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test framework: Correctly generate new paths in noopchroot
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 #!/bin/sh -- # no runable script, just for vi
 
+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'
+       elif [ "$1" = '--color=yes' ]; then
+               export MSGCOLOR='YES'
+       elif [ "$1" = '--color' ]; then
+               export MSGCOLOR="$(echo "$2" | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z')"
+               shift
+       elif [ "$1" = '--level' ]; then
+               export MSGLEVEL=$2
+               shift
+       else
+               echo >&2 "WARNING: Unknown parameter »$1« will be ignored"
+       fi
+       shift
+done
+export MSGLEVEL="${MSGLEVEL:-3}"
+
 # we all like colorful messages
-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
-
-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; }
-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; }
-msgtest() { echo -n "${CINFO}$1 ${CCMD}$(echo "$2" | sed -e 's/^aptc/apt-c/' -e 's/^aptg/apt-g/' -e 's/^aptf/apt-f/')${CINFO} …${CNORMAL} " >&2; }
-msgpass() { echo "${CPASS}PASS${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgskip() { echo "${CWARNING}SKIP${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgfail() { echo "${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
+if [ "${MSGCOLOR:-YES}" = 'YES' ]; then
+       if [ ! -t 1 ]; then # but check that we output to a terminal
+               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
+
+msgprintf() {
+       local START="$1"
+       local MIDDLE="$2"
+       local END="$3"
+       shift 3
+       if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+               printf "$START " "$1"
+               shift
+               while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+                       printf "$MIDDLE " "$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's#^apt\([cfghs]\)#apt-\1#')"
+                       shift
+               done
+       fi
+       printf "${END}"
+}
+msgdie() { msgprintf "${CERROR}E: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}\n" "$@" >&2; exit 1; }
+msgwarn() { msgprintf "${CWARNING}W: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}\n" "$@" >&2; }
+msgmsg() { msgprintf "${CMSG}%s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}\n" "$@"; }
+msginfo() { msgprintf "${CINFO}I: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}\n" "$@"; }
+msgdebug() { msgprintf "${CDEBUG}D: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}\n" "$@"; }
+msgdone() { msgprintf "${CDONE}DONE" '%s' "${CNORMAL}\n" "$@"; }
+msgnwarn() { msgprintf "${CWARNING}W: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@" >&2; }
+msgnmsg() { msgprintf "${CMSG}%s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@"; }
+msgninfo() { msgprintf "${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() {
+       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
@@ -37,8 +123,17 @@ if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 1 ]; then
        msgnwarn() { true; }
 fi
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 2 ]; then
-       msgmsg() { true; }
+       msgmsg() {
+               MSGTEST_MSGMSG="$(msgprintf "${CMSG}%s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@")"
+       }
        msgnmsg() { true; }
+       msgtest() {
+               MSGTEST_MSG="$(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
        msginfo() { true; }
@@ -56,81 +151,417 @@ msgdone() {
           [ "$1" = "die" -a $MSGLEVEL -le 0 ]; then
                true;
        else
-               echo "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}" >&2;
+               printf "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}\n";
        fi
 }
-
-runapt() {
-       msgdebug "Executing: ${CCMD}$*${CDEBUG} "
+getaptconfig() {
        if [ -f ./aptconfig.conf ]; then
-               APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$*
-       else
-               LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$*
+               echo "$(readlink -f ./aptconfig.conf)"
+       elif [ -f ../aptconfig.conf ]; then
+               echo "$(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
 }
-aptconfig() { runapt apt-config $*; }
-aptcache() { runapt apt-cache $*; }
-aptget() { runapt apt-get $*; }
-aptftparchive() { runapt apt-ftparchive $*; }
-aptkey() { runapt apt-key $*; }
+runapt() {
+       msgdebug "Executing: ${CCMD}$*${CDEBUG} "
+       local CMD="$1"
+       shift
+       case $CMD in
+       sh|aptitude|*/*|command) ;;
+       *) CMD="${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD";;
+       esac
+       MALLOC_PERTURB_=21 MALLOC_CHECK_=2 APT_CONFIG="$(getaptconfig)" LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LIBRARYPATH} $CMD "$@"
+}
+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 "$@"; }
+aptsortpkgs() { runapt apt-sortpkgs "$@"; }
+apt() { runapt apt "$@"; }
+apthelper() { runapt "${APTHELPERBINDIR}/apt-helper" "$@"; }
+aptwebserver() { runapt "${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver" "$@"; }
+aptitude() { runapt aptitude "$@"; }
+aptextracttemplates() { runapt apt-extracttemplates "$@"; }
+aptinternalsolver() { runapt "${APTINTERNALSOLVER}" "$@"; }
+aptdumpsolver() { runapt "${APTDUMPSOLVER}" "$@"; }
+
 dpkg() {
-       $(which dpkg) --root=${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
+       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="$1";;
+       esac
+       shift
+       if [ "${CMD##*/}" = "$CMD" ]; then
+               CMD="${BUILDDIRECTORY}/${CMD}"
+       fi
+       runapt command gdb --quiet -ex run "$CMD" --args "$CMD" "$@"
+}
+
+exitwithstatus() {
+        # error if we about to overflow, but ...
+        #   "255 failures ought to be enough for everybody"
+        if [ $EXIT_CODE -gt 255 ]; then
+            msgdie "Total failure count $EXIT_CODE too big"
+        fi
+        exit $((EXIT_CODE <= 255 ? EXIT_CODE : 255));
+}
+
+shellsetedetector() {
+       local exit_status=$?
+       if [ "$exit_status" != '0' ]; then
+               printf >&2 "${CERROR}E: Looks like the testcases ended prematurely with exitcode: ${exit_status}${CNORMAL}\n"
+               if [ "$EXIT_CODE" = '0' ]; then
+                       EXIT_CODE="$exit_status"
+               fi
+       fi
+}
+
+addtrap() {
+       if [ "$1" = 'prefix' ]; then
+               CURRENTTRAP="$2 $CURRENTTRAP"
+       else
+               CURRENTTRAP="$CURRENTTRAP $1"
+       fi
+       trap "shellsetedetector; $CURRENTTRAP exitwithstatus;" 0 HUP INT QUIT ILL ABRT FPE SEGV PIPE TERM
 }
 
