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-rw-r--r--src/pacman/pacman.c4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index 5d8694c1..8474020f 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -782,9 +782,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
#if defined(HAVE_GETEUID)
/* check if we have sufficient permission for the requested operation */
- if(myuid > 0 && !strcmp(alpm_option_get_root(), "/") && needs_transaction()) {
- /* special case: ignore root user check if -r is specified, fall back on
- * normal FS checking */
+ if(myuid > 0 && needs_transaction()) {
pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("you cannot perform this operation unless you are root.\n"));
cleanup(EXIT_FAILURE);
}