(err == ALPM_ERR_HANDLE_LOCK) { - fprintf(stderr, _(" if you're sure a package manager is not already\n" - " running, you can remove %s\n"), - alpm_option_get_lockfile(config->handle)); + const char *lockfile = alpm_option_get_lockfile(config->handle); + pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not lock database: %s\n"), + strerror(errno)); + if(access(lockfile, F_OK) == 0) { + fprintf(stderr, _(" if you're sure a package manager is not already\n" + " running, you can remove %s\n"), lockfile); + } } } |