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@@ -2,8 +2,22 @@
 
 EXIT_CODE=0
 
+while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+       if [ "$1" = "-q" ]; then
+               export MSGLEVEL=2
+       elif [ "$1" = "-v" ]; then
+               export MSGLEVEL=4
+       elif [ "$1" = '--color=no' ]; then
+               export MSGCOLOR='NO'
+       else
+               echo >&2 "WARNING: Unknown parameter »$1« will be ignored"
+       fi
+       shift
+done
+export MSGLEVEL="${MSGLEVEL:-3}"
+
 # we all like colorful messages
-if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ]; then
+if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ] && [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'ALWAYS' ]; then
        if [ ! -t 1 ]; then # but check that we output to a terminal
                export MSGCOLOR='NO'
        fi
@@ -50,21 +64,49 @@ msgninfo() { msgprintf "${CINFO}I: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@"; }
 msgndebug() { msgprintf "${CDEBUG}D: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@"; }
 msgtest() { msgprintf "${CINFO}%s" "${CCMD}%s${CINFO}" "…${CNORMAL} " "$@"; }
 msgpass() { printf "${CPASS}PASS${CNORMAL}\n"; }
+msgreportheader() {
+       if [ -n "$MSGTEST_MSG" ]; then
+               test "$1" != 'msgfailoutput' || echo
+               if [ -n "$MSGTEST_MSGMSG" ]; then
+                       echo "$MSGTEST_MSGMSG"
+               fi
+               if [ -n "$MSGTEST_GRP" ] && [ "$MSGTEST_GRP" != 'NEXT' ] && [ "$MSGTEST_GRP" != "$MSGTEST_MSG" ]; then
+                       echo "${CFAIL}Part of the test group: $MSGTEST_GRP"
+               fi
+               echo -n "$MSGTEST_MSG"
+               unset MSGTEST_MSG
+       fi
+}
 msgskip() {
+       msgreportheader 'msgskip'
        if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then printf "${CWARNING}SKIP: $*${CNORMAL}\n" >&2;
        else printf "${CWARNING}SKIP${CNORMAL}\n" >&2; fi
 }
 msgfail() {
-       if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then printf "${CFAIL}FAIL: $*${CNORMAL}\n" >&2;
+       msgreportheader 'msgfail'
+       if [ $# -gt 0 ] && [ -n "$1" ]; then printf "${CFAIL}FAIL: $*${CNORMAL}\n" >&2;
        else printf "${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}\n" >&2; fi
        if [ -n "$APT_DEBUG_TESTS" ]; then
                $SHELL
        fi
        EXIT_CODE=$((EXIT_CODE+1));
 }
+MSGGROUP_LEVEL=0
+msggroup() {
+       if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+               if [ $MSGGROUP_LEVEL = 0 ]; then
+                       MSGTEST_GRP='NEXT'
+               fi
+               MSGGROUP_LEVEL=$((MSGGROUP_LEVEL+1));
+       else
+               MSGGROUP_LEVEL=$((MSGGROUP_LEVEL-1));
+               if [ $MSGGROUP_LEVEL = 0 ]; then
+                       unset MSGTEST_GRP
+               fi
+       fi
+}
 
 # enable / disable Debugging
-MSGLEVEL=${MSGLEVEL:-3}
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 0 ]; then
        msgdie() { true; }
 fi
@@ -73,9 +115,16 @@ if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 1 ]; then
        msgnwarn() { true; }
 fi
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 2 ]; then
-       msgmsg() { true; }
+       msgmsg() {
+               MSGTEST_MSGMSG="$(msgprintf "${CMSG}%s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@")"
+       }
        msgnmsg() { true; }
-       msgtest() { true; }
+       msgtest() {
+               MSGTEST_MSG="$(msgprintf "${CINFO}%s" "${CCMD}%s${CINFO}" "…${CNORMAL} " "$@")"
+               if [ "$MSGTEST_GRP" = 'NEXT' ]; then
+                       MSGTEST_GRP="$MSGTEST_MSG"
+               fi
+       }
        msgpass() { printf " ${CPASS}P${CNORMAL}"; }
 fi
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 3 ]; then
@@ -99,10 +148,14 @@ msgdone() {
 }
 getaptconfig() {
        if [ -f ./aptconfig.conf ]; then
-            echo "./aptconfig.conf"
+               echo "$(readlink -f ./aptconfig.conf)"
        elif [ -f ../aptconfig.conf ]; then
-            echo "../aptconfig.conf"
-        fi
+               echo "$(readlink -f ../aptconfig.conf)"
+       elif [ -f ../../aptconfig.conf ]; then
+               echo "$(readlink -f ../../aptconfig.conf)"
+       elif [ -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptconfig.conf" ]; then
+               echo "$(readlink -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptconfig.conf")"
+       fi
 }
 runapt() {
        msgdebug "Executing: ${CCMD}$*${CDEBUG} "
@@ -131,15 +184,29 @@ aptinternalsolver() { runapt "${APTINTERNALSOLVER}" "$@"; }
 aptdumpsolver() { runapt "${APTDUMPSOLVER}" "$@"; }
 
