X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/51b2a0fc603c8e4fe667bf7a278bd1ce151e38a3..d27daedb6a0bf672508072100f20233d08ccf0e0:/test/integration/framework

diff --git a/test/integration/framework b/test/integration/framework
index fa4a98f58..8ea1e1c0d 100644
--- a/test/integration/framework
+++ b/test/integration/framework
@@ -1,45 +1,120 @@
 #!/bin/sh -- # no runable script, just for vi
 
+EXIT_CODE=0
+
+while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+	if [ "$1" = "-q" ]; then
+		export MSGLEVEL=2
+	elif [ "$1" = "-v" ]; then
+		export MSGLEVEL=4
+	elif [ "$1" = '--color=no' ]; then
+		export MSGCOLOR='NO'
+	elif [ "$1" = '--color=yes' ]; then
+		export MSGCOLOR='YES'
+	elif [ "$1" = '--color' ]; then
+		export MSGCOLOR="$(echo "$2" | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z')"
+		shift
+	elif [ "$1" = '--level' ]; then
+		export MSGLEVEL=$2
+		shift
+	else
+		echo >&2 "WARNING: Unknown parameter »$1« will be ignored"
+	fi
+	shift
+done
+export MSGLEVEL="${MSGLEVEL:-3}"
+
 # we all like colorful messages
-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="" # red
-	CWARNING="" # yellow
-	CMSG="" # green
-	CINFO="" # light blue
-	CDEBUG="" # blue
-	CNORMAL="" # default system console color
-	CDONE="" # green
-	CPASS="" # green
-	CFAIL="" # red
-	CCMD="" # pink
+if [ "${MSGCOLOR:-YES}" = 'YES' ]; then
+	if [ ! -t 1 ]; then # but check that we output to a terminal
+		export MSGCOLOR='NO'
+	fi
 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; }
-msgnwarn() { echo -n "${CWARNING}W: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgnmsg() { echo -n "${CMSG}$1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgninfo() { echo -n "${CINFO}I: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgndebug() { echo -n "${CDEBUG}D: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgtest() {
-	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;
+
+if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ]; then
+	CERROR="\033[1;31m" # red
+	CWARNING="\033[1;33m" # yellow
+	CMSG="\033[1;32m" # green
+	CINFO="\033[1;96m" # light blue
+	CDEBUG="\033[1;94m" # blue
+	CNORMAL="\033[0;39m" # default system console color
+	CDONE="\033[1;32m" # green
+	CPASS="\033[1;32m" # green
+	CFAIL="\033[1;31m" # red
+	CCMD="\033[1;35m" # pink
+fi
+
+msgprintf() {
+	local START="$1"
+	local MIDDLE="$2"
+	local END="$3"
+	shift 3
+	if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+		printf "$START " "$1"
 		shift
-		if [ -n "$1" ]; then shift; else break; fi
-	done
-	echo -n "…${CNORMAL} " >&2;
+		while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+			printf "$MIDDLE " "$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's#^apt\([cfghs]\)#apt-\1#')"
+			shift
+		done
+	fi
+	printf "${END}"
+}
+msgdie() { msgprintf "${CERROR}E: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}\n" "$@" >&2; exit 1; }
+msgwarn() { msgprintf "${CWARNING}W: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}\n" "$@" >&2; }
+msgmsg() { msgprintf "${CMSG}%s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}\n" "$@"; }
+msginfo() { msgprintf "${CINFO}I: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}\n" "$@"; }
+msgdebug() { msgprintf "${CDEBUG}D: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}\n" "$@"; }
+msgdone() { msgprintf "${CDONE}DONE" '%s' "${CNORMAL}\n" "$@"; }
+msgnwarn() { msgprintf "${CWARNING}W: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@" >&2; }
