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index 1c4872c8e148076256af7365bb1be6f51c41ae08..f3699861b6033952122a3c981f1f09aafff29b35 100644 (file)
@@ -1,42 +1,54 @@
 #!/bin/sh -- # no runable script, just for vi
 
+EXIT_CODE=0
+
 # we all like colorful messages
-if expr match "$(readlink -f /proc/$$/fd/1)" '/dev/pts/[0-9]\+' > /dev/null && \
-   expr match "$(readlink -f /proc/$$/fd/2)" '/dev/pts/[0-9]\+' > /dev/null; then
-       CERROR="\e[1;31m" # red
-       CWARNING="\e[1;33m" # yellow
-       CMSG="\e[1;32m" # green
-       CINFO="\e[1;96m" # light blue
-       CDEBUG="\e[1;94m" # blue
-       CNORMAL="\e[0;39m" # default system console color
-       CDONE="\e[1;32m" # green
-       CPASS="\e[1;32m" # green
-       CFAIL="\e[1;31m" # red
-       CCMD="\e[1;35m" # pink
+if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ]; then
+       if ! expr match "$(readlink -f /proc/$$/fd/1)" '/dev/pts/[0-9]\+' > /dev/null; then
+               export MSGCOLOR='NO'
+       fi
+fi
+
+
+if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ]; then
+       CERROR="\033[1;31m" # red
+       CWARNING="\033[1;33m" # yellow
+       CMSG="\033[1;32m" # green
+       CINFO="\033[1;96m" # light blue
+       CDEBUG="\033[1;94m" # blue
+       CNORMAL="\033[0;39m" # default system console color
+       CDONE="\033[1;32m" # green
+       CPASS="\033[1;32m" # green
+       CFAIL="\033[1;31m" # red
+       CCMD="\033[1;35m" # pink
 fi
 
 msgdie() { echo "${CERROR}E: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; exit 1; }
 msgwarn() { echo "${CWARNING}W: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgmsg() { echo "${CMSG}$1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msginfo() { echo "${CINFO}I: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgdebug() { echo "${CDEBUG}D: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgdone() { echo "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
+msgmsg() { echo "${CMSG}$1${CNORMAL}"; }
+msginfo() { echo "${CINFO}I: $1${CNORMAL}"; }
+msgdebug() { echo "${CDEBUG}D: $1${CNORMAL}"; }
+msgdone() { echo "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}"; }
 msgnwarn() { echo -n "${CWARNING}W: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgnmsg() { echo -n "${CMSG}$1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgninfo() { echo -n "${CINFO}I: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgndebug() { echo -n "${CDEBUG}D: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
+msgnmsg() { echo -n "${CMSG}$1${CNORMAL}"; }
+msgninfo() { echo -n "${CINFO}I: $1${CNORMAL}"; }
+msgndebug() { echo -n "${CDEBUG}D: $1${CNORMAL}"; }
 msgtest() {
        while [ -n "$1" ]; do
-               echo -n "${CINFO}$1${CCMD} " >&2;
-               echo -n "$(echo "$2" | sed -e 's/^aptc/apt-c/' -e 's/^aptg/apt-g/' -e 's/^aptf/apt-f/')${CINFO} " >&2;
+               echo -n "${CINFO}$1${CCMD} "
+               echo -n "$(echo "$2" | sed -e 's/^aptc/apt-c/' -e 's/^aptg/apt-g/' -e 's/^aptf/apt-f/')${CINFO} "
                shift
                if [ -n "$1" ]; then shift; else break; fi
        done
-       echo -n "…${CNORMAL} " >&2;
+       echo -n "…${CNORMAL} "
 }
-msgpass() { echo "${CPASS}PASS${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
+msgpass() { echo "${CPASS}PASS${CNORMAL}"; }
 msgskip() { echo "${CWARNING}SKIP${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgfail() { echo "${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
+msgfail() {
+       if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "${CFAIL}FAIL: $*${CNORMAL}" >&2;
+       else echo "${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}" >&2; fi
+       EXIT_CODE=$((EXIT_CODE+1));
+}
 
 # enable / disable Debugging
 MSGLEVEL=${MSGLEVEL:-3}
@@ -51,12 +63,12 @@ if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 2 ]; then
        msgmsg() { true; }
        msgnmsg() { true; }
        msgtest() { true; }
-       msgpass() { echo -n " ${CPASS}P${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
+       msgpass() { echo -n " ${CPASS}P${CNORMAL}"; }
        msgskip() { echo -n " ${CWARNING}S${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
        if [ -n "$CFAIL" ]; then
-               msgfail() { echo -n " ${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
+               msgfail() { echo -n " ${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}" >&2; EXIT_CODE=$((EXIT_CODE+1)); }
        else
-               msgfail() { echo -n " ###FAILED###" >&2; }
+               msgfail() { echo -n " ###FAILED###" >&2; EXIT_CODE=$((EXIT_CODE+1)); }
        fi
 fi
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 3 ]; then
@@ -75,66 +87,110 @@ msgdone() {
           [ "$1" = "die" -a $MSGLEVEL -le 0 ]; then
                true;
        else
-               echo "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}" >&2;
+               echo "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}";
        fi
 }
 