 dpkg() {
-       command dpkg --root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir --force-not-root --force-bad-path --log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log "$@"
+       "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg" "$@"
 }
 dpkgcheckbuilddeps() {
        command dpkg-checkbuilddeps --admindir=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg "$@"
 }
 gdb() {
-       local CMD="$1"
+       local CMD
+       case "$1" in
+       aptget) CMD="apt-get";;
+       aptcache) CMD="apt-cache";;
+       aptcdrom) CMD="apt-cdrom";;
+       aptconfig) CMD="apt-config";;
+       aptmark) CMD="apt-mark";;
+       apthelper) CMD="apt-helper";;
+       aptftparchive) CMD="apt-ftparchive";;
+       dpkg) shift; runapt ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/gdb-dpkg "$@"; return;;
+       *) CMD="$1";;
+       esac
        shift
-       runapt command gdb --quiet -ex run "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD" --args "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD" "$@"
+       if [ "${CMD##*/}" = "$CMD" ]; then
+               CMD="${BUILDDIRECTORY}/${CMD}"
+       fi
+       runapt command gdb --quiet -ex run "$CMD" --args "$CMD" "$@"
 }
 
 exitwithstatus() {
@@ -177,7 +244,7 @@ setupenvironment() {
        fi
        TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY=$(mktemp -d)
        addtrap "cd /; rm -rf $TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY;"
-       msgninfo "Preparing environment for ${CCMD}$(basename $0)${CINFO} in ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}… "
+       msgninfo "Preparing environment for $(basename $0) in ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}…"
 
        mkdir -m 700 "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/downloaded"
        if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
@@ -189,6 +256,7 @@ setupenvironment() {
 
        TESTDIRECTORY=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
         # allow overriding the default BUILDDIR location
+       SOURCEDIRECTORY=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_SOURCE_DIR:-"${TESTDIRECTORY}/../../"}
        BUILDDIRECTORY=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_BUILD_DIR:-"${TESTDIRECTORY}/../../build/bin"}
        LIBRARYPATH=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_LIBRARY_PATH:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}
         METHODSDIR=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_METHODS_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods"}
@@ -203,7 +271,7 @@ setupenvironment() {
        mkdir rootdir aptarchive keys
        cd rootdir
        mkdir -p etc/apt/apt.conf.d etc/apt/sources.list.d etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d etc/apt/preferences.d
-       mkdir -p usr/bin var/cache var/lib/apt var/log tmp
+       mkdir -p usr/bin var/cache var/lib var/log tmp
        mkdir -p var/lib/dpkg/info var/lib/dpkg/updates var/lib/dpkg/triggers
        touch var/lib/dpkg/available
        mkdir -p usr/lib/apt
@@ -237,7 +305,7 @@ setupenvironment() {
        echo "Dir \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir\";" > aptconfig.conf
        echo "Dir::state::status \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note \"false\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "Dir::Bin::Methods \"${METHODSDIR}\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+       echo "Dir::Bin::Methods \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/lib/apt/methods\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        # store apt-key were we can access it, even if we run it as a different user
        # destroys coverage reporting though, so just do it for root for now
        if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
@@ -247,22 +315,51 @@ setupenvironment() {
        else
                echo "Dir::Bin::apt-key \"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-key\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        fi
-       echo "Dir::Bin::dpkg \"fakeroot\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"dpkg\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-not-root\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-bad-path\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       if ! command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-               echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-architecture\";" >> aptconfig.conf # Added to test multiarch before dpkg is ready for it…
-       fi
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo 'quiet::NoUpdate "true";' >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo 'quiet::NoStatistic "true";' >> aptconfig.conf
-       # too distracting for users, but helpful to detect changes
-       echo 'Acquire::Progress::Ignore::ShowErrorText "true";' >> aptconfig.conf
-       # in testcases, it can appear as if localhost has a rotation setup,
-       # hide this as we can't really deal with it properly
-       echo 'Acquire::Failure::ShowIP "false";' >> aptconfig.conf
+
+       cat << EOF > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg"
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+if [ -r "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so" ]; then
+       if [ -n "\$LD_PRELOAD" ]; then
+               export LD_PRELOAD="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so \${LD_PRELOAD}"
+       else
+               export LD_PRELOAD="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so"
+       fi
+fi
+exec fakeroot ${DPKG:-dpkg} --root="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir" \\
+       --log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log \\
+       --force-not-root --force-bad-path "\$@"
+EOF
+       cat << EOF > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/gdb-dpkg"
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+if [ -r "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so" ]; then
+       if [ -n "\$LD_PRELOAD" ]; then
+               export LD_PRELOAD="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so \${LD_PRELOAD}"
+       else
+               export LD_PRELOAD="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so"
+       fi
+fi
+exec fakeroot gdb --quiet -ex run "${DPKG:-dpkg}" --args "${DPKG:-dpkg}" --root="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir" \\
+       --log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log \\
+       --force-not-root --force-bad-path "\$@"
+EOF
+       chmod +x "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/gdb-dpkg"
+       echo "Dir::Bin::dpkg \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99dpkg
+
+       {
+               if ! command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-architecture\";" # Added to test multiarch before dpkg is ready for it…
+               fi
+               echo 'quiet::NoUpdate "true";'
+               echo 'quiet::NoStatistic "true";'
+               # too distracting for users, but helpful to detect changes
+               echo 'Acquire::Progress::Ignore::ShowErrorText "true";'
+               echo 'Acquire::Progress::Diffpercent "true";'
+               # in testcases, it can appear as if localhost has a rotation setup,
+               # hide this as we can't really deal with it properly
+               echo 'Acquire::Failure::ShowIP "false";'
+       } >> aptconfig.conf
 
        cp "${TESTDIRECTORY}/apt.pem" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/webserver.pem"
        if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
@@ -272,6 +369,14 @@ setupenvironment() {
        echo "Apt::Cmd::Disable-Script-Warning \"1\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/apt-binary
        configcompression '.' 'gz' #'bz2' 'lzma' 'xz'
 
