Hello,

This patch looks good to me. I only have a small thought...

> On 2 Dec 2021, at 15:39, Leo-Andres Hofmann <hofmann(a)leo-andres.de> wrote:
> 
> This implements a function to determine if Pakfire is already running.
> It tests the PID and lockfile and can be expanded easily later.
> 'pidof' checks the full path to avoid confusion.
> 
> Removes the unreachable function "refreshpage".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leo-Andres Hofmann <hofmann(a)leo-andres.de>
> ---
> html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
> index 4d6eee284..7957bc154 100644
> --- a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
> +++ b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
> @@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ $cgiparams{'VALID'} = '';
> $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'} = '';
> $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'} = '';
> 
> -sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>" );print "<center><img src='/images/clock.gif' alt='' /><br/><font color='red'>$Lang::tr{'pagerefresh'}</font></center>";&Header::closebox();}
> -
> &Header::getcgihash(\%cgiparams);
> 
> &General::readhash("${General::swroot}/main/settings", \%mainsettings);
> @@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' cont
> &Header::openpage($Lang::tr{'pakfire configuration'}, 1);
> &Header::openbigbox('100%', 'left', '', $errormessage);
> 
> -if (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'install') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
> +if (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'install') && (! &_is_pakfire_busy())) {
> 	my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'});
> 	if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
> 		&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "install", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
> @@ -92,7 +90,7 @@ END
> 		&Header::closepage();
> 		exit;
> 	}
> -} elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'remove') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
> +} elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'remove') && (! &_is_pakfire_busy())) {
> 	my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'});
> 	if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
> 		&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "remove", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
> @@ -131,10 +129,10 @@ END
> 		exit;
> 	}
> 
> -} elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'update') && (! -e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
> +} elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'update') && (! &_is_pakfire_busy())) {
> 	&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "update", "--force", "--no-colors");
> 	sleep(1);
> -} elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'upgrade') && (!-e $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
> +} elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'upgrade') && (! &_is_pakfire_busy())) {
> 	&General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "upgrade", "-y", "--no-colors");
> 	sleep(1);
> } elsif ($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq "$Lang::tr{'save'}") {
> @@ -173,11 +171,7 @@ if ($errormessage) {
> }
> 
> # Check if pakfire is already running.
> -#
> -# The system backpipe command is safe, because no user input is computed.
> -my $pid = `pidof pakfire`;
> -
> -if ($pid) {
> +if (&_is_pakfire_busy()) {
> 	&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='10;'>" );
> 	print <<END;
> 	<table>
> @@ -203,7 +197,6 @@ END
> 	&Header::closebigbox();
> 	&Header::closepage();
> 	exit;
> -	refreshpage();
> }
> 
> my $core_release = `cat /opt/pakfire/db/core/mine 2>/dev/null`;
> @@ -314,3 +307,16 @@ END
> &Header::closebox();
> &Header::closebigbox();
> &Header::closepage();
> +
> +###--- Internal functions ---###
> +
> +# Check if pakfire is already running (extend test here if necessary)
> +sub _is_pakfire_busy {
> +	# Get PID of a running pakfire instance
> +	# (The system backpipe command is safe, because no user input is computed.)
> +	my $pakfire_pid = `pidof -s /usr/local/bin/pakfire`;
> +	chomp($pakfire_pid);
> +
> +	# Test presence of PID or lockfile
> +	return (($pakfire_pid) || (-e "$Pakfire::lockfile"));

As we would normally expect the lock file, it might make sense to move this first as it will be a lot more efficient to check for a file than launching a sub-process.

-Michael

> +}
> -- 
> 2.27.0.windows.1
>