5 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/pacman/callback.c b/src/pacman/callback.c
index 9f1cca89..6e7930cb 100644
--- a/src/pacman/callback.c
+++ b/src/pacman/callback.c
@@ -258,10 +258,6 @@ void cb_trans_conv(pmtransconv_t event, void *data1, void *data2,
 						alpm_pkg_get_name(data1));
 			}
 			break;
-		case PM_TRANS_CONV_REMOVE_HOLDPKG:
-			*response = yesno(_(":: %s is designated as a HoldPkg. Remove anyway?"),
-					alpm_pkg_get_name(data1));
-			break;
 		case PM_TRANS_CONV_REPLACE_PKG:
 			*response = yesno(_(":: Replace %s with %s/%s?"),
 					alpm_pkg_get_name(data1),
diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.c b/src/pacman/conf.c
index 5853facc..ca5cd123 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.c
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ int config_free(config_t *oldconfig)
 		return(-1);
 	}
 
+	FREELIST(oldconfig->holdpkg);
 	FREELIST(oldconfig->syncfirst);
 	free(oldconfig->configfile);
 	free(oldconfig->rootdir);
diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.h b/src/pacman/conf.h
index 8ea66629..466d9832 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.h
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ typedef struct __config_t {
 	 * downloaded of the total download list */
 	unsigned short totaldownload;
 	unsigned short cleanmethod; /* select -Sc behavior */
+	alpm_list_t *holdpkg;
 	alpm_list_t *syncfirst;
 } config_t;
 
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index 3255cdf0..59916d62 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -540,6 +540,11 @@ static int parseargs(int argc, char *argv[])
 }
 
 /* helper for being used with setrepeatingoption */
+static void option_add_holdpkg(const char *name) {
+	config->holdpkg = alpm_list_add(config->holdpkg, strdup(name));
+}
+
+/* helper for being used with setrepeatingoption */
 static void option_add_syncfirst(const char *name) {
 	config->syncfirst = alpm_list_add(config->syncfirst, strdup(name));
 }
@@ -702,7 +707,7 @@ static int _parseconfig(const char *file, const char *givensection,
 					} else if(strcmp(key, "IgnoreGroup") == 0) {
 						setrepeatingoption(ptr, "IgnoreGroup", alpm_option_add_ignoregrp);
 					} else if(strcmp(key, "HoldPkg") == 0) {
-						setrepeatingoption(ptr, "HoldPkg", alpm_option_add_holdpkg);
+						setrepeatingoption(ptr, "HoldPkg", option_add_holdpkg);
 					} else if(strcmp(key, "SyncFirst") == 0) {
 						setrepeatingoption(ptr, "SyncFirst", option_add_syncfirst);
 					} else if(strcmp(key, "DBPath") == 0) {
diff --git a/src/pacman/remove.c b/src/pacman/remove.c
index b70f7035..841a08bb 100644
--- a/src/pacman/remove.c
+++ b/src/pacman/remove.c
@@ -121,6 +121,21 @@ int pacman_remove(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
+	/* Search for holdpkg in target list */
+	int holdpkg = 0;
+	for(i = alpm_trans_get_pkgs(); i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
+		pmpkg_t *pkg = alpm_list_getdata(i);
+		if(alpm_list_find_str(config->holdpkg, alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg))) {
+			pm_printf(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s is designated as a HoldPkg.\n"),
+							alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg));
+			holdpkg = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	if(holdpkg && (noyes(_("HoldPkg was found in target list. Do you want to continue?")) == 0)) {
+		retval = 1;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
 	/* Warn user in case of dangerous operation */
 	if(config->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSE ||
 	   config->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_CASCADE) {