Hello Bernhard,

thanks for testing and your feedback.
> Reviewed-by: Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch(a)ipfire.org>
> Tested-by: Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch(a)ipfire.org>
> 
> Okay, the old behaviour is reinstalled. Remains the problem with the 
> page reload.

I'm sorry I do not exactly understand which problem do you mean here -
please provide some more details.

A big thanks in advance,

-Stefan

> 
> Am 15.11.2021 um 21:23 schrieb Stefan Schantl:
> > Trying to get rid of the system backpipe check if a pakfire is
> > running
> > does not work very well. It simply makes the code more complex and
> > only introduced some new problems.
> > 
> > This commit switches back to the old logic which worked well in the
> > past.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
> > ---
> >   html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi | 57 +++++++----------------------------
> > -----
> >   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
> > index f2381f031..4d6eee284 100644
> > --- a/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
> > +++ b/html/cgi-bin/pakfire.cgi
> > @@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ $cgiparams{'VALID'} = '';
> >   $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'} = '';
> >   $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'} = '';
> >   
> > -my $page_lock;
> > -
> >   sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-
> > equiv='refresh' content='1;'>" );print "<center><img
> > src='/images/clock.gif' alt='' /><br/><font
> > color='red'>$Lang::tr{'pagerefresh'}</font></center>";&Header::clos
> > ebox();}
> >   
> >   &Header::getcgihash(\%cgiparams);
> > @@ -59,9 +57,8 @@ sub refreshpage{&Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1,
> > "<meta http-equiv='refresh' cont
> >   if (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'install') && (! -e
> > $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
> >         my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'INSPAKS'});
> >         if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
> > -               # Lock the page.
> > -               $page_lock = "1";
> >                 &General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire
> > ", "install", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
> > +               sleep(1);
> >         } else {
> >                 &Header::openbox("100%", "center",
> > $Lang::tr{'request'});
> >                 my @output =
> > &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "-
> > -no-colors", @pkgs);
> > @@ -98,9 +95,8 @@ END
> >   } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'remove') && (! -e
> > $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
> >         my @pkgs = split(/\|/, $cgiparams{'DELPAKS'});
> >         if ("$cgiparams{'FORCE'}" eq "on") {
> > -               # Lock the page.
> > -               $page_lock = "1";
> >                 &General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire
> > ", "remove", "--non-interactive", "--no-colors", @pkgs);
> > +               sleep(1);
> >         } else {
> >                 &Header::openbox("100%", "center",
> > $Lang::tr{'request'});
> >                 my @output =
> > &General::system_output("/usr/local/bin/pakfire", "resolvedeps", "-
> > -no-colors", @pkgs);
> > @@ -136,13 +132,11 @@ END
> >         }
> >   
> >   } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'update') && (! -e
> > $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
> > -       # Set variable to lock the page.
> > -       $page_lock = "1";
> >         &General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire",
> > "update", "--force", "--no-colors");
> > +       sleep(1);
> >   } elsif (($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq 'upgrade') && (!-e
> > $Pakfire::lockfile)) {
> > -       # Lock the page.
> > -       $page_lock = "1";
> >         &General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire",
> > "upgrade", "-y", "--no-colors");
> > +       sleep(1);
> >   } elsif ($cgiparams{'ACTION'} eq "$Lang::tr{'save'}") {
> >         $pakfiresettings{"TREE"} = $cgiparams{"TREE"};
> >   
> > @@ -156,6 +150,7 @@ END
> >   
> >                 # Update lists
> >                 &General::system_background("/usr/local/bin/pakfire
> > ", "update", "--force", "--no-colors");
> > +               sleep(1);
> >         }
> >   }
> >   
> > @@ -177,44 +172,12 @@ if ($errormessage) {
> >         &Header::closebox();
> >   }
> >   
> > -# Check if a page lock is required.
> > -if ($page_lock) {
> > -       &Header::openbox('Waiting', 1, ,);
> > -               print <<END;
> > -               <table>
> > -                       <tr>
> > -                               <td>
> > -                                       <img
> > src='/images/indicator.gif' alt='$Lang::tr{'active'}'
> > title='$Lang::tr{'active'}'>
> > -                               </td>
> > -
> > -                               <td>
> > -                                       $Lang::tr{'pakfire
> > working'}
> > -                               </td>
> > -                       </tr>
> > -               </table>
> > -END
> > -       &Header::closebox();
> > -
> > -       # Infinite loop to lock the page until pakfire lockfile is
> > present.
> > -       while($page_lock) {
> > -               unless (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
> > -                       sleep(1);
> > -               } else {
> > -                       # Release page lock.
> > -                       undef($page_lock);
> > -
> > -                       # Break loop.
> > -                       last;
> > -               }
> > -       }
> > -
> > -       # Perform page reload.
> > -       print "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='1;'>\n";
> > -       exit;
> > -}
> > +# Check if pakfire is already running.
> > +#
> > +# The system backpipe command is safe, because no user input is
> > computed.
> > +my $pid = `pidof pakfire`;
> >   
> > -# Check if pakfire is already running. In this case a lockfile is
> > present.
> > -if (-e $Pakfire::lockfile) {
> > +if ($pid) {
> >         &Header::openbox( 'Waiting', 1, "<meta http-equiv='refresh'
> > content='10;'>" );
> >         print <<END;
> >         <table>
> >