1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/apt-panopticommon.lua b/apt-panopticommon.lua
index 221c7e3..9de97b4 100644
--- a/apt-panopticommon.lua
+++ b/apt-panopticommon.lua
@@ -483,6 +483,17 @@ local E = APT.E
 local C = APT.C
 
 
+APT.readCmd = function(cmd)
+    local result = {}
+    local output = io.popen(cmd)
+    if nil ~= output then
+        for l in output:lines() do
+            table.insert(result, l)
+        end
+    end
+    return result
+end
+
 APT.debians = {}
 APT.mirrors = {}
 
@@ -559,10 +570,10 @@ APT.exe = function(c)
             I'm getting 7168 or 0.  No idea what the fuck that is.
         local ok, rslt, status = os.execute(s)
         ]]
-        local f = io.popen(self.cmd .. ' ; echo "$?"', 'r')
+        local f = APT.readCmd(self.cmd .. ' ; echo "$?"', 'r')
         -- The last line will be the command's returned status, collect everything else in result.
         self.status = ''        -- Otherwise the result starts with 0.
-        for l in f:lines() do
+        for i,l in ipairs(f) do
             self.result = self.result .. self.status .. "\n"
             self.status = l
         end
@@ -579,7 +590,9 @@ APT.exe = function(c)
 end
 
 APT.checkExes = function (exe)
-    local count = io.popen('ps x | grep "' .. exe .. '" | grep -v " grep " | grep -v "flock -n apt-panopticon.lock " | wc -l'):read("*l")
+    local count = 0
+    local ps = io.popen('ps x | grep "' .. exe .. '" | grep -v " grep " | grep -v "flock -n apt-panopticon.lock " | wc -l')
+    if nil ~= ps then count = ps:read("*l") end
     D(count .. " " .. exe .. " commands still running.")
     return tonumber(count)
 end