3 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/args.cc b/src/libutil/args.cc
index 75eb19d28..afed0670f 100644
--- a/src/libutil/args.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/args.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ void Args::addFlag(Flag && flag_)
     if (flag->shortName) shortFlags[flag->shortName] = flag;
 }
 
+void Args::removeFlag(const std::string & longName)
+{
+    auto flag = longFlags.find(longName);
+    assert(flag != longFlags.end());
+    if (flag->second->shortName) shortFlags.erase(flag->second->shortName);
+    longFlags.erase(flag);
+}
+
 void Completions::add(std::string completion, std::string description)
 {
     assert(description.find('\n') == std::string::npos);
diff --git a/src/libutil/args.hh b/src/libutil/args.hh
index 4721c21df..c08ba8abd 100644
--- a/src/libutil/args.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/args.hh
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ public:
 
     void addFlag(Flag && flag);
 
+    void removeFlag(const std::string & longName);
+
     void expectArgs(ExpectedArg && arg)
     {
         expectedArgs.emplace_back(std::move(arg));
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 89f7b58f8..ef37275ac 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ void killUser(uid_t uid)
 #else
             if (kill(-1, SIGKILL) == 0) break;
 #endif
-            if (errno == ESRCH) break; /* no more processes */
+            if (errno == ESRCH || errno == EPERM) break; /* no more processes */
             if (errno != EINTR)
                 throw SysError("cannot kill processes for uid '%1%'", uid);
         }