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-rw-r--r--pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py b/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py
index cd5d0b6eb..d4039e396 100644
--- a/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py
+++ b/pym/portage/dbapi/bintree.py
@@ -739,10 +739,17 @@ class binarytree(object):
if pkgindex is rmt_idx:
pkgindex.modified = False # don't update the header
from portage.util import atomic_ofstream, ensure_dirs
- ensure_dirs(os.path.dirname(pkgindex_file))
- f = atomic_ofstream(pkgindex_file)
- pkgindex.write(f)
- f.close()
+ try:
+ ensure_dirs(os.path.dirname(pkgindex_file))
+ f = atomic_ofstream(pkgindex_file)
+ pkgindex.write(f)
+ f.close()
+ except PortageException:
+ if os.access(os.path.join(
+ self.settings["ROOT"], CACHE_PATH), os.W_OK):
+ raise
+ # The current user doesn't have permission to cache the
+ # file, but that's alright.
if pkgindex:
self._remotepkgs = {}
for d in pkgindex.packages: