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-rw-r--r--lib/libalpm/be_sync.c18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
index f708b16d..8d770005 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(int force, pmdb_t *db)
{
char *dbfile, *syncpath;
const char *dbpath;
+ struct stat buf;
size_t len;
int ret;
@@ -103,6 +104,23 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(int force, pmdb_t *db)
MALLOC(syncpath, len, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
sprintf(syncpath, "%s%s", dbpath, "sync/");
+ if(stat(syncpath, &buf) != 0) {
+ _alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "database dir '%s' does not exist, creating it\n",
+ syncpath);
+ if(_alpm_makepath(syncpath) != 0) {
+ free(dbfile);
+ free(syncpath);
+ RET_ERR(PM_ERR_SYSTEM, -1);
+ }
+ } else if(!S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)) {
+ _alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("removing invalid file: %s\n"), syncpath);
+ if(unlink(syncpath) != 0 || _alpm_makepath(syncpath) != 0) {
+ free(dbfile);
+ free(syncpath);
+ RET_ERR(PM_ERR_SYSTEM, -1);
+ }
+ }
+
ret = _alpm_download_single_file(dbfile, db->servers, syncpath, force);
free(dbfile);
free(syncpath);