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The pacman bug tracker has moved to gitlab:
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/issues
This tracker remains open for interaction with historical bugs during the transition period. Any new bugs reports will be closed without further action.
FS#75752 - Store pacman lockfile to transient location
Attached to Project:
Pacman
Opened by janek (xeruf) - Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 21:17 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 22:53 GMT
Opened by janek (xeruf) - Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 21:17 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 22:53 GMT
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DetailsWhen rebooting in the middle of an update, the lockfile is preserved, even though no process is accessing it anymore.
This leads to unnecessary confusion and can be remedied by storing it in a transient directory like /tmp or /run, probably /run/lock is sensible as suggested in https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/65234 Solving this would bring all related issues forward a good bit: https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?string=lock&project=3&search_name=&type%5B%5D=&sev%5B%5D=&pri%5B%5D=&due%5B%5D=&reported%5B%5D=&cat%5B%5D=&status%5B%5D=open&percent%5B%5D=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=&do=index |
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Closed by Allan McRae (Allan)
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 22:53 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Additional comments about closing: FS#55975
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 22:53 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:
FS#55975