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Merge remote-tracking branch 'mvo/bugfix/apt-list-rc-pkgs' into debian/sid
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index 6620c78dde2259bc151969bd8111432f996a78b2..3b900a96086496b3e869551e2deb5a6ff023e92c 100644 (file)
@@ -3,40 +3,46 @@
 EXIT_CODE=0
 
 # we all like colorful messages
-if expr match "$(readlink -f /proc/$$/fd/1)" '/dev/pts/[0-9]\+' > /dev/null && \
-   expr match "$(readlink -f /proc/$$/fd/2)" '/dev/pts/[0-9]\+' > /dev/null; then
-       CERROR="\e[1;31m" # red
-       CWARNING="\e[1;33m" # yellow
-       CMSG="\e[1;32m" # green
-       CINFO="\e[1;96m" # light blue
-       CDEBUG="\e[1;94m" # blue
-       CNORMAL="\e[0;39m" # default system console color
-       CDONE="\e[1;32m" # green
-       CPASS="\e[1;32m" # green
-       CFAIL="\e[1;31m" # red
-       CCMD="\e[1;35m" # pink
+if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ]; then
+       if ! expr match "$(readlink -f /proc/$$/fd/1)" '/dev/pts/[0-9]\+' > /dev/null; then
+               export MSGCOLOR='NO'
+       fi
+fi
+
+
+if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ]; then
+       CERROR="\033[1;31m" # red
+       CWARNING="\033[1;33m" # yellow
+       CMSG="\033[1;32m" # green
+       CINFO="\033[1;96m" # light blue
+       CDEBUG="\033[1;94m" # blue
+       CNORMAL="\033[0;39m" # default system console color
+       CDONE="\033[1;32m" # green
+       CPASS="\033[1;32m" # green
+       CFAIL="\033[1;31m" # red
+       CCMD="\033[1;35m" # pink
 fi
 
