2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c22b7a25..85756d44 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- fix displaying that the db is locked instead of an error message
+
 Version 6.4 - 13 December 2013, Thierry Vignaud
 
 - edit-urpm-sources:
diff --git a/Rpmdrake/pkg.pm b/Rpmdrake/pkg.pm
index ddd24804..e9229b86 100644
--- a/Rpmdrake/pkg.pm
+++ b/Rpmdrake/pkg.pm
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ sub perform_installation {  #- (partially) duplicated from /usr/sbin/urpmi :-(
     local $urpm->{fatal} = sub {
         my $fatal_msg = $_[1];
         printf STDERR "Fatal: %s\n", $fatal_msg;
-        $gurpm->destroy;
+        $gurpm->destroy if $gurpm;
         interactive_msg(N("Installation failed"),
                         N("There was a problem during the installation:\n\n%s", $fatal_msg));
         goto return_with_exit_code;