IPKG würgaround

[project/luci.git] / libs / ipkg / luasrc / model / ipkg.lua

diff --git a/libs/ipkg/luasrc/model/ipkg.lua b/libs/ipkg/luasrc/model/ipkg.lua
index b068345..3df4bf9 100644 (file)
--- a/libs/ipkg/luasrc/model/ipkg.lua
+++ b/libs/ipkg/luasrc/model/ipkg.lua
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ $Id$
 ]]--
 
 local os   = require "os"
+local io   = require "io"
 local util = require "luci.util"
 
 local type  = type
@@ -83,7 +84,15 @@ local function _lookup(act, pkg)
                cmd = cmd .. " '" .. pkg:gsub("'", "") .. "'"
        end
        
-       return _parselist(util.execi(cmd .. " 2>/dev/null"))
+       -- IPKG sometimes kills the whole machine because it sucks
+       -- Therefore we have to use a sucky approach too and use
+       -- tmpfiles instead of directly reading the output
+       local tmpfile = os.tmpname()
+       os.execute(cmd .. (" >%s 2>/dev/null" % tmpfile))
+
+       local data = _parselist(io.lines(tmpfile))
+       os.remove(tmpfile)
+       return data
 end