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 #include <apt-pkg/error.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/configuration.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/depcache.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/pkgrecords.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/strutl.h>
-#include <apti18n.h>
 #include <apt-pkg/fileutl.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/cachefile.h>
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/select.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <map>
+#include <pwd.h>
+#include <grp.h>
 
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
+class pkgDPkgPMPrivate 
+{
+public:
+   pkgDPkgPMPrivate() : dpkgbuf_pos(0), term_out(NULL), history_out(NULL)
+   {
+   }
+   bool stdin_is_dev_null;
+   // the buffer we use for the dpkg status-fd reading
+   char dpkgbuf[1024];
+   int dpkgbuf_pos;
+   FILE *term_out;
+   FILE *history_out;
+   string dpkg_error;
+};
+
 namespace
 {
   // Maps the dpkg "processing" info to human readable names.  Entry 0
@@ -105,9 +125,9 @@ ionice(int PID)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* */
 pkgDPkgPM::pkgDPkgPM(pkgDepCache *Cache) 
-   : pkgPackageManager(Cache), dpkgbuf_pos(0),
-     term_out(NULL), history_out(NULL), PackagesDone(0), PackagesTotal(0)
+   : pkgPackageManager(Cache), PackagesDone(0), PackagesTotal(0)
 {
+   d = new pkgDPkgPMPrivate();
 }
                                                                        /*}}}*/
 // DPkgPM::pkgDPkgPM - Destructor                                      /*{{{*/
@@ -115,6 +135,7 @@ pkgDPkgPM::pkgDPkgPM(pkgDepCache *Cache)
 /* */
 pkgDPkgPM::~pkgDPkgPM()
 {
+   delete d;
 }
                                                                        /*}}}*/
 // DPkgPM::Install - Install a package                                 /*{{{*/
@@ -305,6 +326,15 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::RunScriptsWithPkgs(const char *Cnf)
         SetCloseExec(STDIN_FILENO,false);      
         SetCloseExec(STDERR_FILENO,false);
 
+        if (_config->FindDir("DPkg::Chroot-Directory","/") != "/") 
+        {
+           std::cerr << "Chrooting into " 
+                     << _config->FindDir("DPkg::Chroot-Directory") 
+                     << std::endl;
+           if (chroot(_config->FindDir("DPkg::Chroot-Directory","/").c_str()) != 0)
+              _exit(100);
+        }
+
         const char *Args[4];
         Args[0] = "/bin/sh";
         Args[1] = "-c";
@@ -319,7 +349,6 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::RunScriptsWithPkgs(const char *Cnf)
         return _error->Errno("fdopen","Faild to open new FD");
       
       // Feed it the filenames.
-      bool Die = false;
       if (Version <= 1)
       {
         for (vector<Item>::iterator I = List.begin(); I != List.end(); I++)
@@ -336,14 +365,11 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::RunScriptsWithPkgs(const char *Cnf)
               into the pipe. */
            fprintf(F,"%s\n",I->File.c_str());
            if (ferror(F) != 0)
-           {
-              Die = true;
               break;
-           }
         }
       }
       else
-        Die = !SendV2Pkgs(F);
+        SendV2Pkgs(F);
 
       fclose(F);
       
@@ -354,7 +380,6 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::RunScriptsWithPkgs(const char *Cnf)
 
    return true;
 }
-
                                                                        /*}}}*/
 // DPkgPM::DoStdin - Read stdin and pass to slave pty                  /*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -367,7 +392,7 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::DoStdin(int master)
    if (len)
       write(master, input_buf, len);
    else
-      stdin_is_dev_null = true;
+      d->stdin_is_dev_null = true;
 }
                                                                        /*}}}*/
 // DPkgPM::DoTerminalPty - Read the terminal pty and write log         /*{{{*/
@@ -384,15 +409,16 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::DoTerminalPty(int master)
    {
       // this happens when the child is about to exit, we
       // give it time to actually exit, otherwise we run
-      // into a race
-      usleep(500000);
+      // into a race so we sleep for half a second.
+      struct timespec sleepfor = { 0, 500000000 };
+      nanosleep(&sleepfor, NULL);
       return;
    }  
    if(len <= 0) 
       return;
    write(1, term_buf, len);
-   if(term_out)
-      fwrite(term_buf, len, sizeof(char), term_out);
+   if(d->term_out)
+      fwrite(term_buf, len, sizeof(char), d->term_out);
 }
                                                                        /*}}}*/
 // DPkgPM::ProcessDpkgStatusBuf                                                /*{{{*/
@@ -425,7 +451,7 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::ProcessDpkgStatusLine(int OutStatusFd, char *line)
       'processing: trigproc: trigger'
            
