2 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 5d283bdf5..f2642e5dc 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_LZ4
 	#include <lz4frame.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
+#include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
+#endif
 #include <endian.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
@@ -3029,3 +3032,48 @@ bool DropPrivileges()							/*{{{*/
    return true;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+int Inhibit(const char *what, const char *who, const char *why, const char *mode) /*{{{*/
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
+   sd_bus_error error = SD_BUS_ERROR_NULL;
+   sd_bus_message *m = NULL;
+   sd_bus *bus = NULL;
+   int fd;
+   int r;
+
+   r = sd_bus_open_system(&bus);
+   if (r < 0)
+      goto out;
+
+   r = sd_bus_call_method(bus,
+			  "org.freedesktop.login1",
+			  "/org/freedesktop/login1",
+			  "org.freedesktop.login1.Manager",
+			  "Inhibit",
+			  &error,
+			  &m,
+			  "ssss",
+			  what,
+			  who,
+			  why,
+			  mode);
+   if (r < 0)
+      goto out;
+
+   r = sd_bus_message_read(m, "h", &fd);
+   if (r < 0)
+      goto out;
+
+   // We received a file descriptor, return it - systemd will close the read fd
+   // on free, so let's duplicate it here.
+   r = dup(fd);
+out:
+   sd_bus_error_free(&error);
+   sd_bus_message_unref(m);
+   sd_bus_unref(bus);
+   return r;
+#else
+   return -ENOTSUP;
+#endif
+}
+									/*}}}*/
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
index 7ee302d7b..32e5612bf 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
@@ -253,4 +253,6 @@ bool Popen(const char* Args[], FileFd &Fd, pid_t &Child, FileFd::OpenMode Mode,
 bool Popen(const char* Args[], FileFd &Fd, pid_t &Child, FileFd::OpenMode Mode);
 
 
+APT_HIDDEN int Inhibit(const char *what, const char *who, const char *why, const char *mode);
+
 #endif