2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6ade835a..8f01b4e7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- rpmdrake:
+  o do not crash when running as root (#50473)
+
 Version 5.16.3 - 6 May 2009, Thierry Vignaud
 
 - rpmdrake:
diff --git a/rpmdrake b/rpmdrake
index cfa1dbf8..0652d171 100755
--- a/rpmdrake
+++ b/rpmdrake
@@ -619,9 +619,11 @@ sub run_treeview_dialog {
     %check_boxes = map {
         $_ => $factory->get_widget("<main>" . $get_path->($_));
     } ($auto_string, $noclean_string, $updates_string);
-    $check_boxes{$auto_string}->set_active($::rpmdrake_options{auto}) if !$>;
-    $check_boxes{$updates_string}->set_active($compute_updates) if !$>;
-    $check_boxes{$noclean_string}->set_active(!$::noclean);
+    if (!$>) {
+        $check_boxes{$auto_string}->set_active($::rpmdrake_options{auto});
+        $check_boxes{$updates_string}->set_active($compute_updates);
+        $check_boxes{$noclean_string}->set_active(!$::noclean);
+    }
 
     $checkbox_show_autoselect = $factory->get_widget("<main>" . strip_first_underscore(N("/_Options"), N("/_Show automatically selected packages")))
 	and $checkbox_show_autoselect->set_active(!$dont_show_selections->[0]);