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-rw-r--r--lib/libalpm/diskspace.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c b/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c
index daee2447..1fc297ed 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c
@@ -325,9 +325,17 @@ int _alpm_check_downloadspace(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cachedir,
{
alpm_list_t *mount_points;
alpm_mountpoint_t *cachedir_mp;
+ char resolved_cachedir[PATH_MAX];
size_t j;
int error = 0;
+ /* resolve the cachedir path to ensure we check the right mountpoint. We
+ * handle failures silently, and continue to use the possibly unresolved
+ * path. */
+ if(realpath(cachedir, resolved_cachedir) != NULL) {
+ cachedir = resolved_cachedir;
+ }
+
mount_points = mount_point_list(handle);
if(mount_points == NULL) {
_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not determine filesystem mount points\n"));