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// -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*-
// Description								/*{{{*/
// $Id: dpkgpm.cc,v 1.28 2004/01/27 02:25:01 mdz Exp $
/* ######################################################################

   DPKG Package Manager - Provide an interface to dpkg
   
   ##################################################################### */
									/*}}}*/
// Includes								/*{{{*/
#include <apt-pkg/dpkgpm.h>
#include <apt-pkg/error.h>
#include <apt-pkg/configuration.h>
#include <apt-pkg/depcache.h>
#include <apt-pkg/pkgrecords.h>
#include <apt-pkg/strutl.h>
#include <apt-pkg/fileutl.h>
#include <apt-pkg/cachefile.h>

#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/select.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <sstream>
#include <map>
#include <pwd.h>
#include <grp.h>

#include <termios.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <pty.h>

#include <config.h>
#include <apti18n.h>
									/*}}}*/

using namespace std;

class pkgDPkgPMPrivate 
{
public:
   pkgDPkgPMPrivate() : dpkgbuf_pos(0), term_out(NULL), history_out(NULL)
   {
   }
   bool stdin_is_dev_null;
   // the buffer we use for the dpkg status-fd reading
   char dpkgbuf[1024];
   int dpkgbuf_pos;
   FILE *term_out;
   FILE *history_out;
   string dpkg_error;
};

namespace
{
  // Maps the dpkg "processing" info to human readable names.  Entry 0
  // of each array is the key, entry 1 is the value.
  const std::pair<const char *, const char *> PackageProcessingOps[] = {
    std::make_pair("install",   N_("Installing %s")),
    std::make_pair("configure", N_("Configuring %s")),
    std::make_pair("remove",    N_("Removing %s")),
    std::make_pair("purge",    N_("Completely removing %s")),
    std::make_pair("disappear", N_("Noting disappearance of %s")),
    std::make_pair("trigproc",  N_("Running post-installation trigger %s"))
  };

  const std::pair<const char *, const char *> * const PackageProcessingOpsBegin = PackageProcessingOps;
  const std::pair<const char *, const char *> * const PackageProcessingOpsEnd   = PackageProcessingOps + sizeof(PackageProcessingOps) / sizeof(PackageProcessingOps[0]);

  // Predicate to test whether an entry in the PackageProcessingOps
  // array matches a string.
  class MatchProcessingOp
  {
    const char *target;

  public:
    MatchProcessingOp(const char *the_target)
      : target(the_target)
    {
    }

    bool operator()(const std::pair<const char *, const char *> &pair) const
    {
      return strcmp(pair.first, target) == 0;
    }
  };
}

/* helper function to ionice the given PID 

 there is no C header for ionice yet - just the syscall interface
 so we use the binary from util-linux
*/
static bool
ionice(int PID)
{
   if (!FileExists("/usr/bin/ionice"))
      return false;
   pid_t Process = ExecFork();      
   if (Process == 0)
   {
      char buf[32];
      snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "-p%d", PID);
      const char *Args[4];
      Args[0] = "/usr/bin/ionice";
      Args[1] = "-c3";
      Args[2] = buf;
      Args[3] = 0;
      execv(Args[0], (char **)Args);
   }
   return ExecWait(Process, "ionice");
}

// DPkgPM::pkgDPkgPM - Constructor					/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* */
pkgDPkgPM::pkgDPkgPM(pkgDepCache *Cache) 
   : pkgPackageManager(Cache), PackagesDone(0), PackagesTotal(0)
{
   d = new pkgDPkgPMPrivate();
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::pkgDPkgPM - Destructor					/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* */
pkgDPkgPM::~pkgDPkgPM()
{
   delete d;
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::Install - Install a package					/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* Add an install operation to the sequence list */
bool pkgDPkgPM::Install(PkgIterator Pkg,string File)
{
   if (File.empty() == true || Pkg.end() == true)
      return _error->Error("Internal Error, No file name for %s",Pkg.Name());

   // If the filename string begins with DPkg::Chroot-Directory, return the
   // substr that is within the chroot so dpkg can access it.
   string const chrootdir = _config->FindDir("DPkg::Chroot-Directory","/");
   if (chrootdir != "/" && File.find(chrootdir) == 0)
   {
      size_t len = chrootdir.length();
      if (chrootdir.at(len - 1) == '/')
        len--;
      List.push_back(Item(Item::Install,Pkg,File.substr(len)));
   }
   else
      List.push_back(Item(Item::Install,Pkg,File));

   return true;
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::Configure - Configure a package				/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* Add a configure operation to the sequence list */
bool pkgDPkgPM::Configure(PkgIterator Pkg)
{
   if (Pkg.end() == true)
      return false;

   List.push_back(Item(Item::Configure, Pkg));

   // Use triggers for config calls if we configure "smart"
   // as otherwise Pre-Depends will not be satisfied, see #526774
   if (_config->FindB("DPkg::TriggersPending", false) == true)
      List.push_back(Item(Item::TriggersPending, PkgIterator()));

   return true;
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::Remove - Remove a package					/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* Add a remove operation to the sequence list */
bool pkgDPkgPM::Remove(PkgIterator Pkg,bool Purge)
{
   if (Pkg.end() == true)
      return false;
   
   if (Purge == true)
      List.push_back(Item(Item::Purge,Pkg));
   else
      List.push_back(Item(Item::Remove,Pkg));
   return true;
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::SendV2Pkgs - Send version 2 package info			/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* This is part of the helper script communication interface, it sends
   very complete information down to the other end of the pipe.*/
bool pkgDPkgPM::SendV2Pkgs(FILE *F)
{
   fprintf(F,"VERSION 2\n");
   
   /* Write out all of the configuration directives by walking the 
      configuration tree */
   const Configuration::Item *Top = _config->Tree(0);
   for (; Top != 0;)
   {
      if (Top->Value.empty() == false)
      {
	 fprintf(F,"%s=%s\n",
		 QuoteString(Top->FullTag(),"=\"\n").c_str(),
		 QuoteString(Top->Value,"\n").c_str());
      }

      if (Top->Child != 0)
      {
	 Top = Top->Child;
	 continue;
      }
      
      while (Top != 0 && Top->Next == 0)
	 Top = Top->Parent;
      if (Top != 0)
	 Top = Top->Next;
   }   
   fprintf(F,"\n");
 
