4 files changed, 33 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index 50405895..b0a7671b 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -697,6 +697,16 @@ static int commit_single_pkg(pmpkg_t *newpkg, int pkg_current, int pkg_count,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* prepare directory for database entries so permission are correct after
+	   changelog/install script installation (FS#12263) */
+	if(_alpm_db_prepare(db, newpkg)) {
+		alpm_logaction("error: could not create database entry %s-%s\n",
+				alpm_pkg_get_name(newpkg), alpm_pkg_get_version(newpkg));
+		pm_errno = PM_ERR_DB_WRITE;
+		ret = -1;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
 	if(!(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_DBONLY)) {
 		struct archive *archive;
 		struct archive_entry *entry;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
index b9ff6464..31b23172 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
@@ -652,6 +652,26 @@ error:
 	return(-1);
 }
 
+int _alpm_db_prepare(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
+{
+	mode_t oldmask;
+	int retval = 0;
+	char *pkgpath = NULL;
+
+	oldmask = umask(0000);
+
+	pkgpath = get_pkgpath(db, info);
+
+	if((retval = mkdir(pkgpath, 0755)) != 0) {
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not create directory %s: %s\n"), pkgpath, strerror(errno));
+	}
+
+	free(pkgpath);
+	umask(oldmask);
+
+	return(retval);
+}
+
 int _alpm_db_write(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 {
 	FILE *fp = NULL;
@@ -670,10 +690,8 @@ int _alpm_db_write(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 
 	pkgpath = get_pkgpath(db, info);
 
-	oldmask = umask(0000);
-	mkdir(pkgpath, 0755);
 	/* make sure we have a sane umask */
-	umask(0022);
+	oldmask = umask(0022);
 
 	if(strcmp(db->treename, "local") == 0) {
 		local = 1;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/db.h b/lib/libalpm/db.h
index 96fac0dd..25b90b5f 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/db.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/db.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ int _alpm_db_open(pmdb_t *db);
 void _alpm_db_close(pmdb_t *db);
 int _alpm_db_populate(pmdb_t *db);
 int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq);
+int _alpm_db_prepare(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info);
 int _alpm_db_write(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq);
 int _alpm_db_remove(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info);
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index f0734902..76bb5525 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ static void unlink_file(pmpkg_t *info, alpm_list_t *lp, pmtrans_t *trans)
 				snprintf(newpath, PATH_MAX, "%s.pacsave", file);
 				rename(file, newpath);
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s saved as %s\n"), file, newpath);
+				alpm_logaction("warning: %s saved as %s\n", file, newpath);
 				return;
 			} else {
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "transaction is set to NOSAVE, not backing up '%s'\n", file);