(lock_if_free): Return -1 if check_lock_owner()

has returned -1 (lockfile exists but is not a symlink?)

diff --git a/src/filelock.c b/src/filelock.c
index dcf3c658ce004fa3933b0afaf999575598cef34d..becdbc73bd6e77f5ae783837c2a28adb08e4e0dc 100644 (file)
--- a/src/filelock.c
+++ b/src/filelock.c
@@ -514,6 +514,8 @@ lock_if_free (clasher, lfname)
         }
       else if (locker == 1)
         return 1;  /* Someone else has it.  */
+      else if (locker == -1)
+      return -1;   /* current_lock_owner() returned strange error */
 
       /* We deleted a stale lock; try again to lock the file.  */
     }