   // Write out the package actions in order.
   for (vector<Item>::iterator I = List.begin(); I != List.end(); I++)
   {
      if(I->Pkg.end() == true)
	 continue;

      pkgDepCache::StateCache &S = Cache[I->Pkg];
      
      fprintf(F,"%s ",I->Pkg.Name());
      // Current version
      if (I->Pkg->CurrentVer == 0)
	 fprintf(F,"- ");
      else
	 fprintf(F,"%s ",I->Pkg.CurrentVer().VerStr());
      
      // Show the compare operator
      // Target version
      if (S.InstallVer != 0)
      {
	 int Comp = 2;
	 if (I->Pkg->CurrentVer != 0)
	    Comp = S.InstVerIter(Cache).CompareVer(I->Pkg.CurrentVer());
	 if (Comp < 0)
	    fprintf(F,"> ");
	 if (Comp == 0)
	    fprintf(F,"= ");
	 if (Comp > 0)
	    fprintf(F,"< ");
	 fprintf(F,"%s ",S.InstVerIter(Cache).VerStr());
      }
      else
	 fprintf(F,"> - ");
      
      // Show the filename/operation
      if (I->Op == Item::Install)
      {
	 // No errors here..
	 if (I->File[0] != '/')
	    fprintf(F,"**ERROR**\n");
	 else
	    fprintf(F,"%s\n",I->File.c_str());
      }      
      if (I->Op == Item::Configure)
	 fprintf(F,"**CONFIGURE**\n");
      if (I->Op == Item::Remove ||
	  I->Op == Item::Purge)
	 fprintf(F,"**REMOVE**\n");
      
      if (ferror(F) != 0)
	 return false;
   }
   return true;
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::RunScriptsWithPkgs - Run scripts with package names on stdin /*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* This looks for a list of scripts to run from the configuration file
   each one is run and is fed on standard input a list of all .deb files
   that are due to be installed. */
bool pkgDPkgPM::RunScriptsWithPkgs(const char *Cnf)
{
   Configuration::Item const *Opts = _config->Tree(Cnf);
   if (Opts == 0 || Opts->Child == 0)
      return true;
   Opts = Opts->Child;
   
   unsigned int Count = 1;
   for (; Opts != 0; Opts = Opts->Next, Count++)
   {
      if (Opts->Value.empty() == true)
         continue;

      // Determine the protocol version
      string OptSec = Opts->Value;
      string::size_type Pos;
      if ((Pos = OptSec.find(' ')) == string::npos || Pos == 0)
	 Pos = OptSec.length();
      OptSec = "DPkg::Tools::Options::" + string(Opts->Value.c_str(),Pos);
      
      unsigned int Version = _config->FindI(OptSec+"::Version",1);
      
      // Create the pipes
      int Pipes[2];
      if (pipe(Pipes) != 0)
	 return _error->Errno("pipe","Failed to create IPC pipe to subprocess");
      SetCloseExec(Pipes[0],true);
      SetCloseExec(Pipes[1],true);
      
      // Purified Fork for running the script
      pid_t Process = ExecFork();      
      if (Process == 0)
      {
	 // Setup the FDs
	 dup2(Pipes[0],STDIN_FILENO);
	 SetCloseExec(STDOUT_FILENO,false);
	 SetCloseExec(STDIN_FILENO,false);      
	 SetCloseExec(STDERR_FILENO,false);

	 if (_config->FindDir("DPkg::Chroot-Directory","/") != "/") 
	 {
	    std::cerr << "Chrooting into " 
		      << _config->FindDir("DPkg::Chroot-Directory") 
		      << std::endl;
	    if (chroot(_config->FindDir("DPkg::Chroot-Directory","/").c_str()) != 0)
	       _exit(100);
	 }

	 const char *Args[4];
	 Args[0] = "/bin/sh";
	 Args[1] = "-c";
	 Args[2] = Opts->Value.c_str();
	 Args[3] = 0;
	 execv(Args[0],(char **)Args);
	 _exit(100);
      }
      close(Pipes[0]);
      FILE *F = fdopen(Pipes[1],"w");
      if (F == 0)
	 return _error->Errno("fdopen","Faild to open new FD");
      
      // Feed it the filenames.
      if (Version <= 1)
      {
	 for (vector<Item>::iterator I = List.begin(); I != List.end(); I++)
	 {
	    // Only deal with packages to be installed from .deb
	    if (I->Op != Item::Install)
	       continue;

	    // No errors here..
	    if (I->File[0] != '/')
	       continue;
	    
	    /* Feed the filename of each package that is pending install
	       into the pipe. */
	    fprintf(F,"%s\n",I->File.c_str());
	    if (ferror(F) != 0)
	       break;
	 }
      }
      else
	 SendV2Pkgs(F);

      fclose(F);
      
      // Clean up the sub process
      if (ExecWait(Process,Opts->Value.c_str()) == false)
	 return _error->Error("Failure running script %s",Opts->Value.c_str());
   }

   return true;
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::DoStdin - Read stdin and pass to slave pty			/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/*
*/
void pkgDPkgPM::DoStdin(int master)
{
   unsigned char input_buf[256] = {0,}; 
   ssize_t len = read(0, input_buf, sizeof(input_buf));
   if (len)
      write(master, input_buf, len);
   else
      d->stdin_is_dev_null = true;
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::DoTerminalPty - Read the terminal pty and write log		/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/*
 * read the terminal pty and write log
 */
void pkgDPkgPM::DoTerminalPty(int master)
{
   unsigned char term_buf[1024] = {0,0, };

   ssize_t len=read(master, term_buf, sizeof(term_buf));
   if(len == -1 && errno == EIO)
   {
      // this happens when the child is about to exit, we
      // give it time to actually exit, otherwise we run
      // into a race so we sleep for half a second.
      struct timespec sleepfor = { 0, 500000000 };
      nanosleep(&sleepfor, NULL);
      return;
   }  
   if(len <= 0) 
      return;
   write(1, term_buf, len);
   if(d->term_out)
      fwrite(term_buf, len, sizeof(char), d->term_out);
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::ProcessDpkgStatusBuf                                        	/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/*
 */
void pkgDPkgPM::ProcessDpkgStatusLine(int OutStatusFd, char *line)
{
   bool const Debug = _config->FindB("Debug::pkgDPkgProgressReporting",false);
   // the status we output
   ostringstream status;

   if (Debug == true)
      std::clog << "got from dpkg '" << line << "'" << std::endl;


