From 7e779cbdad7608b3f022607b45778ddd0e05a5a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Vogelzang <ben.vogelzang@veracross.com>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 16:36:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Appveyor builds by refreshing the package list (#494)

fixes "error: failed to prepare transaction (could not find database)"
---
 appveyor.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 9c40d35e..40adafe1 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ install:
   # Kill all running msys2 binaries to avoid error "size of shared memory region changed".
   # See https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/issues/258
   - powershell -Command "Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.path -like 'C:\msys64*'} | Stop-Process"
+  # refresh the package list to avoid "error: failed to prepare transaction (could not find database)"
+  - ridk exec bash -c "pacman --noconfirm -Sy"
   # prevent freetds to link to wrong ws2_32 lib on i686-w64-mingw32
   - c:/msys64/usr/bin/rm /usr/lib/w32api/libws2_32.a
   # Set up project prerequisits