4 files changed, 5 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
index 2a9f4605..7c3bfc26 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_initialize(void)
 	if(handle == NULL) {
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1);
 	}
+	if(_alpm_db_register_local() == NULL) {
+		/* error code should be set */
+		return(-1);
+	}
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
 	bindtextdomain("libalpm", LOCALEDIR);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index a540bc4f..95482f07 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ typedef enum _pmpkgreason_t {
  * Databases
  */
 
-/* Preferred interfaces db_register_local and db_register_sync */
-pmdb_t *alpm_db_register_local(void);
 pmdb_t *alpm_db_register_sync(const char *treename);
 int alpm_db_unregister(pmdb_t *db);
 int alpm_db_unregister_all(void);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
index ea59ceca..9602c825 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static int local_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 		pkg = _alpm_pkg_new();
 		if(pkg == NULL) {
 			closedir(dbdir);
-			return(-1);
+			RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1);
 		}
 		/* split the db entry name */
 		if(_alpm_splitname(name, pkg) != 0) {
@@ -900,11 +900,6 @@ pmdb_t *_alpm_db_register_local(void)
 
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
-	if(handle->db_local != NULL) {
-		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("attempt to re-register the 'local' DB\n"));
-		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_NOT_NULL, NULL);
-	}
-
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "registering local database\n");
 
 	db = _alpm_db_new("local", 1);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/db.c b/lib/libalpm/db.c
index bf9a70d4..c80dcbb8 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/db.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/db.c
@@ -64,21 +64,6 @@ pmdb_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_register_sync(const char *treename)
 	return(_alpm_db_register_sync(treename));
 }
 
-/** Register the local package database.
- * @return a pmdb_t* representing the local database, or NULL on error
- */
-pmdb_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_register_local(void)
-{
-	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
-
-	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_HANDLE_NULL, NULL));
-	/* Do not register a database if a transaction is on-going */
-	ASSERT(handle->trans == NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_NULL, NULL));
-
-	return(_alpm_db_register_local());
-}
-
 /* Helper function for alpm_db_unregister{_all} */
 void _alpm_db_unregister(pmdb_t *db)
 {