    */
-   char* list[5];
+   char* list[6];
    //        dpkg sends multiline error messages sometimes (see
    //        #374195 for a example. we should support this by
    //        either patching dpkg to not send multiline over the
@@ -470,12 +496,20 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::ProcessDpkgStatusLine(int OutStatusFd, char *line)
         std::clog << "send: '" << status.str() << "'" << endl;
 
       if (strncmp(action, "disappear", strlen("disappear")) == 0)
-        disappearedPkgs.insert(string(pkg_or_trigger));
+        handleDisappearAction(pkg_or_trigger);
       return;
    }
 
    if(strncmp(action,"error",strlen("error")) == 0)
    {
+      // urgs, sometime has ":" in its error string so that we
+      // end up with the error message split between list[3]
+      // and list[4], e.g. the message: 
+      // "failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb ..."
+      // concat them again
+      if( list[4] != NULL )
+        list[3][strlen(list[3])] = ':';
+
       status << "pmerror:" << list[1]
             << ":"  << (PackagesDone/float(PackagesTotal)*100.0) 
             << ":" << list[3]
@@ -484,6 +518,8 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::ProcessDpkgStatusLine(int OutStatusFd, char *line)
         write(OutStatusFd, status.str().c_str(), status.str().size());
       if (Debug == true)
         std::clog << "send: '" << status.str() << "'" << endl;
+      pkgFailures++;
+      WriteApportReport(list[1], list[3]);
       return;
    }
    else if(strncmp(action,"conffile",strlen("conffile")) == 0)
@@ -530,6 +566,53 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::ProcessDpkgStatusLine(int OutStatusFd, char *line)
                << " action: " << action << endl;
 }
                                                                        /*}}}*/
+// DPkgPM::handleDisappearAction                                       /*{{{*/
+void pkgDPkgPM::handleDisappearAction(string const &pkgname)
+{
+   // record the package name for display and stuff later
+   disappearedPkgs.insert(pkgname);
+
+   pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg = Cache.FindPkg(pkgname);
+   if (unlikely(Pkg.end() == true))
+      return;
+   // the disappeared package was auto-installed - nothing to do
+   if ((Cache[Pkg].Flags & pkgCache::Flag::Auto) == pkgCache::Flag::Auto)
+      return;
+   pkgCache::VerIterator PkgVer = Cache[Pkg].InstVerIter(Cache);
+   if (unlikely(PkgVer.end() == true))
+      return;
+   /* search in the list of dependencies for (Pre)Depends,
+      check if this dependency has a Replaces on our package
+      and if so transfer the manual installed flag to it */
+   for (pkgCache::DepIterator Dep = PkgVer.DependsList(); Dep.end() != true; ++Dep)
+   {
+      if (Dep->Type != pkgCache::Dep::Depends &&
+         Dep->Type != pkgCache::Dep::PreDepends)
+        continue;
+      pkgCache::PkgIterator Tar = Dep.TargetPkg();
+      if (unlikely(Tar.end() == true))
+        continue;
+      // the package is already marked as manual
+      if ((Cache[Tar].Flags & pkgCache::Flag::Auto) != pkgCache::Flag::Auto)
+        continue;
+      pkgCache::VerIterator TarVer =  Cache[Tar].InstVerIter(Cache);
+      if (TarVer.end() == true)
+        continue;
+      for (pkgCache::DepIterator Rep = TarVer.DependsList(); Rep.end() != true; ++Rep)
+      {
+        if (Rep->Type != pkgCache::Dep::Replaces)
+           continue;
+        if (Pkg != Rep.TargetPkg())
+           continue;
+        // okay, they are strongly connected - transfer manual-bit
+        if (Debug == true)
+           std::clog << "transfer manual-bit from disappeared »" << pkgname << "« to »" << Tar.FullName() << "«" << std::endl;
+        Cache[Tar].Flags &= ~Flag::Auto;
+        break;
+      }
+   }
+}
+                                                                       /*}}}*/
 // DPkgPM::DoDpkgStatusFd                                              /*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /*
@@ -539,14 +622,14 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::DoDpkgStatusFd(int statusfd, int OutStatusFd)
    char *p, *q;
    int len;
 
-   len=read(statusfd, &dpkgbuf[dpkgbuf_pos], sizeof(dpkgbuf)-dpkgbuf_pos);
-   dpkgbuf_pos += len;
+   len=read(statusfd, &d->dpkgbuf[d->dpkgbuf_pos], sizeof(d->dpkgbuf)-d->dpkgbuf_pos);
+   d->dpkgbuf_pos += len;
    if(len <= 0)
       return;
 
    // process line by line if we have a buffer
-   p = q = dpkgbuf;
-   while((q=(char*)memchr(p, '\n', dpkgbuf+dpkgbuf_pos-p)) != NULL)
+   p = q = d->dpkgbuf;
+   while((q=(char*)memchr(p, '\n', d->dpkgbuf+d->dpkgbuf_pos-p)) != NULL)
    {
       *q = 0;
       ProcessDpkgStatusLine(OutStatusFd, p);
@@ -554,8 +637,8 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::DoDpkgStatusFd(int statusfd, int OutStatusFd)
    }
 
    // now move the unprocessed bits (after the final \n that is now a 0x0) 
-   // to the start and update dpkgbuf_pos
-   p = (char*)memrchr(dpkgbuf, 0, dpkgbuf_pos);
+   // to the start and update d->dpkgbuf_pos
+   p = (char*)memrchr(d->dpkgbuf, 0, d->dpkgbuf_pos);
    if(p == NULL)
       return;
 
@@ -563,26 +646,27 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::DoDpkgStatusFd(int statusfd, int OutStatusFd)
    p++;
 
    // move the unprocessed tail to the start and update pos
-   memmove(dpkgbuf, p, p-dpkgbuf);
-   dpkgbuf_pos = dpkgbuf+dpkgbuf_pos-p;
+   memmove(d->dpkgbuf, p, p-d->dpkgbuf);
+   d->dpkgbuf_pos = d->dpkgbuf+d->dpkgbuf_pos-p;
 }
                                                                        /*}}}*/
 // DPkgPM::WriteHistoryTag                                             /*{{{*/
-void pkgDPkgPM::WriteHistoryTag(string tag, string value)
+void pkgDPkgPM::WriteHistoryTag(string const &tag, string value)
 {
-   if (value.size() > 0)
-   {
-      // poor mans rstrip(", ")
-      if (value[value.size()-2] == ',' && value[value.size()-1] == ' ')
-        value.erase(value.size() - 2, 2);
-      fprintf(history_out, "%s: %s\n", tag.c_str(), value.c_str());
-   }
+   size_t const length = value.length();
+   if (length == 0)
+      return;
+   // poor mans rstrip(", ")
+   if (value[length-2] == ',' && value[length-1] == ' ')
+      value.erase(length - 2, 2);
+   fprintf(d->history_out, "%s: %s\n", tag.c_str(), value.c_str());
 }                                                                      /*}}}*/
 // DPkgPM::OpenLog                                                     /*{{{*/
 bool pkgDPkgPM::OpenLog()
 {
    string const logdir = _config->FindDir("Dir::Log");
-   if(not FileExists(logdir))
+   if(CreateAPTDirectoryIfNeeded(logdir, logdir) == false)
+      // FIXME: use a better string after freeze
       return _error->Error(_("Directory '%s' missing"), logdir.c_str());
 
    // get current time
@@ -596,12 +680,19 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::OpenLog()
                                   _config->Find("Dir::Log::Terminal"));
    if (!logfile_name.empty())
    {
-      term_out = fopen(logfile_name.c_str(),"a");
-      if (term_out == NULL)
+      d->term_out = fopen(logfile_name.c_str(),"a");
+      if (d->term_out == NULL)
         return _error->WarningE("OpenLog", _("Could not open file '%s'"), logfile_name.c_str());
-
-      chmod(logfile_name.c_str(), 0600);
-      fprintf(term_out, "\nLog started: %s\n", timestr);
+      setvbuf(d->term_out, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+      SetCloseExec(fileno(d->term_out), true);
+      struct passwd *pw;
+      struct group *gr;
+      pw = getpwnam("root");
+      gr = getgrnam("adm");
+      if (pw != NULL && gr != NULL)
+         chown(logfile_name.c_str(), pw->pw_uid, gr->gr_gid);
+      chmod(logfile_name.c_str(), 0644);
+      fprintf(d->term_out, "\nLog started: %s\n", timestr);
    }
 
