]> git.saurik.com Git - apt.git/blobdiff - test/integration/framework
add a testcase for support of various build-dependency types
[apt.git] / test / integration / framework
index 8ccbe7f6db9bd78284a7a91c24dd177183858ca5..d5b68da84bad47c20c2140f2b911ec4db52c0af8 100644 (file)
@@ -2,14 +2,37 @@
 
 EXIT_CODE=0
 
+while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+       if [ "$1" = "-q" ]; then
+               export MSGLEVEL=2
+       elif [ "$1" = "-qq" ]; then
+               export MSGLEVEL=1
+       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
-if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ]; then
+if [ "${MSGCOLOR:-YES}" = 'YES' ]; then
        if [ ! -t 1 ]; then # but check that we output to a terminal
                export MSGCOLOR='NO'
        fi
 fi
 
-
 if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ]; then
        CERROR="\033[1;31m" # red
        CWARNING="\033[1;33m" # yellow
@@ -32,7 +55,7 @@ msgprintf() {
                printf "$START " "$1"
                shift
                while [ -n "$1" ]; do
-                       printf "$MIDDLE " "$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's#^apt\([cgfs]\)#apt-\1#')"
+                       printf "$MIDDLE " "$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's#^apt\([cfghks]\)#apt-\1#')"
                        shift
                done
        fi
@@ -50,21 +73,49 @@ msgninfo() { msgprintf "${CINFO}I: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@"; }
 msgndebug() { msgprintf "${CDEBUG}D: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@"; }
 msgtest() { msgprintf "${CINFO}%s" "${CCMD}%s${CINFO}" "…${CNORMAL} " "$@"; }
 msgpass() { printf "${CPASS}PASS${CNORMAL}\n"; }
+msgreportheader() {
+       if [ -n "$MSGTEST_MSG" ]; then
+               test "$1" != 'msgfailoutput' || echo
+               if [ -n "$MSGTEST_MSGMSG" ]; then
+                       echo "$MSGTEST_MSGMSG"
+               fi
+               if [ -n "$MSGTEST_GRP" ] && [ "$MSGTEST_GRP" != 'NEXT' ] && [ "$MSGTEST_GRP" != "$MSGTEST_MSG" ]; then
+                       echo "${CFAIL}Part of the test group: $MSGTEST_GRP"
+               fi
+               echo -n "$MSGTEST_MSG"
+               unset MSGTEST_MSG
+       fi
+}
 msgskip() {
+       msgreportheader 'msgskip'
        if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then printf "${CWARNING}SKIP: $*${CNORMAL}\n" >&2;
        else printf "${CWARNING}SKIP${CNORMAL}\n" >&2; fi
 }
 msgfail() {
-       if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then printf "${CFAIL}FAIL: $*${CNORMAL}\n" >&2;
+       msgreportheader 'msgfail'
+       if [ $# -gt 0 ] && [ -n "$1" ]; then printf "${CFAIL}FAIL: $*${CNORMAL}\n" >&2;
        else printf "${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}\n" >&2; fi
-        if [ -n "$APT_DEBUG_TESTS" ]; then
-            bash
-        fi
+       if [ -n "$APT_DEBUG_TESTS" ]; then
+               runapt $SHELL
+       fi
        EXIT_CODE=$((EXIT_CODE+1));
 }
+MSGGROUP_LEVEL=0
+msggroup() {
+       if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+               if [ $MSGGROUP_LEVEL = 0 ]; then
+                       MSGTEST_GRP='NEXT'
+               fi
+               MSGGROUP_LEVEL=$((MSGGROUP_LEVEL+1));
+       else
+               MSGGROUP_LEVEL=$((MSGGROUP_LEVEL-1));
+               if [ $MSGGROUP_LEVEL = 0 ]; then
+                       unset MSGTEST_GRP
+               fi
+       fi
+}
 
 # enable / disable Debugging
-MSGLEVEL=${MSGLEVEL:-3}
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 0 ]; then
        msgdie() { true; }
 fi
@@ -73,16 +124,17 @@ if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 1 ]; then
        msgnwarn() { true; }
 fi
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 2 ]; then
-       msgmsg() { true; }
+       msgmsg() {
+               MSGTEST_MSGMSG="$(msgprintf "${CMSG}%s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@")"
+       }
        msgnmsg() { true; }
-       msgtest() { true; }
+       msgtest() {
+               MSGTEST_MSG="$(msgprintf "${CINFO}%s" "${CCMD}%s${CINFO}" "…${CNORMAL} " "$@")"
+               if [ "$MSGTEST_GRP" = 'NEXT' ]; then
+                       MSGTEST_GRP="$MSGTEST_MSG"
+               fi
+       }
        msgpass() { printf " ${CPASS}P${CNORMAL}"; }
-       msgskip() { printf " ${CWARNING}S${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-       if [ -n "$CFAIL" ]; then
-               msgfail() { printf " ${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}" >&2; EXIT_CODE=$((EXIT_CODE+1)); }
-       else
-               msgfail() { printf " ###FAILED###" >&2; EXIT_CODE=$((EXIT_CODE+1)); }
-       fi
 fi
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 3 ]; then
        msginfo() { true; }
@@ -92,6 +144,9 @@ if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 4 ]; then
        msgdebug() { true; }
        msgndebug() { true; }
 fi
+if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 1 ]; then
+       msgpass() { true; }
+fi
 msgdone() {
        if [ "$1" = "debug" -a $MSGLEVEL -le 4 ] ||
           [ "$1" = "info" -a $MSGLEVEL -le 3 ] ||
@@ -105,26 +160,31 @@ msgdone() {
 }
 getaptconfig() {
        if [ -f ./aptconfig.conf ]; then
-            echo "./aptconfig.conf"
+               echo "$(readlink -f ./aptconfig.conf)"
        elif [ -f ../aptconfig.conf ]; then
-            echo "../aptconfig.conf"
-        fi
+               echo "$(readlink -f ../aptconfig.conf)"
+       elif [ -f ../../aptconfig.conf ]; then
+               echo "$(readlink -f ../../aptconfig.conf)"
+       elif [ -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptconfig.conf" ]; then
+               echo "$(readlink -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptconfig.conf")"
+       fi
 }
 runapt() {
        msgdebug "Executing: ${CCMD}$*${CDEBUG} "
        local CMD="$1"
        shift
-       case $CMD in
+       case "$CMD" in
        sh|aptitude|*/*|command) ;;
        *) CMD="${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD";;
        esac
-       MALLOC_PERTURB_=21 MALLOC_CHECK_=2 APT_CONFIG="$(getaptconfig)" LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LIBRARYPATH} $CMD "$@"
+       MALLOC_PERTURB_=21 MALLOC_CHECK_=2 APT_CONFIG="$(getaptconfig)" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LIBRARYPATH}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" "$CMD" "$@"
 }
+runpython3() { runapt command python3 "$@"; }
 aptconfig() { runapt apt-config "$@"; }
 aptcache() { runapt apt-cache "$@"; }
 aptcdrom() { runapt apt-cdrom "$@"; }
 aptget() { runapt apt-get "$@"; }
-aptftparchive() { runapt apt-ftparchive "$@"; }
+aptftparchive() { runapt "${APTFTPARCHIVEBINDIR}/apt-ftparchive" "$@"; }
 aptkey() { runapt apt-key "$@"; }
 aptmark() { runapt apt-mark "$@"; }
 aptsortpkgs() { runapt apt-sortpkgs "$@"; }
@@ -134,17 +194,42 @@ aptwebserver() { runapt "${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver" "$@"; }
 aptitude() { runapt aptitude "$@"; }
 aptextracttemplates() { runapt apt-extracttemplates "$@"; }
 aptinternalsolver() { runapt "${APTINTERNALSOLVER}" "$@"; }
+aptdumpsolver() { runapt "${APTDUMPSOLVER}" "$@"; }
+aptinternalplanner() { runapt "${APTINTERNALPLANNER}" "$@"; }
 