 runapt() {
        msgdebug "Executing: ${CCMD}$*${CDEBUG} "
+       local CMD="$1"
+       shift
        if [ -f ./aptconfig.conf ]; then
-               APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$*
-        elif [ -f ../aptconfig.conf ]; then
-                APT_CONFIG=../aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$*
+               MALLOC_PERTURB_=21 MALLOC_CHECK_=2 APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD "$@"
+       elif [ -f ../aptconfig.conf ]; then
+               MALLOC_PERTURB_=21 MALLOC_CHECK_=2 APT_CONFIG=../aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD "$@"
        else
-               LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$*
+               MALLOC_PERTURB_=21 MALLOC_CHECK_=2 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD "$@"
        fi
 }
-aptconfig() { runapt apt-config $*; }
-aptcache() { runapt apt-cache $*; }
-aptcdrom() { runapt apt-cdrom $*; }
-aptget() { runapt apt-get $*; }
-aptftparchive() { runapt apt-ftparchive $*; }
-aptkey() { runapt apt-key $*; }
-aptmark() { runapt apt-mark $*; }
+aptconfig() { runapt apt-config "$@"; }
+aptcache() { runapt apt-cache "$@"; }
+aptcdrom() { runapt apt-cdrom "$@"; }
+aptget() { runapt apt-get "$@"; }
+aptftparchive() { runapt apt-ftparchive "$@"; }
+aptkey() { runapt apt-key "$@"; }
+aptmark() { runapt apt-mark "$@"; }
+apt() { runapt apt "$@"; }
+aptwebserver() {
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR} ${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver "$@";
+}
 dpkg() {
-       $(which dpkg) --root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir --force-not-root --force-bad-path --log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log $*
+       command dpkg --root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir --force-not-root --force-bad-path --log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log "$@"
 }
 aptitude() {
        if [ -f ./aptconfig.conf ]; then
-               APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY}  $(which aptitude) $*
+               APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY}  command aptitude "$@"
        elif [ -f ../aptconfig.conf ]; then
-               APT_CONFIG=../aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} $(which aptitude) $*
+               APT_CONFIG=../aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} command aptitude "$@"
        else
-               LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY}  $(which aptitude) $*
+               LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY}  command aptitude "$@"
        fi
 }
 gdb() {
        echo "gdb: run »$*«"
-       APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} $(which gdb) ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$1
+       APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} command gdb ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$1 --args "$@"
+}
+http() {
+       LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods/http
+}
+gpg() {
+       # see apt-key for the whole trickery. Setup is done in setupenvironment
+       command gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring \
+               --homedir "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/gnupghome" \
+               --no-auto-check-trustdb --trust-model always \
+               "$@"
+}
+
+exitwithstatus() {
+        # error if we about to overflow, but ...
+        #   "255 failures ought to be enough for everybody"
+        if [ $EXIT_CODE -gt 255 ]; then
+            msgdie "Total failure count $EXIT_CODE too big"
+        fi
+        exit $((EXIT_CODE <= 255 ? EXIT_CODE : 255));
+}
+
+shellsetedetector() {
+       local exit_status=$?
+       if [ "$exit_status" != '0' ]; then
+               echo >&2 "${CERROR}E: Looks like the testcases ended prematurely with exitcode: ${exit_status}${CNORMAL}"
+               if [ "$EXIT_CODE" = '0' ]; then
+                       EXIT_CODE="$exit_status"
+               fi
+       fi
 }
 
 addtrap() {
-       CURRENTTRAP="$CURRENTTRAP $1"
-       trap "$CURRENTTRAP exit;" 0 HUP INT QUIT ILL ABRT FPE SEGV PIPE TERM
+       if [ "$1" = 'prefix' ]; then
+               CURRENTTRAP="$2 $CURRENTTRAP"
+       else
+               CURRENTTRAP="$CURRENTTRAP $1"
+       fi
+       trap "shellsetedetector; $CURRENTTRAP exitwithstatus;" 0 HUP INT QUIT ILL ABRT FPE SEGV PIPE TERM
 }
 
