1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/urpm.pm b/urpm.pm
index 17fa8fc7..c612a0a8 100644
--- a/urpm.pm
+++ b/urpm.pm
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@ sub shlock_urpmi_db {
     my ($LOCK_SH, $LOCK_NB) = (1, 4);
 
     #- lock urpmi database, but keep lock to wait for an urpmi.update to finish.
-    open LOCK_FILE, ">$urpm->{statedir}/.LOCK";
+    open LOCK_FILE, "$urpm->{statedir}/.LOCK";
     flock LOCK_FILE, $LOCK_SH|$LOCK_NB or $urpm->{fatal}(7, N("urpmi database locked"));
 }
 sub unlock_urpmi_db {