1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/pacman/remove.c b/src/pacman/remove.c
index c3ac8f88..5c8568ca 100644
--- a/src/pacman/remove.c
+++ b/src/pacman/remove.c
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ int pacman_remove(list_t *targets)
 	}
 	/* and add targets to it */
 	for(i = finaltargs; i; i = i->next) {
+		/* check if the package is in the HoldPkg list.  If so, ask
+		 * confirmation first */
+		if(list_is_strin(i->data, config->holdpkg)) {
+			if(!yesno(":: %s is designated as a HoldPkg.  Remove anyway? [Y/n] ", i->data)) {
+				return(1);
+			}
+		}
 		if(alpm_trans_addtarget(i->data) == -1) {
 			ERR(NL, "failed to add target '%s' (%s)\n", (char *)i->data, alpm_strerror(pm_errno));
 			retval = 1;