From 88ed007218807179ad46078d41bb42bf53d70c40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hyperling <me@hyperling.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:39:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] pacman, fix how yay is run when logged in as root.

---
 facts/general/package.yml | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/facts/general/package.yml b/facts/general/package.yml
index 23cd5f0..97138e0 100644
--- a/facts/general/package.yml
+++ b/facts/general/package.yml
@@ -162,8 +162,11 @@
 
           echo -e "\n"
           echo "*** AUR (yay) ***"
-          sudo -u {{ user }} yay -Syyu {{ update_accept_var }} ||
-          return 1
+          if [[ $LOGNAME == "root" ]] then
+            su -u {{ user }} -c "yay -Syyu {{ update_accept_var }}" || return 2
+          else
+            yay -Syyu {{ update_accept_var }} || return 2
+          fi
         ;;
 
         pkg | pkgng)