 dpkg() {
-       command dpkg --root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir --force-not-root --force-bad-path --log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log "$@"
+       "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg" "$@"
+}
+dpkg_version() {
+       command perl -MDpkg -E 'say $Dpkg::PROGVERSION'
 }
 dpkgcheckbuilddeps() {
-       command dpkg-checkbuilddeps --admindir=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg "$@"
+       command dpkg-checkbuilddeps --admindir="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg" "$@"
 }
 gdb() {
-       local CMD="$1"
+       local CMD
+       case "$1" in
+       aptget) CMD="apt-get";;
+       aptcache) CMD="apt-cache";;
+       aptcdrom) CMD="apt-cdrom";;
+       aptconfig) CMD="apt-config";;
+       aptmark) CMD="apt-mark";;
+       apthelper) CMD="apt-helper";;
+       aptftparchive) CMD="apt-ftparchive";;
+       dpkg) shift; runapt "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/gdb-dpkg" "$@"; return;;
+       *) CMD="$1";;
+       esac
        shift
-       runapt command gdb --quiet -ex run "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD" --args "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD" "$@"
+       if [ "${CMD##*/}" = "$CMD" ]; then
+               CMD="${BUILDDIRECTORY}/${CMD}"
+       fi
+       runapt command gdb --quiet -ex "directory '$SOURCEDIRECTORY'" -ex run "$CMD" --args "$CMD" "$@"
+}
+lastmodification() {
+       date -u -d "@$(stat -c '%Y' "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/$1")" -R
+}
+releasefiledate() {
+       grep "^${2:-Date}:" "$1" | cut -d' ' -f 2-
 }
 
 exitwithstatus() {
@@ -175,112 +260,229 @@ addtrap() {
        trap "shellsetedetector; $CURRENTTRAP exitwithstatus;" 0 HUP INT QUIT ILL ABRT FPE SEGV PIPE TERM
 }
 
+escape_shell() {
+    echo "$@" | sed -e "s#'#'\"'\"'#g"
+}
+
+find_project_binary_dir() {
+       local TESTDIRECTORY="$(readlink -f "$(dirname $0)")"
+       if [ -z "$PROJECT_BINARY_DIR" ]; then
+               PROJECT_BINARY_DIR=
+               for dir in ${TESTDIRECTORY}/../../ ${TESTDIRECTORY}/../../*; do
+                       test -e "$dir/CMakeCache.txt"  || continue
+                       if [ -z "$PROJECT_BINARY_DIR" ] ||
+                          [ "$dir/CMakeCache.txt" -nt "$PROJECT_BINARY_DIR/CMakeCache.txt" ]; then
+                               PROJECT_BINARY_DIR="$dir"
+                       fi
+               done
+               if [ -z "$PROJECT_BINARY_DIR" ]; then
+                       echo "Cannot find build directory, you might want to set PROJECT_BINARY_DIR" >&2
+                       exit 1
+               fi
+               export PROJECT_BINARY_DIR
+       fi
+}
 setupenvironment() {
-       TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY=$(mktemp -d)
-       addtrap "cd /; rm -rf $TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY;"
-       msgninfo "Preparing environment for ${CCMD}$(basename $0)${CINFO} in ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}… "
+       # Next check needs a gnu stat, let's figure that out early.
+       stat=stat
+       if command -v gnustat >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+               stat=gnustat
+       fi
+       # privilege dropping and testing doesn't work if /tmp isn't world-writeable (as e.g. with libpam-tmpdir)
+       if [ -n "$TMPDIR" ] && [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ] && [ "$($stat --format '%a' "$TMPDIR")" != '1777' ]; then
+               unset TMPDIR
+       fi
+       TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY="$(mktemp -d)"
+       addtrap "cd /; rm -rf '$(escape_shell "$TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY")';"
+       if [ -n "$TMPDIR_ADD" ]; then
+               TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/${TMPDIR_ADD}"
+               mkdir -p "$TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY"
+               unset TMPDIR_ADD
+               export TMPDIR="$TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY"
+       fi
+       msgninfo "Preparing environment for ${0##*/} in ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}…"
+
+       # Setup coreutils on BSD systems
+       mkdir "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/bin"
+       for prefix in gnu g; do
+                       for command in stat touch sed cp tr sha1sum sha256sum md5sum sha512sum grep date wc chmod head readlink tar expr base64; do
+                                       if command -v $prefix$command 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+                                                       [ -e "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/bin/$command" ] || ln -sf $(command -v $prefix$command)  "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/bin/$command"
+                                       fi
+                       done
+       done
+       export PATH="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/bin/:$PATH"
 
+
+       mkdir -m 700 "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/downloaded"
        if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
                # relax permissions so that running as root with user switching works
                umask 022
-               chmod o+rx "$TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY"
+               chmod 711 "$TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY"
+               chown _apt:$(id -gn) "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/downloaded"
        fi
 
-       TESTDIRECTORY=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
+       TESTDIRECTORY="$(readlink -f "$(dirname $0)")"
+       # Find the newest build directory (sets PROJECT_BINARY_DIR)
+       find_project_binary_dir
         # allow overriding the default BUILDDIR location
-       BUILDDIRECTORY=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_BUILD_DIR:-"${TESTDIRECTORY}/../../build/bin"}
-       LIBRARYPATH=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_LIBRARY_PATH:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}
-        METHODSDIR=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_METHODS_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods"}
-        APTHELPERBINDIR=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_LIBEXEC_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}
-        APTWEBSERVERBINDIR=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_WEBSERVER_BIN_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}
-        APTINTERNALSOLVER=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_INTERNAL_SOLVER:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-internal-solver"}
+       SOURCEDIRECTORY="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_SOURCE_DIR:-"${TESTDIRECTORY}/../../"}"
+       BUILDDIRECTORY="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_BUILD_DIR:-"${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmdline"}"
+       LIBRARYPATH="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_LIBRARY_PATH:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/../apt-pkg"}"
+        METHODSDIR="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_METHODS_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/../methods"}"
+        APTHELPERBINDIR="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_LIBEXEC_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}"
+        APTWEBSERVERBINDIR="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_WEBSERVER_BIN_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/../test/interactive-helper"}"
+        APTFTPARCHIVEBINDIR="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_FTPARCHIVE_BIN_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/../ftparchive"}"
+        APTINTERNALSOLVER="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_INTERNAL_SOLVER:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/solvers/apt"}"
+       APTDUMPSOLVER="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_DUMP_SOLVER:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/solvers/dump"}"
+       APTINTERNALPLANNER="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_INTERNAL_PLANNER:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/planners/apt"}"
        test -x "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-get" || msgdie "You need to build tree first"
         # -----
 