+msgnmsg() { msgprintf "${CMSG}%s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@"; }
+msgninfo() { msgprintf "${CINFO}I: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@"; }
+msgndebug() { msgprintf "${CDEBUG}D: %s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@"; }
+msgtest() { msgprintf "${CINFO}%s" "${CCMD}%s${CINFO}" "…${CNORMAL} " "$@"; }
+msgpass() { printf "${CPASS}PASS${CNORMAL}\n"; }
+msgreportheader() {
+	if [ -n "$MSGTEST_MSG" ]; then
+		test "$1" != 'msgfailoutput' || echo
+		if [ -n "$MSGTEST_MSGMSG" ]; then
+			echo "$MSGTEST_MSGMSG"
+		fi
+		if [ -n "$MSGTEST_GRP" ] && [ "$MSGTEST_GRP" != 'NEXT' ] && [ "$MSGTEST_GRP" != "$MSGTEST_MSG" ]; then
+			echo "${CFAIL}Part of the test group: $MSGTEST_GRP"
+		fi
+		echo -n "$MSGTEST_MSG"
+		unset MSGTEST_MSG
+	fi
+}
+msgskip() {
+	msgreportheader 'msgskip'
+	if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then printf "${CWARNING}SKIP: $*${CNORMAL}\n" >&2;
+	else printf "${CWARNING}SKIP${CNORMAL}\n" >&2; fi
+}
+msgfail() {
+	msgreportheader 'msgfail'
+	if [ $# -gt 0 ] && [ -n "$1" ]; then printf "${CFAIL}FAIL: $*${CNORMAL}\n" >&2;
+	else printf "${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}\n" >&2; fi
+	if [ -n "$APT_DEBUG_TESTS" ]; then
+		$SHELL
+	fi
+	EXIT_CODE=$((EXIT_CODE+1));
+}
+MSGGROUP_LEVEL=0
+msggroup() {
+	if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+		if [ $MSGGROUP_LEVEL = 0 ]; then
+			MSGTEST_GRP='NEXT'
+		fi
+		MSGGROUP_LEVEL=$((MSGGROUP_LEVEL+1));
+	else
+		MSGGROUP_LEVEL=$((MSGGROUP_LEVEL-1));
+		if [ $MSGGROUP_LEVEL = 0 ]; then
+			unset MSGTEST_GRP
+		fi
+	fi
 }
-msgpass() { echo "${CPASS}PASS${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgskip() { echo "${CWARNING}SKIP${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgfail() { echo "${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
 
 # enable / disable Debugging
-MSGLEVEL=${MSGLEVEL:-3}
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 0 ]; then
 	msgdie() { true; }
 fi
@@ -48,16 +123,17 @@ if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 1 ]; then
 	msgnwarn() { true; }
 fi
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 2 ]; then
-	msgmsg() { true; }
+	msgmsg() {
+		MSGTEST_MSGMSG="$(msgprintf "${CMSG}%s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@")"
+	}
 	msgnmsg() { true; }
-	msgtest() { true; }
-	msgpass() { echo -n " ${CPASS}P${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-	msgskip() { echo -n " ${CWARNING}S${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-	if [ -n "$CFAIL" ]; then
-		msgfail() { echo -n " ${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-	else
-		msgfail() { echo -n " ###FAILED###" >&2; }
-	fi
+	msgtest() {
+		MSGTEST_MSG="$(msgprintf "${CINFO}%s" "${CCMD}%s${CINFO}" "…${CNORMAL} " "$@")"
+		if [ "$MSGTEST_GRP" = 'NEXT' ]; then
+			MSGTEST_GRP="$MSGTEST_MSG"
+		fi
+	}
+	msgpass() { printf " ${CPASS}P${CNORMAL}"; }
 fi
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 3 ]; then
 	msginfo() { true; }
@@ -75,89 +151,253 @@ msgdone() {
 	   [ "$1" = "die" -a $MSGLEVEL -le 0 ]; then
 		true;
 	else
-		echo "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}" >&2;
+		printf "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}\n";
 	fi
 }
-
-runapt() {
-	msgdebug "Executing: ${CCMD}$*${CDEBUG} "
+getaptconfig() {
 	if [ -f ./aptconfig.conf ]; then
-		APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$*
-        elif [ -f ../aptconfig.conf ]; then
-                APT_CONFIG=../aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$*
-	else
-		LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$*
+		echo "$(readlink -f ./aptconfig.conf)"
+	elif [ -f ../aptconfig.conf ]; then
+		echo "$(readlink -f ../aptconfig.conf)"
+	elif [ -f ../../aptconfig.conf ]; then
+		echo "$(readlink -f ../../aptconfig.conf)"
+	elif [ -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptconfig.conf" ]; then
+		echo "$(readlink -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptconfig.conf")"
 	fi
 }
-aptconfig() { runapt apt-config $*; }
-aptcache() { runapt apt-cache $*; }
-aptget() { runapt apt-get $*; }
-aptftparchive() { runapt apt-ftparchive $*; }
-aptkey() { runapt apt-key $*; }
-aptmark() { runapt apt-mark $*; }
+runapt() {
+	msgdebug "Executing: ${CCMD}$*${CDEBUG} "
+	local CMD="$1"
+	shift
+	case $CMD in
+	sh|aptitude|*/*|command) ;;
+	*) CMD="${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD";;
+	esac
+	MALLOC_PERTURB_=21 MALLOC_CHECK_=2 APT_CONFIG="$(getaptconfig)" LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LIBRARYPATH} $CMD "$@"
+}
+aptconfig() { runapt apt-config "$@"; }
+aptcache() { runapt apt-cache "$@"; }
+aptcdrom() { runapt apt-cdrom "$@"; }
+aptget() { runapt apt-get "$@"; }
+aptftparchive() { runapt apt-ftparchive "$@"; }
+aptkey() { runapt apt-key "$@"; }
+aptmark() { runapt apt-mark "$@"; }
+aptsortpkgs() { runapt apt-sortpkgs "$@"; }
+apt() { runapt apt "$@"; }
+apthelper() { runapt "${APTHELPERBINDIR}/apt-helper" "$@"; }
+aptwebserver() { runapt "${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver" "$@"; }
+aptitude() { runapt aptitude "$@"; }
+aptextracttemplates() { runapt apt-extracttemplates "$@"; }
+aptinternalsolver() { runapt "${APTINTERNALSOLVER}" "$@"; }
+aptdumpsolver() { runapt "${APTDUMPSOLVER}" "$@"; }
+
 dpkg() {
-	$(which dpkg) --root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir --force-not-root --force-bad-path --log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log $*
+	"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg" "$@"
 }
-aptitude() {
-	if [ -f ./aptconfig.conf ]; then
-		APT_CONFIG=aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY}  $(which aptitude) $*
-	elif [ -f ../aptconfig.conf ]; then
-		APT_CONFIG=../aptconfig.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY} $(which aptitude) $*
-	else
-		LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BUILDDIRECTORY}  $(which aptitude) $*
+dpkgcheckbuilddeps() {
+	command dpkg-checkbuilddeps --admindir="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg" "$@"
+}
+gdb() {
+	local CMD
+	case "$1" in
+	aptget) CMD="apt-get";;
+	aptcache) CMD="apt-cache";;
+	aptcdrom) CMD="apt-cdrom";;
+	aptconfig) CMD="apt-config";;
+	aptmark) CMD="apt-mark";;
+	apthelper) CMD="apt-helper";;
+	aptftparchive) CMD="apt-ftparchive";;
+	dpkg) shift; runapt "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/gdb-dpkg" "$@"; return;;
+	*) CMD="$1";;
+	esac
+	shift
+	if [ "${CMD##*/}" = "$CMD" ]; then
+		CMD="${BUILDDIRECTORY}/${CMD}"
+	fi
+	runapt command gdb --quiet -ex run "$CMD" --args "$CMD" "$@"
+}
+
+exitwithstatus() {
+        # error if we about to overflow, but ...
+        #   "255 failures ought to be enough for everybody"
+        if [ $EXIT_CODE -gt 255 ]; then
+            msgdie "Total failure count $EXIT_CODE too big"
+        fi
+        exit $((EXIT_CODE <= 255 ? EXIT_CODE : 255));
+}
+
+shellsetedetector() {
+	local exit_status=$?