    // write your history
@@ -609,36 +700,52 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::OpenLog()
                                   _config->Find("Dir::Log::History"));
    if (!history_name.empty())
    {
-      history_out = fopen(history_name.c_str(),"a");
-      if (history_out == NULL)
+      d->history_out = fopen(history_name.c_str(),"a");
+      if (d->history_out == NULL)
         return _error->WarningE("OpenLog", _("Could not open file '%s'"), history_name.c_str());
       chmod(history_name.c_str(), 0644);
-      fprintf(history_out, "\nStart-Date: %s\n", timestr);
-      string remove, purge, install, upgrade, downgrade;
+      fprintf(d->history_out, "\nStart-Date: %s\n", timestr);
+      string remove, purge, install, reinstall, upgrade, downgrade;
       for (pkgCache::PkgIterator I = Cache.PkgBegin(); I.end() == false; I++)
       {
-        if (Cache[I].NewInstall())
-           install += I.Name() + string(" (") + Cache[I].CandVersion + string("), ");
-        else if (Cache[I].Upgrade())
-           upgrade += I.Name() + string(" (") + Cache[I].CurVersion + string(", ") + Cache[I].CandVersion + string("), ");
-        else if (Cache[I].Downgrade())
-           downgrade += I.Name() + string(" (") + Cache[I].CurVersion + string(", ") + Cache[I].CandVersion + string("), ");
-        else if (Cache[I].Delete())
-        {
-           if ((Cache[I].iFlags & pkgDepCache::Purge) == pkgDepCache::Purge)
-              purge += I.Name() + string(" (") + Cache[I].CurVersion + string("), ");      
-           else
-              remove += I.Name() + string(" (") + Cache[I].CurVersion + string("), ");     
+        enum { CANDIDATE, CANDIDATE_AUTO, CURRENT_CANDIDATE, CURRENT } infostring;
+        string *line = NULL;
+        #define HISTORYINFO(X, Y) { line = &X; infostring = Y; }
+        if (Cache[I].NewInstall() == true)
+           HISTORYINFO(install, CANDIDATE_AUTO)
+        else if (Cache[I].ReInstall() == true)
+           HISTORYINFO(reinstall, CANDIDATE)
+        else if (Cache[I].Upgrade() == true)
+           HISTORYINFO(upgrade, CURRENT_CANDIDATE)
+        else if (Cache[I].Downgrade() == true)
+           HISTORYINFO(downgrade, CURRENT_CANDIDATE)
+        else if (Cache[I].Delete() == true)
+           HISTORYINFO((Cache[I].Purge() ? purge : remove), CURRENT)
+        else
+           continue;
+        #undef HISTORYINFO
+        line->append(I.FullName(false)).append(" (");
+        switch (infostring) {
+        case CANDIDATE: line->append(Cache[I].CandVersion); break;
+        case CANDIDATE_AUTO:
+           line->append(Cache[I].CandVersion);
+           if ((Cache[I].Flags & pkgCache::Flag::Auto) == pkgCache::Flag::Auto)
+              line->append(", automatic");
+           break;
+        case CURRENT_CANDIDATE: line->append(Cache[I].CurVersion).append(", ").append(Cache[I].CandVersion); break;
+        case CURRENT: line->append(Cache[I].CurVersion); break;
         }
+        line->append("), ");
       }
       if (_config->Exists("Commandline::AsString") == true)
         WriteHistoryTag("Commandline", _config->Find("Commandline::AsString"));
       WriteHistoryTag("Install", install);
+      WriteHistoryTag("Reinstall", reinstall);
       WriteHistoryTag("Upgrade", upgrade);
       WriteHistoryTag("Downgrade",downgrade);
       WriteHistoryTag("Remove",remove);
       WriteHistoryTag("Purge",purge);
-      fflush(history_out);
+      fflush(d->history_out);
    }
    
    return true;
@@ -652,23 +759,38 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::CloseLog()
    struct tm *tmp = localtime(&t);
    strftime(timestr, sizeof(timestr), "%F  %T", tmp);
 
-   if(term_out)
+   if(d->term_out)
    {
-      fprintf(term_out, "Log ended: ");
-      fprintf(term_out, "%s", timestr);
-      fprintf(term_out, "\n");
-      fclose(term_out);
+      fprintf(d->term_out, "Log ended: ");
+      fprintf(d->term_out, "%s", timestr);
+      fprintf(d->term_out, "\n");
+      fclose(d->term_out);
    }
-   term_out = NULL;
+   d->term_out = NULL;
 
