merge lp:~mvo/apt/ubuntu-mirror-method-improvements

[apt.git] / apt-pkg / deb / debsystem.cc

diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc
index 82464d998e6e8395055f054433c0297fd85d9c9e..ef5ec97032126ecd21ab2720cc0603f402d784d0 100644 (file)
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 #include <apt-pkg/configuration.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/error.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/fileutl.h>
-#include <apti18n.h>    
-
+#include <apti18n.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
@@ -79,8 +78,15 @@ bool debSystem::Lock()
    {
       close(LockFD);
       LockFD = -1;
+      const char *cmd;
+      if (getenv("SUDO_USER") != NULL)
+        cmd = "sudo dpkg --configure -a";
+      else
+        cmd = "dpkg --configure -a";
+      // TRANSLATORS: the %s contains the recovery command, usually
+      //              dpkg --configure -a
       return _error->Error(_("dpkg was interrupted, you must manually "
-                             "run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. "));
+                             "run '%s' to correct the problem. "), cmd);
    }
 
         LockCount++;