1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/urpm.pm b/urpm.pm
index 48d51444..8a6c7792 100644
--- a/urpm.pm
+++ b/urpm.pm
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ sub file_from_local_url {
 sub db_open_or_die {
     my ($urpm, $root, $b_write_perm) = @_;
 
-    my $db = URPM::DB::open($root, $b_write_perm)
+    my $db = URPM::DB::open($root, $b_write_perm || 0)
       or $urpm->{fatal}(9, N("unable to open rpmdb"));
 
     $db;