-       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 usr/bin var/cache var/lib/apt var/log tmp
+       mkdir -p usr/bin var/cache var/lib var/log var/crash tmp
        mkdir -p var/lib/dpkg/info var/lib/dpkg/updates var/lib/dpkg/triggers
+       mkdir -p usr/lib/apt/solvers usr/lib/apt/planners
        touch var/lib/dpkg/available
-       mkdir -p usr/lib/apt
-       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
+       ln -s "${METHODSDIR}" usr/lib/apt/methods
+       ln -s "${APTDUMPSOLVER}" usr/lib/apt/solvers/dump
+       ln -s "${APTDUMPSOLVER}" usr/lib/apt/planners/dump
+       ln -s "${APTINTERNALSOLVER}" usr/lib/apt/solvers/apt
+       ln -s "${APTINTERNALPLANNER}" usr/lib/apt/planners/apt
+       echo "Dir::Bin::Solvers \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/lib/apt/solvers\";" >> ../aptconfig.conf
+       echo "Dir::Bin::Planners \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/lib/apt/planners\";" >> ../aptconfig.conf
         # use the autoremove from the BUILDDIRECTORY if its there, otherwise
         # system
-        if [ -e ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/../../debian/apt.conf.autoremove ]; then
-           ln -s ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/../../debian/apt.conf.autoremove etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove
+        if [ -z "${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_SOURCE_DIR}" ]; then
+           ln -s "${SOURCEDIRECTORY}/debian/apt.conf.autoremove" etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove
         else
            ln -s /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove
         fi
        cd ..
-       local PACKAGESFILE=$(echo "$(basename $0)" | sed -e 's/^test-/Packages-/' -e 's/^skip-/Packages-/')
+       local BASENAME="${0##*/}"
+       local PACKAGESFILE="Packages-${BASENAME#*-}"
        if [ -f "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${PACKAGESFILE}" ]; then
                cp "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${PACKAGESFILE}" aptarchive/Packages
        fi
-       local SOURCESSFILE=$(echo "$(basename $0)" | sed -e 's/^test-/Sources-/' -e 's/^skip-/Sources-/')
+       local SOURCESSFILE="Sources-${BASENAME#*-}"
        if [ -f "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${SOURCESSFILE}" ]; then
                cp "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${SOURCESSFILE}" aptarchive/Sources
        fi
-       cp $(find $TESTDIRECTORY -name '*.pub' -o -name '*.sec') keys/
-       chmod 644 $(find keys -name '*.pub' -o -name '*.sec')
-       ln -s ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/keys/joesixpack.pub rootdir/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/joesixpack.gpg
-
-       echo "Dir \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir\";" > aptconfig.conf
-       echo "Dir::state::status \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "Debug::NoLocking \"true\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+       find "$TESTDIRECTORY" \( -name '*.pub' -o -name '*.sec' \) -exec cp '{}' keys/ \;
+       chmod 644 keys/*
+       ln -s "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/keys/joesixpack.pub" rootdir/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/joesixpack.gpg
+
+       echo "Dir \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+       echo "Dir::Etc \"etc\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+       echo "Dir::State \"var/lib/apt\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+       echo "Dir::Cache \"var/cache/apt\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+       echo "Dir::Etc \"etc/apt\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+       echo "Dir::Log \"var/log/apt\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note \"false\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "Dir::Bin::Methods \"${METHODSDIR}\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       # store apt-key were we can access it, even if we run it as a different user
-       # destroys coverage reporting though, so just do it for root for now
+       echo "Dir::Bin::Methods \"${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
-               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
+               echo 'Binary::gpgv::APT::Sandbox::User "root";' >> aptconfig.conf
+               # same for the solver executables
+               echo 'APT::Solver::RunAsUser "root";' >> aptconfig.conf
+               echo 'APT::Planner::RunAsUser "root";' >> 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
-               echo "Dir::Bin::apt-key \"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-key\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       fi
-       echo "Dir::Bin::dpkg \"fakeroot\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"dpkg\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-not-root\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-bad-path\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       if ! command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-               echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-architecture\";" >> aptconfig.conf # Added to test multiarch before dpkg is ready for it…
-       fi
-       echo "DPKG::options:: \"--log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo 'quiet::NoUpdate "true";' >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo 'quiet::NoStatistic "true";' >> aptconfig.conf
-       # too distracting for users, but helpful to detect changes
-       echo 'Acquire::Progress::Ignore::ShowErrorText "true";' >> aptconfig.conf
-       # in testcases, it can appear as if localhost has a rotation setup,
-       # hide this as we can't really deal with it properly
-       echo 'Acquire::Failure::ShowIP "false";' >> aptconfig.conf
+               export LD_PRELOAD="noopchroot.so"
+       fi
+fi
+EOF
+       cp "${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' \\
+       --admindir="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg" \\
+       --log='${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' \\
+       --admindir="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg" \\
+       --log='${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";'
+               # randomess and tests don't play well together
+               echo 'Acquire::IndexTargets::Randomized "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"
+               chown _apt:$(id -gn) "${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
+       export APT_KEY_DONT_WARN_ON_DANGEROUS_USAGE=no
+       echo 'Acquire::Connect::AddrConfig "false";' > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/connect-addrconfig
+
        configcompression '.' 'gz' #'bz2' 'lzma' 'xz'
+       confighashes 'SHA256' # these are tests, not security best-practices
 
-        # Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories=false is not yet the default
-        # but we want it to be the default soon
-        configallowinsecurerepositories "false";
+       # create some files in /tmp and look at user/group to get what this means
+       TEST_DEFAULT_USER="$(id -un)"
+       touch "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/test-file"
+       TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP=$(stat --format '%G'  "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/test-file")
 
        # cleanup the environment a bit
-        # prefer our apt binaries over the system apt binaries
+       # 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
+       export LC_ALL=C
        unset LANGUAGE APT_CONFIG
        unset GREP_OPTIONS DEB_BUILD_PROFILES
+       unset http_proxy HTTP_PROXY https_proxy HTTPS_PROXY no_proxy
+
+       # If gpgv supports --weak-digest, pass it to make sure we can disable SHA1
+       if aptkey verify --weak-digest SHA1 --help 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+               echo 'Acquire::gpgv::Options { "--weak-digest"; "sha1"; };' > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/no-sha1
+       fi
+
+       # most tests just need one signed Release file, not both
+       export APT_DONT_SIGN='Release.gpg'
+
+       if [ -r "${TESTDIRECTORY}/extra-environment" ]; then
+               . "${TESTDIRECTORY}/extra-environment"
+       fi
 
        msgdone "info"
 }
@@ -299,7 +501,7 @@ getarchitecture() {
 }
 
 getarchitectures() {
-       echo "$(aptconfig dump | grep APT::Architecture | cut -d'"' -f 2 | sed '/^$/ d' | sort | uniq | tr '\n' ' ')"
+       aptconfig dump --no-empty --format '%v%n' APT::Architecture APT::Architectures | sort -u | tr '\n' ' '
 }
 
 getarchitecturesfromcommalist() {
@@ -319,133 +521,220 @@ configarchitecture() {
 
 configdpkg() {
        if [ ! -e rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status ]; then
-               local STATUSFILE=$(echo "$(basename $0)" | sed -e 's/^test-/status-/' -e 's/^skip-/status-/')
+               local BASENAME="${0##*/}"
+               local STATUSFILE="status-${BASENAME#*-}"
                if [ -f "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${STATUSFILE}" ]; then
                        cp "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${STATUSFILE}" rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status
+                       # Add an empty line to the end if there is none
+                       if tail -1 rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status | grep -q .; then
+                               echo >> rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status
+                       fi
                else
                        echo -n > rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status
                fi
        fi
        rm -f rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00foreigndpkg
-       if command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+       # make sure dpkg can detect itself as capable of it
+       if [ "0" = "$(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
+       if 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
+               local DPKGARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
+               # this ensures that even if multi-arch isn't active in the view
+               # of apt, given that dpkg can't be told which arch is native
+               # the arch apt treats as native might be foreign for dpkg
+               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
-                       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
+               done
        fi
 }
 
-configallowinsecurerepositories() {
-    echo "Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories \"$1\";" >  rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/allow-insecure-repositories.conf
-
+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>
+
+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;
+       if (asprintf(&newfile, "%s%s", chrootdir, file) == -1) {
+               perror("asprintf");
+               return -1;
+       }
+       char const * const baseadmindir = "/var/lib/dpkg";
+       char *admindir;
+       if (asprintf(&admindir, "%s%s", chrootdir, baseadmindir) == -1) {
+               perror("asprintf");
+               return -1;
+       }
+       setenv("DPKG_ADMINDIR", admindir, 1);
+       return func_execvp(newfile, argv);
+}
+EOF
+       if cc -ldl 2>&1 | grep -q dl; then
+               testempty --nomsg cc -Wall -Wextra -fPIC -shared -o noopchroot.so noopchroot.c
+       else
+               testempty --nomsg cc -Wall -Wextra -fPIC -shared -o noopchroot.so noopchroot.c -ldl
+       fi
 }
-
 configcompression() {
+       if [ "$1" = 'ALL' ]; then
+               configcompression '.' $(aptconfig dump APT::Compressor --format '%t %v%n' | sed -n 's#^Extension \.\(.*\)$#\1#p')
+               return
+       fi
+       local CMD='apthelper cat-file -C'
        while [ -n "$1" ]; do
                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$1\n";;
+               'gz') printf "gzip\tgz\t$CMD $1\n";;
+               'bz2') printf "bzip2\tbz2\t$CMD $1\n";;
+               *) printf "$1\t$1\t$CMD $1\n";;
                esac
                shift
-       done > ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/testcase-compressor.conf
+       done > "${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"
+       COMPRESS="$1"
+       COMPRESSOR_CMD="apthelper cat-file -C $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' "${COMPRESSOR}"
-               msgfail
-       fi
+Dir::Bin::uncompressed \"/does/not/exist\";" > "$CONFFILE"
+       for COMP in $(aptconfig dump 'APT::Compressor' --format '%f%n' | cut -d':' -f 5 | uniq); do
+               if [ -z "$COMP" -o "$COMP" = '.' -o "$COMP" = "$COMPRESSOR" ]; then continue; fi
+               echo "Dir::Bin::${COMP} \"/does/not/exist\";" >> "$CONFFILE"
+               echo "APT::Compressor::${COMP}::Name \"${COMP}-disabled\";" >> "$CONFFILE"
+       done
 }
 
-setupsimplenativepackage() {
+_setupsimplenativepackage() {
        local NAME="$1"
        local ARCH="$2"
        local VERSION="$3"
        local RELEASE="${4:-unstable}"
        local DEPENDENCIES="$5"
-       local DESCRIPTION="${6:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASE}
+       local DESCRIPTION="${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 surf no other propose…"}"
+ 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
-       local BUILDDIR=incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}
-       mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}/debian/source
-       cd ${BUILDDIR}
-       echo "* most suckless software product ever" > FEATURES
-       test -e debian/copyright || echo "Copyleft by Joe Sixpack $(date +%Y)" > debian/copyright
-       test -e debian/changelog || echo "$NAME ($VERSION) $RELEASE; urgency=low
+       local BUILDDIR="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}"
+
+       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 $(date -u +%Y)" > "${BUILDDIR}/debian/copyright"
+       echo "$NAME ($VERSION) $RELEASE; urgency=low
 
   * Initial release
 
- -- Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>  $(date -R)" > debian/changelog
-       test -e debian/control || echo "Source: $NAME
-Section: $SECTION
-Priority: optional
+ -- Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>  $(date -u -R)" > "${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog"
+       {
+               echo "Source: $NAME
+Priority: $PRIORITY
 Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7)
-Standards-Version: 3.9.1
+Standards-Version: 3.9.3"
+               if [ "$SECTION" != '<none>' ]; then
+                       echo "Section: $SECTION"
+               fi
+               local BUILDDEPS="$(printf "%b\n" "$DEPENDENCIES" | grep '^Build-')"
+               test -z "$BUILDDEPS" || echo "$BUILDDEPS"
+               echo "
+Package: $NAME"
+
+               if [ "$ARCH" = 'all' ]; then
+                       echo "Architecture: all"
+               else
+                       echo "Architecture: any"
+               fi
+               local DEPS="$(printf "%b\n" "$DEPENDENCIES" | grep -v '^Build-')"
+               test -z "$DEPS" || echo "$DEPS"
+               printf "%b\n" "Description: $DESCRIPTION"
+       } > "${BUILDDIR}/debian/control"
+
+       echo '3.0 (native)' > "${BUILDDIR}/debian/source/format"
+}
 
-Package: $NAME" > debian/control
-       if [ "$ARCH" = 'all' ]; then
-               echo "Architecture: all" >> debian/control
+make_tiny_rules() {
+       local OUT="$1"
+       if command -v gmake >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+               [ -e ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/bin/make ] || ln -s $(command -v gmake) ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/bin/make
+               echo "#!${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/bin/make -f" > "$OUT"
        else
-               echo "Architecture: any" >> debian/control
+               echo '#!/usr/bin/make -f' > "$OUT"
        fi
-       test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> debian/control
-       echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> debian/control
+       echo '%:' >> "$OUT"
+       echo '  dh $@' >> "$OUT"
+}
 
-       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
-       cd - > /dev/null
+setupsimplenativepackage() {
+       _setupsimplenativepackage "$@"
+       local NAME="$1"
+       local VERSION="$3"
+       local BUILDDIR="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}"
+       test -e "${BUILDDIR}/debian/compat" || echo '7' > "${BUILDDIR}/debian/compat"
+       test -e  "${BUILDDIR}/debian/rules" || make_tiny_rules "${BUILDDIR}/debian/rules"
 }
 
 buildsimplenativepackage() {
@@ -454,58 +743,26 @@ buildsimplenativepackage() {
        local VERSION="$3"
        local RELEASE="${4:-unstable}"
        local DEPENDENCIES="$5"
-       local DESCRIPTION="${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 surf no other propose…"}"
-
+       local DESCRIPTION="$6"
        local SECTION="${7:-others}"
        local PRIORITY="${8:-optional}"
-        local FILE_TREE="$9"
-        local COMPRESS_TYPE="${10:-gzip}"
+       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 "$SECTION" | cut -d'/' -f 1)"
-       fi
-       local BUILDDIR=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}
-
-       msgninfo "Build package ${NAME} in ${VERSION} for ${RELEASE} in ${DISTSECTION}… "
-       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
-Section: $SECTION
-Priority: $PRIORITY
-Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
-Standards-Version: 3.9.3" > ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-       local BUILDDEPS="$(echo "$DEPENDENCIES" | grep '^Build-')"
-       test -z "$BUILDDEPS" || echo "$BUILDDEPS" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-       echo "
-Package: $NAME" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-
-       if [ "$ARCH" = 'all' ]; then
-               echo "Architecture: all" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-       else
-               echo "Architecture: any" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
+               DISTSECTION="${SECTION%/*}"
        fi
-       local DEPS="$(echo "$DEPENDENCIES" | grep -v '^Build-')"
-       test -z "$DEPS" || echo "$DEPS" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-       echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-
-       echo '3.0 (native)' > ${BUILDDIR}/debian/source/format
-       (cd ${BUILDDIR}/..; dpkg-source -b ${NAME}-${VERSION} 2>&1) | sed -n 's#^dpkg-source: info: building [^ ]\+ in ##p' \
+       local BUILDDIR="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}"
+       msgtest "Build source package in version ${VERSION} for ${RELEASE} in ${DISTSECTION}" "$NAME"
+       _setupsimplenativepackage "$@"
+       cd "${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}.${DISTSECTION}.srclist
+               echo "pool/${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' \
@@ -515,30 +772,33 @@ Package: $NAME" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
        done
 
        for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
-               rm -rf ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp
-               mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/DEBIAN ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/${NAME} ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/bin
-               cp ${BUILDDIR}/debian/copyright ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog ${BUILDDIR}/FEATURES ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/${NAME}
-               cp ${BUILDDIR}/${NAME} ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/bin/${NAME}-${arch}
+               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" ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp
+                    cp -ar "$FILE_TREE" "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp"
                 fi
 
-               (cd ${BUILDDIR}; dpkg-gencontrol -DArchitecture=$arch)
-               (cd ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp; md5sum $(find usr/ -type f) > DEBIAN/md5sums)
+               (cd "${BUILDDIR}"; dpkg-gencontrol -DArchitecture=$arch)
+               (cd "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp"; md5sum $(find usr/ -type f) > DEBIAN/md5sums)
                local LOG="${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.dpkg-deb.log"
-               # ensure the right permissions as dpkg-deb ensists
-               chmod 755 ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/DEBIAN
-               if ! dpkg-deb -Z${COMPRESS_TYPE} --build ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp ${BUILDDIR}/.. >$LOG 2>&1; then
-                       cat $LOG
-                       false
-               fi
-               rm $LOG
-               echo "pool/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb" >> ${BUILDDIR}/../${RELEASE}.${DISTSECTION}.pkglist
+               # ensure the right permissions as dpkg-deb insists
+               chmod 755 "${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
 
-       mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}
-       cp ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog ${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}/
-       cp ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog ${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}.changelog
+       local NM
+       if [ "$(echo "$NAME" | cut -c 1-3)" = 'lib' ]; then
+               NM="$(echo "$NAME" | cut -c 1-4)"
+       else
+               NM="$(echo "$NAME" | cut -c 1)"
+       fi
+       local CHANGEPATH="${BUILDDIR}/../${DISTSECTION}/${NM}/${NAME}/${NAME}_${VERSION}"
+       mkdir -p "$CHANGEPATH"
+       cp "${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog" "$CHANGEPATH"
        rm -rf "${BUILDDIR}"
        msgdone "info"
 }
@@ -550,25 +810,22 @@ buildpackage() {
        local ARCH=$(getarchitecture $4)
        local PKGNAME="$(echo "$BUILDDIR" | grep -o '[^/]*$')"
        local BUILDLOG="$(readlink -f "${BUILDDIR}/../${PKGNAME}_${RELEASE}_${SECTION}.dpkg-bp.log")"
-       msgninfo "Build package ${PKGNAME} for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}… "
-       cd $BUILDDIR
+       msgtest "Build package for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}" "$PKGNAME"
+       cd "$BUILDDIR"
        if [ "$ARCH" = "all" ]; then
                ARCH="$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH 2> /dev/null)"
        fi
-       if ! dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -a$ARCH >$BUILDLOG 2>&1 ; then
-               cat $BUILDLOG
-               false
-       fi
-       local PKGS="$(grep '^dpkg-deb: building package' $BUILDLOG | cut -d'/' -f 2 | sed -e "s#'\.##")"
-       local SRCS="$(grep '^dpkg-source: info: building' $BUILDLOG | grep -o '[a-z0-9._+~-]*$')"
+       testsuccess --nomsg dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -a$ARCH -d
+       cp "${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() {
@@ -580,66 +837,37 @@ buildaptarchive() {
 }
 
