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| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/select.c | 17 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 4c7b0d55d..438944b95 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ dpkg (1.17.17) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Mark for translation and improve dselect method handling error messages. * Defer trigger processing if the package does not fulfill dependencies. Closes: #671711 + * Do not write to the database when changing selections with --dry-run. + Closes: #764673 [ Updated programs translations ] * German (Sven Joachim). diff --git a/src/select.c b/src/select.c index 41e82da19..cdfd5bdd4 100644 --- a/src/select.c +++ b/src/select.c @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ getselections(const char *const *argv) int setselections(const char *const *argv) { + enum modstatdb_rw msdbflags; const struct namevalue *nv; struct pkginfo *pkg; int c, lno; @@ -119,7 +120,13 @@ setselections(const char *const *argv) if (*argv) badusage(_("--%s takes no arguments"), cipaction->olong); - modstatdb_open(msdbrw_write | msdbrw_available_readonly); + msdbflags = msdbrw_available_readonly; + if (f_noact) + msdbflags |= msdbrw_readonly; + else + msdbflags |= msdbrw_write; + + modstatdb_open(msdbflags); pkg_infodb_upgrade(); lno= 1; @@ -194,13 +201,19 @@ setselections(const char *const *argv) int clearselections(const char *const *argv) { + enum modstatdb_rw msdbflags; struct pkgiterator *it; struct pkginfo *pkg; if (*argv) badusage(_("--%s takes no arguments"), cipaction->olong); - modstatdb_open(msdbrw_write); + if (f_noact) + msdbflags = msdbrw_readonly; + else + msdbflags = msdbrw_write; + + modstatdb_open(msdbflags); pkg_infodb_upgrade(); it = pkg_db_iter_new(); |