   /* dpkg sends strings like this:
      'status:   <pkg>:  <pkg  qstate>'
      errors look like this:
      'status: /var/cache/apt/archives/krecipes_0.8.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb : error : trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/krecipes/krectip.png', which is also in package krecipes-data 
      and conffile-prompt like this
      'status: conffile-prompt: conffile : 'current-conffile' 'new-conffile' useredited distedited
      
      Newer versions of dpkg sent also:
      'processing: install: pkg'
      'processing: configure: pkg'
      'processing: remove: pkg'
      'processing: purge: pkg'
      'processing: disappear: pkg'
      'processing: trigproc: trigger'
	    
   */
   char* list[6];
   //        dpkg sends multiline error messages sometimes (see
   //        #374195 for a example. we should support this by
   //        either patching dpkg to not send multiline over the
   //        statusfd or by rewriting the code here to deal with
   //        it. for now we just ignore it and not crash
   TokSplitString(':', line, list, sizeof(list)/sizeof(list[0]));
   if( list[0] == NULL || list[1] == NULL || list[2] == NULL) 
   {
      if (Debug == true)
	 std::clog << "ignoring line: not enough ':'" << std::endl;
      return;
   }
   const char* const pkg = list[1];
   const char* action = _strstrip(list[2]);

   // 'processing' from dpkg looks like
   // 'processing: action: pkg'
   if(strncmp(list[0], "processing", strlen("processing")) == 0)
   {
      char s[200];
      const char* const pkg_or_trigger = _strstrip(list[2]);
      action = _strstrip( list[1]);
      const std::pair<const char *, const char *> * const iter =
	std::find_if(PackageProcessingOpsBegin,
		     PackageProcessingOpsEnd,
		     MatchProcessingOp(action));
      if(iter == PackageProcessingOpsEnd)
      {
	 if (Debug == true)
	    std::clog << "ignoring unknown action: " << action << std::endl;
	 return;
      }
      snprintf(s, sizeof(s), _(iter->second), pkg_or_trigger);

      status << "pmstatus:" << pkg_or_trigger
	     << ":"  << (PackagesDone/float(PackagesTotal)*100.0) 
	     << ":" << s
	     << endl;
      if(OutStatusFd > 0)
	 write(OutStatusFd, status.str().c_str(), status.str().size());
      if (Debug == true)
	 std::clog << "send: '" << status.str() << "'" << endl;

      if (strncmp(action, "disappear", strlen("disappear")) == 0)
	 handleDisappearAction(pkg_or_trigger);
      return;
   }

   if(strncmp(action,"error",strlen("error")) == 0)
   {
      // urgs, sometime has ":" in its error string so that we
      // end up with the error message split between list[3]
      // and list[4], e.g. the message: 
      // "failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb ..."
      // concat them again
      if( list[4] != NULL )
	 list[3][strlen(list[3])] = ':';

      status << "pmerror:" << list[1]
	     << ":"  << (PackagesDone/float(PackagesTotal)*100.0) 
	     << ":" << list[3]
	     << endl;
      if(OutStatusFd > 0)
	 write(OutStatusFd, status.str().c_str(), status.str().size());
      if (Debug == true)
	 std::clog << "send: '" << status.str() << "'" << endl;
      pkgFailures++;
      WriteApportReport(list[1], list[3]);
      return;
   }
   else if(strncmp(action,"conffile",strlen("conffile")) == 0)
   {
      status << "pmconffile:" << list[1]
	     << ":"  << (PackagesDone/float(PackagesTotal)*100.0) 
	     << ":" << list[3]
	     << endl;
      if(OutStatusFd > 0)
	 write(OutStatusFd, status.str().c_str(), status.str().size());
      if (Debug == true)
	 std::clog << "send: '" << status.str() << "'" << endl;
      return;
   }

   vector<struct DpkgState> const &states = PackageOps[pkg];
   const char *next_action = NULL;
   if(PackageOpsDone[pkg] < states.size())
      next_action = states[PackageOpsDone[pkg]].state;
   // check if the package moved to the next dpkg state
   if(next_action && (strcmp(action, next_action) == 0)) 
   {
      // only read the translation if there is actually a next
      // action
      const char *translation = _(states[PackageOpsDone[pkg]].str);
      char s[200];
      snprintf(s, sizeof(s), translation, pkg);

      // we moved from one dpkg state to a new one, report that
      PackageOpsDone[pkg]++;
      PackagesDone++;
      // build the status str
      status << "pmstatus:" << pkg 
	     << ":"  << (PackagesDone/float(PackagesTotal)*100.0) 
	     << ":" << s
	     << endl;
      if(OutStatusFd > 0)
	 write(OutStatusFd, status.str().c_str(), status.str().size());
      if (Debug == true)
	 std::clog << "send: '" << status.str() << "'" << endl;
   }
   if (Debug == true) 
      std::clog << "(parsed from dpkg) pkg: " << pkg 
		<< " action: " << action << endl;
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::handleDisappearAction					/*{{{*/
void pkgDPkgPM::handleDisappearAction(string const &pkgname)
{
   // record the package name for display and stuff later
   disappearedPkgs.insert(pkgname);

   pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg = Cache.FindPkg(pkgname);
   if (unlikely(Pkg.end() == true))
      return;
   // the disappeared package was auto-installed - nothing to do
   if ((Cache[Pkg].Flags & pkgCache::Flag::Auto) == pkgCache::Flag::Auto)
      return;
   pkgCache::VerIterator PkgVer = Cache[Pkg].InstVerIter(Cache);
   if (unlikely(PkgVer.end() == true))
      return;
   /* search in the list of dependencies for (Pre)Depends,
      check if this dependency has a Replaces on our package
      and if so transfer the manual installed flag to it */
   for (pkgCache::DepIterator Dep = PkgVer.DependsList(); Dep.end() != true; ++Dep)
   {
      if (Dep->Type != pkgCache::Dep::Depends &&
	  Dep->Type != pkgCache::Dep::PreDepends)
	 continue;
      pkgCache::PkgIterator Tar = Dep.TargetPkg();
      if (unlikely(Tar.end() == true))
	 continue;
      // the package is already marked as manual
      if ((Cache[Tar].Flags & pkgCache::Flag::Auto) != pkgCache::Flag::Auto)
	 continue;
      pkgCache::VerIterator TarVer =  Cache[Tar].InstVerIter(Cache);
      if (TarVer.end() == true)
	 continue;
      for (pkgCache::DepIterator Rep = TarVer.DependsList(); Rep.end() != true; ++Rep)
      {
	 if (Rep->Type != pkgCache::Dep::Replaces)
	    continue;
	 if (Pkg != Rep.TargetPkg())
	    continue;
	 // okay, they are strongly connected - transfer manual-bit
	 if (Debug == true)
	    std::clog << "transfer manual-bit from disappeared »" << pkgname << "« to »" << Tar.FullName() << "«" << std::endl;
	 Cache[Tar].Flags &= ~Flag::Auto;
	 break;
      }
   }
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::DoDpkgStatusFd						/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/*
 */
void pkgDPkgPM::DoDpkgStatusFd(int statusfd, int OutStatusFd)
{
   char *p, *q;
   int len;