 msgdie() { echo "${CERROR}E: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; exit 1; }
 msgwarn() { echo "${CWARNING}W: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgmsg() { echo "${CMSG}$1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msginfo() { echo "${CINFO}I: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgdebug() { echo "${CDEBUG}D: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgdone() { echo "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
+msgmsg() { echo "${CMSG}$1${CNORMAL}"; }
+msginfo() { echo "${CINFO}I: $1${CNORMAL}"; }
+msgdebug() { echo "${CDEBUG}D: $1${CNORMAL}"; }
+msgdone() { echo "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}"; }
 msgnwarn() { echo -n "${CWARNING}W: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgnmsg() { echo -n "${CMSG}$1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgninfo() { echo -n "${CINFO}I: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgndebug() { echo -n "${CDEBUG}D: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
+msgnmsg() { echo -n "${CMSG}$1${CNORMAL}"; }
+msgninfo() { echo -n "${CINFO}I: $1${CNORMAL}"; }
+msgndebug() { echo -n "${CDEBUG}D: $1${CNORMAL}"; }
 msgtest() {
        while [ -n "$1" ]; do
-               echo -n "${CINFO}$1${CCMD} " >&2;
-               echo -n "$(echo "$2" | sed -e 's/^aptc/apt-c/' -e 's/^aptg/apt-g/' -e 's/^aptf/apt-f/')${CINFO} " >&2;
+               echo -n "${CINFO}$1${CCMD} "
+               echo -n "$(echo "$2" | sed -e 's/^aptc/apt-c/' -e 's/^aptg/apt-g/' -e 's/^aptf/apt-f/')${CINFO} "
                shift
                if [ -n "$1" ]; then shift; else break; fi
        done
-       echo -n "…${CNORMAL} " >&2;
+       echo -n "…${CNORMAL} "
 }
-msgpass() { echo "${CPASS}PASS${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
+msgpass() { echo "${CPASS}PASS${CNORMAL}"; }
 msgskip() { echo "${CWARNING}SKIP${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
 msgfail() {
        if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "${CFAIL}FAIL: $*${CNORMAL}" >&2;
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 2 ]; then
        msgmsg() { true; }
        msgnmsg() { true; }
        msgtest() { true; }
-       msgpass() { echo -n " ${CPASS}P${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
+       msgpass() { echo -n " ${CPASS}P${CNORMAL}"; }
        msgskip() { echo -n " ${CWARNING}S${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
        if [ -n "$CFAIL" ]; then
                msgfail() { echo -n " ${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}" >&2; EXIT_CODE=$((EXIT_CODE+1)); }
@@ -81,49 +87,55 @@ msgdone() {
           [ "$1" = "die" -a $MSGLEVEL -le 0 ]; then
                true;
        else
-               echo "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}" >&2;
+               echo "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}";
        fi
 }
-
-runapt() {
-       msgdebug "Executing: ${CCMD}$*${CDEBUG} "
+getaptconfig() {
        if [ -f ./aptconfig.conf ]; then
-               MALLOC_PERTURB_=21 MALLOC_CHECK_=2 APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$*
+            echo "./aptconfig.conf"
        elif [ -f ../aptconfig.conf ]; then
-               MALLOC_PERTURB_=21 MALLOC_CHECK_=2 APT_CONFIG=../aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$*
-       else
-               MALLOC_PERTURB_=21 MALLOC_CHECK_=2 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$*
-       fi
+            echo "../aptconfig.conf"
+        fi
 }
-aptconfig() { runapt apt-config $*; }
-aptcache() { runapt apt-cache $*; }
-aptcdrom() { runapt apt-cdrom $*; }
-aptget() { runapt apt-get $*; }
-apt() { runapt apt $*; }
-aptftparchive() { runapt apt-ftparchive $*; }
-aptkey() { runapt apt-key $*; }
-aptmark() { runapt apt-mark $*; }
-aptwebserver() {
-  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR} ${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver $*;
+runapt() {
+       msgdebug "Executing: ${CCMD}$*${CDEBUG} "
+       local CMD="$1"
+       shift
+       case $CMD in
+       sh|aptitude|*/*) ;;
+       *) CMD="${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD";;
+       esac
+       MALLOC_PERTURB_=21 MALLOC_CHECK_=2 APT_CONFIG="$(getaptconfig)" LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} $CMD "$@"
 }
+aptconfig() { runapt apt-config "$@"; }
+aptcache() { runapt apt-cache "$@"; }
+aptcdrom() { runapt apt-cdrom "$@"; }
+aptget() { runapt apt-get "$@"; }
+aptftparchive() { runapt apt-ftparchive "$@"; }
+aptkey() { runapt apt-key "$@"; }
+aptmark() { runapt apt-mark "$@"; }
+apt() { runapt apt "$@"; }
+apthelper() { runapt "${APTHELPERBINDIR}/apt-helper" "$@"; }
+aptwebserver() { runapt "${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver" "$@"; }
+aptitude() { runapt aptitude "$@"; }
+aptextracttemplates() { runapt apt-extracttemplates "$@"; }
+
 dpkg() {
-       $(which dpkg) --root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir --force-not-root --force-bad-path --log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log $*
+       command dpkg --root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir --force-not-root --force-bad-path --log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log "$@"
 }
-aptitude() {
-       if [ -f ./aptconfig.conf ]; then
-               APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY}  $(which aptitude) $*
-       elif [ -f ../aptconfig.conf ]; then
-               APT_CONFIG=../aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} $(which aptitude) $*
-       else
-               LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY}  $(which aptitude) $*
-       fi
+dpkgcheckbuilddeps() {
+       command dpkg-checkbuilddeps --admindir=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg "$@"
 }
 gdb() {
        echo "gdb: run »$*«"
-       APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} $(which gdb) ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$1 --args $*
+       APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LIBRARYPATH} command gdb ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$1 --args "$@"
 }
-http() {
-       LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods/http
+gpg() {
+       # see apt-key for the whole trickery. Setup is done in setupenvironment
+       command gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring \
+               --homedir "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/gnupghome" \
+               --no-auto-check-trustdb --trust-model always \
+               "$@"
 }
 
 exitwithstatus() {
@@ -161,7 +173,9 @@ setupenvironment() {
 
         # allow overriding the default BUILDDIR location
        BUILDDIRECTORY=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_BUILD_DIR:-"${TESTDIRECTORY}/../../build/bin"}
+       LIBRARYPATH=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_LIBRARY_PATH:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}
         METHODSDIR=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_METHODS_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods"}
+        APTHELPERBINDIR=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_LIBEXEC_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}
         APTWEBSERVERBINDIR=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_WEBSERVER_BIN_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}
        test -x "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-get" || msgdie "You need to build tree first"
         # -----
@@ -171,11 +185,18 @@ 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 var/cache var/lib var/log
+       mkdir -p var/cache var/lib/apt 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
-       ln -s ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods usr/lib/apt/methods
+       ln -s ${METHODSDIR} usr/lib/apt/methods
+        # use the autoremove from the BUILDDIRECTORY if its there, otherwise
+        # system
+        if [ -e ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/../../debian/apt.conf.autoremove ]; then
+           ln -s ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/../../debian/apt.conf.autoremove etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove
+        else
+           ln -s /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove
+        fi
        cd ..
        local PACKAGESFILE=$(echo "$(basename $0)" | sed -e 's/^test-/Packages-/' -e 's/^skip-/Packages-/')
        if [ -f "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${PACKAGESFILE}" ]; then
@@ -197,16 +218,34 @@ setupenvironment() {
        echo "DPKG::options:: \"--root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-not-root\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-bad-path\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       if ! $(which dpkg) --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+       if ! command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-architecture\";" >> aptconfig.conf # Added to test multiarch before dpkg is ready for it…
        fi
        echo "DPKG::options:: \"--log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo 'quiet::NoUpdate "true";' >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "Acquire::https::CaInfo \"${TESTDIR}/apt.pem\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99https
         echo "Apt::Cmd::Disable-Script-Warning \"1\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/apt-binary
-       export LC_ALL=C
-       export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
        configcompression '.' 'gz' #'bz2' 'lzma' 'xz'
+
+       # gpg needs a trustdb to function, but it can't be invalid (not even empty)
+       # see also apt-key where this trickery comes from:
+       local TRUSTDBDIR="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/gnupghome"
+       mkdir "$TRUSTDBDIR"
+       chmod 700 "$TRUSTDBDIR"
+       # We also don't use a secret keyring, of course, but gpg panics and
+       # implodes if there isn't one available - and writeable for imports
+       local SECRETKEYRING="${TRUSTDBDIR}/secring.gpg"
+       touch $SECRETKEYRING
+       # now create the trustdb with an (empty) dummy keyring
+       # newer gpg versions are fine without it, but play it safe for now
+       gpg --quiet --check-trustdb --secret-keyring $SECRETKEYRING --keyring $SECRETKEYRING >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+       # cleanup the environment a bit
+       export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+       export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+       unset LANGUAGE APT_CONFIG
+       unset GREP_OPTIONS DEB_BUILD_PROFILES
+
        msgdone "info"
 }
 
@@ -227,6 +266,10 @@ getarchitectures() {
        echo "$(aptconfig dump | grep APT::Architecture | cut -d'"' -f 2 | sed '/^$/ d' | sort | uniq | tr '\n' ' ')"
 }
 
+getarchitecturesfromcommalist() {
+       echo "$1" | sed -e 's#,#\n#g' | sed -e "s/^native\$/$(getarchitecture 'native')/"
+}
+
 configarchitecture() {
        {
                echo "APT::Architecture \"$(getarchitecture $1)\";"
@@ -248,7 +291,7 @@ configdpkg() {
                fi
        fi
        rm -f rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00foreigndpkg
-       if $(which dpkg) --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+       if command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
                local ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
                if echo "$ARCHS" | grep -E -q '[^ ]+ [^ ]+'; then
                        DPKGARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
@@ -348,6 +391,7 @@ buildsimplenativepackage() {
        local SECTION="${7:-others}"
        local PRIORITY="${8:-optional}"
         local FILE_TREE="$9"
+        local COMPRESS_TYPE="${10:-gzip}"
        local DISTSECTION
        if [ "$SECTION" = "$(echo "$SECTION" | cut -d'/' -f 2)" ]; then
                DISTSECTION="main"
@@ -392,14 +436,14 @@ Package: $NAME" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
                | while read SRC; do
                echo "pool/${SRC}" >> ${BUILDDIR}/../${RELEASE}.${DISTSECTION}.srclist
 #              if expr match "${SRC}" '.*\.dsc' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-#                      gpg --yes --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring ./keys/joesixpack.sec \
+#                      gpg --yes --secret-keyring ./keys/joesixpack.sec \
 #                              --keyring ./keys/joesixpack.pub --default-key 'Joe Sixpack' \
 #                              --clearsign -o "${BUILDDIR}/../${SRC}.sign" "${BUILDDIR}/../$SRC"
 #                      mv "${BUILDDIR}/../${SRC}.sign" "${BUILDDIR}/../$SRC"
 #              fi
        done
 
