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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc7
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc b/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
index 78c68737c..4f0b52af9 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
@@ -527,10 +527,6 @@ bool pkgAcquire::Worker::OutFdReady()
if (Res <= 0)
return MethodFailure();
-
- // Hmm.. this should never happen.
- if (Res < 0)
- return true;
OutQueue.erase(0,Res);
if (OutQueue.empty() == true)
@@ -558,7 +554,8 @@ bool pkgAcquire::Worker::MethodFailure()
{
_error->Error("Method %s has died unexpectedly!",Access.c_str());
- ExecWait(Process,Access.c_str(),true);
+ // do not reap the child here to show meaningfull error to the user
+ ExecWait(Process,Access.c_str(),false);
Process = -1;
close(InFd);
close(OutFd);