+       # create some files in /tmp and look at user/group to get what this means
+       TEST_DEFAULT_USER="$USER"
+       if [ "$(uname)" = 'GNU/kFreeBSD' ]; then
+               TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP='root'
+       else
+               TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP="$USER"
+       fi
+
         # Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories=false is not yet the default
         # but we want it to be the default soon
         configallowinsecurerepositories "false";
@@ -282,7 +387,6 @@ setupenvironment() {
        export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
        unset LANGUAGE APT_CONFIG
        unset GREP_OPTIONS DEB_BUILD_PROFILES
-
        msgdone "info"
 }
 
@@ -350,6 +454,47 @@ configdpkg() {
        fi
 }
 
+configdpkgnoopchroot() {
+       # create a library to noop chroot() and rewrite maintainer script executions
+       # via execvp() as used by dpkg as we don't want our rootdir to be a fullblown
+       # chroot directory dpkg could chroot into to execute the maintainer scripts
+       msgtest 'Building library to preload to make maintainerscript work in' 'dpkg'
+       cat << EOF > noopchroot.c
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+
+static char * chrootdir = NULL;
+
+int chroot(const char *path) {
+       printf("WARNING: CHROOTing to %s was ignored!\n", path);
+       free(chrootdir);
+       chrootdir = strdup(path);
+       return 0;
+}
+int execvp(const char *file, char *const argv[]) {
+       static int (*func_execvp) (const char *, char * const []) = NULL;
+       if (func_execvp == NULL)
+               func_execvp = (int (*) (const char *, char * const [])) dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "execvp");
+       if (chrootdir == NULL || strncmp(file, "/var/lib/dpkg/", strlen("/var/lib/dpkg/")) != 0)
+               return func_execvp(file, argv);
+       printf("REWRITE execvp call %s into %s\n", file, chrootdir);
+       char newfile[strlen(chrootdir) + strlen(file)];
+       strcpy(newfile, chrootdir);
+       strcat(newfile, file);
+       char const * const baseadmindir = "/var/lib/dpkg";
+       char admindir[strlen(chrootdir) + strlen(baseadmindir)];
+       strcpy(admindir, chrootdir);
+       strcat(admindir, baseadmindir);
+       setenv("DPKG_ADMINDIR", admindir, 1);
+       return func_execvp(newfile, argv);
+}
+EOF
+       testsuccess --nomsg gcc -fPIC -shared -o noopchroot.so noopchroot.c -ldl
+}
+
 configallowinsecurerepositories() {
     echo "Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories \"$1\";" >  rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/allow-insecure-repositories.conf
 
@@ -395,7 +540,7 @@ Dir::Bin::xz \"/does/not/exist\";" > "$CONFFILE"
                COMPRESSOR_CMD='xz --format=lzma'
        else
                msgtest 'Test for availability of compressor' "${COMPRESSOR}"
-               msgfail
+               msgfail "${COMPRESSOR} not available"
        fi
 }
 
@@ -451,6 +596,12 @@ Package: $NAME" > debian/control
 
 buildsimplenativepackage() {
        local NAME="$1"
+       local NM
+       if [ "$(echo "$NAME" | cut -c 1-3)" = 'lib' ]; then
+               NM="$(echo "$NAME" | cut -c 1-4)"
+       else
+               NM="$(echo "$NAME" | cut -c 1)"
+       fi
        local ARCH="$2"
        local VERSION="$3"
        local RELEASE="${4:-unstable}"
@@ -472,7 +623,7 @@ buildsimplenativepackage() {
        fi
        local BUILDDIR=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}
 
-       msgninfo "Build package ${NAME} in ${VERSION} for ${RELEASE} in ${DISTSECTION}… "
+       msgtest "Build source package in version ${VERSION} for ${RELEASE} in ${DISTSECTION}" "$NAME"
        mkdir -p $BUILDDIR/debian/source
        echo "* most suckless software product ever" > ${BUILDDIR}/FEATURES
        echo "#!/bin/sh
@@ -485,10 +636,12 @@ echo '$NAME says \"Hello!\"'" > ${BUILDDIR}/${NAME}
 
  -- Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>  $(date -R)" > ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog
        echo "Source: $NAME
-Section: $SECTION
 Priority: $PRIORITY
 Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3" > ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
+       if [ "$SECTION" != '<none>' ]; then
+               echo "Section: $SECTION" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
+       fi
        local BUILDDEPS="$(echo "$DEPENDENCIES" | grep '^Build-')"
        test -z "$BUILDDEPS" || echo "$BUILDDEPS" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
        echo "
@@ -504,7 +657,10 @@ Package: $NAME" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
        echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
 
        echo '3.0 (native)' > ${BUILDDIR}/debian/source/format
-       (cd ${BUILDDIR}/..; dpkg-source -b ${NAME}-${VERSION} 2>&1) | sed -n 's#^dpkg-source: info: building [^ ]\+ in ##p' \
+       cd ${BUILDDIR}/..
+       testsuccess --nomsg dpkg-source -b ${NAME}-${VERSION}
+       cd - >/dev/null
+       sed -n 's#^dpkg-source: info: building [^ ]\+ in ##p' ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testsuccess.output \
                | while read SRC; do
                echo "pool/${SRC}" >> ${BUILDDIR}/../${RELEASE}.${DISTSECTION}.srclist
 #              if expr match "${SRC}" '.*\.dsc' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -516,6 +672,7 @@ Package: $NAME" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
        done
 
        for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
+               msgtest "Build binary package for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}" "$NAME"
                rm -rf ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp
                mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/DEBIAN ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/${NAME} ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/bin
                cp ${BUILDDIR}/debian/copyright ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog ${BUILDDIR}/FEATURES ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/${NAME}
@@ -527,19 +684,15 @@ Package: $NAME" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
                (cd ${BUILDDIR}; dpkg-gencontrol -DArchitecture=$arch)
                (cd ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp; md5sum $(find usr/ -type f) > DEBIAN/md5sums)
                local LOG="${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.dpkg-deb.log"
-               # ensure the right permissions as dpkg-deb ensists
+               # ensure the right permissions as dpkg-deb insists
                chmod 755 ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/DEBIAN
-               if ! dpkg-deb -Z${COMPRESS_TYPE} --build ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp ${BUILDDIR}/.. >$LOG 2>&1; then
-                       cat $LOG
-                       false
-               fi
-               rm $LOG
+               testsuccess --nomsg dpkg-deb -Z${COMPRESS_TYPE} --build ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp ${BUILDDIR}/..
                echo "pool/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb" >> ${BUILDDIR}/../${RELEASE}.${DISTSECTION}.pkglist
        done
 
-       mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}
-       cp ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog ${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}/
-       cp ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog ${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}.changelog
+       local CHANGEPATH="${BUILDDIR}/../${DISTSECTION}/${NM}/${NAME}/${NAME}_${VERSION}"
+       mkdir -p $CHANGEPATH
+       cp ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog $CHANGEPATH
        rm -rf "${BUILDDIR}"
        msgdone "info"
 }
@@ -551,15 +704,13 @@ buildpackage() {
        local ARCH=$(getarchitecture $4)
        local PKGNAME="$(echo "$BUILDDIR" | grep -o '[^/]*$')"
        local BUILDLOG="$(readlink -f "${BUILDDIR}/../${PKGNAME}_${RELEASE}_${SECTION}.dpkg-bp.log")"
-       msgninfo "Build package ${PKGNAME} for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}… "
+       msgtest "Build package for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}" "$PKGNAME"
        cd $BUILDDIR
        if [ "$ARCH" = "all" ]; then
                ARCH="$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH 2> /dev/null)"
        fi
-       if ! dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -a$ARCH >$BUILDLOG 2>&1 ; then
-               cat $BUILDLOG
-               false
-       fi
+       testsuccess --nomsg dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -a$ARCH
+       cp ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testsuccess.output $BUILDLOG
        local PKGS="$(grep '^dpkg-deb: building package' $BUILDLOG | cut -d'/' -f 2 | sed -e "s#'\.##")"
        local SRCS="$(grep '^dpkg-source: info: building' $BUILDLOG | grep -o '[a-z0-9._+~-]*$')"
        cd - > /dev/null
@@ -569,7 +720,6 @@ buildpackage() {
        for SRC in $SRCS; do
                echo "pool/${SRC}" >> ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${RELEASE}.${SECTION}.srclist
        done
-       msgdone "info"
 }
 
 buildaptarchive() {
@@ -582,12 +732,8 @@ buildaptarchive() {
 
 createaptftparchiveconfig() {
        local COMPRESSORS="$(cut -d'    ' -f 1 ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/testcase-compressor.conf | tr '\n' ' ')"
-       COMPRESSORS="${COMPRESSORS%* }"
-       local ARCHS="$(find pool/ -name '*.deb' | grep -oE '_[a-z0-9-]+\.deb$' | sort | uniq | sed -e '/^_all.deb$/ d' -e 's#^_\([a-z0-9-]*\)\.deb$#\1#' | tr '\n' ' ')"
-       if [ -z "$ARCHS" ]; then
-               # the pool is empty, so we will operate on faked packages - let us use the configured archs
-               ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
-       fi
+       local COMPRESSORS="${COMPRESSORS%* }"
+       local ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
        echo -n 'Dir {
        ArchiveDir "' >> ftparchive.conf
        echo -n $(readlink -f .) >> ftparchive.conf
@@ -714,19 +860,25 @@ insertsource() {
        local ARCH="$3"
        local VERSION="$4"
        local DEPENDENCIES="$5"
+        local BINARY="${6:-$NAME}"
        local ARCHS=""
        local SPATH="aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/source"
        mkdir -p $SPATH
        local FILE="${SPATH}/Sources"
+       local DSCFILE="${NAME}_${VERSION}.dsc"
+       local TARFILE="${NAME}_${VERSION}.tar.gz"
        echo "Package: $NAME
-Binary: $NAME
+Binary: $BINARY
 Version: $VERSION
 Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
 Architecture: $ARCH" >> $FILE
        test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> $FILE
        echo "Files:
- d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e 0 ${NAME}_${VERSION}.dsc
- d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e 0 ${NAME}_${VERSION}.tar.gz
+ $(echo -n "$DSCFILE" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f 1) $(echo -n "$DSCFILE" | wc -c) $DSCFILE
+ $(echo -n "$TARFILE" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f 1) $(echo -n "$TARFILE" | wc -c) $TARFILE
+Checksums-Sha256:
+ $(echo -n "$DSCFILE" | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f 1) $(echo -n "$DSCFILE" | wc -c) $DSCFILE
+ $(echo -n "$TARFILE" | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f 1) $(echo -n "$TARFILE" | wc -c) $TARFILE
 " >> $FILE
 }
 
@@ -772,7 +924,7 @@ buildaptarchivefromincoming() {
        [ -e ftparchive.conf ] || createaptftparchiveconfig
        [ -e dists ] || buildaptftparchivedirectorystructure
        msgninfo "\tGenerate Packages, Sources and Contents files… "
-       aptftparchive -qq generate ftparchive.conf
+       testsuccess aptftparchive generate ftparchive.conf
        cd - > /dev/null
        msgdone "info"
        generatereleasefiles "$@"
@@ -780,7 +932,9 @@ buildaptarchivefromincoming() {
 
 buildaptarchivefromfiles() {
        msginfo "Build APT archive for ${CCMD}$(basename $0)${CINFO} based on prebuild files…"
-       find aptarchive -name 'Packages' -o -name 'Sources' -o -name 'Translation-*' | while read line; do
+       local DIR='aptarchive'
+       if [ -d "${DIR}/dists" ]; then DIR="${DIR}/dists"; fi
+       find "$DIR" -name 'Packages' -o -name 'Sources' -o -name 'Translation-*' | while read line; do
                msgninfo "\t${line} file… "
                compressfile "$line" "$1"
                msgdone "info"
@@ -812,6 +966,7 @@ getcodenamefromsuite() {
 }
 getreleaseversionfromsuite() { true; }
 getlabelfromsuite() { true; }
+getoriginfromsuite() { true; }
 
 generatereleasefiles() {
        # $1 is the Date header and $2 is the ValidUntil header to be set
@@ -823,16 +978,21 @@ generatereleasefiles() {
                        local CODENAME="$(getcodenamefromsuite $SUITE)"
                        local VERSION="$(getreleaseversionfromsuite $SUITE)"
                        local LABEL="$(getlabelfromsuite $SUITE)"
+                       local ORIGIN="$(getoriginfromsuite $SUITE)"
                        if [ -n "$VERSION" ]; then
                                VERSION="-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Version=${VERSION}"
                        fi
                        if [ -n "$LABEL" ]; then
                                LABEL="-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Label=${LABEL}"
                        fi
+                       if [ -n "$ORIGIN" ]; then
+                               ORIGIN="-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin=${ORIGIN}"
+                       fi
                        aptftparchive -qq release $dir \
                                -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Suite="${SUITE}" \
                                -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Codename="${CODENAME}" \
                                ${LABEL} \
+                               ${ORIGIN} \
                                ${VERSION} \
                                        | sed -e '/0 Release$/ d' > $dir/Release # remove the self reference
                        if [ "$SUITE" = "experimental" -o "$SUITE" = "experimental2" ]; then
@@ -950,7 +1110,17 @@ signreleasefiles() {
        msgdone "info"
 }
 
+redatereleasefiles() {
+       local DATE="$(date -d "$1" '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')"
+       for release in $(find aptarchive/ -name 'Release'); do
+               sed -i "s/^Date: .*$/Date: ${DATE}/" $release
+               touch -d "$DATE" $release
+       done
+       signreleasefiles "${2:-Joe Sixpack}"
+}
+
 webserverconfig() {
+       local WEBSERVER="${3:-http://localhost:8080}"
        local NOCHECK=false
        if [ "$1" = '--no-check' ]; then
                NOCHECK=true
@@ -962,16 +1132,17 @@ webserverconfig() {
        local URI
        if [ -n "$2" ]; then
                msgtest "Set webserver config option '${1}' to" "$2"
-               URI="http://localhost:8080/_config/set/${1}/${2}"
+               URI="${WEBSERVER}/_config/set/${1}/${2}"
        else
                msgtest 'Clear webserver config option' "${1}"
-               URI="http://localhost:8080/_config/clear/${1}"
+               URI="${WEBSERVER}/_config/clear/${1}"
        fi
        if downloadfile "$URI" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG"; then
                msgpass
        else
-               cat "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS" || true
-               msgfail
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/webserverconfig.output"
+               cat "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
        fi
        $NOCHECK || testwebserverlaststatuscode '200'
 }
@@ -1070,9 +1241,11 @@ acquire::cdrom::autodetect 0;" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00cdrom
 }
 
 downloadfile() {
-       local PROTO="$(echo "$1" | cut -d':' -f 1 )"
-       apthelper -o Debug::Acquire::${PROTO}=1 \
-               download-file "$1" "$2" 2>&1 || true
+       local PROTO="${1%%:*}"
+       if ! apthelper -o Debug::Acquire::${PROTO}=1 -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker=1 \
+               download-file "$1" "$2" "$3" 2>&1 ; then
+               return 1
+       fi
        # only if the file exists the download was successful
        if [ -r "$2" ]; then
                return 0
@@ -1092,31 +1265,55 @@ checkdiff() {
        fi
 }
 
