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-rwxr-xr-xbin/emerge5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/emerge b/bin/emerge
index d51c9c609..41ad34e76 100755
--- a/bin/emerge
+++ b/bin/emerge
@@ -2705,10 +2705,11 @@ def unmerge(settings, myopts, vartree, unmerge_action, unmerge_files,
global_unmerge=0
xterm_titles = "notitles" not in settings.features
+ vdb_path = os.path.join(settings["ROOT"], portage.VDB_PATH)
vdb_lock = None
try:
- vdb_lock = portage_locks.lockdir(
- os.path.join(settings["ROOT"], portage.VDB_PATH))
+ if os.access(vdb_path, os.W_OK):
+ vdb_lock = portage_locks.lockdir(vdb_path)
realsyslist = getlist(settings, "system")
syslist = []
for x in realsyslist: