From f0c29d40892035d3f2a2a4ea004a4d2ea11d7d67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vinicius Moreira <vinicius_fmoreira@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 14:48:53 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] [common] fix: some backend commands could hang when require
 user interaction

---
 CHANGELOG.md           | 2 ++
 bauh/commons/system.py | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa1b52bb..6ca37430 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
   - always displaying the "any file filter" (*) as the last option for file chooser components [#193](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh/issues/193)
 
 ### Fixes
+- Arch
+  - not able to install packages when launched by the root user
 - AppImage
     - not displaying the filter for any kind of file (*) when updating imported AppImages [#193](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh/issues/193)
 - Flatpak
diff --git a/bauh/commons/system.py b/bauh/commons/system.py
index 77735ed0..d3b106c1 100644
--- a/bauh/commons/system.py
+++ b/bauh/commons/system.py
@@ -89,15 +89,13 @@ class SimpleProcess:
         args = {
             "stdout": subprocess.PIPE,
             "stderr": subprocess.STDOUT,
+            "stdin": stdin if stdin else subprocess.DEVNULL,
             "bufsize": -1,
             "cwd": cwd,
             "env": gen_env(global_interpreter, lang, extra_paths=extra_paths),
             "shell": self.shell
         }
 
-        if stdin:
-            args['stdin'] = stdin
-
         return subprocess.Popen(args=[' '.join(cmd)] if self.shell else cmd, **args)