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-rw-r--r--lib/libalpm/handle.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/handle.c b/lib/libalpm/handle.c
index c17d86a5..b044adcb 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/handle.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/handle.c
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ void alpm_option_set_root(const char *root)
/* According to the man page, realpath is safe to use IFF the second arg is
* NULL. */
char *realroot = realpath(root, NULL);
- if(!realroot) {
- realroot = root;
+ if(realroot) {
+ root = realroot;
+ } else {
_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("cannot canonicalize specified root path '%s'"), root);
}
- /* check again, in case both are null */
- if(realroot) {
+ if(root) {
/* verify root ends in a '/' */
int rootlen = strlen(realroot);
if(realroot[rootlen-1] != '/') {
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ void alpm_option_set_root(const char *root)
handle->root[rootlen-1] = '/';
_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, _("option 'root' = %s"), handle->root);
+ }
+ if(realroot) {
free(realroot);
}
}