From 4a385aa697c5cc386b0d7bb352a2c191d27bef4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:26:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] udev.eclass: update hwdb when ROOT is set

Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
---
 eclass/udev.eclass | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eclass/udev.eclass b/eclass/udev.eclass
index a3ad81a0cfb50..38d879aca91d5 100644
--- a/eclass/udev.eclass
+++ b/eclass/udev.eclass
@@ -137,10 +137,7 @@ fi
 # property lookups.  Should be called from pkg_postinst and pkg_postrm
 # in packages installing hwdb files.
 udev_hwdb_update() {
-	if [[ -n ${ROOT} ]]; then
-		return 0
-	fi
-
+	type systemd-hwdb &>/dev/null || return 0
 	ebegin "Running systemd-hwdb update to regenerate binary udev hardware database"
 	systemd-hwdb update --root "${ROOT}"
 	eend $?