-       for arch in $(echo "$ARCH" | sed -e 's#,#\n#g' | sed -e "s#^native\$#$(getarchitecture 'native')#"); do
+       for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
                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}
@@ -410,7 +454,14 @@ Package: $NAME" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
 
                (cd ${BUILDDIR}; dpkg-gencontrol -DArchitecture=$arch)
                (cd ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp; md5sum $(find usr/ -type f) > DEBIAN/md5sums)
-               dpkg-deb --build ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp ${BUILDDIR}/.. 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
+               local LOG="${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.dpkg-deb.log"
+               # ensure the right permissions as dpkg-deb ensists
+               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 $LOG
                echo "pool/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb" >> ${BUILDDIR}/../${RELEASE}.${DISTSECTION}.pkglist
        done
 
@@ -426,14 +477,19 @@ buildpackage() {
        local RELEASE=$2
        local SECTION=$3
        local ARCH=$(getarchitecture $4)
-       msgninfo "Build package $(echo "$BUILDDIR" | grep -o '[^/]*$') for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}… "
+       local PKGNAME="$(echo "$BUILDDIR" | grep -o '[^/]*$')"
+       local BUILDLOG="$(readlink -f "${BUILDDIR}/../${PKGNAME}_${RELEASE}_${SECTION}.dpkg-bp.log")"
+       msgninfo "Build package ${PKGNAME} for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}… "
        cd $BUILDDIR
        if [ "$ARCH" = "all" ]; then
                ARCH="$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH 2> /dev/null)"
        fi
-       local BUILT="$(dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -a$ARCH 2> /dev/null)"
-       local PKGS="$( echo "$BUILT" | grep '^dpkg-deb: building package' | cut -d'/' -f 2 | sed -e "s#'\.##")"
-       local SRCS="$( echo "$BUILT" | grep '^dpkg-source: info: building' | grep -o '[a-z0-9._+~-]*$')"
+       if ! dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -a$ARCH >$BUILDLOG 2>&1 ; then
+               cat $BUILDLOG
+               false
+       fi
+       local PKGS="$(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
        for PKG in $PKGS; do
                echo "pool/${PKG}" >> ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${RELEASE}.${SECTION}.pkglist
@@ -446,9 +502,9 @@ buildpackage() {
 
 buildaptarchive() {
        if [ -d incoming ]; then
-               buildaptarchivefromincoming $*
+               buildaptarchivefromincoming "$@"
        else
-               buildaptarchivefromfiles $*
+               buildaptarchivefromfiles "$@"
        fi
 }
 
@@ -542,7 +598,7 @@ insertpackage() {
  something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
  und used only by testcases and surf no other propose…"}"
        local ARCHS=""
-       for arch in $(echo "$ARCH" | sed -e 's#,#\n#g' | sed -e "s#^native\$#$(getarchitecture 'native')#"); do
+       for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
                if [ "$arch" = 'all' -o "$arch" = 'none' ]; then
                        ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
                else
@@ -604,7 +660,7 @@ insertinstalledpackage() {
 
        local FILE='rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status'
        local INFO='rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/info'
-       for arch in $(echo "$ARCH" | sed -e 's#,#\n#g' | sed -e "s#^native\$#$(getarchitecture 'native')#"); do
+       for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
                echo "Package: $NAME
 Status: $STATUS
 Priority: $PRIORITY
@@ -664,7 +720,12 @@ compressfile() {
 }
 
 # can be overridden by testcases for their pleasure
-getcodenamefromsuite() { echo -n "$1"; }
+getcodenamefromsuite() {
+       case "$1" in
+       unstable) echo 'sid';;
+       *) echo -n "$1";;
+       esac
+}
 getreleaseversionfromsuite() { true; }
 getlabelfromsuite() { true; }
 
@@ -761,7 +822,7 @@ setupaptarchive() {
 
 signreleasefiles() {
        local SIGNER="${1:-Joe Sixpack}"
-       local GPG="gpg --batch --yes --no-default-keyring --trustdb-name rootdir/etc/apt/trustdb.gpg"
+       local GPG="gpg --batch --yes"
        msgninfo "\tSign archive with $SIGNER key… "
        local REXKEY='keys/rexexpired'
        local SECEXPIREBAK="${REXKEY}.sec.bak"
@@ -805,18 +866,16 @@ signreleasefiles() {
 
 webserverconfig() {
        msgtest "Set webserver config option '${1}' to" "$2"
-       downloadfile "http://localhost:8080/_config/set/${1}/${2}" '/dev/null' >/dev/null
-       local DOWNLOG='download-testfile.log'
-       rm -f "$DOWNLOG"
-       local STATUS="$(mktemp)"
-       addtrap "rm $STATUS;"
-       downloadfile "http://localhost:8080/_config/find/aptwebserver::last-status-code" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG"
-       if [ "$(cat "$STATUS")" = '200' ]; then
+       local DOWNLOG='rootdir/tmp/download-testfile.log'
+       local STATUS='rootdir/tmp/webserverconfig.status'
+       rm -f "$STATUS" "$DOWNLOG"
+       if downloadfile "http://localhost:8080/_config/set/${1}/${2}" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG"; then
                msgpass
        else
-               cat >&2 "$DOWNLOG"
-               msgfail "Statuscode was $(cat "$STATUS")"
+               cat "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS"
+               msgfail
        fi
+       testwebserverlaststatuscode '200'
 }
 
 rewritesourceslist() {
@@ -826,16 +885,34 @@ rewritesourceslist() {
        done
 }
 
+# wait for up to 10s for a pid file to appear to avoid possible race
+# when a helper is started and dosn't write the PID quick enough
+waitforpidfile() {
+        local PIDFILE="$1"
+        for i in $(seq 10); do
+                if test -s "$PIDFILE"; then
+                        return 0
+                fi
+                sleep 1
+        done
+        msgdie "waiting for $PIDFILE failed"
+        return 1
+}
+
 changetowebserver() {
        if [ "$1" != '--no-rewrite' ]; then
                rewritesourceslist 'http://localhost:8080/'
        else
                shift
        fi
-       local LOG='/dev/null'
        if test -x ${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver; then
                cd aptarchive
-               aptwebserver -o aptwebserver::fork=1 "$@" >$LOG 2>&1
+               local LOG="webserver.log"
+               if ! aptwebserver -o aptwebserver::fork=1 "$@" >$LOG 2>&1 ; then
+                       cat $LOG
+                       false
+               fi
+                waitforpidfile aptwebserver.pid
                local PID="$(cat aptwebserver.pid)"
                if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
                        msgdie 'Could not fork aptwebserver successfully'
@@ -852,7 +929,7 @@ changetohttpswebserver() {
                msgdie 'You need to install stunnel4 for https testcases'
        fi
        if [ ! -e "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/aptwebserver.pid" ]; then
-               changetowebserver --no-rewrite
+               changetowebserver --no-rewrite "$@"
        fi
        echo "pid = ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid
 cert = ${TESTDIRECTORY}/apt.pem
@@ -863,7 +940,11 @@ accept = 4433
 connect = 8080
 " > ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/stunnel.conf
        stunnel4 "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/stunnel.conf"
+        waitforpidfile "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid"
        local PID="$(cat ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid)"
+        if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
+               msgdie 'Could not fork stunnel4 successfully'
+       fi
        addtrap 'prefix' "kill ${PID};"
        rewritesourceslist 'https://localhost:4433/'
 }
@@ -871,50 +952,29 @@ connect = 8080
 changetocdrom() {
        mkdir -p rootdir/media/cdrom/.disk
        local CD="$(readlink -f rootdir/media/cdrom)"
-       echo "acquire::cdrom::mount \"${CD}\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00cdrom
-       echo 'acquire::cdrom::autodetect 0;' >> rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00cdrom
+       echo "acquire::cdrom::mount \"${CD}\";
+acquire::cdrom::${CD}/::mount \"mv ${CD}-unmounted ${CD}\";
+acquire::cdrom::${CD}/::umount \"mv ${CD} ${CD}-unmounted\";
+acquire::cdrom::autodetect 0;" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00cdrom
        echo -n "$1" > ${CD}/.disk/info
        if [ ! -d aptarchive/dists ]; then
                msgdie 'Flat file archive cdroms can not be created currently'
                return 1
        fi
-       mv aptarchive/dists $CD
+       mv aptarchive/dists "$CD"
        ln -s "$(readlink -f ./incoming)" $CD/pool
        find rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ -name 'apt-test-*.list' -delete
+       # start with an unmounted disk
+       mv "${CD}" "${CD}-unmounted"
+       # we don't want the disk to be modifiable
+       addtrap 'prefix' "chmod -f -R +w $PWD/rootdir/media/cdrom/dists/ $PWD/rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists/ || true;"
+       chmod -R -w rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists
 }
 
 downloadfile() {
-       PROTO="$(echo "$1" | cut -d':' -f 1)"
-       local DOWNLOG="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/download.log"
-       rm -f "$DOWNLOG"
-       touch "$DOWNLOG"
-       {
-               echo "601 Configuration
-Config-Item: Acquire::https::CaInfo=${TESTDIR}/apt.pem
-Config-Item: Debug::Acquire::${PROTO}=1
-
-600 Acquire URI
-URI: $1
-Filename: ${2}
-"
-               # simple worker keeping stdin open until we are done (201) or error (400)
-               # and requesting new URIs on try-agains/redirects inbetween
-               { tail -n 999 -f "$DOWNLOG" & echo "TAILPID: $!"; } | while read f1 f2; do
-                       if [ "$f1" = 'TAILPID:' ]; then
-                               TAILPID="$f2"
-                       elif [ "$f1" = 'New-URI:' ]; then
-                               echo "600 Acquire URI
-URI: $f2
-Filename: ${2}
-"
-                       elif [ "$f1" = '201' ] || [ "$f1" = '400' ]; then
-                               # tail would only die on next read – which never happens
-                               test -z "$TAILPID" || kill -s HUP "$TAILPID"
-                               break
-                       fi
-               done
-       } | LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods/${PROTO} 2>&1 | tee "$DOWNLOG"
-       rm "$DOWNLOG"
+       local PROTO="$(echo "$1" | cut -d':' -f 1 )"
+       apthelper -o Debug::Acquire::${PROTO}=1 \
+               download-file "$1" "$2" 2>&1 || true
        # only if the file exists the download was successful
        if [ -e "$2" ]; then
                return 0
@@ -924,10 +984,10 @@ Filename: ${2}
 }
 
 checkdiff() {
-       local DIFFTEXT="$($(which diff) -u $* | sed -e '/^---/ d' -e '/^+++/ d' -e '/^@@/ d')"
+       local DIFFTEXT="$(command diff -u "$@" | sed -e '/^---/ d' -e '/^+++/ d' -e '/^@@/ d')"
        if [ -n "$DIFFTEXT" ]; then
-               echo
-               echo "$DIFFTEXT"
+               echo >&2
+               echo >&2 "$DIFFTEXT"
                return 1
        else
                return 0
@@ -951,29 +1011,42 @@ testempty() {
 }
 
 testequal() {
-       local COMPAREFILE=$(mktemp)
-       addtrap "rm $COMPAREFILE;"
+       local MSG='Test of equality of'
+       if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+               MSG=''
+               shift
+       fi
+
+       local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequal.comparefile"
        echo "$1" > $COMPAREFILE
        shift
-       msgtest "Test for equality of" "$*"
+
+       if [ -n "$MSG" ]; then
+               msgtest "$MSG" "$*"
+       fi
        $* 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
 }
 
 testequalor2() {
-       local COMPAREFILE1=$(mktemp)
-       local COMPAREFILE2=$(mktemp)
-       local COMPAREAGAINST=$(mktemp)
-       addtrap "rm $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST;"
+       local COMPAREFILE1="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.comparefile1"
+       local COMPAREFILE2="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.comparefile2"
+       local COMPAREAGAINST="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.compareagainst"
        echo "$1" > $COMPAREFILE1
        echo "$2" > $COMPAREFILE2
        shift 2
        msgtest "Test for equality OR of" "$*"
        $* >$COMPAREAGAINST 2>&1 || true
-       (checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST 1> /dev/null ||
-               checkdiff $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST 1> /dev/null) && msgpass ||
-               ( echo "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 1${CNORMAL}" "$(checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST)" \
-                      "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 2${CNORMAL}" "$(checkdiff $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST)" &&
-                 msgfail )
+       if checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
+               checkdiff $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST >/dev/null 2>&1
+       then
+               msgpass
+       else
+               echo -n "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 1${CNORMAL}"
+               checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST || true
+               echo -n "${CINFO}Diff against OR 2${CNORMAL}"
+               checkdiff $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST || true
+               msgfail
+       fi
 }
 
