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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
index a1e5f7f4..c8380c4e 100644
--- a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
@@ -306,9 +306,14 @@ check_repo_db()
fi
if [ -f "$REPO_DB_FILE" ]; then
- if ! bsdtar -tqf "$REPO_DB_FILE" '*/desc' 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
- error "$(gettext "Repository file '%s' is not a proper pacman database.")" "$REPO_DB_FILE"
- exit 1
+ # there are two situations we can have here- a DB with some entries,
+ # or a DB with no contents at all.
+ if ! bsdtar -tqf "$REPO_DB_FILE" '*/desc' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ # check empty case
+ if [ -n "$(bsdtar -tqf "$REPO_DB_FILE" '*' 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+ error "$(gettext "Repository file '%s' is not a proper pacman database.")" "$REPO_DB_FILE"
+ exit 1
+ fi
fi
msg "$(gettext "Extracting database to a temporary location...")"
bsdtar -xf "$REPO_DB_FILE" -C "$tmpdir"
@@ -484,8 +489,9 @@ if [ $success -eq 1 ]; then
if [ -n "$(ls)" ]; then
bsdtar -c${TAR_OPT}f "$filename" *
else
- # the database will be moved to .old below, and there will be no new one to replace it
- error "$(gettext "All packages have been removed from the database. Deleting '%s'.")" "$REPO_DB_FILE"
+ # we have no packages remaining? zip up some emptyness
+ warning "$(gettext "No packages remain, creating empty database.")"
+ bsdtar -c${TAR_OPT}f "$filename" -T /dev/null
fi
cd "$startdir"