 setupenvironment() {
        TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY=$(mktemp -d)
        TESTDIRECTORY=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
        msgninfo "Preparing environment for ${CCMD}$(basename $0)${CINFO} in ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}… "
-       BUILDDIRECTORY="${TESTDIRECTORY}/../../build/bin"
+
+        # allow overriding the default BUILDDIR location
+       BUILDDIRECTORY=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_BUILD_DIR:-"${TESTDIRECTORY}/../../build/bin"}
+        METHODSDIR=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_METHODS_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods"}
+        APTWEBSERVERBINDIR=${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_WEBSERVER_BIN_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}
        test -x "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-get" || msgdie "You need to build tree first"
-       local OLDWORKINGDIRECTORY=$(pwd)
-       addtrap "cd /; rm -rf $TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY; cd $OLDWORKINGDIRECTORY;"
+        # -----
+
+       addtrap "cd /; rm -rf $TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY;"
        cd $TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY
        mkdir rootdir aptarchive keys
        cd rootdir
        mkdir -p etc/apt/apt.conf.d etc/apt/sources.list.d etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d etc/apt/preferences.d
-       mkdir -p var/cache var/lib var/log
+       mkdir -p var/cache var/lib var/log tmp
        mkdir -p var/lib/dpkg/info var/lib/dpkg/updates var/lib/dpkg/triggers
        touch var/lib/dpkg/available
        mkdir -p usr/lib/apt
-       ln -s ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods usr/lib/apt/methods
+       ln -s ${METHODSDIR} usr/lib/apt/methods
        cd ..
        local PACKAGESFILE=$(echo "$(basename $0)" | sed -e 's/^test-/Packages-/' -e 's/^skip-/Packages-/')
        if [ -f "${TESTDIRECTORY}/${PACKAGESFILE}" ]; then
@@ -150,19 +206,36 @@ setupenvironment() {
        echo "Dir::state::status \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "Debug::NoLocking \"true\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note \"false\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       echo "Dir::Bin::Methods \"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+       echo "Dir::Bin::Methods \"${METHODSDIR}\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "Dir::Bin::dpkg \"fakeroot\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "DPKG::options:: \"dpkg\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "DPKG::options:: \"--root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-not-root\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-bad-path\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-       if ! $(which dpkg) --assert-multi-arch 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
+       if ! command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-architecture\";" >> aptconfig.conf # Added to test multiarch before dpkg is ready for it…
        fi
        echo "DPKG::options:: \"--log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log\";" >> aptconfig.conf
        echo 'quiet::NoUpdate "true";' >> aptconfig.conf
-       export LC_ALL=C
+       echo "Acquire::https::CaInfo \"${TESTDIR}/apt.pem\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99https
+        echo "Apt::Cmd::Disable-Script-Warning \"1\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/apt-binary
+       export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
        export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+       configcompression '.' 'gz' #'bz2' 'lzma' 'xz'
+
+       # gpg needs a trustdb to function, but it can't be invalid (not even empty)
+       # see also apt-key where this trickery comes from:
+       local TRUSTDBDIR="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/gnupghome"
+       mkdir "$TRUSTDBDIR"
+       chmod 700 "$TRUSTDBDIR"
+       # We also don't use a secret keyring, of course, but gpg panics and
+       # implodes if there isn't one available - and writeable for imports
+       local SECRETKEYRING="${TRUSTDBDIR}/secring.gpg"
+       touch $SECRETKEYRING
+       # now create the trustdb with an (empty) dummy keyring
+       # newer gpg versions are fine without it, but play it safe for now
+       gpg --quiet --check-trustdb --secret-keyring $SECRETKEYRING --keyring $SECRETKEYRING >/dev/null 2>&1
+
        msgdone "info"
 }
 
@@ -184,14 +257,13 @@ getarchitectures() {
 }
 
 configarchitecture() {
-       local CONFFILE=rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01multiarch.conf
-       rm -f $CONFFILE
-       echo "APT::Architecture \"$(getarchitecture $1)\";" > $CONFFILE
-       shift
-       while [ -n "$1" ]; do
-               echo "APT::Architectures:: \"$(getarchitecture $1)\";" >> $CONFFILE
-               shift
-       done
+       {
+               echo "APT::Architecture \"$(getarchitecture $1)\";"
+               while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+                       echo "APT::Architectures:: \"$(getarchitecture $1)\";"
+                       shift
+               done
+       } >rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01multiarch.conf
        configdpkg
 }
 
@@ -204,12 +276,19 @@ configdpkg() {
                        echo -n > rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status
                fi
        fi
-       if $(which dpkg) --assert-multi-arch 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
+       rm -f rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00foreigndpkg
+       if command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
                local ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
                if echo "$ARCHS" | grep -E -q '[^ ]+ [^ ]+'; then
                        DPKGARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
                        for ARCH in ${ARCHS}; do
-                               if [ "${ARCH}" != "${DPKGARCH}" ]; then dpkg --add-architecture ${ARCH}; fi
+                               if [ "${ARCH}" != "${DPKGARCH}" ]; then
+                                       if ! dpkg --add-architecture ${ARCH} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                                               # old-style used e.g. in Ubuntu-P – and as it seems travis
+                                               echo "DPKG::options:: \"--foreign-architecture\";" >> rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00foreigndpkg
+                                               echo "DPKG::options:: \"${ARCH}\";"  >> rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00foreigndpkg
+                                       fi
+                               fi
                        done
                        if [ "0" = "$(dpkg -l dpkg 2> /dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)" ]; then
                                # dpkg doesn't really check the version as long as it is fully installed,
@@ -220,13 +299,31 @@ configdpkg() {
        fi
 }
 
+configcompression() {
+       while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+               case "$1" in
+               '.') echo ".\t.\tcat";;
+               'gz') echo "gzip\tgz\tgzip";;
+               'bz2') echo "bzip2\tbz2\tbzip2";;
+               'lzma') echo "lzma\tlzma\txz --format=lzma";;
+               'xz') echo "xz\txz\txz";;
+               *) echo "$1\t$1\t$1";;
+               esac
+               shift
+       done > ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/testcase-compressor.conf
+}
+
 setupsimplenativepackage() {
        local NAME="$1"
        local ARCH="$2"
        local VERSION="$3"
        local RELEASE="${4:-unstable}"
        local DEPENDENCIES="$5"
-       local DESCRIPTION="$6"
+       local DESCRIPTION="${6:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASE}
+ If you find such a package installed on your system,
+ something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
+ und used only by testcases and surf no other propose…"}"
+
        local SECTION="${7:-others}"
        local DISTSECTION
        if [ "$SECTION" = "$(echo "$SECTION" | cut -d'/' -f 2)" ]; then
@@ -258,14 +355,8 @@ Package: $NAME" > debian/control
                echo "Architecture: any" >> debian/control
        fi
        test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> debian/control
-       if [ -z "$DESCRIPTION" ]; then
-               echo "Description: an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASE}
- If you find such a package installed on your system,
- YOU did something horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
- und used only by testcases for APT and surf no other propose…" >> debian/control
-       else
-               echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> debian/control
-       fi
+       echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> debian/control
+
        test -e debian/compat || echo "7" > debian/compat
        test -e debian/source/format || echo "3.0 (native)" > debian/source/format
        test -e debian/rules || cp /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.tiny debian/rules
@@ -278,9 +369,14 @@ buildsimplenativepackage() {
        local VERSION="$3"
        local RELEASE="${4:-unstable}"
        local DEPENDENCIES="$5"
-       local DESCRIPTION="$6"
+       local DESCRIPTION="${6:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASE}
+ If you find such a package installed on your system,
+ something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
+ und used only by testcases and surf no other propose…"}"
+
        local SECTION="${7:-others}"
        local PRIORITY="${8:-optional}"
+        local FILE_TREE="$9"
        local DISTSECTION
        if [ "$SECTION" = "$(echo "$SECTION" | cut -d'/' -f 2)" ]; then
                DISTSECTION="main"
@@ -318,19 +414,18 @@ Package: $NAME" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
        fi
        local DEPS="$(echo "$DEPENDENCIES" | grep -v '^Build-')"
        test -z "$DEPS" || echo "$DEPS" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-       if [ -z "$DESCRIPTION" ]; then
-               echo "Description: an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASE}
- If you find such a package installed on your system,
- YOU did something horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
- und used only by testcases for APT and surf no other propose…" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-       else
-               echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-       fi
+       echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
 
        echo '3.0 (native)' > ${BUILDDIR}/debian/source/format
-       local SRCS="$( (cd ${BUILDDIR}/..; dpkg-source -b ${NAME}-${VERSION} 2>&1) | grep '^dpkg-source: info: building' | grep -o '[a-z0-9._+~-]*$')"
-       for SRC in $SRCS; do
+       (cd ${BUILDDIR}/..; dpkg-source -b ${NAME}-${VERSION} 2>&1) | sed -n 's#^dpkg-source: info: building [^ ]\+ in ##p' \
+               | while read SRC; do
                echo "pool/${SRC}" >> ${BUILDDIR}/../${RELEASE}.${DISTSECTION}.srclist
+#              if expr match "${SRC}" '.*\.dsc' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+#                      gpg --yes --secret-keyring ./keys/joesixpack.sec \
+#                              --keyring ./keys/joesixpack.pub --default-key 'Joe Sixpack' \
+#                              --clearsign -o "${BUILDDIR}/../${SRC}.sign" "${BUILDDIR}/../$SRC"
+#                      mv "${BUILDDIR}/../${SRC}.sign" "${BUILDDIR}/../$SRC"
+#              fi
        done
 
        for arch in $(echo "$ARCH" | sed -e 's#,#\n#g' | sed -e "s#^native\$#$(getarchitecture 'native')#"); do
@@ -338,10 +433,20 @@ Package: $NAME" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
                mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/DEBIAN ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/${NAME} ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/bin
                cp ${BUILDDIR}/debian/copyright ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog ${BUILDDIR}/FEATURES ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/${NAME}
                cp ${BUILDDIR}/${NAME} ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/bin/${NAME}-${arch}
+                if [ -n "$FILE_TREE" ]; then
+                    cp -ar "$FILE_TREE" ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp
+                fi
+
                (cd ${BUILDDIR}; dpkg-gencontrol -DArchitecture=$arch)
                (cd ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp; md5sum $(find usr/ -type f) > DEBIAN/md5sums)
-
-               dpkg-deb --build ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp ${BUILDDIR}/.. 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
+               local LOG="${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.dpkg-deb.log"
+               # ensure the right permissions as dpkg-deb ensists
+               chmod 755 ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/DEBIAN
+               if ! dpkg-deb --build ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp ${BUILDDIR}/.. >$LOG 2>&1; then
+                       cat $LOG
+                       false
+               fi
+               rm $LOG
                echo "pool/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb" >> ${BUILDDIR}/../${RELEASE}.${DISTSECTION}.pkglist
        done
 
@@ -357,14 +462,19 @@ buildpackage() {
        local RELEASE=$2
        local SECTION=$3
        local ARCH=$(getarchitecture $4)
-       msgninfo "Build package $(echo "$BUILDDIR" | grep -o '[^/]*$') for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}… "
+       local PKGNAME="$(echo "$BUILDDIR" | grep -o '[^/]*$')"
+       local BUILDLOG="$(readlink -f "${BUILDDIR}/../${PKGNAME}_${RELEASE}_${SECTION}.dpkg-bp.log")"
+       msgninfo "Build package ${PKGNAME} for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}… "
        cd $BUILDDIR
        if [ "$ARCH" = "all" ]; then
                ARCH="$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH 2> /dev/null)"
        fi
-       local BUILT="$(dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -a$ARCH 2> /dev/null)"
-       local PKGS="$( echo "$BUILT" | grep '^dpkg-deb: building package' | cut -d'/' -f 2 | sed -e "s#'\.##")"
-       local SRCS="$( echo "$BUILT" | grep '^dpkg-source: info: building' | grep -o '[a-z0-9._+~-]*$')"
+       if ! dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -a$ARCH >$BUILDLOG 2>&1 ; then
+               cat $BUILDLOG
+               false
+       fi
+       local PKGS="$(grep '^dpkg-deb: building package' $BUILDLOG | cut -d'/' -f 2 | sed -e "s#'\.##")"
+       local SRCS="$(grep '^dpkg-source: info: building' $BUILDLOG | grep -o '[a-z0-9._+~-]*$')"
        cd - > /dev/null
        for PKG in $PKGS; do
                echo "pool/${PKG}" >> ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${RELEASE}.${SECTION}.pkglist
@@ -377,13 +487,15 @@ buildpackage() {
 
 buildaptarchive() {
        if [ -d incoming ]; then
-               buildaptarchivefromincoming $*
+               buildaptarchivefromincoming "$@"
        else
-               buildaptarchivefromfiles $*
+               buildaptarchivefromfiles "$@"
        fi
 }
 
 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
@@ -401,10 +513,10 @@ createaptftparchiveconfig() {
        echo -n '";
 };
 Default {
-       Packages::Compress ". gzip bzip2 lzma xz";
-       Sources::Compress ". gzip bzip2 lzma xz";
-       Contents::Compress ". gzip bzip2 lzma xz";
-       Translation::Compress ". gzip bzip2 lzma xz";
+       Packages::Compress "'"$COMPRESSORS"'";
+       Sources::Compress "'"$COMPRESSORS"'";
+       Contents::Compress "'"$COMPRESSORS"'";
+       Translation::Compress "'"$COMPRESSORS"'";
        LongDescription "false";
 };
 TreeDefault {
@@ -466,6 +578,10 @@ insertpackage() {
        local VERSION="$4"
        local DEPENDENCIES="$5"
        local PRIORITY="${6:-optional}"
+       local DESCRIPTION="${7:-"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 ARCHS=""
        for arch in $(echo "$ARCH" | sed -e 's#,#\n#g' | sed -e "s#^native\$#$(getarchitecture 'native')#"); do
                if [ "$arch" = 'all' -o "$arch" = 'none' ]; then
@@ -487,11 +603,8 @@ Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>" >> $FILE
                        echo "Version: $VERSION
 Filename: pool/main/${NAME}/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb" >> $FILE
                        test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> $FILE
-                       echo "Description: an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASE}
- If you find such a package installed on your system,
- YOU did something horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
- und used only by testcases for APT and surf no other propose…
-" >> $FILE
+                       echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> $FILE
+                       echo >> $FILE
                done
        done
 }
@@ -525,6 +638,11 @@ insertinstalledpackage() {
        local DEPENDENCIES="$4"
        local PRIORITY="${5:-optional}"
        local STATUS="${6:-install ok installed}"
+       local DESCRIPTION="${7:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/installed
+ If you find such a package installed on your system,
+ something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
+ und used only by testcases and surf no other propose…"}"
+
        local FILE='rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status'
        local INFO='rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/info'
        for arch in $(echo "$ARCH" | sed -e 's#,#\n#g' | sed -e "s#^native\$#$(getarchitecture 'native')#"); do
@@ -537,11 +655,8 @@ Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
 Version: $VERSION" >> $FILE
                test "$arch" = 'none' || echo "Architecture: $arch" >> $FILE
                test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> $FILE
-               echo "Description: an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/installed
- If you find such a package installed on your system,
- YOU did something horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
- und used only by testcases for APT and surf no other propose…
-" >> $FILE
+               echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> $FILE
+               echo >> $FILE
                if [ "$(dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Multi-Arch}')" = 'same' ]; then
                        echo -n > ${INFO}/${NAME}:${arch}.list
                else
@@ -568,17 +683,34 @@ 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
                msgninfo "\t${line} file… "
-               cat ${line} | gzip > ${line}.gz
-               cat ${line} | bzip2 > ${line}.bz2
-               cat ${line} | xz --format=lzma > ${line}.lzma
-               cat ${line} | xz > ${line}.xz
+               compressfile "$line" "$1"
                msgdone "info"
        done
-       generatereleasefiles
+       generatereleasefiles "$@"
+}
+
+compressfile() {
+       cat ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/testcase-compressor.conf | while read compressor extension command; do
+               if [ "$compressor" = '.' ]; then
+                       if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+                               touch -d "$2" "$1"
+                       fi
+                       continue
+               fi
+               cat "$1" | $command > "${1}.${extension}"
+               if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+                       touch -d "$2" "${1}.${extension}"
+               fi
+       done
 }
 
 # can be overridden by testcases for their pleasure
-getcodenamefromsuite() { echo -n "$1"; }
+getcodenamefromsuite() {
+       case "$1" in
+       unstable) echo 'sid';;
+       *) echo -n "$1";;
+       esac
+}
 getreleaseversionfromsuite() { true; }
 getlabelfromsuite() { true; }
 
@@ -666,54 +798,123 @@ setupaptarchive() {
                setupflataptarchive
        fi
        signreleasefiles
-       msgninfo "\tSync APT's cache with the archive… "
-       aptget update -qq
-       msgdone "info"
+       if [ "$1" != '--no-update' ]; then
+               msgninfo "\tSync APT's cache with the archive… "
+               aptget update -qq
+               msgdone "info"
+       fi
 }
 
 signreleasefiles() {
        local SIGNER="${1:-Joe Sixpack}"
+       local GPG="gpg --batch --yes"
        msgninfo "\tSign archive with $SIGNER key… "
-       local SECKEYS=""
+       local REXKEY='keys/rexexpired'
+       local SECEXPIREBAK="${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
+                       printf "expire\n1w\nsave\n" | $GPG --keyring ${REXKEY}.pub --secret-keyring ${REXKEY}.sec --command-fd 0 --edit-key "${SIGNER}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+                       cp ${REXKEY}.sec $SECUNEXPIRED
+                       cp ${REXKEY}.pub $PUBUNEXPIRED
+               fi
+       fi
        for KEY in $(find keys/ -name '*.sec'); do
-               SECKEYS="$SECKEYS --secret-keyring $KEY"
+               GPG="$GPG --secret-keyring $KEY"
        done
-       local PUBKEYS=""
        for KEY in $(find keys/ -name '*.pub'); do
-               PUBKEYS="$PUBKEYS --keyring $KEY"
+               GPG="$GPG --keyring $KEY"
        done
        for RELEASE in $(find aptarchive/ -name Release); do
-               gpg --yes --no-default-keyring $SECKEYS $PUBKEYS --default-key "$SIGNER" -abs -o ${RELEASE}.gpg ${RELEASE}
-               gpg --yes --no-default-keyring $SECKEYS $PUBKEYS --default-key "$SIGNER" --clearsign -o "$(echo "${RELEASE}" | sed 's#/Release$#/InRelease#')" $RELEASE
+               $GPG --default-key "$SIGNER" --armor --detach-sign --sign --output ${RELEASE}.gpg ${RELEASE}
+               local INRELEASE="$(echo "${RELEASE}" | sed 's#/Release$#/InRelease#')"
+               $GPG --default-key "$SIGNER" --clearsign --output $INRELEASE $RELEASE
+               # we might have set a specific date for the Release file, so copy it
+               touch -d "$(stat --format "%y" ${RELEASE})" ${RELEASE}.gpg ${INRELEASE}
        done
+       if [ -f "$SECEXPIREBAK" ] && [ -f "$PUBEXPIREBAK" ]; then
+               mv -f $SECEXPIREBAK ${REXKEY}.sec
+               mv -f $PUBEXPIREBAK ${REXKEY}.pub
+       fi
        msgdone "info"
 }
 
+webserverconfig() {
+       msgtest "Set webserver config option '${1}' to" "$2"
+       downloadfile "http://localhost:8080/_config/set/${1}/${2}" '/dev/null' >/dev/null
+       local DOWNLOG='download-testfile.log'
+       rm -f "$DOWNLOG"
+       local STATUS="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/webserverconfig.status"
+       downloadfile "http://localhost:8080/_config/find/aptwebserver::last-status-code" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG"
+       if [ "$(cat "$STATUS")" = '200' ]; then
+               msgpass
+       else
+               cat >&2 "$DOWNLOG"
+               msgfail "Statuscode was $(cat "$STATUS")"
+       fi
+       rm "$STATUS"
+}
+
+rewritesourceslist() {
+       local APTARCHIVE="file://$(readlink -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive")"
+       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}#"
+       done
+}
+
 changetowebserver() {
-       if which weborf > /dev/null; then
-               weborf -xb aptarchive/ 2>&1 > /dev/null &
-               addtrap "kill $!;"
-       elif which gatling > /dev/null; then
+       if [ "$1" != '--no-rewrite' ]; then
+               rewritesourceslist 'http://localhost:8080/'
+       else
+               shift
+       fi
+       if test -x ${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver; then
                cd aptarchive
-               gatling -p 8080 -F -S 2>&1 > /dev/null &
-               addtrap "kill $!;"
+               local LOG="webserver.log"
+               if ! aptwebserver -o aptwebserver::fork=1 "$@" >$LOG 2>&1 ; then
+                       cat $LOG
+                       false
+               fi
+               local PID="$(cat aptwebserver.pid)"
+               if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
+                       msgdie 'Could not fork aptwebserver successfully'
+               fi
+               addtrap "kill $PID;"
                cd - > /dev/null
-       elif which lighttpd > /dev/null; then
-               echo "server.document-root = \"$(readlink -f ./aptarchive)\"
-server.port = 8080
-server.stat-cache-engine = \"disable\"" > lighttpd.conf
-               lighttpd -t -f lighttpd.conf >/dev/null || msgdie 'Can not change to webserver: our lighttpd config is invalid'
-               lighttpd -D -f lighttpd.conf 2>/dev/null >/dev/null &
-               addtrap "kill $!;"
        else
-               msgdie 'You have to install weborf or lighttpd first'
-               return 1
+               msgdie 'You have to build aptwerbserver or install a webserver'
        fi
-       local APTARCHIVE="file://$(readlink -f ./aptarchive)"
-       for LIST in $(find rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ -name 'apt-test-*.list'); do
-               sed -i $LIST -e "s#$APTARCHIVE#http://localhost:8080/#"
-       done
-       return 0
+}
+
+changetohttpswebserver() {
+       if ! which stunnel4 >/dev/null; then
+               msgdie 'You need to install stunnel4 for https testcases'
+       fi
+       if [ ! -e "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/aptwebserver.pid" ]; then
+               changetowebserver --no-rewrite
+       fi
+       echo "pid = ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid
+cert = ${TESTDIRECTORY}/apt.pem
+output = /dev/null
+
+[https]
+accept = 4433
+connect = 8080
+" > ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/stunnel.conf
+       stunnel4 "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/stunnel.conf"
+       local PID="$(cat ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid)"
+       addtrap 'prefix' "kill ${PID};"
+       rewritesourceslist 'https://localhost:4433/'
 }
 
 changetocdrom() {
@@ -731,8 +932,48 @@ changetocdrom() {
        find rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ -name 'apt-test-*.list' -delete
 }
 
+downloadfile() {
+       PROTO="$(echo "$1" | cut -d':' -f 1)"
+       local DOWNLOG="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/download.log"
+       rm -f "$DOWNLOG"
+       touch "$DOWNLOG"
+       {
+               echo "601 Configuration
+Config-Item: Acquire::https::CaInfo=${TESTDIR}/apt.pem
+Config-Item: Debug::Acquire::${PROTO}=1
+
+600 Acquire URI
+URI: $1
+Filename: ${2}
+"
+               # simple worker keeping stdin open until we are done (201) or error (400)
+               # and requesting new URIs on try-agains/redirects inbetween
+               { tail -n 999 -f "$DOWNLOG" & echo "TAILPID: $!"; } | while read f1 f2; do
+                       if [ "$f1" = 'TAILPID:' ]; then
+                               TAILPID="$f2"
+                       elif [ "$f1" = 'New-URI:' ]; then
+                               echo "600 Acquire URI
+URI: $f2
+Filename: ${2}
+"
+                       elif [ "$f1" = '201' ] || [ "$f1" = '400' ]; then
+                               # tail would only die on next read – which never happens
+                               test -z "$TAILPID" || kill -s HUP "$TAILPID"
+                               break
+                       fi
+               done
+       } | LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods/${PROTO} 2>&1 | tee "$DOWNLOG"
+       rm "$DOWNLOG"
+       # only if the file exists the download was successful
+       if [ -e "$2" ]; then
+               return 0
+       else
+               return 1
+       fi
+}
+
 checkdiff() {
-       local DIFFTEXT="$($(which diff) -u $* | sed -e '/^---/ d' -e '/^+++/ d' -e '/^@@/ d')"
+       local DIFFTEXT="$(command diff -u "$@" | sed -e '/^---/ d' -e '/^+++/ d' -e '/^@@/ d')"
        if [ -n "$DIFFTEXT" ]; then
                echo
                echo "$DIFFTEXT"
@@ -759,24 +1000,31 @@ testempty() {
 }
 
 testequal() {
-       local COMPAREFILE=$(mktemp)
-       addtrap "rm $COMPAREFILE;"
+       local MSG='Test of equality of'
+       if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+               MSG=''
+               shift
+       fi
+
+       local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequal.comparefile"
        echo "$1" > $COMPAREFILE
        shift
-       msgtest "Test for equality of" "$*"
+
+       if [ -n "$MSG" ]; then
+               msgtest "$MSG" "$*"
+       fi
        $* 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
 }
 
 testequalor2() {
-       local COMPAREFILE1=$(mktemp)
-       local COMPAREFILE2=$(mktemp)
-       local COMPAREAGAINST=$(mktemp)
-       addtrap "rm $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST;"
+       local COMPAREFILE1="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.comparefile1"
+       local COMPAREFILE2="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.comparefile2"
+       local COMPAREAGAINST="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.compareagainst"
        echo "$1" > $COMPAREFILE1
        echo "$2" > $COMPAREFILE2
        shift 2
        msgtest "Test for equality OR of" "$*"
-       $* 2>&1 1> $COMPAREAGAINST
+       $* >$COMPAREAGAINST 2>&1 || true
        (checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST 1> /dev/null ||
                checkdiff $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST 1> /dev/null) && msgpass ||
                ( echo "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 1${CNORMAL}" "$(checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST)" \
@@ -797,8 +1045,7 @@ N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it is purely virtual"
        msgtest "Test for virtual packages" "apt-cache show $PACKAGE"
        VIRTUAL="${VIRTUAL}
 N: No packages found"
-       local COMPAREFILE=$(mktemp)
-       addtrap "rm $COMPAREFILE;"
+       local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testshowvirtual.comparefile"
        local ARCH="$(getarchitecture 'native')"
        echo "$VIRTUAL" | sed -e "s/:$ARCH//" -e 's/:all//' > $COMPAREFILE
        aptcache show -q=0 $PACKAGE 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
@@ -806,7 +1053,7 @@ N: No packages found"
 
 testnopackage() {
        msgtest "Test for non-existent packages" "apt-cache show $*"
-       local SHOWPKG="$(aptcache show $* 2>&1 | grep '^Package: ')"
+       local SHOWPKG="$(aptcache show "$@" 2>&1 | grep '^Package: ')"
        if [ -n "$SHOWPKG" ]; then
                echo
                echo "$SHOWPKG"
@@ -818,10 +1065,10 @@ testnopackage() {
 
 testdpkginstalled() {
        msgtest "Test for correctly installed package(s) with" "dpkg -l $*"
-       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l $* 2>/dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
+       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l "$@" 2>/dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
        if [ "$PKGS" != $# ]; then
                echo $PKGS
-               dpkg -l $* | grep '^[a-z]'
+               dpkg -l "$@" | grep '^[a-z]'
                msgfail
                return 1
        fi
@@ -830,10 +1077,10 @@ testdpkginstalled() {
 
 testdpkgnotinstalled() {
        msgtest "Test for correctly not-installed package(s) with" "dpkg -l $*"
-       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l $* 2> /dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
+       local PKGS="$(dpkg -l "$@" 2> /dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
        if [ "$PKGS" != 0 ]; then
                echo
-               dpkg -l $* | grep '^[a-z]'
+               dpkg -l "$@" | grep '^[a-z]'
                msgfail
                return 1
        fi
@@ -841,8 +1088,7 @@ testdpkgnotinstalled() {
 }
 
 testmarkedauto() {
-       local COMPAREFILE=$(mktemp)
-       addtrap "rm $COMPAREFILE;"
+       local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testmarkedauto.comparefile"
        if [ -n "$1" ]; then
                msgtest 'Test for correctly marked as auto-installed' "$*"
                while [ -n "$1" ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done | sort > $COMPAREFILE
@@ -853,6 +1099,38 @@ testmarkedauto() {
        aptmark showauto 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
 }
 
+testsuccess() {
+       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
+       else
+               echo
+               cat $OUTPUT
+               msgfail
+       fi
+}
+
+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
+               echo
+               cat $OUTPUT
+               msgfail
+       else
+               msgpass
+       fi
+}
+
 pause() {
        echo "STOPPED execution. Press enter to continue"
        local IGNORE