 testshowvirtual() {
@@ -989,8 +1062,7 @@ N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it is purely virtual"
        msgtest "Test for virtual packages" "apt-cache show $PACKAGE"
        VIRTUAL="${VIRTUAL}
 N: No packages found"
-       local COMPAREFILE=$(mktemp)
-       addtrap "rm $COMPAREFILE;"
+       local COMPAREFILE="${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
@@ -998,43 +1070,42 @@ N: No packages found"
 
 testnopackage() {
        msgtest "Test for non-existent packages" "apt-cache show $*"
-       local SHOWPKG="$(aptcache show $* 2>&1 | grep '^Package: ')"
+       local SHOWPKG="$(aptcache show "$@" 2>&1 | grep '^Package: ')"
        if [ -n "$SHOWPKG" ]; then
-               echo
-               echo "$SHOWPKG"
+               echo >&2
+               echo >&2 "$SHOWPKG"
                msgfail
-               return 1
+       else
+               msgpass
        fi
-       msgpass
 }
 
 testdpkginstalled() {
        msgtest "Test for correctly installed package(s) with" "dpkg -l $*"
-       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l $* 2>/dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
+       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l "$@" 2>/dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
        if [ "$PKGS" != $# ]; then
-               echo $PKGS
-               dpkg -l $* | grep '^[a-z]'
+               echo >&2 $PKGS
+               dpkg -l "$@" | grep '^[a-z]' >&2
                msgfail
-               return 1
+       else
+               msgpass
        fi
-       msgpass
 }
 
 testdpkgnotinstalled() {
        msgtest "Test for correctly not-installed package(s) with" "dpkg -l $*"
-       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l $* 2> /dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
+       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l "$@" 2> /dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
        if [ "$PKGS" != 0 ]; then
                echo
-               dpkg -l $* | grep '^[a-z]'
+               dpkg -l "$@" | grep '^[a-z]' >&2
                msgfail
-               return 1
+       else
+               msgpass
        fi
-       msgpass
 }
 
 testmarkedauto() {
-       local COMPAREFILE=$(mktemp)
-       addtrap "rm $COMPAREFILE;"
+       local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testmarkedauto.comparefile"
        if [ -n "$1" ]; then
                msgtest 'Test for correctly marked as auto-installed' "$*"
                while [ -n "$1" ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done | sort > $COMPAREFILE
@@ -1051,13 +1122,12 @@ testsuccess() {
        else
                msgtest 'Test for successful execution of' "$*"
        fi
-       local OUTPUT=$(mktemp)
-       addtrap "rm $OUTPUT;"
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testsuccess.output"
        if $@ >${OUTPUT} 2>&1; then
                msgpass
        else
-               echo
-               cat $OUTPUT
+               echo >&2
+               cat >&2 $OUTPUT
                msgfail
        fi
 }
@@ -1066,19 +1136,39 @@ testfailure() {
        if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
                shift
        else
-               msgtest 'Test for failure in  execution of' "$*"
+               msgtest 'Test for failure in execution of' "$*"
        fi
-       local OUTPUT=$(mktemp)
-       addtrap "rm $OUTPUT;"
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfailure.output"
        if $@ >${OUTPUT} 2>&1; then
-               echo
-               cat $OUTPUT
+               echo >&2
+               cat >&2 $OUTPUT
                msgfail
        else
                msgpass
        fi
 }
 
+testwebserverlaststatuscode() {
+       local DOWNLOG='rootdir/tmp/webserverstatus-testfile.log'
+       local STATUS='rootdir/tmp/webserverstatus-statusfile.log'
+       rm -f "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS"
+       msgtest 'Test last status code from the webserver was' "$1"
+       downloadfile "http://localhost:8080/_config/find/aptwebserver::last-status-code" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG"
+       if [ "$(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")"
+       fi
+}
+
 pause() {
        echo "STOPPED execution. Press enter to continue"
        local IGNORE