+testoutputequal() {
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testoutputequal.output"
+       local COMPAREFILE="$1"
+       shift
+       if "$@" 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1; then
+               msgpass
+       else
+               echo "=== content of file we compared with (${COMPAREFILE}) ===" >>"${OUTPUT}"
+               cat "$COMPAREFILE" >>"${OUTPUT}"
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+       fi
+}
+
 testfileequal() {
+       msggroup 'testfileequal'
+       local MSG='Test for correctness of file'
+       if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+               MSG=''
+               shift
+       fi
        local FILE="$1"
        shift
-       msgtest "Test for correctness of file" "$FILE"
+       if [ -n "$MSG" ]; then
+               msgtest "$MSG" "$FILE"
+       fi
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfileequal.output"
        if [ -z "$*" ]; then
-               echo -n "" | checkdiff $FILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+               testoutputequal "$FILE" echo -n ''
        else
-               echo "$*" | checkdiff $FILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+               testoutputequal "$FILE" echo "$*"
        fi
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testempty() {
+       msggroup 'testempty'
        msgtest "Test for no output of" "$*"
        local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testempty.comparefile"
-       if "$@" >$COMPAREFILE 2>&1 && test ! -s $COMPAREFILE; then
+       if ("$@" >$COMPAREFILE 2>&1 || true) && test ! -s $COMPAREFILE; then
                msgpass
        else
-               echo
-               cat $COMPAREFILE
-               msgfail
+               msgfailoutput '' "$COMPAREFILE" "$@"
        fi
        aptautotest 'testempty' "$@"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testequal() {
+       msggroup 'testequal'
        local MSG='Test of equality of'
        if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
                MSG=''
@@ -1130,11 +1327,13 @@ testequal() {
        if [ -n "$MSG" ]; then
                msgtest "$MSG" "$*"
        fi
-       "$@" 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+       testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" "$@"
        aptautotest 'testequal' "$@"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testequalor2() {
+       msggroup 'testequalor2'
        local COMPAREFILE1="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.comparefile1"
        local COMPAREFILE2="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.comparefile2"
        local COMPAREAGAINST="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.compareagainst"
@@ -1148,16 +1347,19 @@ testequalor2() {
        then
                msgpass
        else
-               echo -n "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 1${CNORMAL}"
-               checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST || true
-               echo -n "${CINFO}Diff against OR 2${CNORMAL}"
-               checkdiff $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST || true
-               msgfail
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequal.output"
+               echo -n "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 1${CNORMAL}" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+               checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE1" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+               echo -n "${CINFO}Diff against OR 2${CNORMAL}" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+               checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE2" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
        fi
        aptautotest 'testequalor2' "$@"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testshowvirtual() {
+       msggroup 'testshowvirtual'
        local VIRTUAL="N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it is purely virtual"
        local PACKAGE="$1"
        shift
@@ -1172,47 +1374,58 @@ N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it is purely virtual"
 N: No packages found"
        local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testshowvirtual.comparefile"
        local ARCH="$(getarchitecture 'native')"
-       echo "$VIRTUAL" | sed -e "s/:$ARCH//" -e 's/:all//' > $COMPAREFILE
-       aptcache show -q=0 $PACKAGE 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+       echo "$VIRTUAL" | sed -e "s/:$ARCH//" -e 's/:all//' >"$COMPAREFILE"
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testshowvirtual.output"
+       testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" aptcache show -q=0 "$PACKAGE"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testnopackage() {
+       msggroup 'testnopackage'
        msgtest "Test for non-existent packages" "apt-cache show $*"
        local SHOWPKG="$(aptcache show "$@" 2>&1 | grep '^Package: ')"
        if [ -n "$SHOWPKG" ]; then
-               echo >&2
-               echo >&2 "$SHOWPKG"
-               msgfail
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testnopackage.output"
+               echo "$SHOWPKG" >"$OUTPUT"
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
        else
                msgpass
        fi
+       msggroup
 }
 
-testdpkginstalled() {
-       msgtest "Test for correctly installed package(s) with" "dpkg -l $*"
-       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l "$@" 2>/dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
-       if [ "$PKGS" != $# ]; then
-               echo >&2 $PKGS
-               dpkg -l "$@" | grep '^[a-z]' >&2
-               msgfail
+testdpkgstatus() {
+       msggroup 'testdpkgstatus'
+       local STATE="$1"
+       local NR="$2"
+       shift 2
+       msgtest "Test that $NR package(s) are in state $STATE with" "dpkg -l $*"
+       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l "$@" 2>/dev/null | grep "^${STATE}" | wc -l)"
+       if [ "$PKGS" != $NR ]; then
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testnopackage.output"
+               echo "$PKGS" >"$OUTPUT"
+               dpkg -l "$@" | grep '^[a-z]' >"$OUTPUT" >&2 || true
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
        else
                msgpass
        fi
+       msggroup
+}
+
+testdpkginstalled() {
+       msggroup 'testdpkginstalled'
+       testdpkgstatus 'ii' "$#" "$@"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testdpkgnotinstalled() {
-       msgtest "Test for correctly not-installed package(s) with" "dpkg -l $*"
-       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l "$@" 2> /dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
-       if [ "$PKGS" != 0 ]; then
-               echo
-               dpkg -l "$@" | grep '^[a-z]' >&2
-               msgfail
-       else
-               msgpass
-       fi
+       msggroup 'testdpkgnotinstalled'
+       testdpkgstatus 'ii' '0' "$@"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testmarkedauto() {
+       msggroup 'testmarkedauto'
        local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testmarkedauto.comparefile"
        if [ -n "$1" ]; then
                msgtest 'Test for correctly marked as auto-installed' "$*"
@@ -1221,26 +1434,46 @@ testmarkedauto() {
                msgtest 'Test for correctly marked as auto-installed' 'no package'
                echo -n > $COMPAREFILE
        fi
-       aptmark showauto 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+       testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" aptmark showauto
+       msggroup
+}
+testmarkedmanual() {
+       msggroup 'testmarkedmanual'
+       local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testmarkedmanual.comparefile"
+       if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+               msgtest 'Test for correctly marked as manually installed' "$*"
+               while [ -n "$1" ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done | sort > $COMPAREFILE
+       else
+               msgtest 'Test for correctly marked as manually installed' 'no package'
+               echo -n > $COMPAREFILE
+       fi
+       testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" aptmark showmanual
+       msggroup
 }
 
 msgfailoutput() {
+       msgreportheader 'msgfailoutput'
        local MSG="$1"
        local OUTPUT="$2"
        shift 2
-       echo >&2
        if [ "$1" = 'grep' ]; then
+               echo >&2
                while [ -n "$2" ]; do shift; done
                echo "#### Complete file: $1 ####"
                cat >&2 "$1" || true
                echo '#### grep output ####'
        elif [ "$1" = 'test' ]; then
+               echo >&2
                # doesn't support ! or non-file flags
                msgfailoutputstatfile() {
                        local FILEFLAGS='^-[bcdefgGhkLOprsStuwx]$'
                        if expr match "$1" "$FILEFLAGS" >/dev/null; then
                                echo "#### stat(2) of file: $2 ####"
                                stat "$2" || true
+                               if test -e "$2"; then
+                                       echo "#### Complete file: $2 ####"
+                                       cat >&2 "$2" || true
+                               fi
                        fi
                }
                msgfailoutputstatfile "$2" "$3"
@@ -1255,6 +1488,7 @@ msgfailoutput() {
 }
 
 testsuccess() {
+       msggroup 'testsuccess'
        if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
                shift
        else
@@ -1265,8 +1499,17 @@ testsuccess() {
                if expr match "$1" '^apt.*' >/dev/null; then
                        if grep -q -E ' runtime error: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
                                msgfailoutput 'compiler detected undefined behavior' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
-                       elif grep -q -E '^[WE]: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
-                               msgfailoutput 'successful run, but output contains warnings/errors' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                       elif grep -E '^[WE]: ' "$OUTPUT" > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/checkforwarnings.output" 2>&1; then
+                               if [ "$IGNORE_PTY_NOT_MOUNTED" = '1' ]; then
+                                       if echo 'E: Can not write log (Is /dev/pts mounted?) - posix_openpt (2: No such file or directory)' \
+                                               | cmp - "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/checkforwarnings.output" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                                               msgpass
+                                       else
+                                               msgfailoutput 'successful run, but output contains warnings/errors' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                                       fi
+                               else
+                                       msgfailoutput 'successful run, but output contains warnings/errors' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                               fi
                        else
                                msgpass
                        fi
@@ -1278,14 +1521,16 @@ testsuccess() {
                msgfailoutput "exitcode $EXITCODE" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
        fi
        aptautotest 'testsuccess' "$@"
+       msggroup
 }
 testwarning() {
+       msggroup 'testwarning'
        if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
                shift
        else
                msgtest 'Test for successful execution with warnings of' "$*"
        fi
-       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testsuccess.output"
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testwarning.output"
        if "$@" >${OUTPUT} 2>&1; then
                if expr match "$1" '^apt.*' >/dev/null; then
                        if grep -q -E ' runtime error: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
@@ -1302,13 +1547,13 @@ testwarning() {
                fi
        else
                local EXITCODE=$?
-               echo >&2
-               cat >&2 $OUTPUT
-               msgfail "exitcode $EXITCODE"
+               msgfailoutput "exitcode $EXITCODE" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
        fi
        aptautotest 'testwarning' "$@"
+       msggroup
 }
 testfailure() {
+       msggroup 'testfailure'
        if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
                shift
        else
@@ -1321,37 +1566,93 @@ testfailure() {
        else
                local EXITCODE=$?
                if expr match "$1" '^apt.*' >/dev/null; then
-                       if grep -q -E ' runtime error: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
-                               msgfailoutput 'compiler detected undefined behavior' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
-                       elif ! grep -q -E '^E: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
-                               msgfailoutput "run failed with exitcode ${EXITCODE}, but with no errors" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                       if [ "$1" = 'aptkey' ]; then
+                               if grep -q -E " Can't check signature: " "$OUTPUT" || \
+                                       grep -q -E " BAD signature from " "$OUTPUT"; then
+                                       msgpass
+                               else
+                                       msgfailoutput "run failed with exitcode ${EXITCODE}, but no signature error" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                               fi
                        else
-                               msgpass
+                               if grep -q -E ' runtime error: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
+                                       msgfailoutput 'compiler detected undefined behavior' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                               elif grep -q -E '==ERROR' "$OUTPUT"; then
+                                       msgfailoutput 'compiler sanitizers reported errors' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                               elif ! grep -q -E '^E: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
+                                       msgfailoutput "run failed with exitcode ${EXITCODE}, but with no errors" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                               else
+                                       msgpass
+                               fi
                        fi
                else
                        msgpass
                fi
        fi
        aptautotest 'testfailure' "$@"
+       msggroup
+}
+
+testsuccessequal() {
+       msggroup 'testsuccessequal'
+       local CMP="$1"
+       shift
+       testsuccess "$@"
+       testfileequal "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testsuccess.output" "$CMP"
+       msggroup
+}
+testwarningequal() {
+       msggroup 'testwarningequal'
+       local CMP="$1"
+       shift
+       testwarning "$@"
+       testfileequal "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testwarning.output" "$CMP"
+       msggroup
+}
+testfailureequal() {
+       msggroup 'testfailureequal'
+       local CMP="$1"
+       shift
+       testfailure "$@"
+       testfileequal "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfailure.output" "$CMP"
+       msggroup
+}
+
+testfailuremsg() {
+       msggroup 'testfailuremsg'
+       local CMP="$1"
+       shift
+       testfailure "$@"
+       msgtest 'Check that the output of the previous failed command has expected' 'failures and warnings'
+       local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfailuremsg.comparefile"
+       grep '^\(W\|E\):' "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfailure.output" > "$COMPAREFILE" 2>&1 || true
+       testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" echo "$CMP"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testfilestats() {
+       msggroup 'testfilestats'
        msgtest "Test that file $1 has $2 $3" "$4"
        if [ "$4" "$3" "$(stat --format "$2" "$1")" ]; then
                msgpass
        else
-               echo >&2
-               ls -l >&2 "$1"
-               echo -n >&2 "stat(1) reports for $2: "
-               stat --format "$2" "$1"
-               msgfail
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfilestats.output"
+               {
+                       ls -ld "$1" || true
+                       echo -n "stat(1) reports for $2: "
+                       stat --format "$2" "$1" || true
+               } >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
        fi
+       msggroup
 }
 testaccessrights() {
+       msggroup 'testaccessrights'
        testfilestats "$1" '%a' '=' "$2"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testwebserverlaststatuscode() {
+       msggroup 'testwebserverlaststatuscode'
        local DOWNLOG='rootdir/tmp/webserverstatus-testfile.log'
        local STATUS='downloaded/webserverstatus-statusfile.log'
        rm -f "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS"
@@ -1359,16 +1660,19 @@ testwebserverlaststatuscode() {
        if downloadfile "http://localhost:8080/_config/find/aptwebserver::last-status-code" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG" && [ "$(cat "$STATUS")" = "$1" ]; then
                msgpass
        else
-               echo >&2
-               if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-                       shift
-                       echo >&2 '#### Additionally provided output files contain:'
-                       cat >&2 "$@"
-               fi
-               echo >&2 '#### Download log of the status code:'
-               cat >&2 "$DOWNLOG"
-               msgfail "Status was $(cat "$STATUS")"
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testwebserverlaststatuscode.output"
+               {
+                       if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+                               shift
+                               echo >&2 '#### Additionally provided output files contain:'
+                               cat >&2 "$@"
+                       fi
+                       echo >&2 '#### Download log of the status code:'
+                       cat >&2 "$DOWNLOG"
+               } >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+               msgfailoutput "Status was $(cat "$STATUS")" "$OUTPUT"
        fi
+       msggroup
 }
 
 pause() {
@@ -1378,12 +1682,32 @@ pause() {
 }
 
 listcurrentlistsdirectory() {
-       find rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read line; do
-               stat --format '%U:%G:%a:%n' "$line"
-       done
-       find rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists -maxdepth 1 \! -type d | while read line; do
-               stat --format '%U:%G:%a:%s:%y:%n' "$line"
-       done
+       {
+               find rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read line; do
+                       stat --format '%U:%G:%a:%n' "$line"
+               done
+               find rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists -maxdepth 1 \! -type d | while read line; do
+                       stat --format '%U:%G:%a:%s:%y:%n' "$line"
+               done
+       } | sort
+}
+
+### convenience hacks ###
+mkdir() {
+       # creating some directories by hand is a tedious task, so make it look simple
+       if [ "$*" = '-p rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists' ] || [ "$*" = "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists" ] ||
+          [ "$*" = '-p rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/partial' ] || [ "$*" = "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/partial" ]; then
+               # only the last directory created by mkdir is effected by the -m !
+               command mkdir -m 755 -p "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt"
+               command mkdir -m 755 -p "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists"
+               command mkdir -m 700 -p "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/partial"
+               touch "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/lock"
+               if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
+                       chown _apt:root "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/partial"
+               fi
+       else
+               command mkdir "$@"
+       fi
 }
 
 ### The following tests are run by most test methods automatically to check
@@ -1409,10 +1733,39 @@ aptautotest() {
 }
 
 aptautotest_aptget_update() {
+       local TESTCALL="$1"
+       while [ -n "$2" ]; do
+               if [ "$2" = '--print-uris' ]; then return; fi # simulation mode
+               shift
+       done
        if ! test -d "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists"; then return; fi
+       testfilestats "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt" '%U:%G:%a' '=' "${TEST_DEFAULT_USER}:${TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP}:755"
+       testfilestats "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists" '%U:%G:%a' '=' "${TEST_DEFAULT_USER}:${TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP}:755"
        # all copied files are properly chmodded
-       for file in $(find "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists" -maxdepth 1 -type f ! -name 'lock'); do
-               testfilestats "$file" '%U:%G:%a' '=' "${USER}:${USER}:644"
+       for file in $(find "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists" -type f ! -name 'lock'); do
+               testfilestats "$file" '%U:%G:%a' '=' "${TEST_DEFAULT_USER}:${TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP}:644"
        done
+       if [ "$TESTCALL" = 'testsuccess' ]; then
+               # failure cases can retain partial files and such
+               testempty find "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/partial" -mindepth 1 ! \( -name 'lock' -o -name '*.FAILED' \)
+       fi
 }
 aptautotest_apt_update() { aptautotest_aptget_update "$@"; }
+aptautotest_aptcdrom_add() { aptautotest_aptget_update "$@"; }
+
+testaptautotestnodpkgwarning() {
+       local TESTCALL="$1"
+       while [ -n "$2" ]; do
+               if expr match "$2" '^-[a-z]*s' >/dev/null 2>&1; then return; fi # simulation mode
+               if expr match "$2" '^-dy\?' >/dev/null 2>&1; then return; fi # download-only mode
+               shift
+       done
+       testfailure grep '^dpkg: warning:.*ignor.*' "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-before/${TESTCALL}.output"
+}
+
+aptautotest_aptget_install() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_aptget_remove() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_aptget_purge() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_apt_install() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_apt_remove() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_apt_purge() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }