From fdd9ecb3a5b5a3536fb0a27afd37e3d3a88e324b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AI Bot <ai@local>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:08:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Handle pacman -Qdtq exit code 1 as non-error

pacman -Qdtq exits with code 1 when there are no orphans, which is not an error condition. Handle this gracefully by returning nil instead of an error.
---
 pkg/pacman/read/read.go | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/pacman/read/read.go b/pkg/pacman/read/read.go
index c358d98..9ce707f 100644
--- a/pkg/pacman/read/read.go
+++ b/pkg/pacman/read/read.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package read
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -38,8 +40,16 @@ func ListOrphans() ([]string, error) {
 	log.Debug("ListOrphans: starting...")
 
 	cmd := exec.Command("pacman", "-Qdtq")
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+
 	output, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
+		// pacman -Qdtq exits 1 when there are no orphans, this isnt an error
+		var exitErr *exec.ExitError
+		if errors.As(err, &exitErr) && exitErr.ExitCode() == 1 && stderr.Len() == 0 {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}