 setupenvironment() {
-       TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY=$(mktemp -d)
-       local TESTDIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
-       msgninfo "Preparing environment for ${CCMD}$(basename $0)${CINFO} in ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}… "
-       BUILDDIRECTORY="${TESTDIR}/../../build/bin"
+       # privilege dropping and testing doesn't work if /tmp isn't world-writeable (as e.g. with libpam-tmpdir)
+       if [ -n "$TMPDIR" ] && [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ] && [ "$(stat --format '%a' "$TMPDIR")" != '1777' ]; then
+               unset TMPDIR
+       fi
+       TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY="$(mktemp -d)"
+       addtrap "cd /; rm -rf \"$TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY\";"
+       msgninfo "Preparing environment for ${0##*/} in ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}…"
+
+       mkdir -m 700 "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/downloaded"
+       if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
+               # relax permissions so that running as root with user switching works
+               umask 022
+               chmod 711 "$TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY"
+               chown _apt:root "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/downloaded"
+       fi
+
+       TESTDIRECTORY="$(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:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods"}"
+        APTHELPERBINDIR="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_LIBEXEC_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}"
+        APTWEBSERVERBINDIR="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_WEBSERVER_BIN_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}"
+        APTINTERNALSOLVER="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_INTERNAL_SOLVER:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-internal-solver"}"
+       APTDUMPSOLVER="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_DUMP_SOLVER:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-dump-solver"}"
        test -x "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-get" || msgdie "You need to build tree first"
-       local OLDWORKINGDIRECTORY=$(pwd)
-       CURRENTTRAP="cd /; rm -rf $TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY; cd $OLDWORKINGDIRECTORY"
-       trap "$CURRENTTRAP" 0 HUP INT QUIT ILL ABRT FPE SEGV PIPE TERM
-       cd $TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY
+        # -----
+
+       cd "$TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY"
        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 usr/bin var/cache var/lib var/log tmp
        mkdir -p var/lib/dpkg/info var/lib/dpkg/updates var/lib/dpkg/triggers
-       local STATUSFILE=$(echo "$(basename $0)" | sed -e 's/^test-/status-/' -e 's/^skip-/status-/')
-       if [ -f "${TESTDIR}/${STATUSFILE}" ]; then
-               cp "${TESTDIR}/${STATUSFILE}" var/lib/dpkg/status
-       else
-               touch var/lib/dpkg/status
-       fi
        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
+       if [ "$BUILDDIRECTORY" = "$LIBRARYPATH" ]; then
+               mkdir -p usr/lib/apt/solvers
+               ln -s "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-dump-solver" usr/lib/apt/solvers/dump
+               ln -s "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-internal-solver" usr/lib/apt/solvers/apt
+               echo "Dir::Bin::Solvers \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/lib/apt/solvers\";" > etc/apt/apt.conf.d/externalsolver.conf
+       fi
+        # use the autoremove from the BUILDDIRECTORY if its there, otherwise
+        # system
+        if [ -e "${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 $0)" | sed -e 's/^test-/Packages-/' -e 's/^skip-/Packages-/')
-       if [ -f "${TESTDIR}/${PACKAGESFILE}" ]; then
-               cp "${TESTDIR}/${PACKAGESFILE}" aptarchive/Packages
-       else
-               touch aptarchive/Packages
+       local BASENAME="${0##*/}"
+       local PACKAGESFILE="Packages-${BASENAME#*-}"
+       if [ -f "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${PACKAGESFILE}" ]; then
+               cp "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${PACKAGESFILE}" aptarchive/Packages
        fi
-       cp $(find $TESTDIR -name '*.pub' -o -name '*.sec') keys/
-       ln -s ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/keys/joesixpack.pub rootdir/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/joesixpack.gpg
+       local SOURCESSFILE="Sources-${BASENAME#*-}"
+       if [ -f "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${SOURCESSFILE}" ]; then
+               cp "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${SOURCESSFILE}" aptarchive/Sources
+       fi
+       for key in $(find "$TESTDIRECTORY" -name '*.pub' -o -name '*.sec'); do
+               cp "$key" keys/
+               chmod 644 "$key"
+       done
+       ln -s "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/keys/joesixpack.pub" rootdir/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/joesixpack.gpg
+
        echo "Dir \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir\";" > aptconfig.conf
-       echo "Debug::NoLocking \"true\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+       echo "Dir::state::status \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note \"false\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "Dir::Bin::dpkg \"fakeroot\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"dpkg\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-not-root\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-bad-path\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       export LC_ALL=C
+       echo "Dir::Bin::Methods \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/lib/apt/methods\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+       # either store apt-key were we can access it, even if we run it as a different user
+       #cp "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-key" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/"
+       #chmod o+rx "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/apt-key"
+       #echo "Dir::Bin::apt-key \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/apt-key\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+       # destroys coverage reporting though, so we disable changing user for the calling gpgv
+       echo "Dir::Bin::apt-key \"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-key\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+       if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
+               echo 'Binary::gpgv::Debug::NoDropPrivs "true";' >>aptconfig.conf
+       fi
+
+       cat > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg" <<EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+if [ -r "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so" ]; then
+       if [ -n "\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ]; then
+               export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+       else
+               export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}"
+       fi
+       if [ -n "\$LD_PRELOAD" ]; then
+               export LD_PRELOAD="noopchroot.so \${LD_PRELOAD}"
+       else
+               export LD_PRELOAD="noopchroot.so"
+       fi
+fi
+EOF
+       cp "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/gdb-dpkg"
+       cat >> "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg" <<EOF
+exec fakeroot "${DPKG:-dpkg}" --root="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir" \\
+       --log="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log" \\
+       --force-not-root --force-bad-path "\$@"
+EOF
+       cat >> "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/gdb-dpkg" <<EOF
+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 \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99dpkg
+
+       {
+               if ! command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-architecture\";" # Added to test multiarch before dpkg is ready for it…
+               fi
+               echo 'quiet "0";'
+               echo 'quiet::NoUpdate "true";'
+               echo 'quiet::NoStatistic "true";'
+               # too distracting for users, but helpful to detect changes
+               echo 'Acquire::Progress::Ignore::ShowErrorText "true";'
+               echo 'Acquire::Progress::Diffpercent "true";'
+               # in testcases, it can appear as if localhost has a rotation setup,
+               # hide this as we can't really deal with it properly
+               echo 'Acquire::Failure::ShowIP "false";'
+               # fakeroot can't fake everything, so disabled in production but good for tests
+               echo 'APT::Sandbox::Verify "true";'
+       } >> aptconfig.conf
+
+       cp "${TESTDIRECTORY}/apt.pem" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/webserver.pem"
+       if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
+               chown _apt:root "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/webserver.pem"
+       fi
+       echo "Acquire::https::CaInfo \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/webserver.pem\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99https
+       echo "Apt::Cmd::Disable-Script-Warning \"1\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/apt-binary
+       echo 'Acquire::Connect::AddrConfig "false";' > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/connect-addrconfig
+       configcompression '.' 'gz' #'bz2' 'lzma' 'xz'
+       confighashes 'SHA1' # these are tests, not security best-practices
+
+       # create some files in /tmp and look at user/group to get what this means
+       TEST_DEFAULT_USER="$(id -un)"
+       if [ "$(uname)" = 'GNU/kFreeBSD' ]; then
+               TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP='root'
+       else
+               TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP="$(id -gn)"
+       fi
+
+       # cleanup the environment a bit
+       # prefer our apt binaries over the system apt binaries
+       export PATH="${BUILDDIRECTORY}:${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"
 }
 
+getarchitecture() {
+       if [ "$1" = "native" -o -z "$1" ]; then
+               eval `aptconfig shell ARCH APT::Architecture`
+               if [ -n "$ARCH" ]; then
+                       echo $ARCH
+               else
+                       dpkg --print-architecture
+               fi
+       else
+               echo $1
+       fi
+}
+
+getarchitectures() {
+       aptconfig dump --no-empty --format '%v%n' APT::Architecture APT::Architectures | sort -u | tr '\n' ' '
+}
+
+getarchitecturesfromcommalist() {
+       echo "$1" | sed -e 's#,#\n#g' | sed -e "s/^native\$/$(getarchitecture 'native')/"
+}
+
 configarchitecture() {
-       local CONFFILE=rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01multiarch.conf
-       echo "APT::Architecture \"$1\";" > $CONFFILE
-       shift
+       {
+               echo "APT::Architecture \"$(getarchitecture $1)\";"
+               while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+                       echo "APT::Architectures:: \"$(getarchitecture $1)\";"
+                       shift
+               done
+       } >rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01multiarch.conf
+       configdpkg
+}
+
+configdpkg() {
+       if [ ! -e rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status ]; then
+               local BASENAME="${0##*/}"
+               local STATUSFILE="status-${BASENAME#*-}"
+               if [ -f "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${STATUSFILE}" ]; then
+                       cp "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${STATUSFILE}" rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status
+               else
+                       echo -n > rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status
+               fi
+       fi
+       rm -f rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00foreigndpkg
+       if command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+               local ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
+               if echo "$ARCHS" | grep -E -q '[^ ]+ [^ ]+'; then
+                       DPKGARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
+                       for ARCH in ${ARCHS}; do
+                               if [ "${ARCH}" != "${DPKGARCH}" ]; then
+                                       if ! dpkg --add-architecture ${ARCH} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                                               # old-style used e.g. in Ubuntu-P – and as it seems travis
+                                               echo "DPKG::options:: \"--foreign-architecture\";" >> rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00foreigndpkg
+                                               echo "DPKG::options:: \"${ARCH}\";"  >> rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00foreigndpkg
+                                       fi
+                               fi
+                       done
+                       if [ "0" = "$(dpkg -l dpkg 2> /dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)" ]; then
+                               # dpkg doesn't really check the version as long as it is fully installed,
+                               # but just to be sure we choose one above the required version
+                               insertinstalledpackage 'dpkg' "all" '1.16.2+fake'
+                       fi
+               fi
+       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 > noopchroot.c << EOF
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <limits.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[PATH_MAX];
+       snprintf(newfile, sizeof(newfile), "%s/%s", chrootdir, file);
+       char const * const baseadmindir = "/var/lib/dpkg";
+       char admindir[PATH_MAX];
+       snprintf(admindir, sizeof(admindir), "%s/%s", chrootdir, baseadmindir);
+       setenv("DPKG_ADMINDIR", admindir, 1);
+       return func_execvp(newfile, argv);
+}
+EOF
+       testsuccess --nomsg gcc -fPIC -shared -o noopchroot.so noopchroot.c -ldl
+}
+configcompression() {
        while [ -n "$1" ]; do
-               echo "APT::Architectures:: \"$1\";" >> $CONFFILE
+               case "$1" in
+               '.') printf ".\t.\tcat\n";;
+               'gz') printf "gzip\tgz\tgzip\n";;
+               'bz2') printf "bzip2\tbz2\tbzip2\n";;
+               'lzma') printf "lzma\tlzma\txz --format=lzma\n";;
+               'xz') printf "xz\txz\txz\n";;
+               *) printf "$1\t$1\t$1\n";;
+               esac
                shift
-       done
+       done > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/testcase-compressor.conf"
+}
+confighashes() {
+       {
+               echo 'APT::FTPArchive {'
+               {
+                       while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+                               printf "$1" | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z'
+                               printf "\t\"true\";\n"
+                               shift
+                       done
+                       for h in 'MD5' 'SHA1' 'SHA256' 'SHA512'; do
+                               printf "$h\t\"false\";\n"
+                       done
+               } | awk '!x[$1]++'
+               echo '};'
+       } >> "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ftparchive-hashes.conf"
+}
+forcecompressor() {
+       COMPRESSOR="$1"
+       COMPRESSOR_CMD="$1"
+       case $COMPRESSOR in
+       gzip) COMPRESS='gz';;
+       bzip2) COMPRESS='bz2';;
+       lzma) COMPRESS='lzma';;
+       xz) COMPRESS='xz';;
+       *) msgdie "Compressor $COMPRESSOR is unknown to framework, so can't be forced by forcecompressor!";;
+       esac
+       local CONFFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00force-compressor"
+       echo "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order { \"${COMPRESS}\"; };
+Dir::Bin::uncompressed \"/does/not/exist\";
+Dir::Bin::gzip \"/does/not/exist\";
+Dir::Bin::bzip2 \"/does/not/exist\";
+Dir::Bin::lzma \"/does/not/exist\";
+Dir::Bin::xz \"/does/not/exist\";" > "$CONFFILE"
+       if [ -e "/bin/${COMPRESSOR}" ]; then
+               echo "Dir::Bin::${COMPRESSOR} \"/bin/${COMPRESSOR}\";" >> "$CONFFILE"
+       elif [ -e "/usr/bin/${COMPRESSOR}" ]; then
+               echo "Dir::Bin::${COMPRESSOR} \"/usr/bin/${COMPRESSOR}\";" >> "$CONFFILE"
+       elif [ "${COMPRESSOR}" = 'lzma' ]; then
+               echo 'Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz";' >> "$CONFFILE"
+               COMPRESSOR_CMD='xz --format=lzma'
+       else
+               msgtest 'Test for availability of compressor' "${COMPRESSOR}"
+               msgfail "${COMPRESSOR} not available"
+       fi
 }
 
 setupsimplenativepackage() {
@@ -139,13 +570,17 @@ setupsimplenativepackage() {
        local VERSION="$3"
        local RELEASE="${4:-unstable}"
        local DEPENDENCIES="$5"
-       local DESCRIPTION="$6"
+       local DESCRIPTION="${6:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASE}
+ If you find such a package installed on your system,
+ something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
+ und used only by testcases and serve no other purpose…"}"
+
        local SECTION="${7:-others}"
        local DISTSECTION
-       if [ "$SECTION" = "$(echo "$SECTION" | cut -d'/' -f 2)" ]; then
+       if [ "$SECTION" = "${SECTION#*/}" ]; then
                DISTSECTION="main"
        else
-               DISTSECTION="$(echo "$SECTION" | cut -d'/' -f 1)"
+               DISTSECTION="${SECTION%/*}"
        fi
        local BUILDDIR=incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}
        mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}/debian/source
@@ -164,17 +599,15 @@ Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 
-Package: $NAME
-Architecture: $ARCH" > debian/control
-       test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> debian/control
-       if [ -z "$DESCRIPTION" ]; then
-               echo "Description: an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASE}
- If you find such a package installed on your system,
- YOU did something horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
- und used only by testcases for APT and surf no other propose…" >> debian/control
+Package: $NAME" > debian/control
+       if [ "$ARCH" = 'all' ]; then
+               echo "Architecture: all" >> debian/control
        else
-               echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> debian/control
+               echo "Architecture: any" >> debian/control
        fi
+       test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> debian/control
+       echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> debian/control
+
        test -e debian/compat || echo "7" > debian/compat
        test -e debian/source/format || echo "3.0 (native)" > debian/source/format
        test -e debian/rules || cp /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.tiny debian/rules
@@ -183,110 +616,174 @@ Architecture: $ARCH" > 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}"
        local DEPENDENCIES="$5"
-       local DESCRIPTION="$6"
+       local DESCRIPTION="${6:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASE}
+ If you find such a package installed on your system,
+ something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
+ und used only by testcases and serve no other purpose…"}"
+
        local SECTION="${7:-others}"
+       local PRIORITY="${8:-optional}"
+       local FILE_TREE="$9"
+       local COMPRESS_TYPE="${10:-gzip}"
        local DISTSECTION
-       if [ "$SECTION" = "$(echo "$SECTION" | cut -d'/' -f 2)" ]; then
+       if [ "$SECTION" = "${SECTION#*/}" ]; then
                DISTSECTION="main"
        else
-               DISTSECTION="$(echo "$SECTION" | cut -d'/' -f 1)"
+               DISTSECTION="${SECTION%/*}"
        fi
-       setupsimplenativepackage "$NAME" "$ARCH" "$VERSION" "$RELEASE" "$DEPENDENCIES" "$DESCRIPTION" "$SECTION"
-       buildpackage "incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}" "$RELEASE" "$DISTSECTION"
-       rm -rf "incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}"
+       local BUILDDIR="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}"
+
+       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
+echo '$NAME says \"Hello!\"'" > "${BUILDDIR}/${NAME}"
+
+       echo "Copyleft by Joe Sixpack $(date +%Y)" > "${BUILDDIR}/debian/copyright"
+       echo "$NAME ($VERSION) $RELEASE; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release
+
+ -- Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>  $(date -R)" > "${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog"
+       {
+               echo "Source: $NAME
+Priority: $PRIORITY
+Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
+Standards-Version: 3.9.3"
+               if [ "$SECTION" != '<none>' ]; then
+                       echo "Section: $SECTION"
+               fi
+               local BUILDDEPS="$(echo "$DEPENDENCIES" | grep '^Build-')"
+               test -z "$BUILDDEPS" || echo "$BUILDDEPS"
+               echo "
+Package: $NAME"
+
+               if [ "$ARCH" = 'all' ]; then
+                       echo "Architecture: all"
+               else
+                       echo "Architecture: any"
+               fi
+               local DEPS="$(echo "$DEPENDENCIES" | grep -v '^Build-')"
+               test -z "$DEPS" || echo "$DEPS"
+               echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION"
+       } > "${BUILDDIR}/debian/control"
+
+       echo '3.0 (native)' > "${BUILDDIR}/debian/source/format"
+       cd "${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
+#                      aptkey --keyring ./keys/joesixpack.pub --secret-keyring ./keys/joesixpack.sec --quiet --readonly \
+#                              adv --yes --default-key 'Joe Sixpack' \
+#                              --clearsign -o "${BUILDDIR}/../${SRC}.sign" "${BUILDDIR}/../$SRC"
+#                      mv "${BUILDDIR}/../${SRC}.sign" "${BUILDDIR}/../$SRC"
+#              fi
+       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}"
+               cp "${BUILDDIR}/${NAME}" "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/bin/${NAME}-${arch}"
+                if [ -n "$FILE_TREE" ]; then
+                    cp -ar "$FILE_TREE" "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp"
+                fi
+
+               (cd "${BUILDDIR}"; dpkg-gencontrol -DArchitecture=$arch)
+               (cd "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp"; md5sum $(find usr/ -type f) > DEBIAN/md5sums)
+               local LOG="${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.dpkg-deb.log"
+               # ensure the right permissions as dpkg-deb insists
+               chmod 755 "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/DEBIAN"
+               testsuccess --nomsg dpkg-deb -Z${COMPRESS_TYPE} --build "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp" "${BUILDDIR}/.."
+               echo "pool/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb" >> "${BUILDDIR}/../${RELEASE}.${DISTSECTION}.pkglist"
+       done
+
+       local CHANGEPATH="${BUILDDIR}/../${DISTSECTION}/${NM}/${NAME}/${NAME}_${VERSION}"
+       mkdir -p "$CHANGEPATH"
+       cp "${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog" "$CHANGEPATH"
+       rm -rf "${BUILDDIR}"
+       msgdone "info"
 }
 
 buildpackage() {
        local BUILDDIR=$1
        local RELEASE=$2
        local SECTION=$3
-       msgninfo "Build package $(echo "$BUILDDIR" | grep -o '[^/]*$') for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}… "
-       cd $BUILDDIR
+       local ARCH=$(getarchitecture $4)
+       local PKGNAME="$(echo "$BUILDDIR" | grep -o '[^/]*$')"
+       local BUILDLOG="$(readlink -f "${BUILDDIR}/../${PKGNAME}_${RELEASE}_${SECTION}.dpkg-bp.log")"
+       msgtest "Build package for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}" "$PKGNAME"
+       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 "$BUILT" | grep '^dpkg-source: info: building' | grep -o '[a-z0-9._+~-]*$')"
+       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
        for PKG in $PKGS; do
-               echo "pool/${PKG}" >> ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${RELEASE}.${SECTION}.pkglist
+               echo "pool/${PKG}" >> "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${RELEASE}.${SECTION}.pkglist"
        done
        for SRC in $SRCS; do
-               echo "pool/${SRC}" >> ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${RELEASE}.${SECTION}.srclist
+               echo "pool/${SRC}" >> "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${RELEASE}.${SECTION}.srclist"
        done
-       msgdone "info"
 }
 
 buildaptarchive() {
        if [ -d incoming ]; then
-               buildaptarchivefromincoming $*
+               buildaptarchivefromincoming "$@"
        else
-               buildaptarchivefromfiles $*
+               buildaptarchivefromfiles "$@"
        fi
 }
 
 createaptftparchiveconfig() {
-       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="$(aptconfig dump | grep APT::Architecture | cut -d'"' -f 2 | sed '/^$/ d' | sort | uniq | tr '\n' ' ')"
-       fi
-       echo -n 'Dir {
-       ArchiveDir "' >> ftparchive.conf
-       echo -n $(readlink -f .) >> ftparchive.conf
-       echo -n '";
-       CacheDir "' >> ftparchive.conf
-       echo -n $(readlink -f ..) >> ftparchive.conf
-       echo -n '";
-       FileListDir "' >> ftparchive.conf
-       echo -n $(readlink -f pool/) >> ftparchive.conf
-       echo -n '";
+       local COMPRESSORS="$(cut -d'    ' -f 1 "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/testcase-compressor.conf" | tr '\n' ' ')"
+       local COMPRESSORS="${COMPRESSORS%* }"
+       local ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
+       cat > ftparchive.conf <<EOF
+Dir {
+       ArchiveDir "$(readlink -f .)";
+       CacheDir "$(readlink -f ..)";
+       FileListDir "$(readlink -f pool/)";
 };
 Default {
-       Packages::Compress ". gzip bzip2 lzma";
-       Sources::Compress ". gzip bzip2 lzma";
-       Contents::Compress ". gzip bzip2 lzma";
+       Packages::Compress "$COMPRESSORS";
+       Sources::Compress "$COMPRESSORS";
+       Contents::Compress "$COMPRESSORS";
+       Translation::Compress "$COMPRESSORS";
+       LongDescription "false";
 };
 TreeDefault {
        Directory "pool/";
        SrcDirectory "pool/";
 };
-APT {
-       FTPArchive {
-               Release {
-                       Origin "joesixpack";
-                       Label "apttestcases";
-                       Suite "unstable";
-                       Description "repository with dummy packages";
-                       Architectures "' >> ftparchive.conf
-       echo -n "$ARCHS" >> ftparchive.conf
-       echo 'source";
-               };
-       };
-};' >> ftparchive.conf
+EOF
        for DIST in $(find ./pool/ -maxdepth 1 -name '*.pkglist' -type f | cut -d'/' -f 3 | cut -d'.' -f 1 | sort | uniq); do
-               echo -n 'tree "dists/' >> ftparchive.conf
-               echo -n "$DIST" >> ftparchive.conf
-               echo -n '" {
-       Architectures "' >> ftparchive.conf
-               echo -n "$ARCHS" >> ftparchive.conf
-               echo -n 'source";
-       FileList "' >> ftparchive.conf
-               echo -n "${DIST}.\$(SECTION).pkglist" >> ftparchive.conf
-               echo -n '";
-       SourceFileList "' >> ftparchive.conf
-               echo -n "${DIST}.\$(SECTION).srclist" >> ftparchive.conf
-               echo -n '";
-       Sections "' >> ftparchive.conf
-               echo -n "$(find ./pool/ -maxdepth 1 -name "${DIST}.*.pkglist" -type f | cut -d'/' -f 3 | cut -d'.' -f 2 | sort | uniq | tr '\n' ' ')" >> ftparchive.conf
-               echo '";
-};' >> ftparchive.conf
-       done
+               cat <<EOF
+tree "dists/$DIST" {
+       Architectures "$ARCHS all source";
+       FileList "${DIST}.\$(SECTION).pkglist";
+       SourceFileList "${DIST}.\$(SECTION).srclist";
+       Sections "$(find ./pool/ -maxdepth 1 -name "${DIST}.*.pkglist" -type f | cut -d'/' -f 3 | cut -d'.' -f 2 | sort | uniq | tr '\n' ' ')";
+};
+EOF
+       done >> ftparchive.conf
 }
 
 buildaptftparchivedirectorystructure() {
@@ -296,206 +793,1070 @@ buildaptftparchivedirectorystructure() {
                for SECTION in $SECTIONS; do
                        local ARCHS="$(grep -A 5 "dists/$DIST" ftparchive.conf | grep Architectures | cut -d'"' -f 2 | sed -e 's#source##')"
                        for ARCH in $ARCHS; do
-                               mkdir -p dists/${DIST}/${SECTION}/binary-${ARCH}
+                               mkdir -p "dists/${DIST}/${SECTION}/binary-${ARCH}"
+                       done
+                       mkdir -p "dists/${DIST}/${SECTION}/source"
+                       mkdir -p "dists/${DIST}/${SECTION}/i18n"
+               done
+       done
+}
+
+insertpackage() {
+       local RELEASES="$1"
+       local NAME="$2"
+       local ARCH="$3"
+       local VERSION="$4"
+       local DEPENDENCIES="$5"
+       local PRIORITY="${6:-optional}"
+       local DESCRIPTION="${7:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASES}
+ If you find such a package installed on your system,
+ something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
+ und used only by testcases and serve no other purpose…"}"
+       local ARCHS=""
+       for RELEASE in $(printf '%s' "$RELEASES" | tr ',' '\n'); do
+               if [ "$RELEASE" = 'installed' ]; then
+                       insertinstalledpackage "$2" "$3" "$4" "$5" "$6" "$7"
+                       continue
+               fi
+               for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
+                       if [ "$arch" = 'none' ]; then
+                               ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
+                       else
+                               ARCHS="$arch"
+                       fi
+                       for BUILDARCH in $ARCHS; do
+                               local PPATH="aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/binary-${BUILDARCH}"
+                               mkdir -p "$PPATH"
+                               {
+                                       echo "Package: $NAME
+Priority: $PRIORITY
+Section: other
+Installed-Size: 42
+Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>"
+                                       test "$arch" = 'none' || echo "Architecture: $arch"
+                                       echo "Version: $VERSION
+Filename: pool/main/${NAME}/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb"
+                                       test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES"
+                                       echo "Description: $(printf '%s' "$DESCRIPTION" | head -n 1)"
+                                       echo "Description-md5: $(printf '%s' "$DESCRIPTION" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f 1)"
+                                       echo
+                               } >> "${PPATH}/Packages"
                        done
-                       mkdir -p dists/${DIST}/${SECTION}/source
-                       mkdir -p dists/${DIST}/${SECTION}/i18n
                done
+               mkdir -p "aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/source" "aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/i18n"
+               touch "aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/source/Sources"
+               echo "Package: $NAME
+Description-md5: $(printf '%s' "$DESCRIPTION" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f 1)
+Description-en: $DESCRIPTION
+" >> "aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/i18n/Translation-en"
        done
 }
 
+insertsource() {
+       local RELEASE="$1"
+       local NAME="$2"
+       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: $BINARY
+Version: $VERSION
+Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
+Architecture: $ARCH" >> $FILE
+       test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> "$FILE"
+       echo "Files:
+ $(echo -n "$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"
+}
+
+insertinstalledpackage() {
+       local NAME="$1"
+       local ARCH="$2"
+       local VERSION="$3"
+       local DEPENDENCIES="$4"
+       local PRIORITY="${5:-optional}"
+       local STATUS="${6:-install ok installed}"
+       local DESCRIPTION="${7:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/installed
+ If you find such a package installed on your system,
+ something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
+ und used only by testcases and serve no other purpose…"}"
+
+       local FILE='rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status'
+       local INFO='rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/info'
+       for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
+               echo "Package: $NAME
+Status: $STATUS
+Priority: $PRIORITY
+Section: other
+Installed-Size: 42
+Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
+Version: $VERSION" >> "$FILE"
+               test "$arch" = 'none' || echo "Architecture: $arch" >> "$FILE"
+               test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> "$FILE"
+               echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> "$FILE"
+               echo >> "$FILE"
+               if [ "$(dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Multi-Arch}')" = 'same' ]; then
+                       echo -n > "${INFO}/${NAME}:${arch}.list"
+               else
+                       echo -n > "${INFO}/${NAME}.list"
+               fi
+       done
+}
+
+
 buildaptarchivefromincoming() {
-       msginfo "Build APT archive for ${CCMD}$(basename $0)${CINFO} based on incoming packages…"
+       msginfo "Build APT archive for ${CCMD}${0##*/}${CINFO} based on incoming packages…"
        cd aptarchive
        [ -e pool ] || ln -s ../incoming pool
        [ -e ftparchive.conf ] || createaptftparchiveconfig
        [ -e dists ] || buildaptftparchivedirectorystructure
        msgninfo "\tGenerate Packages, Sources and Contents files… "
-       aptftparchive -qq generate ftparchive.conf
-       msgdone "info"
-       msgninfo "\tGenerate Release files… "
-       for dir in $(find ./dists -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d); do
-               aptftparchive -qq release $dir -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Codename="$(echo "$dir" | cut -d'/' -f 3)" | sed -e '/0 Release$/ d' > $dir/Release # remove the self reference
-       done
+       testsuccess aptftparchive generate ftparchive.conf
        cd - > /dev/null
        msgdone "info"
+       generatereleasefiles "$@"
 }
 
 buildaptarchivefromfiles() {
-       msginfo "Build APT archive for ${CCMD}$(basename $0)${CINFO} based on prebuild files…"
-       cd aptarchive
-       if [ -f Packages ]; then
-               msgninfo "\tPackages file… "
-               cat Packages | gzip > Packages.gz
-               cat Packages | bzip2 > Packages.bz2
-               cat Packages | lzma > Packages.lzma
+       msginfo "Build APT archive for ${CCMD}${0##*/}${CINFO} based on prebuild files…"
+       local DIR='aptarchive'
+       if [ -d "${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" "$1"
                msgdone "info"
+       done
+       generatereleasefiles "$@"
+}
+
+compressfile() {
+       cat "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/testcase-compressor.conf" | while read compressor extension command; do
+               if [ "$compressor" = '.' ]; then
+                       if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+                               touch -d "$2" "$1"
+                       fi
+                       continue
+               fi
+               cat "$1" | $command > "${1}.${extension}"
+               if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+                       touch -d "$2" "${1}.${extension}"
+               fi
+       done
+}
+
+# can be overridden by testcases for their pleasure
+getcodenamefromsuite() {
+       case "$1" in
+       unstable) echo 'sid';;
+       *) echo -n "$1";;
+       esac
+}
+getreleaseversionfromsuite() { true; }
+getlabelfromsuite() { true; }
+getoriginfromsuite() { true; }
+getarchitecturesfromreleasefile() { echo "all $(getarchitectures)"; }
+
+aptftparchiverelease() {
+       aptftparchive -qq release "$@" | sed -e '/0 Release$/ d' # remove the self reference
+}
+generatereleasefiles() {
+       # $1 is the Date header and $2 is the ValidUntil header to be set
+       # both should be given in notation date/touch can understand
+       local DATE="$1"
+       local VALIDUNTIL="$2"
+       if [ -e aptarchive/dists ]; then
+               msgninfo "\tGenerate Release files for dists… "
+               for dir in $(find ./aptarchive/dists -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d); do
+                       local ARCHITECTURES="$(getarchitecturesfromreleasefile "$dir")"
+                       local SUITE="$(echo "$dir" | cut -d'/' -f 4)"
+                       local CODENAME="$(getcodenamefromsuite $SUITE)"
+                       local VERSION="$(getreleaseversionfromsuite $SUITE)"
+                       local LABEL="$(getlabelfromsuite $SUITE)"
+                       local ORIGIN="$(getoriginfromsuite $SUITE)"
+                       aptftparchiverelease "$dir" \
+                               -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Suite="${SUITE}" \
+                               -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Codename="${CODENAME}" \
+                               -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Architectures="${ARCHITECTURES}" \
+                               -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Label="${LABEL}" \
+                               -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin="${ORIGIN}" \
+                               -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Version="${VERSION}" \
+                               > "$dir/Release"
+                       if [ "$SUITE" = "experimental" -o "$SUITE" = "experimental2" ]; then
+                               sed -i '/^Date: / a\
+NotAutomatic: yes' "$dir/Release"
+                       fi
+               done
+       else
+               msgninfo "\tGenerate Release files for flat… "
+               aptftparchiverelease ./aptarchive > aptarchive/Release
        fi
-       if [ -f Sources ]; then
-               msgninfo "\tSources file… "
-               cat Sources | gzip > Sources.gz
-               cat Sources | bzip2 > Sources.bz2
-               cat Sources | lzma > Sources.lzma
-               msgdone "info"
+       if [ -n "$DATE" -a "$DATE" != "now" ]; then
+               for release in $(find ./aptarchive -name 'Release'); do
+                       sed -i "s/^Date: .*$/Date: $(date -d "$DATE" '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')/" "$release"
+                       touch -d "$DATE" "$release"
+               done
+       fi
+       if [ -n "$VALIDUNTIL" ]; then
+               sed -i "/^Date: / a\
+Valid-Until: $(date -d "$VALIDUNTIL" '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')" $(find ./aptarchive -name 'Release')
        fi
-       msgninfo "\tRelease file… "
-       aptftparchive -qq release . | sed -e '/0 Release$/ d' > Release # remove the self reference
        msgdone "info"
-       cd ..
 }
 
 setupdistsaptarchive() {
-       local APTARCHIVE=$(readlink -f ./aptarchive)
+       local APTARCHIVE="$(readlink -f ./aptarchive | sed 's# #%20#g')"
        rm -f root/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-*-deb.list
        rm -f root/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-*-deb-src.list
        for DISTS in $(find ./aptarchive/dists/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | cut -d'/' -f 4); do
-               SECTIONS=$(find ./aptarchive/dists/${DISTS}/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | cut -d'/' -f 5 | tr '\n' ' ')
+               SECTIONS=$(find "./aptarchive/dists/${DISTS}/" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | cut -d'/' -f 5 | tr '\n' ' ')
                msgninfo "\tadd deb and deb-src sources.list lines for ${CCMD}${DISTS} ${SECTIONS}${CINFO}… "
-               echo "deb file://$APTARCHIVE $DISTS $SECTIONS" > rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-${DISTS}-deb.list
-               echo "deb-src file://$APTARCHIVE $DISTS $SECTIONS" > rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-${DISTS}-deb-src.list
+               echo "deb file://$APTARCHIVE $DISTS $SECTIONS" > "rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-${DISTS}-deb.list"
+               echo "deb-src file://$APTARCHIVE $DISTS $SECTIONS" > "rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-${DISTS}-deb-src.list"
                msgdone "info"
        done
 }
 
 setupflataptarchive() {
-       local APTARCHIVE=$(readlink -f ./aptarchive)
-       if [ -f ${APTARCHIVE}/Packages ]; then
+       local APTARCHIVE="$(readlink -f ./aptarchive)"
+       local APTARCHIVEURI="$(readlink -f ./aptarchive | sed 's# #%20#g')"
+       if [ -f "${APTARCHIVE}/Packages" ]; then
                msgninfo "\tadd deb sources.list line… "
-               echo "deb file://$APTARCHIVE /" > rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-archive-deb.list
-               msgdone "info"
+               echo "deb file://$APTARCHIVEURI /" > 'rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-archive-deb.list'
+               msgdone 'info'
        else
-               rm -f rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-archive-deb.list
+               rm -f 'rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-archive-deb.list'
        fi
-       if [ -f ${APTARCHIVE}/Sources ]; then
+       if [ -f "${APTARCHIVE}/Sources" ]; then
                msgninfo "\tadd deb-src sources.list line… "
-               echo "deb-src file://$APTARCHIVE /" > rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-archive-deb-src.list
-               msgdone "info"
+               echo "deb-src file://$APTARCHIVEURI /" > 'rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-archive-deb-src.list'
+               msgdone 'info'
        else
-               rm -f rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-archive-deb-src.list
+               rm -f 'rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-test-archive-deb-src.list'
        fi
 }
 
 setupaptarchive() {
-       buildaptarchive
+       local NOUPDATE=0
+       if [ "$1" = '--no-update' ]; then
+               NOUPDATE=1
+               shift
+       fi
+       buildaptarchive "$@"
        if [ -e aptarchive/dists ]; then
                setupdistsaptarchive
        else
                setupflataptarchive
        fi
-       signreleasefiles
-       msgninfo "\tSync APT's cache with the archive… "
-       aptget update -qq
-       msgdone "info"
+       signreleasefiles 'Joe Sixpack'
+       if [ "1" != "$NOUPDATE" ]; then
+               testsuccess aptget update -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker=true -o Debug::Acquire::gpgv=true
+       fi
 }
 
 signreleasefiles() {
        local SIGNER="${1:-Joe Sixpack}"
-       msgninfo "\tSign archive with $SIGNER key… "
-       local SECKEYS=""
-       for KEY in $(find keys/ -name '*.sec'); do
-               SECKEYS="$SECKEYS --secret-keyring $KEY"
+       local REPODIR="${2:-aptarchive}"
+       local KEY="keys/$(echo "$SIGNER" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' | sed 's# ##g')"
+       local GPG="aptkey --quiet --keyring ${KEY}.pub --secret-keyring ${KEY}.sec --readonly adv --batch --yes"
+       msgninfo "\tSign archive with $SIGNER key $KEY… "
+       local REXKEY='keys/rexexpired'
+       local SECEXPIREBAK="${REXKEY}.sec.bak"
+       local PUBEXPIREBAK="${REXKEY}.pub.bak"
+       if [ "${SIGNER}" = 'Rex Expired' ]; then
+               # the key is expired, so gpg doesn't allow to sign with and the --faked-system-time
+               # option doesn't exist anymore (and using faketime would add a new obscure dependency)
+               # therefore we 'temporary' make the key not expired and restore a backup after signing
+               cp "${REXKEY}.sec" "$SECEXPIREBAK"
+               cp "${REXKEY}.pub" "$PUBEXPIREBAK"
+               local SECUNEXPIRED="${REXKEY}.sec.unexpired"
+               local PUBUNEXPIRED="${REXKEY}.pub.unexpired"
+               if [ -f "$SECUNEXPIRED" ] && [ -f "$PUBUNEXPIRED" ]; then
+                       cp "$SECUNEXPIRED" "${REXKEY}.sec"
+                       cp "$PUBUNEXPIRED" "${REXKEY}.pub"
+               else
+                       if ! printf "expire\n1w\nsave\n" | $GPG --default-key "$SIGNER" --command-fd 0 --edit-key "${SIGNER}" >setexpire.gpg 2>&1; then
+                               cat setexpire.gpg
+                               exit 1
+                       fi
+                       cp "${REXKEY}.sec" "$SECUNEXPIRED"
+                       cp "${REXKEY}.pub" "$PUBUNEXPIRED"
+               fi
+       fi
+       for RELEASE in $(find "${REPODIR}/" -name Release); do
+               $GPG --default-key "$SIGNER" --armor --detach-sign --sign --output "${RELEASE}.gpg" "${RELEASE}"
+               local INRELEASE="$(echo "${RELEASE}" | sed 's#/Release$#/InRelease#')"
+               $GPG --default-key "$SIGNER" --clearsign --output "$INRELEASE" "$RELEASE"
+               # we might have set a specific date for the Release file, so copy it
+               touch -d "$(stat --format "%y" ${RELEASE})" "${RELEASE}.gpg" "${INRELEASE}"
        done
-       local PUBKEYS=""
-       for KEY in $(find keys/ -name '*.pub'); do
-               PUBKEYS="$PUBKEYS --keyring $KEY"
+       if [ -f "$SECEXPIREBAK" ] && [ -f "$PUBEXPIREBAK" ]; then
+               mv -f "$SECEXPIREBAK" "${REXKEY}.sec"
+               mv -f "$PUBEXPIREBAK" "${REXKEY}.pub"
+       fi
+       msgdone 'info'
+}
+
+redatereleasefiles() {
+       local DATE="$(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
-       for RELEASE in $(find aptarchive/ -name Release); do
-               gpg --yes --no-default-keyring $SECKEYS $PUBKEYS --default-key "$SIGNER" -abs -o ${RELEASE}.gpg ${RELEASE}
+       signreleasefiles "${2:-Joe Sixpack}"
+}
+
+webserverconfig() {
+       local WEBSERVER="${3:-http://localhost:${APTHTTPPORT}}"
+       local NOCHECK=false
+       if [ "$1" = '--no-check' ]; then
+               NOCHECK=true
+               shift
+       fi
+       local DOWNLOG='rootdir/tmp/download-testfile.log'
+       local STATUS='downloaded/webserverconfig.status'
+       rm -f "$STATUS" "$DOWNLOG"
+       # very very basic URI encoding
+       local URI
+       if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+               msgtest "Set webserver config option '${1}' to" "$2"
+               URI="${WEBSERVER}/_config/set/$(echo "${1}" | sed -e 's/\//%2f/g')/$(echo "${2}" | sed -e 's/\//%2f/g')"
+       else
+               msgtest 'Clear webserver config option' "${1}"
+               URI="${WEBSERVER}/_config/clear/$(echo "${1}" | sed -e 's/\//%2f/g')"
+       fi
+       if downloadfile "$URI" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG"; then
+               msgpass
+       else
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/webserverconfig.output"
+               cat "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
+       fi
+       $NOCHECK || testwebserverlaststatuscode '200'
+}
+
+rewritesourceslist() {
+       local APTARCHIVE="file://$(readlink -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive" | sed 's# #%20#g')"
+       local APTARCHIVE2="copy://$(readlink -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive" | sed 's# #%20#g')"
+       for LIST in $(find rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ -name 'apt-test-*.list'); do
+               sed -i $LIST -e "s#$APTARCHIVE#${1}#" -e "s#$APTARCHIVE2#${1}#" \
+                       -e "s#http://localhost:${APTHTTPPORT}/#${1}#" \
+                       -e "s#https://localhost:${APTHTTPSPORT}/#${1}#"
        done
-       msgdone "info"
+}
+
+# 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 which weborf > /dev/null; then
-               weborf -xb aptarchive/ 2>&1 > /dev/null &
-               CURRENTTRAP="kill $(ps | grep weborf | sed -e 's#^[ ]*##' | cut -d' ' -f 1); $CURRENTTRAP"
-               trap "$CURRENTTRAP" 0 HUP INT QUIT ILL ABRT FPE SEGV PIPE TERM
-               local APTARCHIVE="file://$(readlink -f ./aptarchive)"
-               for LIST in $(find rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ -name 'apt-test-*.list'); do
-                       sed -i $LIST -e "s#$APTARCHIVE#http://localhost:8080/#"
-               done
+       local REWRITE='no'
+       if [ "$1" != '--no-rewrite' ]; then
+               REWRITE='yes'
+       else
+               shift
+       fi
+       if test -x "${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver"; then
+               cd aptarchive
+               local LOG="webserver.log"
+               if ! aptwebserver --port 0 -o aptwebserver::fork=1 -o aptwebserver::portfile='aptwebserver.port' "$@" >$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'
+               fi
+               addtrap "kill $PID;"
+               waitforpidfile aptwebserver.port
+               APTHTTPPORT="$(cat aptwebserver.port)"
+               if [ -z "$APTHTTPPORT" ]; then
+                       msgdie 'Could not get port for aptwebserver successfully'
+               fi
+               cd - > /dev/null
+       else
+               msgdie 'You have to build apt from source to have test/interactive-helper/aptwebserver available for tests requiring a webserver'
+       fi
+       if [ "$REWRTE" != 'yes' ]; then
+               rewritesourceslist "http://localhost:${APTHTTPPORT}/"
+       fi
+}
+
+changetohttpswebserver() {
+       if ! command -v stunnel4 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+               msgdie 'You need to install stunnel4 for https testcases'
+       fi
+       if [ ! -e "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/aptwebserver.pid" ]; then
+               changetowebserver --no-rewrite "$@"
+       fi
+       echo "pid = ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid
+cert = ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/webserver.pem
+output = /dev/null
+
+[https]
+accept = 0
+connect = $APTHTTPPORT
+" > "${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 ${PID};"
+       APTHTTPSPORT="$(lsof -i | awk "/^stunnel4 / && \$2 == \"${PID}\" {print \$9; exit; }" | cut -d':' -f 2)"
+       webserverconfig 'aptwebserver::port::https' "$APTHTTPSPORT" "https://localhost:${APTHTTPSPORT}"
+       rewritesourceslist "https://localhost:${APTHTTPSPORT}/"
+}
+
+changetocdrom() {
+       mkdir -p rootdir/media/cdrom/.disk
+       local CD="$(readlink -f rootdir/media/cdrom)"
+       cat > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00cdrom <<EOF
+acquire::cdrom::mount "${CD}";
+acquire::cdrom::"${CD}/"::mount "mv ${CD}-unmounted ${CD}";
+acquire::cdrom::"${CD}/"::umount "mv ${CD} ${CD}-unmounted";
+acquire::cdrom::autodetect 0;
+EOF
+       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 "$CD"
+       ln -s "$(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/\" \"$PWD/rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists/\" || true;"
+       chmod -R 555 rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists
+}
+
+downloadfile() {
+       local PROTO="${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
+       else
+               return 1
        fi
-       return 1
 }
 
 checkdiff() {
-       local DIFFTEXT="$($(which diff) -u $* | sed -e '/^---/ d' -e '/^+++/ d' -e '/^@@/ d')"
+       local DIFFTEXT="$(command diff -u "$@" 2>&1 | sed -e '/^---/ d' -e '/^+++/ d' -e '/^@@/ d')"
        if [ -n "$DIFFTEXT" ]; then
-               echo
-               echo "$DIFFTEXT"
+               echo >&2
+               echo >&2 "$DIFFTEXT"
                return 1
        else
                return 0
        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="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testempty.comparefile"
+       if ("$@" >"$COMPAREFILE" 2>&1 || true) && test ! -s "$COMPAREFILE"; then
+               msgpass
+       else
+               msgfailoutput '' "$COMPAREFILE" "$@"
+       fi
+       aptautotest 'testempty' "$@"
+       msggroup
+}
+testnotempty() {
+       msggroup 'testnotempty'
+       msgtest "Test for some output of" "$*"
+       local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testnotempty.comparefile"
+       if ("$@" >"$COMPAREFILE" 2>&1 || true) && test -s "$COMPAREFILE"; then
+               msgpass
+       else
+               msgfailoutput '' "$COMPAREFILE" "$@"
+       fi
+       aptautotest 'testnotempty' "$@"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testequal() {
-       local COMPAREFILE=$(mktemp)
-       echo "$1" > $COMPAREFILE
+       msggroup 'testequal'
+       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" "$*"
-       $* 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
-       rm $COMPAREFILE
+
+       if [ -n "$MSG" ]; then
+               msgtest "$MSG" "$*"
+       fi
+       testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" "$@"
+       aptautotest 'testequal' "$@"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testequalor2() {
-       local COMPAREFILE1=$(mktemp)
-       local COMPAREFILE2=$(mktemp)
-       local COMPAREAGAINST=$(mktemp)
-       echo "$1" > $COMPAREFILE1
-       echo "$2" > $COMPAREFILE2
+       msggroup 'testequalor2'
+       local COMPAREFILE1="${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" "$*"
-       $* 2>&1 1> $COMPAREAGAINST
-       (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 )
-       rm $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST
+       "$@" >"$COMPAREAGAINST" 2>&1 || true
+       if checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE1" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
+               checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE2" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >/dev/null 2>&1
+       then
+               msgpass
+       else
+               local OUTPUT="${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() {
-       local VIRTUAL="N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it purely virtual"
+       msggroup 'testshowvirtual'
+       local VIRTUAL="N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it is purely virtual"
        local PACKAGE="$1"
        shift
        while [ -n "$1" ]; do
                VIRTUAL="${VIRTUAL}
-N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it purely virtual"
+N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it is purely virtual"
                PACKAGE="${PACKAGE} $1"
                shift
        done
        msgtest "Test for virtual packages" "apt-cache show $PACKAGE"
        VIRTUAL="${VIRTUAL}
 N: No packages found"
-       local COMPAREFILE=$(mktemp)
-       local ARCH=$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU)
-       eval `apt-config shell ARCH APT::Architecture`
-       echo "$VIRTUAL" | sed -e "s/:$ARCH//" -e 's/:all//' > $COMPAREFILE
-       aptcache show -q=0 $PACKAGE 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
-       rm $COMPAREFILE
+       local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testshowvirtual.comparefile"
+       local ARCH="$(getarchitecture 'native')"
+       echo "$VIRTUAL" | sed -e "s/:$ARCH//" -e 's/:all//' >"$COMPAREFILE"
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testshowvirtual.output"
+       testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" aptcache show "$PACKAGE"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testnopackage() {
+       msggroup '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 "$SHOWPKG"
-               msgfail
-               return 1
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testnopackage.output"
+               echo "$SHOWPKG" >"$OUTPUT"
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
+       else
+               msgpass
+       fi
+       msggroup
+}
+testnosrcpackage() {
+       msggroup 'testnosrcpackage'
+       msgtest "Test for non-existent source packages" "apt-cache showsrc $*"
+       local SHOWPKG="$(aptcache showsrc "$@" 2>&1 | grep '^Package: ')"
+       if [ -n "$SHOWPKG" ]; then
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testnosrcpackage.output"
+               echo "$SHOWPKG" >"$OUTPUT"
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
+       else
+               msgpass
+       fi
+       msggroup
+}
+
+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 '' "$OUTPUT"
+       else
+               msgpass
+       fi
+       msggroup
+}
+
+testdpkginstalled() {
+       msggroup 'testdpkginstalled'
+       testdpkgstatus 'ii' "$#" "$@"
+       msggroup
+}
+
+testdpkgnotinstalled() {
+       msggroup 'testdpkgnotinstalled'
+       testdpkgstatus 'ii' '0' "$@"
+       msggroup
+}
+
+testmarkedauto() {
+       msggroup 'testmarkedauto'
+       local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testmarkedauto.comparefile"
+       if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+               msgtest 'Test for correctly marked as auto-installed' "$*"
+               while [ -n "$1" ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done | sort > "$COMPAREFILE"
+       else
+               msgtest 'Test for correctly marked as auto-installed' 'no package'
+               echo -n > "$COMPAREFILE"
+       fi
+       testoutputequal "$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
+       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 -d "$2"; then
+                                       echo "#### The directory contains: $2 ####"
+                                       ls >&2 "$2" || true
+                               elif test -e "$2"; then
+                                       echo "#### Complete file: $2 ####"
+                                       cat >&2 "$2" || true
+                               fi
+                       fi
+               }
+               msgfailoutputstatfile "$2" "$3"
+               while [ -n "$5" ] && [ "$4" = '-o' -o "$4" = '-a' ]; do
+                       shift 3
+                       msgfailoutputstatfile "$2" "$3"
+               done
+               echo '#### test output ####'
+       fi
+       cat >&2 "$OUTPUT"
+       msgfail "$MSG"
+}
+
+testsuccesswithglobalerror() {
+       local TYPE="$1"
+       local ERRORS="$2"
+       shift 2
+       msggroup "$TYPE"
+       if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+               shift
+       else
+               msgtest 'Test for successful execution of' "$*"
        fi
-       msgpass
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/${TYPE}.output"
+       if "$@" >"${OUTPUT}" 2>&1; then
+               if expr match "$1" '^apt.*' >/dev/null; then
+                       if grep -q -E ' runtime error: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
+                               msgfailoutput 'compiler detected undefined behavior' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                       elif grep -E "^[${ERRORS}]: " "$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" "$@"
+                               fi
+                       elif [ "$TYPE" = 'testsuccesswithnotice' ]; then
+                               if grep -q -E "^N: " "$OUTPUT"; then
+                                       msgpass
+                               else
+                                       msgfailoutput 'successful run, but output had no notices' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               msgpass
+                       fi
+               else
+                       msgpass
+               fi
+       else
+               local EXITCODE=$?
+               msgfailoutput "exitcode $EXITCODE" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+       fi
+       aptautotest "$TYPE" "$@"
+       msggroup
+}
+testsuccesswithnotice() {
+       testsuccesswithglobalerror 'testsuccesswithnotice' 'WE' "$@"
+}
+testsuccess() {
+       testsuccesswithglobalerror 'testsuccess' 'NWE' "$@"
+}
+testwarning() {
+       msggroup 'testwarning'
+       if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+               shift
+       else
+               msgtest 'Test for successful execution with warnings of' "$*"
+       fi
+       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
+                               msgfailoutput 'compiler detected undefined behavior' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                       elif grep -q -E '^E: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
+                               msgfailoutput 'successful run, but output contains errors' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                       elif ! grep -q -E '^W: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
+                               msgfailoutput 'successful run, but output contains no warnings' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+                       else
+                               msgpass
+                       fi
+               else
+                       msgpass
+               fi
+       else
+               local EXITCODE=$?
+               msgfailoutput "exitcode $EXITCODE" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+       fi
+       aptautotest 'testwarning' "$@"
+       msggroup
+}
+testfailure() {
+       msggroup 'testfailure'
+       if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+               shift
+       else
+               msgtest 'Test for failure in execution of' "$*"
+       fi
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfailure.output"
+       if "$@" >"${OUTPUT}" 2>&1; then
+               local EXITCODE=$?
+               msgfailoutput "exitcode $EXITCODE" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+       else
+               local EXITCODE=$?
+               if expr match "$1" '^apt.*' >/dev/null; then
+                       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" "$@"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               if grep -q -E ' runtime error: ' "$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
+}
+
+testreturnstateequal() {
+       local STATE="$1"
+       if [ "$STATE" = 'testsuccesswithglobalerror' ]; then
+               local STATE="$2"
+               local TYPE="$3"
+               shift 3
+               msggroup "${STATE}equal"
+               if [ "$1" != '--nomsg' ]; then
+                       local CMP="$1"
+                       shift
+                       testsuccesswithglobalerror "$STATE" "$TYPE" "$@"
+                       testfileequal "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/${STATE}.output" "$CMP"
+               else
+                       local CMP="$2"
+                       shift 2
+                       testsuccesswithglobalerror "$STATE" "$TYPE" "$@"
+                       testfileequal "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/${STATE}.output" "$CMP"
+               fi
+       else
+               msggroup "${STATE}equal"
+               if [ "$2" != '--nomsg' ]; then
+                       local CMP="$2"
+                       shift 2
+                       "$STATE" "$@"
+                       testfileequal "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/${STATE}.output" "$CMP"
+               else
+                       local CMP="$3"
+                       shift 3
+                       "$STATE" --nomsg "$@"
+                       testfileequal "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/${STATE}.output" "$CMP"
+               fi
+       fi
+       msggroup
+}
+testsuccessequal() {
+       # we compare output, so we know perfectly well about N:
+       testreturnstateequal 'testsuccesswithglobalerror' 'testsuccess' 'WE' "$@"
 }
+testwarningequal() {
+       testreturnstateequal 'testwarning' "$@"
+}
+testfailureequal() {
+       testreturnstateequal 'testfailure' "$@"
+}
+
+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 '^\(W\|E\|N\):' "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfailure.output" > "$COMPAREFILE" 2>&1 || true
+       testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" echo "$CMP"
+       msggroup
+}
+testwarningmsg() {
+       msggroup 'testwarningmsg'
+       local CMP="$1"
+       shift
+       testwarning "$@"
+       msgtest 'Check that the output of the previous warned command has expected' 'warnings'
+       local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testwarningmsg.comparefile"
+       grep '^\(W\|E\|N\):' "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testwarning.output" > "$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" "$1")" ]; then
+               msgpass
+       else
+               local OUTPUT="${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"
+       msgtest 'Test last status code from the webserver was' "$1"
+       if downloadfile "http://localhost:${APTHTTPPORT}/_config/find/aptwebserver::last-status-code" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG" && [ "$(cat "$STATUS")" = "$1" ]; then
+               msgpass
+       else
+               local OUTPUT="${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")" "$OUTPUT"
+       fi
+       msggroup
+}
+
+pause() {
+       echo "STOPPED execution. Press enter to continue"
+       local IGNORE
+       read IGNORE
+}
+
+listcurrentlistsdirectory() {
+       {
+               find rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read line; do
+                       stat --format '%U:%G:%a:%n' "$line"
+               done
+               find rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists -maxdepth 1 \! -type d | while read line; do
+                       stat --format '%U:%G:%a:%s:%y:%n' "$line"
+               done
+       } | sort
+}
+
+### convenience hacks ###
+mkdir() {
+       # creating some directories by hand is a tedious task, so make it look simple
+       local PARAMS="$*"
+       if [ "$PARAMS" != "${PARAMS#*rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists}" ]; 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
+### general things about commands executed without writing the test every time.
+
+aptautotest() {
+       local TESTCALL="$1"
+       local CMD="$2"
+       local FIRSTOPT="$3"
+       local AUTOTEST="aptautotest_$(echo "${CMD##*/}_${FIRSTOPT}" | tr -d '-')"
+       if command -v $AUTOTEST >/dev/null; then
+               shift 3
+               # save and restore the *.output files from other tests
+               # as we might otherwise override them in these automatic tests
+               rm -rf "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-before"
+               mv "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-before"
+               mkdir "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp"
+               $AUTOTEST "$TESTCALL" "$@"
+               rm -rf "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-aptautotest"
+               mv "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-aptautotest"
+               mv "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-before" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp"
+       fi
+}
+
+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
+       local backupIFS="$IFS"
+       IFS="$(printf "\n\b")"
+       for file in $(find "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists" -type f ! -name 'lock'); do
+               testfilestats "$file" '%U:%G:%a' '=' "${TEST_DEFAULT_USER}:${TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP}:644"
+       done
+       IFS="$backupIFS"
+       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 "$@"; }