 createaptftparchiveconfig() {
-       local COMPRESSORS="$(cut -d'    ' -f 1 ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/testcase-compressor.conf | tr '\n' ' ')"
-       COMPRESSORS="${COMPRESSORS%* }"
-       local ARCHS="$(find pool/ -name '*.deb' | grep -oE '_[a-z0-9-]+\.deb$' | sort | uniq | sed -e '/^_all.deb$/ d' -e 's#^_\([a-z0-9-]*\)\.deb$#\1#' | tr '\n' ' ')"
-       if [ -z "$ARCHS" ]; then
-               # the pool is empty, so we will operate on faked packages - let us use the configured archs
-               ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
-       fi
-       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 "'"$COMPRESSORS"'";
-       Sources::Compress "'"$COMPRESSORS"'";
-       Contents::Compress "'"$COMPRESSORS"'";
-       Translation::Compress "'"$COMPRESSORS"'";
+       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() {
@@ -649,72 +877,94 @@ 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}/${SECTION}/i18n
+                       mkdir -p "dists/${DIST}/${SECTION}/source"
+                       mkdir -p "dists/${DIST}/${SECTION}/i18n"
                done
        done
 }
 
 insertpackage() {
-       local RELEASE="$1"
+       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}/${RELEASE}
+       local DESCRIPTION="${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 surf no other propose…"}"
+ und used only by testcases and serve no other purpose…}"
        local ARCHS=""
-       for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
-               if [ "$arch" = 'all' -o "$arch" = 'none' ]; then
-                       ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
-               else
-                       ARCHS="$arch"
+       for RELEASE in $(printf '%s' "$RELEASES" | tr ',' '\n'); do
+               if [ "$RELEASE" = 'installed' ]; then
+                       insertinstalledpackage "$2" "$3" "$4" "$5" "$6" "$7"
+                       continue
                fi
-               for BUILDARCH in $ARCHS; do
-                       local PPATH="aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/binary-${BUILDARCH}"
-                       mkdir -p $PPATH aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/source
-                       touch aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/source/Sources
-                       local FILE="${PPATH}/Packages"
-                       echo "Package: $NAME
+               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>" >> $FILE
-                       test "$arch" = 'none' || echo "Architecture: $arch" >> $FILE
-                       echo "Version: $VERSION
-Filename: pool/main/${NAME}/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb" >> $FILE
-                       test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> $FILE
-                       echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> $FILE
-                       echo >> $FILE
+Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>"
+                                       test "$arch" = 'none' || echo "Architecture: $arch"
+                                       echo "Version: $VERSION
+Filename: pool/main/${NAME}/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb"
+                                       test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || printf "%b\n" "$DEPENDENCIES"
+                                       echo "Description: $(printf '%s' "$DESCRIPTION" | head -n 1)"
+                                       echo "Description-md5: $(printf '%s' "$DESCRIPTION" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f 1)"
+                                       echo "SHA256: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+                                       echo
+                               } >> "${PPATH}/Packages"
+                       done
                done
+               mkdir -p "aptarchive/dists/${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 RELEASES="$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"
-       echo "Package: $NAME
-Binary: $NAME
+       for RELEASE in $(printf '%s' "$RELEASES" | tr ',' '\n'); do
+               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:
- d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e 0 ${NAME}_${VERSION}.dsc
- d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e 0 ${NAME}_${VERSION}.tar.gz
-" >> $FILE
+               test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || printf "%b\n" "$DEPENDENCIES" >> "$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"
+       done
 }
 
 insertinstalledpackage() {
@@ -724,10 +974,10 @@ insertinstalledpackage() {
        local DEPENDENCIES="$4"
        local PRIORITY="${5:-optional}"
        local STATUS="${6:-install ok installed}"
-       local DESCRIPTION="${7:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/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 surf no other propose…"}"
+ und used only by testcases and serve no other purpose…}"
 
        local FILE='rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status'
        local INFO='rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/info'
@@ -738,36 +988,38 @@ 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
+Version: $VERSION" >> "$FILE"
+               test "$arch" = 'none' || echo "Architecture: $arch" >> "$FILE"
+               test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || printf "%b\n" "$DEPENDENCIES" >> "$FILE"
+               printf "%b\n" "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> "$FILE"
+               echo >> "$FILE"
                if [ "$(dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Multi-Arch}')" = 'same' ]; then
-                       echo -n > ${INFO}/${NAME}:${arch}.list
+                       echo -n > "${INFO}/${NAME}:${arch}.list"
                else
-                       echo -n > ${INFO}/${NAME}.list
+                       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##*/}${CINFO} based on incoming packages…"
        cd aptarchive
        [ -e pool ] || ln -s ../incoming pool
        [ -e ftparchive.conf ] || createaptftparchiveconfig
        [ -e dists ] || buildaptftparchivedirectorystructure
        msgninfo "\tGenerate Packages, Sources and Contents files… "
-       aptftparchive -qq generate ftparchive.conf
+       testsuccess aptftparchive generate ftparchive.conf
        cd - > /dev/null
        msgdone "info"
        generatereleasefiles "$@"
 }
 
 buildaptarchivefromfiles() {
-       msginfo "Build APT archive for ${CCMD}$(basename $0)${CINFO} based on prebuild files…"
-       find aptarchive -name 'Packages' -o -name 'Sources' | while read line; do
+       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"
@@ -776,7 +1028,7 @@ buildaptarchivefromfiles() {
 }
 
 compressfile() {
-       cat ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/testcase-compressor.conf | while read compressor extension command; do
+       while read compressor extension command; do
                if [ "$compressor" = '.' ]; then
                        if [ -n "$2" ]; then
                                touch -d "$2" "$1"
@@ -787,7 +1039,7 @@ compressfile() {
                if [ -n "$2" ]; then
                        touch -d "$2" "${1}.${extension}"
                fi
-       done
+       done < "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/testcase-compressor.conf"
 }
 
 # can be overridden by testcases for their pleasure
@@ -799,80 +1051,85 @@ getcodenamefromsuite() {
 }
 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
-       msgninfo "\tGenerate Release files… "
+       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 $SUITE)"
-                       if [ -n "$VERSION" ]; then
-                               VERSION="-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Version=${VERSION}"
-                       fi
-                       if [ -n "$LABEL" ]; then
-                               LABEL="-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Label=${LABEL}"
-                       fi
-                       aptftparchive -qq release $dir \
+                       local ORIGIN="$(getoriginfromsuite $SUITE)"
+                       aptftparchiverelease "$dir" \
                                -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Suite="${SUITE}" \
                                -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Codename="${CODENAME}" \
-                               ${LABEL} \
-                               ${VERSION} \
-                                       | sed -e '/0 Release$/ d' > $dir/Release # remove the self reference
+                               -o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Architectures="${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
-                       if [ -n "$1" -a "$1" != "now" ]; then
-                               sed -i "s/^Date: .*$/Date: $(date -d "$1" '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')/" $dir/Release
-                       fi
-                       if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-                               sed -i "/^Date: / a\
-Valid-Until: $(date -d "$2" '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')" $dir/Release
+NotAutomatic: yes' "$dir/Release"
                        fi
                done
        else
-               aptftparchive -qq release ./aptarchive | sed -e '/0 Release$/ d' > aptarchive/Release # remove the self reference
+               msgninfo "\tGenerate Release files for flat… "
+               aptftparchiverelease ./aptarchive > aptarchive/Release
        fi
-       if [ -n "$1" -a "$1" != "now" ]; then
+       if [ -n "$DATE" -a "$DATE" != "now" ]; then
                for release in $(find ./aptarchive -name 'Release'); do
-                       touch -d "$1" $release
+                       sed -i "s/^Date: .*$/Date: $(date -u -d "$DATE" -R)/" "$release"
+                       touch -d "$DATE" "$release"
                done
        fi
+       if [ -n "$VALIDUNTIL" ]; then
+               sed -i "/^Date: / a\
+Valid-Until: $(date -u -d "$VALIDUNTIL" -R)" $(find ./aptarchive -name 'Release')
+       fi
        msgdone "info"
 }
 
 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
 }
 
@@ -895,66 +1152,126 @@ setupaptarchive() {
 }
 
 signreleasefiles() {
-       local SIGNER="${1:-Joe Sixpack}"
+       local SIGNERS="${1:-Joe Sixpack}"
        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… "
+       if [ -n "$1" ]; then shift; fi
+       if [ -n "$1" ]; then shift; fi
+       local KEY="keys/$(echo "$SIGNERS" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' | tr -d ' ,')"
+       msgninfo "\tSign archive with $SIGNERS 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 "${SIGNER}" >setexpire.gpg 2>&1; then
-                               cat setexpire.gpg
-                               exit 1
+       local SIGUSERS=""
+       while [ -n "${SIGNERS%%,*}" ]; do
+               local SIGNER="${SIGNERS%%,*}"
+               if [ "${SIGNERS}" = "${SIGNER}" ]; then
+                       SIGNERS=""
+               fi
+               SIGNERS="${SIGNERS#*,}"
+               # FIXME: This should be the full name, but we can't encode the space properly currently
+               SIGUSERS="${SIGUSERS} -u ${SIGNER#* }"
+               if [ "${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" | aptkey --quiet --keyring "${REXKEY}.pub" --secret-keyring "${REXKEY}.sec" \
+                                       --readonly adv --batch --yes --digest-algo "${APT_TESTS_DIGEST_ALGO:-SHA512}" \
+                                       --default-key "$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
-                       cp ${REXKEY}.sec $SECUNEXPIRED
-                       cp ${REXKEY}.pub $PUBUNEXPIRED
                fi
+               if [ ! -e "${KEY}.pub" ]; then
+                       local K="keys/$(echo "$SIGNER" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' | tr -d ' ,')"
+                       cat "${K}.pub" >> "${KEY}.new.pub"
+                       cat "${K}.sec" >> "${KEY}.new.sec"
+               fi
+       done
+       if [ ! -e "${KEY}.pub" ]; then
+               mv "${KEY}.new.pub" "${KEY}.pub"
+               mv "${KEY}.new.sec" "${KEY}.sec"
        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
+       local GPG="aptkey --quiet --keyring ${KEY}.pub --secret-keyring ${KEY}.sec --readonly adv --batch --yes --digest-algo ${APT_TESTS_DIGEST_ALGO:-SHA512}"
+       for RELEASE in $(find "${REPODIR}/" -name Release); do
                # we might have set a specific date for the Release file, so copy it
-               touch -d "$(stat --format "%y" ${RELEASE})" ${RELEASE}.gpg ${INRELEASE}
+               local DATE="$(stat --format "%y" "${RELEASE}")"
+               if [ "$APT_DONT_SIGN" = 'Release.gpg' ]; then
+                       rm -f "${RELEASE}.gpg"
+               else
+                       testsuccess $GPG "$@" $SIGUSERS --armor --detach-sign --sign --output "${RELEASE}.gpg" "${RELEASE}"
+                       touch -d "$DATE" "${RELEASE}.gpg"
+               fi
+               local INRELEASE="${RELEASE%/*}/InRelease"
+               if [ "$APT_DONT_SIGN" = 'InRelease' ]; then
+                       rm -f "$INRELEASE"
+               else
+                       testsuccess $GPG "$@" $SIGUSERS --clearsign --output "$INRELEASE" "$RELEASE"
+                       touch -d "$DATE" "${INRELEASE}"
+               fi
        done
        if [ -f "$SECEXPIREBAK" ] && [ -f "$PUBEXPIREBAK" ]; then
-               mv -f $SECEXPIREBAK ${REXKEY}.sec
-               mv -f $PUBEXPIREBAK ${REXKEY}.pub
+               mv -f "$SECEXPIREBAK" "${REXKEY}.sec"
+               mv -f "$PUBEXPIREBAK" "${REXKEY}.pub"
        fi
-       msgdone "info"
+       msgdone 'info'
+}
+
+redatereleasefiles() {
+       local DATE="$(date -u -d "$1" -R)"
+       for release in $(find aptarchive/ -name 'Release'); do
+               sed -i "s/^Date: .*$/Date: ${DATE}/" "$release"
+               touch -d "$DATE" "$release"
+       done
+       signreleasefiles "${2:-Joe Sixpack}"
 }
 
 webserverconfig() {
-       msgtest "Set webserver config option '${1}' to" "$2"
+       local WEBSERVER="${3:-http://localhost:${APTHTTPPORT}}"
+       local NOCHECK=false
+       if [ "$1" = '--no-check' ]; then
+               NOCHECK=true
+               shift
+       fi
        local DOWNLOG='rootdir/tmp/download-testfile.log'
-       local STATUS='rootdir/tmp/webserverconfig.status'
+       local STATUS='downloaded/webserverconfig.status'
        rm -f "$STATUS" "$DOWNLOG"
-       if downloadfile "http://localhost:8080/_config/set/${1}/${2}" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG"; then
+       # 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" > "$DOWNLOG"; then
                msgpass
        else
-               cat "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS"
-               msgfail
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/webserverconfig.output"
+               cat "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
        fi
-       testwebserverlaststatuscode '200'
+       $NOCHECK || testwebserverlaststatuscode '200'
 }
 
 rewritesourceslist() {
-       local APTARCHIVE="file://$(readlink -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive")"
+       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#${1}#" -e "s#http://localhost:8080/#${1}#" -e "s#http://localhost:4433/#${1}#"
+               sed -i $LIST -e "s#$APTARCHIVE#${1}#" -e "s#$APTARCHIVE2#${1}#" \
+                       -e "s#http://[^@]*@\?localhost:${APTHTTPPORT}/\?#${1}#" \
+                       -e "s#https://[^@]*@\?localhost:${APTHTTPSPORT}/\?#${1}#"
        done
 }
 
@@ -973,32 +1290,46 @@ waitforpidfile() {
 }
 
 changetowebserver() {
+       local REWRITE='no'
        if [ "$1" != '--no-rewrite' ]; then
-               rewritesourceslist 'http://localhost:8080/'
+               REWRITE='yes'
        else
                shift
        fi
-       if test -x ${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver; then
+       if test -x "${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver"; then
                cd aptarchive
                local LOG="webserver.log"
-               if ! aptwebserver -o aptwebserver::fork=1 "$@" >$LOG 2>&1 ; then
-                       cat $LOG
+               if ! aptwebserver --port 0 -o aptwebserver::fork=1 -o aptwebserver::portfile='aptwebserver.port' "$@" >$LOG 2>&1 ; then
+                       cat "$LOG"
                        false
                fi
-                waitforpidfile aptwebserver.pid
+               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 "$APTHTTPPORT" ]; then
+                       msgdie 'Could not get port for aptwebserver successfully'
+               fi
                cd - > /dev/null
        else
-               msgdie 'You have to build aptwerbserver or install a webserver'
+               msgdie 'You have to build apt from source to have test/interactive-helper/aptwebserver available for tests requiring a webserver'
+       fi
+       if [ "$REWRTE" != 'yes' ]; then
+               rewritesourceslist "http://localhost:${APTHTTPPORT}/"
        fi
 }
 
 changetohttpswebserver() {
-       if ! which stunnel4 >/dev/null; then
+       local stunnel4
+       if command -v stunnel4 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+               stunnel4=stunnel4
+       elif command -v stunnel >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+               stunnel4=stunnel
+       else
                msgdie 'You need to install stunnel4 for https testcases'
        fi
        if [ ! -e "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/aptwebserver.pid" ]; then
@@ -1009,47 +1340,53 @@ cert = ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/webserver.pem
 output = /dev/null
 
 [https]
-accept = 4433
-connect = 8080
-" > ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/stunnel.conf
-       stunnel4 "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/stunnel.conf"
+accept = 0
+connect = $APTHTTPPORT
+" > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/stunnel.conf"
+       $stunnel4 "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/stunnel.conf"
         waitforpidfile "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid"
-       local PID="$(cat ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid)"
+       local PID="$(cat "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid")"
         if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
-               msgdie 'Could not fork stunnel4 successfully'
+               msgdie 'Could not fork $stunnel4 successfully'
        fi
        addtrap 'prefix' "kill ${PID};"
-       rewritesourceslist 'https://localhost:4433/'
+       APTHTTPSPORT="$(lsof -i -n | 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="$(readlink -f rootdir/media/cdrom)"
-       echo "acquire::cdrom::mount \"${CD}\";
-acquire::cdrom::${CD}/::mount \"mv ${CD}-unmounted ${CD}\";
-acquire::cdrom::${CD}/::umount \"mv ${CD} ${CD}-unmounted\";
-acquire::cdrom::autodetect 0;" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00cdrom
-       echo -n "$1" > ${CD}/.disk/info
+       cat > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00cdrom <<EOF
+acquire::cdrom::mount "${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)" $CD/pool
+       ln -s "$(readlink -f ./incoming)" "$CD/pool"
        find rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ -name 'apt-test-*.list' -delete
        # start with an unmounted disk
        mv "${CD}" "${CD}-unmounted"
        # we don't want the disk to be modifiable
-       addtrap 'prefix' "chmod -f -R +w $PWD/rootdir/media/cdrom/dists/ $PWD/rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists/ || true;"
-       chmod -R -w rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists
+       addtrap 'prefix' "chmod -f -R +w '$(escape_shell "$PWD/rootdir/media/cdrom/dists/")' '$(escape_shell "$PWD/rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists/")' || true;"
+       chmod -R 555 rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists
 }
 
 downloadfile() {
-       local PROTO="$(echo "$1" | cut -d':' -f 1 )"
-       apthelper -o Debug::Acquire::${PROTO}=1 \
-               download-file "$1" "$2" 2>&1 || true
+       local PROTO="${1%%:*}"
+       if ! apthelper -o Debug::Acquire::${PROTO}=1 -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker=1 \
+               download-file "$1" "$2" "$3" 2>&1 ; then
+               return 1
+       fi
        # only if the file exists the download was successful
-       if [ -e "$2" ]; then
+       if [ -r "$2" ]; then
                return 0
        else
                return 1
@@ -1057,7 +1394,7 @@ downloadfile() {
 }
 
 checkdiff() {
-       local DIFFTEXT="$(command diff -u "$@" | sed -e '/^---/ d' -e '/^+++/ d' -e '/^@@/ d')"
+       local DIFFTEXT="$(command diff -u "$@" 2>&1 | sed -e '/^---/ d' -e '/^+++/ d' -e '/^@@/ d')"
        if [ -n "$DIFFTEXT" ]; then
                echo >&2
                echo >&2 "$DIFFTEXT"
@@ -1067,30 +1404,71 @@ checkdiff() {
        fi
 }
 
+testoutputequal() {
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testoutputequal.output"
+       local COMPAREFILE="$1"
+       shift
+       if "$@" 2>&1 | checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE" - >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1; then
+               msgpass
+       else
+               echo "=== content of file we compared with (${COMPAREFILE}) ===" >>"${OUTPUT}"
+               cat "$COMPAREFILE" >>"${OUTPUT}"
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+       fi
+}
+
 testfileequal() {
+       msggroup 'testfileequal'
+       local MSG='Test for correctness of file'
+       if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+               MSG=''
+               shift
+       fi
        local FILE="$1"
        shift
-       msgtest "Test for correctness of file" "$FILE"
+       if [ -n "$MSG" ]; then
+               msgtest "$MSG" "$FILE"
+       fi
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfileequal.output"
        if [ -z "$*" ]; then
-               echo -n "" | checkdiff $FILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+               testoutputequal "$FILE" echo -n ''
        else
-               echo "$*" | checkdiff $FILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+               testoutputequal "$FILE" echo "$*"
        fi
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testempty() {
-       msgtest "Test for no output of" "$*"
+       msggroup 'testempty'
+       if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+               shift
+       else
+               msgtest "Test for no output of" "$*"
+       fi
        local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testempty.comparefile"
-       if "$@" >$COMPAREFILE 2>&1 && test ! -s $COMPAREFILE; then
+       if "$@" >"$COMPAREFILE" 2>&1 && test ! -s "$COMPAREFILE"; then
                msgpass
        else
-               cat $COMPAREFILE
-               msgfail
+               msgfailoutput '' "$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() {
+       msggroup 'testequal'
        local MSG='Test of equality of'
        if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
                MSG=''
@@ -1098,40 +1476,45 @@ testequal() {
        fi
 
        local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequal.comparefile"
-       echo "$1" > $COMPAREFILE
+       echo "$1" > "$COMPAREFILE"
        shift
 
        if [ -n "$MSG" ]; then
                msgtest "$MSG" "$*"
        fi
-       "$@" 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+       testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" "$@"
        aptautotest 'testequal' "$@"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testequalor2() {
+       msggroup 'testequalor2'
        local COMPAREFILE1="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.comparefile1"
        local COMPAREFILE2="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.comparefile2"
        local COMPAREAGAINST="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.compareagainst"
-       echo "$1" > $COMPAREFILE1
-       echo "$2" > $COMPAREFILE2
+       echo "$1" > "$COMPAREFILE1"
+       echo "$2" > "$COMPAREFILE2"
        shift 2
        msgtest "Test for equality OR of" "$*"
-       "$@" >$COMPAREAGAINST 2>&1 || true
-       if checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
-               checkdiff $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST >/dev/null 2>&1
+       "$@" >"$COMPAREAGAINST" 2>&1 || true
+       if checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE1" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
+               checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE2" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >/dev/null 2>&1
        then
                msgpass
        else
-               echo -n "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 1${CNORMAL}"
-               checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST || true
-               echo -n "${CINFO}Diff against OR 2${CNORMAL}"
-               checkdiff $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST || true
-               msgfail
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequal.output"
+               echo -n "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 1${CNORMAL}" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+               checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE1" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+               echo -n "${CINFO}Diff against OR 2${CNORMAL}" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+               checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE2" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
        fi
        aptautotest 'testequalor2' "$@"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testshowvirtual() {
+       msggroup 'testshowvirtual'
        local VIRTUAL="N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it is purely virtual"
        local PACKAGE="$1"
        shift
@@ -1146,129 +1529,405 @@ N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it is purely virtual"
 N: No packages found"
        local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testshowvirtual.comparefile"
        local ARCH="$(getarchitecture 'native')"
-       echo "$VIRTUAL" | sed -e "s/:$ARCH//" -e 's/:all//' > $COMPAREFILE
-       aptcache show -q=0 $PACKAGE 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+       echo "$VIRTUAL" | sed -e "s/:$ARCH//" -e 's/:all//' >"$COMPAREFILE"
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testshowvirtual.output"
+       testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" aptcache show "$PACKAGE"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testnopackage() {
+       msggroup 'testnopackage'
        msgtest "Test for non-existent packages" "apt-cache show $*"
        local SHOWPKG="$(aptcache show "$@" 2>&1 | grep '^Package: ')"
        if [ -n "$SHOWPKG" ]; then
-               echo >&2
-               echo >&2 "$SHOWPKG"
-               msgfail
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testnopackage.output"
+               echo "$SHOWPKG" >"$OUTPUT"
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
        else
                msgpass
        fi
+       msggroup
 }
-
-testdpkginstalled() {
-       msgtest "Test for correctly installed package(s) with" "dpkg -l $*"
-       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l "$@" 2>/dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
-       if [ "$PKGS" != $# ]; then
-               echo >&2 $PKGS
-               dpkg -l "$@" | grep '^[a-z]' >&2
-               msgfail
+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
 }
 
-testdpkgnotinstalled() {
-       msgtest "Test for correctly not-installed package(s) with" "dpkg -l $*"
-       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l "$@" 2> /dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
-       if [ "$PKGS" != 0 ]; then
-               echo
-               dpkg -l "$@" | grep '^[a-z]' >&2
-               msgfail
+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
+               while [ -n "$1" ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done | sort > "$COMPAREFILE"
        else
                msgtest 'Test for correctly marked as auto-installed' 'no package'
-               echo -n > $COMPAREFILE
+               echo -n > "$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
-       aptmark showauto 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+       testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" aptmark showmanual
+       msggroup
 }
 
-testsuccess() {
+catfile() {
+       if [ "${1##*.}" = 'deb' ]; then
+               stat >&2 "$1" || true
+               file >&2 "$1" || true
+       else
+               cat >&2 "$1" || true
+       fi
+}
+msgfailoutput() {
+       msgreportheader 'msgfailoutput'
+       local MSG="$1"
+       local OUTPUT="$2"
+       shift 2
+       local CMD="$1"
+       if [ "$1" = 'grep' -o "$1" = 'tail' -o "$1" = 'head' ]; then
+               echo >&2
+               while [ -n "$2" ]; do shift; done
+               echo "#### Complete file: $1 ####"
+               catfile "$1"
+               echo "#### $CMD 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 ####"
+                                       catfile "$2"
+                               fi
+                       fi
+               }
+               msgfailoutputstatfile "$2" "$3"
+               while [ -n "$5" ] && [ "$4" = '-o' -o "$4" = '-a' ]; do
+                       shift 3
+                       msgfailoutputstatfile "$2" "$3"
+               done
+               echo '#### test output ####'
+       elif [ "$1" = 'cmp' ]; then
+               echo >&2
+               while [ -n "$2" ]; do
+                       echo "#### Complete file: $2 ####"
+                       catfile "$2"
+                       shift
+               done
+               echo '#### cmp output ####'
+       fi
+       catfile "$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
-       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testsuccess.output"
-       if $@ >${OUTPUT} 2>&1; then
-               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" "$@"
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               msgpass
+                       fi
+               else
+                       msgpass
+               fi
        else
                local EXITCODE=$?
-               echo >&2
-               cat >&2 $OUTPUT
-               msgfail "exitcode $EXITCODE"
+               msgfailoutput "exitcode $EXITCODE" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
        fi
-       aptautotest 'testsuccess' "$@"
+       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
+       if "$@" >"${OUTPUT}" 2>&1; then
                local EXITCODE=$?
-               echo >&2
-               cat >&2 $OUTPUT
-               msgfail "exitcode $EXITCODE"
+               msgfailoutput "exitcode $EXITCODE" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
        else
-               msgpass
+               local EXITCODE=$?
+               if expr match "$1" '^apt.*' >/dev/null; then
+                       if [ "$1" = 'aptkey' ]; then
+                               if grep -q " Can't check signature: 
+ BAD signature from 
+ signature could not be verified" "$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
-               echo >&2
-               ls -l >&2 "$1"
-               echo -n >&2 "stat(1) reports for $2: "
-               stat --format "$2" "$1"
-               msgfail
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfilestats.output"
+               {
+                       ls -ld "$1" || true
+                       echo -n "stat(1) reports for $2: "
+                       stat --format "$2" "$1" || true
+               } >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+               msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
        fi
+       msggroup
 }
 testaccessrights() {
+       msggroup 'testaccessrights'
        testfilestats "$1" '%a' '=' "$2"
+       msggroup
 }
 
 testwebserverlaststatuscode() {
+       msggroup 'testwebserverlaststatuscode'
        local DOWNLOG='rootdir/tmp/webserverstatus-testfile.log'
-       local STATUS='rootdir/tmp/webserverstatus-statusfile.log'
+       local STATUS='downloaded/webserverstatus-statusfile.log'
        rm -f "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS"
        msgtest 'Test last status code from the webserver was' "$1"
-       downloadfile "http://localhost:8080/_config/find/aptwebserver::last-status-code" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG"
-       if [ "$(cat "$STATUS")" = "$1" ]; then
+       if downloadfile "http://localhost:${APTHTTPPORT}/_config/find/aptwebserver::last-status-code" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG" && [ "$(cat "$STATUS")" = "$1" ]; then
                msgpass
        else
-               echo >&2
-               if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-                       shift
-                       echo >&2 '#### Additionally provided output files contain:'
-                       cat >&2 "$@"
-               fi
-               echo >&2 '#### Download log of the status code:'
-               cat >&2 "$DOWNLOG"
-               msgfail "Status was $(cat "$STATUS")"
+               local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testwebserverlaststatuscode.output"
+               {
+                       if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+                               shift
+                               echo >&2 '#### Additionally provided output files contain:'
+                               cat >&2 "$@"
+                       fi
+                       echo >&2 '#### Download log of the status code:'
+                       cat >&2 "$DOWNLOG"
+               } >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+               msgfailoutput "Status was $(cat "$STATUS")" "$OUTPUT"
        fi
+       msggroup
+}
+
+mapkeynametokeyid() {
+       while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+               case "$1" in
+                       *Joe*|*Sixpack*|newarchive) echo '5A90D141DBAC8DAE';;
+                       *Rex*|*Expired*) echo '4BC0A39C27CE74F9';;
+                       *Marvin*|*Paranoid*) echo 'E8525D47528144E2';;
+                       oldarchive) echo 'FDD2DB85F68C85A3';;
+                       *) echo 'UNKNOWN KEY';;
+               esac
+               shift
+       done
+}
+testaptkeys() {
+       local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/aptkeylist.output"
+       if ! aptkey list --with-colon | grep '^pub' | cut -d':' -f 5 > "$OUTPUT"; then
+               echo -n > "$OUTPUT"
+       fi
+       testfileequal "$OUTPUT" "$(mapkeynametokeyid "$@")"
 }
 
 pause() {
@@ -1277,33 +1936,126 @@ pause() {
        read IGNORE
 }
 
+logcurrentarchivedirectory() {
+       find "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/dists" -type f | while read line; do
+               stat --format '%U:%G:%a:%n' "$line"
+       done | sort > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/aptgetupdate.before.lst"
+}
+listcurrentlistsdirectory() {
+       {
+               find rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read line; do
+                       stat --format '%U:%G:%a:%n' "$line"
+               done
+               find rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists -maxdepth 1 \! -type d | while read line; do
+                       stat --format '%U:%G:%a:%s:%y:%n' "$line"
+               done
+       } | sort
+}
+forallsupportedcompressors() {
+       rm -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00force-compressor"
+       for COMP in $(aptconfig dump 'APT::Compressor' --format '%f%n' | cut -d':' -f 5 | uniq); do
+               if [ -z "$COMP" -o "$COMP" = '.' ]; then continue; fi
+               "$@" "$COMP"
+       done
+}
+
+### convenience hacks ###
+mkdir() {
+       # creating some directories by hand is a tedious task, so make it look simple
+       local PARAMS="$*"
+       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 [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
+                       chown _apt:$(id -gn) "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/partial"
+               fi
+       else
+               command mkdir "$@"
+       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() {
+       if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then return; fi
        local TESTCALL="$1"
        local CMD="$2"
        local FIRSTOPT="$3"
-       local AUTOTEST="aptautotest_$(basename "$CMD" | tr -d '-')_$(echo "$FIRSTOPT" | tr -d '-')"
+       shift 2
+       for i in "$@"; do
+               if ! expr match "$i" '^-' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                       FIRSTOPT="$i"
+                       break
+               fi
+       done
+       shift
+       local AUTOTEST="aptautotest_$(echo "${CMD##*/}_${FIRSTOPT}" | tr -d -c 'A-za-z0-9')"
        if command -v $AUTOTEST >/dev/null; then
-               shift 3
                # save and restore the *.output files from other tests
                # as we might otherwise override them in these automatic tests
-               rm -rf rootdir/tmp-before
-               mv rootdir/tmp rootdir/tmp-before
-               mkdir rootdir/tmp
+               rm -rf "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-before"
+               mv "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-before"
+               mkdir "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp"
                $AUTOTEST "$TESTCALL" "$@"
-               rm -rf rootdir/tmp-aptautotest
-               mv rootdir/tmp rootdir/tmp-aptautotest
-               mv rootdir/tmp-before rootdir/tmp
+               rm -rf "${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
-       find "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists" -maxdepth 1 -type f | while read file; do
-               testfilestats "$file" '%U:%G:%a' '=' "${USER}:${USER}:644"
+       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
+       if [ -s "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/aptgetupdate.before.lst" ]; then
+               testfileequal "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/aptgetupdate.before.lst" \
+                       "$(find "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/dists" -type f | while read line; do stat --format '%U:%G:%a:%n' "$line"; done | sort)"
+       fi
 }
 aptautotest_apt_update() { aptautotest_aptget_update "$@"; }
+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:.*\(ignor\|unknown\).*' "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-before/${TESTCALL}.output"
+}
+
+aptautotest_aptget_install() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_aptget_remove() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_aptget_purge() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_apt_install() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_apt_remove() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_apt_purge() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+
+testaptmarknodefaultsections() {
+       testfailure grep '^Auto-Installed: 0$' "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/extended_states"
+}
+aptautotest_aptmark_auto() { testaptmarknodefaultsections "$@"; }
+aptautotest_aptmark_manual() { testaptmarknodefaultsections "$@"; }
+aptautotest_aptget_markauto() { testaptmarknodefaultsections "$@"; }
+aptautotest_aptget_markmanual() { testaptmarknodefaultsections "$@"; }