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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2015-08-18 11:57:35 +0200
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2015-08-18 11:57:35 +0200
commitb53c9cea2902572822bbbece5bac236c1bbf846e (patch)
tree6c6b0524e0971c0623ccbff71383523ee0b2a5cc /apt-private/private-main.cc
parent21248c0f00ee71412dbadc6ebf84011cf974346d (diff)
parent2a22cd60f04c4291ea9b9b72e15b6d2ec378b001 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/debian/experimental' into feature/srv-records
Diffstat (limited to 'apt-private/private-main.cc')
-rw-r--r--apt-private/private-main.cc8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/apt-private/private-main.cc b/apt-private/private-main.cc
index 668b1733a..3886c7df6 100644
--- a/apt-private/private-main.cc
+++ b/apt-private/private-main.cc
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ void InitSignals()
void CheckSimulateMode(CommandLine &CmdL)
{
- // simulate user-friendly if apt-get has no root privileges
- if (getuid() != 0 && _config->FindB("APT::Get::Simulate") == true &&
+ // disable locking in simulation, but show the message only for users
+ // as root hasn't the same problems like unreadable files which can heavily
+ // distort the simulation.
+ if (_config->FindB("APT::Get::Simulate") == true &&
(CmdL.FileSize() == 0 ||
(strcmp(CmdL.FileList[0], "source") != 0 && strcmp(CmdL.FileList[0], "download") != 0 &&
strcmp(CmdL.FileList[0], "changelog") != 0)))
{
- if (_config->FindB("APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note",true) == true)
+ if (getuid() != 0 && _config->FindB("APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note",true) == true)
std::cout << _("NOTE: This is only a simulation!\n"
" apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.\n"
" Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,\n"