   len=read(statusfd, &d->dpkgbuf[d->dpkgbuf_pos], sizeof(d->dpkgbuf)-d->dpkgbuf_pos);
   d->dpkgbuf_pos += len;
   if(len <= 0)
      return;

   // process line by line if we have a buffer
   p = q = d->dpkgbuf;
   while((q=(char*)memchr(p, '\n', d->dpkgbuf+d->dpkgbuf_pos-p)) != NULL)
   {
      *q = 0;
      ProcessDpkgStatusLine(OutStatusFd, p);
      p=q+1; // continue with next line
   }

   // now move the unprocessed bits (after the final \n that is now a 0x0) 
   // to the start and update d->dpkgbuf_pos
   p = (char*)memrchr(d->dpkgbuf, 0, d->dpkgbuf_pos);
   if(p == NULL)
      return;

   // we are interessted in the first char *after* 0x0
   p++;

   // move the unprocessed tail to the start and update pos
   memmove(d->dpkgbuf, p, p-d->dpkgbuf);
   d->dpkgbuf_pos = d->dpkgbuf+d->dpkgbuf_pos-p;
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::WriteHistoryTag						/*{{{*/
void pkgDPkgPM::WriteHistoryTag(string const &tag, string value)
{
   size_t const length = value.length();
   if (length == 0)
      return;
   // poor mans rstrip(", ")
   if (value[length-2] == ',' && value[length-1] == ' ')
      value.erase(length - 2, 2);
   fprintf(d->history_out, "%s: %s\n", tag.c_str(), value.c_str());
}									/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::OpenLog							/*{{{*/
bool pkgDPkgPM::OpenLog()
{
   string const logdir = _config->FindDir("Dir::Log");
   if(CreateAPTDirectoryIfNeeded(logdir, logdir) == false)
      // FIXME: use a better string after freeze
      return _error->Error(_("Directory '%s' missing"), logdir.c_str());

   // get current time
   char timestr[200];
   time_t const t = time(NULL);
   struct tm const * const tmp = localtime(&t);
   strftime(timestr, sizeof(timestr), "%F  %T", tmp);

   // open terminal log
   string const logfile_name = flCombine(logdir,
				   _config->Find("Dir::Log::Terminal"));
   if (!logfile_name.empty())
   {
      d->term_out = fopen(logfile_name.c_str(),"a");
      if (d->term_out == NULL)
	 return _error->WarningE("OpenLog", _("Could not open file '%s'"), logfile_name.c_str());
      setvbuf(d->term_out, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
      SetCloseExec(fileno(d->term_out), true);
      struct passwd *pw;
      struct group *gr;
      pw = getpwnam("root");
      gr = getgrnam("adm");
      if (pw != NULL && gr != NULL)
	  chown(logfile_name.c_str(), pw->pw_uid, gr->gr_gid);
      chmod(logfile_name.c_str(), 0644);
      fprintf(d->term_out, "\nLog started: %s\n", timestr);
   }

   // write your history
   string const history_name = flCombine(logdir,
				   _config->Find("Dir::Log::History"));
   if (!history_name.empty())
   {
      d->history_out = fopen(history_name.c_str(),"a");
      if (d->history_out == NULL)
	 return _error->WarningE("OpenLog", _("Could not open file '%s'"), history_name.c_str());
      chmod(history_name.c_str(), 0644);
      fprintf(d->history_out, "\nStart-Date: %s\n", timestr);
      string remove, purge, install, reinstall, upgrade, downgrade;
      for (pkgCache::PkgIterator I = Cache.PkgBegin(); I.end() == false; I++)
      {
	 enum { CANDIDATE, CANDIDATE_AUTO, CURRENT_CANDIDATE, CURRENT } infostring;
	 string *line = NULL;
	 #define HISTORYINFO(X, Y) { line = &X; infostring = Y; }
	 if (Cache[I].NewInstall() == true)
	    HISTORYINFO(install, CANDIDATE_AUTO)
	 else if (Cache[I].ReInstall() == true)
	    HISTORYINFO(reinstall, CANDIDATE)
	 else if (Cache[I].Upgrade() == true)
	    HISTORYINFO(upgrade, CURRENT_CANDIDATE)
	 else if (Cache[I].Downgrade() == true)
	    HISTORYINFO(downgrade, CURRENT_CANDIDATE)
	 else if (Cache[I].Delete() == true)
	    HISTORYINFO((Cache[I].Purge() ? purge : remove), CURRENT)
	 else
	    continue;
	 #undef HISTORYINFO
	 line->append(I.FullName(false)).append(" (");
	 switch (infostring) {
	 case CANDIDATE: line->append(Cache[I].CandVersion); break;
	 case CANDIDATE_AUTO:
	    line->append(Cache[I].CandVersion);
	    if ((Cache[I].Flags & pkgCache::Flag::Auto) == pkgCache::Flag::Auto)
	       line->append(", automatic");
	    break;
	 case CURRENT_CANDIDATE: line->append(Cache[I].CurVersion).append(", ").append(Cache[I].CandVersion); break;
	 case CURRENT: line->append(Cache[I].CurVersion); break;
	 }
	 line->append("), ");
      }
      if (_config->Exists("Commandline::AsString") == true)
	 WriteHistoryTag("Commandline", _config->Find("Commandline::AsString"));
      WriteHistoryTag("Install", install);
      WriteHistoryTag("Reinstall", reinstall);
      WriteHistoryTag("Upgrade", upgrade);
      WriteHistoryTag("Downgrade",downgrade);
      WriteHistoryTag("Remove",remove);
      WriteHistoryTag("Purge",purge);
      fflush(d->history_out);
   }
   
   return true;
}
									/*}}}*/
// DPkg::CloseLog							/*{{{*/
bool pkgDPkgPM::CloseLog()
{
   char timestr[200];
   time_t t = time(NULL);
   struct tm *tmp = localtime(&t);
   strftime(timestr, sizeof(timestr), "%F  %T", tmp);

   if(d->term_out)
   {
      fprintf(d->term_out, "Log ended: ");
      fprintf(d->term_out, "%s", timestr);
      fprintf(d->term_out, "\n");
      fclose(d->term_out);
   }
   d->term_out = NULL;

   if(d->history_out)
   {
      if (disappearedPkgs.empty() == false)
      {
	 string disappear;
	 for (std::set<std::string>::const_iterator d = disappearedPkgs.begin();
	      d != disappearedPkgs.end(); ++d)
	 {
	    pkgCache::PkgIterator P = Cache.FindPkg(*d);
	    disappear.append(*d);
	    if (P.end() == true)
	       disappear.append(", ");
	    else
	       disappear.append(" (").append(Cache[P].CurVersion).append("), ");
	 }
	 WriteHistoryTag("Disappeared", disappear);
      }
      if (d->dpkg_error.empty() == false)
	 fprintf(d->history_out, "Error: %s\n", d->dpkg_error.c_str());
      fprintf(d->history_out, "End-Date: %s\n", timestr);
      fclose(d->history_out);
   }
   d->history_out = NULL;

   return true;
}
									/*}}}*/
/*{{{*/
// This implements a racy version of pselect for those architectures
// that don't have a working implementation.
// FIXME: Probably can be removed on Lenny+1
static int racy_pselect(int nfds, fd_set *readfds, fd_set *writefds,
   fd_set *exceptfds, const struct timespec *timeout,
   const sigset_t *sigmask)
{
   sigset_t origmask;
   struct timeval tv;
   int retval;

   tv.tv_sec = timeout->tv_sec;
   tv.tv_usec = timeout->tv_nsec/1000;

   sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, sigmask, &origmask);
   retval = select(nfds, readfds, writefds, exceptfds, &tv);
   sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &origmask, 0);
   return retval;
}
/*}}}*/
// DPkgPM::Go - Run the sequence					/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* This globs the operations and calls dpkg 
 *   
 * If it is called with "OutStatusFd" set to a valid file descriptor
 * apt will report the install progress over this fd. It maps the
 * dpkg states a package goes through to human readable (and i10n-able)
 * names and calculates a percentage for each step.
*/
bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(int OutStatusFd)
{
   fd_set rfds;
   struct timespec tv;
   sigset_t sigmask;
   sigset_t original_sigmask;

   unsigned int const MaxArgs = _config->FindI("Dpkg::MaxArgs",8*1024);
   unsigned int const MaxArgBytes = _config->FindI("Dpkg::MaxArgBytes",32*1024);
   bool const NoTriggers = _config->FindB("DPkg::NoTriggers", false);

   if (RunScripts("DPkg::Pre-Invoke") == false)
      return false;

   if (RunScriptsWithPkgs("DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs") == false)
      return false;

   // support subpressing of triggers processing for special
   // cases like d-i that runs the triggers handling manually
   bool const SmartConf = (_config->Find("PackageManager::Configure", "all") != "all");
   bool const TriggersPending = _config->FindB("DPkg::TriggersPending", false);
   if (_config->FindB("DPkg::ConfigurePending", SmartConf) == true)
      List.push_back(Item(Item::ConfigurePending, PkgIterator()));

   // map the dpkg states to the operations that are performed
   // (this is sorted in the same way as Item::Ops)
   static const struct DpkgState DpkgStatesOpMap[][7] = {
      // Install operation
      { 
	 {"half-installed", N_("Preparing %s")}, 
	 {"unpacked", N_("Unpacking %s") }, 
	 {NULL, NULL}
      },
      // Configure operation
      { 
	 {"unpacked",N_("Preparing to configure %s") },
	 {"half-configured", N_("Configuring %s") },
	 { "installed", N_("Installed %s")},
	 {NULL, NULL}
      },
      // Remove operation
      { 
	 {"half-configured", N_("Preparing for removal of %s")},
	 {"half-installed", N_("Removing %s")},
	 {"config-files",  N_("Removed %s")},
	 {NULL, NULL}
      },
      // Purge operation
      { 
	 {"config-files", N_("Preparing to completely remove %s")},
	 {"not-installed", N_("Completely removed %s")},
	 {NULL, NULL}
      },
   };

   // init the PackageOps map, go over the list of packages that
   // that will be [installed|configured|removed|purged] and add
   // them to the PackageOps map (the dpkg states it goes through)
   // and the PackageOpsTranslations (human readable strings)
   for (vector<Item>::const_iterator I = List.begin(); I != List.end();I++)
   {
      if((*I).Pkg.end() == true)
	 continue;

      string const name = (*I).Pkg.Name();
      PackageOpsDone[name] = 0;
      for(int i=0; (DpkgStatesOpMap[(*I).Op][i]).state != NULL;  i++) 
      {
	 PackageOps[name].push_back(DpkgStatesOpMap[(*I).Op][i]);
	 PackagesTotal++;
      }
   }

   d->stdin_is_dev_null = false;

   // create log
   OpenLog();

   // this loop is runs once per operation
   for (vector<Item>::const_iterator I = List.begin(); I != List.end();)
   {
      // Do all actions with the same Op in one run
      vector<Item>::const_iterator J = I;
      if (TriggersPending == true)
	 for (; J != List.end(); J++)
	 {
	    if (J->Op == I->Op)
	       continue;
	    if (J->Op != Item::TriggersPending)
	       break;
	    vector<Item>::const_iterator T = J + 1;
	    if (T != List.end() && T->Op == I->Op)
	       continue;
	    break;
	 }
      else
	 for (; J != List.end() && J->Op == I->Op; J++)
	    /* nothing */;

      // Generate the argument list
      const char *Args[MaxArgs + 50];
      // keep track of allocated strings for multiarch package names
      char *Packages[MaxArgs + 50];
      unsigned int pkgcount = 0;

      // Now check if we are within the MaxArgs limit
      //
      // this code below is problematic, because it may happen that
      // the argument list is split in a way that A depends on B
      // and they are in the same "--configure A B" run
      // - with the split they may now be configured in different
      //   runs 
      if (J - I > (signed)MaxArgs)
	 J = I + MaxArgs;
      
      unsigned int n = 0;
      unsigned long Size = 0;
      string const Tmp = _config->Find("Dir::Bin::dpkg","dpkg");
      Args[n++] = Tmp.c_str();
      Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
      
      // Stick in any custom dpkg options
      Configuration::Item const *Opts = _config->Tree("DPkg::Options");
      if (Opts != 0)
      {
	 Opts = Opts->Child;
	 for (; Opts != 0; Opts = Opts->Next)
	 {
	    if (Opts->Value.empty() == true)
	       continue;
	    Args[n++] = Opts->Value.c_str();
	    Size += Opts->Value.length();
	 }	 
      }
      
      char status_fd_buf[20];
      int fd[2];
      pipe(fd);
      
      Args[n++] = "--status-fd";
      Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
      snprintf(status_fd_buf,sizeof(status_fd_buf),"%i", fd[1]);
      Args[n++] = status_fd_buf;
      Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);

      switch (I->Op)
      {
	 case Item::Remove:
	 Args[n++] = "--force-depends";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 Args[n++] = "--force-remove-essential";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 Args[n++] = "--remove";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 break;
	 
	 case Item::Purge:
	 Args[n++] = "--force-depends";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 Args[n++] = "--force-remove-essential";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 Args[n++] = "--purge";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 break;
	 
	 case Item::Configure:
	 Args[n++] = "--configure";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 break;

	 case Item::ConfigurePending:
	 Args[n++] = "--configure";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 Args[n++] = "--pending";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 break;

	 case Item::TriggersPending:
	 Args[n++] = "--triggers-only";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 Args[n++] = "--pending";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 break;

	 case Item::Install:
	 Args[n++] = "--unpack";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 Args[n++] = "--auto-deconfigure";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 break;
      }

      if (NoTriggers == true && I->Op != Item::TriggersPending &&
	  I->Op != Item::ConfigurePending)
      {
	 Args[n++] = "--no-triggers";
	 Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
      }

      // Write in the file or package names
      if (I->Op == Item::Install)
      {
	 for (;I != J && Size < MaxArgBytes; I++)
	 {
	    if (I->File[0] != '/')
	       return _error->Error("Internal Error, Pathname to install is not absolute '%s'",I->File.c_str());
	    Args[n++] = I->File.c_str();
	    Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 }
      }      
      else
      {
	 string const nativeArch = _config->Find("APT::Architecture");
	 unsigned long const oldSize = I->Op == Item::Configure ? Size : 0;
	 for (;I != J && Size < MaxArgBytes; I++)
	 {
	    if((*I).Pkg.end() == true)
	       continue;
	    if (I->Op == Item::Configure && disappearedPkgs.find(I->Pkg.Name()) != disappearedPkgs.end())
	       continue;
	    if (I->Pkg.Arch() == nativeArch || !strcmp(I->Pkg.Arch(), "all"))
	       Args[n++] = I->Pkg.Name();
	    else
	    {
	       Packages[pkgcount] = strdup(I->Pkg.FullName(false).c_str());
	       Args[n++] = Packages[pkgcount++];
	    }
	    Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
	 }
	 // skip configure action if all sheduled packages disappeared
	 if (oldSize == Size)
	    continue;
      }
      Args[n] = 0;
      J = I;
      
      if (_config->FindB("Debug::pkgDPkgPM",false) == true)
      {
	 for (unsigned int k = 0; k != n; k++)
	    clog << Args[k] << ' ';
	 clog << endl;
	 continue;
      }
      
      cout << flush;
      clog << flush;
      cerr << flush;

      /* Mask off sig int/quit. We do this because dpkg also does when 
         it forks scripts. What happens is that when you hit ctrl-c it sends
	 it to all processes in the group. Since dpkg ignores the signal 
	 it doesn't die but we do! So we must also ignore it */
      sighandler_t old_SIGQUIT = signal(SIGQUIT,SIG_IGN);
      sighandler_t old_SIGINT = signal(SIGINT,SIG_IGN);

      // ignore SIGHUP as well (debian #463030)
      sighandler_t old_SIGHUP = signal(SIGHUP,SIG_IGN);

      struct	termios tt;
      struct	winsize win;
      int	master = -1;
      int	slave = -1;

      // if tcgetattr does not return zero there was a error
      // and we do not do any pty magic
      if (tcgetattr(0, &tt) == 0)
      {
	 ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, (char *)&win);
	 if (openpty(&master, &slave, NULL, &tt, &win) < 0) 
	 {
	    const char *s = _("Can not write log, openpty() "
	                      "failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)\n");
	    fprintf(stderr, "%s",s);
            if(d->term_out)
              fprintf(d->term_out, "%s",s);
	    master = slave = -1;
	 }  else {
	    struct termios rtt;
	    rtt = tt;
	    cfmakeraw(&rtt);
	    rtt.c_lflag &= ~ECHO;
	    rtt.c_lflag |= ISIG;
	    // block SIGTTOU during tcsetattr to prevent a hang if
	    // the process is a member of the background process group
	    // http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/tcsetattr.html
	    sigemptyset(&sigmask);
	    sigaddset(&sigmask, SIGTTOU);
	    sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK,&sigmask, &original_sigmask);
	    tcsetattr(0, TCSAFLUSH, &rtt);
	    sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &original_sigmask, 0);
	 }
      }

       // Fork dpkg
      pid_t Child;
      _config->Set("APT::Keep-Fds::",fd[1]);
      // send status information that we are about to fork dpkg
      if(OutStatusFd > 0) {
	 ostringstream status;
	 status << "pmstatus:dpkg-exec:" 
		<< (PackagesDone/float(PackagesTotal)*100.0) 
		<< ":" << _("Running dpkg")
		<< endl;
	 write(OutStatusFd, status.str().c_str(), status.str().size());
      }
      Child = ExecFork();
            
      // This is the child
      if (Child == 0)
      {
	 if(slave >= 0 && master >= 0) 
	 {
	    setsid();
	    ioctl(slave, TIOCSCTTY, 0);
	    close(master);
	    dup2(slave, 0);
	    dup2(slave, 1);
	    dup2(slave, 2);
	    close(slave);
	 }
	 close(fd[0]); // close the read end of the pipe

	 if (_config->FindDir("DPkg::Chroot-Directory","/") != "/") 
	 {
	    std::cerr << "Chrooting into " 
		      << _config->FindDir("DPkg::Chroot-Directory") 
		      << std::endl;
	    if (chroot(_config->FindDir("DPkg::Chroot-Directory","/").c_str()) != 0)
	       _exit(100);
	 }

	 if (chdir(_config->FindDir("DPkg::Run-Directory","/").c_str()) != 0)
	    _exit(100);
	 
	 if (_config->FindB("DPkg::FlushSTDIN",true) == true && isatty(STDIN_FILENO))
	 {
	    int Flags,dummy;
	    if ((Flags = fcntl(STDIN_FILENO,F_GETFL,dummy)) < 0)
	       _exit(100);
	    
	    // Discard everything in stdin before forking dpkg
	    if (fcntl(STDIN_FILENO,F_SETFL,Flags | O_NONBLOCK) < 0)
	       _exit(100);
	    
	    while (read(STDIN_FILENO,&dummy,1) == 1);
	    
	    if (fcntl(STDIN_FILENO,F_SETFL,Flags & (~(long)O_NONBLOCK)) < 0)
	       _exit(100);
	 }

	 /* No Job Control Stop Env is a magic dpkg var that prevents it
	    from using sigstop */
	 putenv((char *)"DPKG_NO_TSTP=yes");
	 execvp(Args[0],(char **)Args);
	 cerr << "Could not exec dpkg!" << endl;
	 _exit(100);
      }      

      // apply ionice
      if (_config->FindB("DPkg::UseIoNice", false) == true)
	 ionice(Child);

      // clear the Keep-Fd again
      _config->Clear("APT::Keep-Fds",fd[1]);

      // Wait for dpkg
      int Status = 0;

      // we read from dpkg here
      int const _dpkgin = fd[0];
      close(fd[1]);                        // close the write end of the pipe

      if(slave > 0)
	 close(slave);

      // setups fds
      sigemptyset(&sigmask);
      sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK,&sigmask,&original_sigmask);

      /* clean up the temporary allocation for multiarch package names in
         the parent, so we don't leak memory when we return. */
      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pkgcount; i++)
	 free(Packages[i]);

      // the result of the waitpid call
      int res;
      int select_ret;
      while ((res=waitpid(Child,&Status, WNOHANG)) != Child) {
	 if(res < 0) {
	    // FIXME: move this to a function or something, looks ugly here
	    // error handling, waitpid returned -1
	    if (errno == EINTR)
	       continue;
	    RunScripts("DPkg::Post-Invoke");

	    // Restore sig int/quit
	    signal(SIGQUIT,old_SIGQUIT);
	    signal(SIGINT,old_SIGINT);
	    signal(SIGHUP,old_SIGHUP);
	    return _error->Errno("waitpid","Couldn't wait for subprocess");
	 }

	 // wait for input or output here
	 FD_ZERO(&rfds);
	 if (master >= 0 && !d->stdin_is_dev_null)
	    FD_SET(0, &rfds); 
	 FD_SET(_dpkgin, &rfds);
	 if(master >= 0)
	    FD_SET(master, &rfds);
	 tv.tv_sec = 1;
	 tv.tv_nsec = 0;
	 select_ret = pselect(max(master, _dpkgin)+1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, 
			      &tv, &original_sigmask);
	 if (select_ret < 0 && (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS))
	    select_ret = racy_pselect(max(master, _dpkgin)+1, &rfds, NULL,
				      NULL, &tv, &original_sigmask);
	 if (select_ret == 0) 
  	    continue;
  	 else if (select_ret < 0 && errno == EINTR)
  	    continue;
  	 else if (select_ret < 0) 
 	 {
  	    perror("select() returned error");
  	    continue;
  	 } 
	 
	 if(master >= 0 && FD_ISSET(master, &rfds))
	    DoTerminalPty(master);
	 if(master >= 0 && FD_ISSET(0, &rfds))
	    DoStdin(master);
	 if(FD_ISSET(_dpkgin, &rfds))
	    DoDpkgStatusFd(_dpkgin, OutStatusFd);
      }
      close(_dpkgin);

      // Restore sig int/quit
      signal(SIGQUIT,old_SIGQUIT);
      signal(SIGINT,old_SIGINT);
      signal(SIGHUP,old_SIGHUP);

      if(master >= 0) 
      {
	 tcsetattr(0, TCSAFLUSH, &tt);
	 close(master);
      }
       
      // Check for an error code.
      if (WIFEXITED(Status) == 0 || WEXITSTATUS(Status) != 0)
      {
	 // if it was set to "keep-dpkg-runing" then we won't return
	 // here but keep the loop going and just report it as a error
	 // for later
	 bool const stopOnError = _config->FindB("Dpkg::StopOnError",true);
	 
	 if(stopOnError)
	    RunScripts("DPkg::Post-Invoke");

	 if (WIFSIGNALED(Status) != 0 && WTERMSIG(Status) == SIGSEGV) 
	    strprintf(d->dpkg_error, "Sub-process %s received a segmentation fault.",Args[0]);
	 else if (WIFEXITED(Status) != 0)
	    strprintf(d->dpkg_error, "Sub-process %s returned an error code (%u)",Args[0],WEXITSTATUS(Status));
	 else 
	    strprintf(d->dpkg_error, "Sub-process %s exited unexpectedly",Args[0]);

	 if(d->dpkg_error.size() > 0)
	    _error->Error("%s", d->dpkg_error.c_str());

	 if(stopOnError) 
	 {
	    CloseLog();
	    return false;
	 }
      }      
   }
   CloseLog();

   if (RunScripts("DPkg::Post-Invoke") == false)
      return false;

   if (_config->FindB("Debug::pkgDPkgPM",false) == false)
   {
      std::string const oldpkgcache = _config->FindFile("Dir::cache::pkgcache");
      if (oldpkgcache.empty() == false && RealFileExists(oldpkgcache) == true &&
	  unlink(oldpkgcache.c_str()) == 0)
      {
	 std::string const srcpkgcache = _config->FindFile("Dir::cache::srcpkgcache");
	 if (srcpkgcache.empty() == false && RealFileExists(srcpkgcache) == true)
	 {
	    _error->PushToStack();
	    pkgCacheFile CacheFile;
	    CacheFile.BuildCaches(NULL, true);
	    _error->RevertToStack();
	 }
      }
   }

   Cache.writeStateFile(NULL);
   return true;
}
									/*}}}*/
// pkgDpkgPM::Reset - Dump the contents of the command list		/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* */
void pkgDPkgPM::Reset() 
{
   List.erase(List.begin(),List.end());
}
									/*}}}*/
// pkgDpkgPM::WriteApportReport - write out error report pkg failure	/*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* */
void pkgDPkgPM::WriteApportReport(const char *pkgpath, const char *errormsg) 
{
   string pkgname, reportfile, srcpkgname, pkgver, arch;
   string::size_type pos;
   FILE *report;

   if (_config->FindB("Dpkg::ApportFailureReport", false) == false)
   {
      std::clog << "configured to not write apport reports" << std::endl;
      return;
   }

   // only report the first errors
   if(pkgFailures > _config->FindI("APT::Apport::MaxReports", 3))
   {
      std::clog << _("No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already") << std::endl;
      return;
   }

   // check if its not a follow up error 
   const char *needle = dgettext("dpkg", "dependency problems - leaving unconfigured");
   if(strstr(errormsg, needle) != NULL) {
      std::clog << _("No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.") << std::endl;
      return;
   }

   // do not report disk-full failures 
   if(strstr(errormsg, strerror(ENOSPC)) != NULL) {
      std::clog << _("No apport report written because the error message indicates a disk full error") << std::endl;
      return;
   }

   // do not report out-of-memory failures 
   if(strstr(errormsg, strerror(ENOMEM)) != NULL) {
      std::clog << _("No apport report written because the error message indicates a out of memory error") << std::endl;
      return;
   }

   // do not report dpkg I/O errors
   // XXX - this message is localized, but this only matches the English version.  This is better than nothing.
   if(strstr(errormsg, "short read in buffer_copy (")) {
      std::clog << _("No apport report written because the error message indicates a dpkg I/O error") << std::endl;
      return;
   }

   // get the pkgname and reportfile
   pkgname = flNotDir(pkgpath);
   pos = pkgname.find('_');
   if(pos != string::npos)
      pkgname = pkgname.substr(0, pos);

   // find the package versin and source package name
   pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg = Cache.FindPkg(pkgname);
   if (Pkg.end() == true)
      return;
   pkgCache::VerIterator Ver = Cache.GetCandidateVer(Pkg);
   if (Ver.end() == true)
      return;
   pkgver = Ver.VerStr() == NULL ? "unknown" : Ver.VerStr();
   pkgRecords Recs(Cache);
   pkgRecords::Parser &Parse = Recs.Lookup(Ver.FileList());
   srcpkgname = Parse.SourcePkg();
   if(srcpkgname.empty())
      srcpkgname = pkgname;

   // if the file exists already, we check:
   // - if it was reported already (touched by apport). 
   //   If not, we do nothing, otherwise
   //    we overwrite it. This is the same behaviour as apport
   // - if we have a report with the same pkgversion already
   //   then we skip it
   reportfile = flCombine("/var/crash",pkgname+".0.crash");
   if(FileExists(reportfile))
   {
      struct stat buf;
      char strbuf[255];

      // check atime/mtime
      stat(reportfile.c_str(), &buf);
      if(buf.st_mtime > buf.st_atime)
	 return;

      // check if the existing report is the same version
      report = fopen(reportfile.c_str(),"r");
      while(fgets(strbuf, sizeof(strbuf), report) != NULL)
      {
	 if(strstr(strbuf,"Package:") == strbuf)
	 {
	    char pkgname[255], version[255];
	    if(sscanf(strbuf, "Package: %s %s", pkgname, version) == 2)
	       if(strcmp(pkgver.c_str(), version) == 0)
	       {
		  fclose(report);
		  return;
	       }
	 }
      }
      fclose(report);
   }

   // now write the report
   arch = _config->Find("APT::Architecture");
   report = fopen(reportfile.c_str(),"w");
   if(report == NULL)
      return;
   if(_config->FindB("DPkgPM::InitialReportOnly",false) == true)
      chmod(reportfile.c_str(), 0);
   else
      chmod(reportfile.c_str(), 0600);
   fprintf(report, "ProblemType: Package\n");
   fprintf(report, "Architecture: %s\n", arch.c_str());
   time_t now = time(NULL);
   fprintf(report, "Date: %s" , ctime(&now));
   fprintf(report, "Package: %s %s\n", pkgname.c_str(), pkgver.c_str());
   fprintf(report, "SourcePackage: %s\n", srcpkgname.c_str());
   fprintf(report, "ErrorMessage:\n %s\n", errormsg);

   // ensure that the log is flushed
   if(d->term_out)
      fflush(d->term_out);

   // attach terminal log it if we have it
   string logfile_name = _config->FindFile("Dir::Log::Terminal");
   if (!logfile_name.empty())
   {
      FILE *log = NULL;
      char buf[1024];

      fprintf(report, "DpkgTerminalLog:\n");
      log = fopen(logfile_name.c_str(),"r");
      if(log != NULL)
      {
	 while( fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), log) != NULL)
	    fprintf(report, " %s", buf);
	 fclose(log);
      }
   }

   // log the ordering 
   const char *ops_str[] = {"Install", "Configure","Remove","Purge"};
   fprintf(report, "AptOrdering:\n");
   for (vector<Item>::iterator I = List.begin(); I != List.end(); I++)
      fprintf(report, " %s: %s\n", (*I).Pkg.Name(), ops_str[(*I).Op]);

   // attach dmesg log (to learn about segfaults)
   if (FileExists("/bin/dmesg"))
   {
      FILE *log = NULL;
      char buf[1024];

      fprintf(report, "Dmesg:\n");
      log = popen("/bin/dmesg","r");
      if(log != NULL)
      {
	 while( fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), log) != NULL)
	    fprintf(report, " %s", buf);
	 pclose(log);
      }
   }

   // attach df -l log (to learn about filesystem status)
   if (FileExists("/bin/df"))
   {
      FILE *log = NULL;
      char buf[1024];

      fprintf(report, "Df:\n");
      log = popen("/bin/df -l","r");
      if(log != NULL)
      {
	 while( fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), log) != NULL)
	    fprintf(report, " %s", buf);
	 pclose(log);
      }
   }

   fclose(report);

}
									/*}}}*/