-   if(history_out)
+   if(d->history_out)
    {
-      if (dpkg_error.size() > 0)
-        fprintf(history_out, "Error: %s\n", dpkg_error.c_str());
-      fprintf(history_out, "End-Date: %s\n", timestr);
-      fclose(history_out);
+      if (disappearedPkgs.empty() == false)
+      {
+        string disappear;
+        for (std::set<std::string>::const_iterator d = disappearedPkgs.begin();
+             d != disappearedPkgs.end(); ++d)
+        {
+           pkgCache::PkgIterator P = Cache.FindPkg(*d);
+           disappear.append(*d);
+           if (P.end() == true)
+              disappear.append(", ");
+           else
+              disappear.append(" (").append(Cache[P].CurVersion).append("), ");
+        }
+        WriteHistoryTag("Disappeared", disappear);
+      }
+      if (d->dpkg_error.empty() == false)
+        fprintf(d->history_out, "Error: %s\n", d->dpkg_error.c_str());
+      fprintf(d->history_out, "End-Date: %s\n", timestr);
+      fclose(d->history_out);
    }
-   history_out = NULL;
+   d->history_out = NULL;
 
    return true;
 }
@@ -776,7 +898,7 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(int OutStatusFd)
       }
    }
 
-   stdin_is_dev_null = false;
+   d->stdin_is_dev_null = false;
 
    // create log
    OpenLog();
@@ -804,7 +926,10 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(int OutStatusFd)
 
       // Generate the argument list
       const char *Args[MaxArgs + 50];
-      
+      // keep track of allocated strings for multiarch package names
+      char *Packages[MaxArgs + 50];
+      unsigned int pkgcount = 0;
+
       // Now check if we are within the MaxArgs limit
       //
       // this code below is problematic, because it may happen that
@@ -912,16 +1037,27 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(int OutStatusFd)
       }      
       else
       {
+        string const nativeArch = _config->Find("APT::Architecture");
+        unsigned long const oldSize = I->Op == Item::Configure ? Size : 0;
         for (;I != J && Size < MaxArgBytes; I++)
         {
            if((*I).Pkg.end() == true)
               continue;
            if (I->Op == Item::Configure && disappearedPkgs.find(I->Pkg.Name()) != disappearedPkgs.end())
               continue;
-           Args[n++] = I->Pkg.Name();
+           if (I->Pkg.Arch() == nativeArch || !strcmp(I->Pkg.Arch(), "all"))
+              Args[n++] = I->Pkg.Name();
+           else
+           {
+              Packages[pkgcount] = strdup(I->Pkg.FullName(false).c_str());
+              Args[n++] = Packages[pkgcount++];
+           }
            Size += strlen(Args[n-1]);
-        }       
-      }      
+        }
+        // skip configure action if all sheduled packages disappeared
+        if (oldSize == Size)
+           continue;
+      }
       Args[n] = 0;
       J = I;
       
@@ -962,8 +1098,8 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(int OutStatusFd)
            const char *s = _("Can not write log, openpty() "
                              "failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)\n");
            fprintf(stderr, "%s",s);
-            if(term_out)
-              fprintf(term_out, "%s",s);
+            if(d->term_out)
+              fprintf(d->term_out, "%s",s);
            master = slave = -1;
         }  else {
            struct termios rtt;
@@ -1068,6 +1204,11 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(int OutStatusFd)
       sigemptyset(&sigmask);
       sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK,&sigmask,&original_sigmask);
 
+      /* clean up the temporary allocation for multiarch package names in
+         the parent, so we don't leak memory when we return. */
+      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pkgcount; i++)
+        free(Packages[i]);
+
       // the result of the waitpid call
       int res;
       int select_ret;
@@ -1088,7 +1229,7 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(int OutStatusFd)
 
         // wait for input or output here
         FD_ZERO(&rfds);
-        if (master >= 0 && !stdin_is_dev_null)
+        if (master >= 0 && !d->stdin_is_dev_null)
            FD_SET(0, &rfds); 
         FD_SET(_dpkgin, &rfds);
         if(master >= 0)
@@ -1142,14 +1283,14 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(int OutStatusFd)
            RunScripts("DPkg::Post-Invoke");
 
         if (WIFSIGNALED(Status) != 0 && WTERMSIG(Status) == SIGSEGV) 
-           strprintf(dpkg_error, "Sub-process %s received a segmentation fault.",Args[0]);
+           strprintf(d->dpkg_error, "Sub-process %s received a segmentation fault.",Args[0]);
         else if (WIFEXITED(Status) != 0)
-           strprintf(dpkg_error, "Sub-process %s returned an error code (%u)",Args[0],WEXITSTATUS(Status));
+           strprintf(d->dpkg_error, "Sub-process %s returned an error code (%u)",Args[0],WEXITSTATUS(Status));
         else 
-           strprintf(dpkg_error, "Sub-process %s exited unexpectedly",Args[0]);
+           strprintf(d->dpkg_error, "Sub-process %s exited unexpectedly",Args[0]);
 
-        if(dpkg_error.size() > 0)
-           _error->Error(dpkg_error.c_str());
+        if(d->dpkg_error.size() > 0)
+           _error->Error("%s", d->dpkg_error.c_str());
 
         if(stopOnError) 
         {
@@ -1163,6 +1304,23 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(int OutStatusFd)
    if (RunScripts("DPkg::Post-Invoke") == false)
       return false;
 
+   if (_config->FindB("Debug::pkgDPkgPM",false) == false)
+   {
+      std::string const oldpkgcache = _config->FindFile("Dir::cache::pkgcache");
+      if (oldpkgcache.empty() == false && RealFileExists(oldpkgcache) == true &&
+         unlink(oldpkgcache.c_str()) == 0)
+      {
+        std::string const srcpkgcache = _config->FindFile("Dir::cache::srcpkgcache");
+        if (srcpkgcache.empty() == false && RealFileExists(srcpkgcache) == true)
+        {
+           _error->PushToStack();
+           pkgCacheFile CacheFile;
+           CacheFile.BuildCaches(NULL, true);
+           _error->RevertToStack();
+        }
+      }
+   }
+
    Cache.writeStateFile(NULL);
    return true;
 }
@@ -1175,3 +1333,186 @@ void pkgDPkgPM::Reset()
    List.erase(List.begin(),List.end());
 }
                                                                        /*}}}*/
+// pkgDpkgPM::WriteApportReport - write out error report pkg failure   /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* */
+void pkgDPkgPM::WriteApportReport(const char *pkgpath, const char *errormsg) 
+{
+   string pkgname, reportfile, srcpkgname, pkgver, arch;
+   string::size_type pos;
+   FILE *report;
+
+   if (_config->FindB("Dpkg::ApportFailureReport", false) == false)
+   {
+      std::clog << "configured to not write apport reports" << std::endl;
+      return;
+   }
+
+   // only report the first errors
+   if(pkgFailures > _config->FindI("APT::Apport::MaxReports", 3))
+   {
+      std::clog << _("No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already") << std::endl;
+      return;
+   }
+
+   // check if its not a follow up error 
+   const char *needle = dgettext("dpkg", "dependency problems - leaving unconfigured");
+   if(strstr(errormsg, needle) != NULL) {
+      std::clog << _("No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.") << std::endl;
+      return;
+   }
+
+   // do not report disk-full failures 
+   if(strstr(errormsg, strerror(ENOSPC)) != NULL) {
+      std::clog << _("No apport report written because the error message indicates a disk full error") << std::endl;
+      return;
+   }
+
+   // do not report out-of-memory failures 
+   if(strstr(errormsg, strerror(ENOMEM)) != NULL) {
+      std::clog << _("No apport report written because the error message indicates a out of memory error") << std::endl;
+      return;
+   }
+
+   // do not report dpkg I/O errors
+   // XXX - this message is localized, but this only matches the English version.  This is better than nothing.
+   if(strstr(errormsg, "short read in buffer_copy (")) {
+      std::clog << _("No apport report written because the error message indicates a dpkg I/O error") << std::endl;
+      return;
+   }
+
+   // get the pkgname and reportfile
+   pkgname = flNotDir(pkgpath);
+   pos = pkgname.find('_');
+   if(pos != string::npos)
+      pkgname = pkgname.substr(0, pos);
+
+   // find the package versin and source package name
+   pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg = Cache.FindPkg(pkgname);
+   if (Pkg.end() == true)
+      return;
+   pkgCache::VerIterator Ver = Cache.GetCandidateVer(Pkg);
+   if (Ver.end() == true)
+      return;
+   pkgver = Ver.VerStr() == NULL ? "unknown" : Ver.VerStr();
+   pkgRecords Recs(Cache);
+   pkgRecords::Parser &Parse = Recs.Lookup(Ver.FileList());
+   srcpkgname = Parse.SourcePkg();
+   if(srcpkgname.empty())
+      srcpkgname = pkgname;
+
+   // if the file exists already, we check:
+   // - if it was reported already (touched by apport). 
+   //   If not, we do nothing, otherwise
+   //    we overwrite it. This is the same behaviour as apport
+   // - if we have a report with the same pkgversion already
+   //   then we skip it
+   reportfile = flCombine("/var/crash",pkgname+".0.crash");
+   if(FileExists(reportfile))
+   {
+      struct stat buf;
+      char strbuf[255];
+
+      // check atime/mtime
+      stat(reportfile.c_str(), &buf);
+      if(buf.st_mtime > buf.st_atime)
+        return;
+
+      // check if the existing report is the same version
+      report = fopen(reportfile.c_str(),"r");
+      while(fgets(strbuf, sizeof(strbuf), report) != NULL)
+      {
+        if(strstr(strbuf,"Package:") == strbuf)
+        {
+           char pkgname[255], version[255];
+           if(sscanf(strbuf, "Package: %s %s", pkgname, version) == 2)
+              if(strcmp(pkgver.c_str(), version) == 0)
+              {
+                 fclose(report);
+                 return;
+              }
+        }
+      }
+      fclose(report);
+   }
+
+   // now write the report
+   arch = _config->Find("APT::Architecture");
+   report = fopen(reportfile.c_str(),"w");
+   if(report == NULL)
+      return;
+   if(_config->FindB("DPkgPM::InitialReportOnly",false) == true)
+      chmod(reportfile.c_str(), 0);
+   else
+      chmod(reportfile.c_str(), 0600);
+   fprintf(report, "ProblemType: Package\n");
+   fprintf(report, "Architecture: %s\n", arch.c_str());
+   time_t now = time(NULL);
+   fprintf(report, "Date: %s" , ctime(&now));
+   fprintf(report, "Package: %s %s\n", pkgname.c_str(), pkgver.c_str());
+   fprintf(report, "SourcePackage: %s\n", srcpkgname.c_str());
+   fprintf(report, "ErrorMessage:\n %s\n", errormsg);
+
+   // ensure that the log is flushed
+   if(d->term_out)
+      fflush(d->term_out);
+
+   // attach terminal log it if we have it
+   string logfile_name = _config->FindFile("Dir::Log::Terminal");
+   if (!logfile_name.empty())
+   {
+      FILE *log = NULL;
+      char buf[1024];
+
+      fprintf(report, "DpkgTerminalLog:\n");
+      log = fopen(logfile_name.c_str(),"r");
+      if(log != NULL)
+      {
+        while( fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), log) != NULL)
+           fprintf(report, " %s", buf);
+        fclose(log);
+      }
+   }
+
+   // log the ordering 
+   const char *ops_str[] = {"Install", "Configure","Remove","Purge"};
+   fprintf(report, "AptOrdering:\n");
+   for (vector<Item>::iterator I = List.begin(); I != List.end(); I++)
+      fprintf(report, " %s: %s\n", (*I).Pkg.Name(), ops_str[(*I).Op]);
+
+   // attach dmesg log (to learn about segfaults)
+   if (FileExists("/bin/dmesg"))
+   {
+      FILE *log = NULL;
+      char buf[1024];
+
+      fprintf(report, "Dmesg:\n");
+      log = popen("/bin/dmesg","r");
+      if(log != NULL)
+      {
+        while( fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), log) != NULL)
+           fprintf(report, " %s", buf);
+        pclose(log);
+      }
+   }
+
+   // attach df -l log (to learn about filesystem status)
+   if (FileExists("/bin/df"))
+   {
+      FILE *log = NULL;
+      char buf[1024];
+
+      fprintf(report, "Df:\n");
+      log = popen("/bin/df -l","r");
+      if(log != NULL)
+      {
+        while( fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), log) != NULL)
+           fprintf(report, " %s", buf);
+        pclose(log);
+      }
+   }
+
+   fclose(report);
+
+}
+                                                                       /*}}}*/