+	if [ "$exit_status" != '0' ]; then
+		printf >&2 "${CERROR}E: Looks like the testcases ended prematurely with exitcode: ${exit_status}${CNORMAL}\n"
+		if [ "$EXIT_CODE" = '0' ]; then
+			EXIT_CODE="$exit_status"
+		fi
 	fi
 }
 
 addtrap() {
-	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"
+	# privilege dropping and testing doesn't work if /tmp isn't world-writeable (as e.g. with libpam-tmpdir)
+	if [ -n "$TMPDIR" ] && [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ] && [ "$(stat --format '%a' "$TMPDIR")" != '1777' ]; then
+		unset TMPDIR
+	fi
+	TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY="$(mktemp -d)"
+	addtrap "cd /; rm -rf \"$TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY\";"
+	msgninfo "Preparing environment for ${0##*/} in ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}…"
+
+	mkdir -m 700 "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/downloaded"
+	if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
+		# relax permissions so that running as root with user switching works
+		umask 022
+		chmod 711 "$TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY"
+		chown _apt:root "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/downloaded"
+	fi
+
+	TESTDIRECTORY="$(readlink -f "$(dirname $0)")"
+        # allow overriding the default BUILDDIR location
+	SOURCEDIRECTORY="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_SOURCE_DIR:-"${TESTDIRECTORY}/../../"}"
+	BUILDDIRECTORY="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_BUILD_DIR:-"${TESTDIRECTORY}/../../build/bin"}"
+	LIBRARYPATH="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_LIBRARY_PATH:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}"
+        METHODSDIR="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_METHODS_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods"}"
+        APTHELPERBINDIR="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_LIBEXEC_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}"
+        APTWEBSERVERBINDIR="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_WEBSERVER_BIN_DIR:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}"}"
+        APTINTERNALSOLVER="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_INTERNAL_SOLVER:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-internal-solver"}"
+	APTDUMPSOLVER="${APT_INTEGRATION_TESTS_DUMP_SOLVER:-"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-dump-solver"}"
 	test -x "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-get" || msgdie "You need to build tree first"
-	local OLDWORKINGDIRECTORY=$(pwd)
-	addtrap "cd /; rm -rf $TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY; cd $OLDWORKINGDIRECTORY;"
-	cd $TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY
+        # -----
+
+	cd "$TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY"
 	mkdir rootdir aptarchive keys
 	cd rootdir
 	mkdir -p etc/apt/apt.conf.d etc/apt/sources.list.d etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d etc/apt/preferences.d
-	mkdir -p var/cache var/lib var/log
+	mkdir -p usr/bin var/cache var/lib var/log tmp
 	mkdir -p var/lib/dpkg/info var/lib/dpkg/updates var/lib/dpkg/triggers
 	touch var/lib/dpkg/available
 	mkdir -p usr/lib/apt
-	ln -s ${BUILDDIRECTORY}/methods usr/lib/apt/methods
+	ln -s "${METHODSDIR}" usr/lib/apt/methods
+	if [ "$BUILDDIRECTORY" = "$LIBRARYPATH" ]; then
+		mkdir -p usr/lib/apt/solvers
+		ln -s "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-dump-solver" usr/lib/apt/solvers/dump
+		ln -s "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-internal-solver" usr/lib/apt/solvers/apt
+		echo "Dir::Bin::Solvers \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/lib/apt/solvers\";" > etc/apt/apt.conf.d/externalsolver.conf
+	fi
+        # use the autoremove from the BUILDDIRECTORY if its there, otherwise
+        # system
+        if [ -e "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/../../debian/apt.conf.autoremove" ]; then
+	    ln -s "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/../../debian/apt.conf.autoremove" etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove
+        else
+	    ln -s /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove
+        fi
 	cd ..
-	local PACKAGESFILE=$(echo "$(basename $0)" | sed -e 's/^test-/Packages-/' -e 's/^skip-/Packages-/')
+	local BASENAME="${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/
-	ln -s ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/keys/joesixpack.pub rootdir/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/joesixpack.gpg
+	for key in $(find "$TESTDIRECTORY" -name '*.pub' -o -name '*.sec'); do
+		cp "$key" keys/
+		chmod 644 "$key"
+	done
+	ln -s "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/keys/joesixpack.pub" rootdir/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/joesixpack.gpg
+
 	echo "Dir \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir\";" > aptconfig.conf
 	echo "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::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 ! $(which dpkg) --assert-multi-arch; then
-		echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-architecture\";" >> aptconfig.conf # Added to test multiarch before dpkg is ready for it…
-	fi
-	echo "DPKG::options:: \"--log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-	echo 'quiet::NoUpdate "true";' >> aptconfig.conf
-	export LC_ALL=C
-	export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+	echo "Dir::Bin::Methods \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/lib/apt/methods\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+	# either store apt-key were we can access it, even if we run it as a different user
+	#cp "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-key" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/"
+	#chmod o+rx "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/apt-key"
+	#echo "Dir::Bin::apt-key \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/apt-key\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+	# destroys coverage reporting though, so we disable changing user for the calling gpgv
+	echo "Dir::Bin::apt-key \"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-key\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+	if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
+		echo 'Binary::gpgv::Debug::NoDropPrivs "true";' >>aptconfig.conf
+	fi
+
+	cat > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg" <<EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+if [ -r "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so" ]; then
+	if [ -n "\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ]; then
+		export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+	else
+		export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}"
+	fi
+	if [ -n "\$LD_PRELOAD" ]; then
+		export LD_PRELOAD="noopchroot.so \${LD_PRELOAD}"
+	else
+		export LD_PRELOAD="noopchroot.so"
+	fi
+fi
+EOF
+	cp "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/gdb-dpkg"
+	cat >> "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg" <<EOF
+exec fakeroot "${DPKG:-dpkg}" --root="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir" \\
+	--log="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log" \\
+	--force-not-root --force-bad-path "\$@"
+EOF
+	cat >> "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/gdb-dpkg" <<EOF
+exec fakeroot gdb --quiet -ex run "${DPKG:-dpkg}" --args "${DPKG:-dpkg}" --root="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir" \\
+	--log="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log" \\
+	--force-not-root --force-bad-path "\$@"
+EOF
+	chmod +x "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/gdb-dpkg"
+	echo "Dir::Bin::dpkg \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99dpkg
+
+	{
+		if ! command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+			echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-architecture\";" # Added to test multiarch before dpkg is ready for it…
+		fi
+		echo 'quiet "0";'
+		echo 'quiet::NoUpdate "true";'
+		echo 'quiet::NoStatistic "true";'
+		# too distracting for users, but helpful to detect changes
+		echo 'Acquire::Progress::Ignore::ShowErrorText "true";'
+		echo 'Acquire::Progress::Diffpercent "true";'
+		# in testcases, it can appear as if localhost has a rotation setup,
+		# hide this as we can't really deal with it properly
+		echo 'Acquire::Failure::ShowIP "false";'
+		# fakeroot can't fake everything, so disabled in production but good for tests
+		echo 'APT::Sandbox::Verify "true";'
+	} >> aptconfig.conf
+
+	cp "${TESTDIRECTORY}/apt.pem" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/webserver.pem"
+	if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
+		chown _apt:root "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/webserver.pem"
+	fi
+	echo "Acquire::https::CaInfo \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/webserver.pem\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99https
+	echo "Apt::Cmd::Disable-Script-Warning \"1\";" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/apt-binary
+	echo 'Acquire::Connect::AddrConfig "false";' > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/connect-addrconfig
+	configcompression '.' 'gz' #'bz2' 'lzma' 'xz'
+	confighashes 'SHA1' # these are tests, not security best-practices
+
+	# create some files in /tmp and look at user/group to get what this means
+	TEST_DEFAULT_USER="$(id -un)"
+	if [ "$(uname)" = 'GNU/kFreeBSD' ]; then
+		TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP='root'
+	else
+		TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP="$(id -gn)"
+	fi
+
+	# cleanup the environment a bit
+	# prefer our apt binaries over the system apt binaries
+	export PATH="${BUILDDIRECTORY}:${PATH}:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+	export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+	unset LANGUAGE APT_CONFIG
+	unset GREP_OPTIONS DEB_BUILD_PROFILES
 	msgdone "info"
 }
 
@@ -175,36 +415,47 @@ 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() {
+	echo "$1" | sed -e 's#,#\n#g' | sed -e "s/^native\$/$(getarchitecture 'native')/"
 }
 
 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
 }
 
 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
 		else
 			echo -n > rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status
 		fi
 	fi
-	if $(which dpkg) --assert-multi-arch; then
+	rm -f rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00foreigndpkg
+	if command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
 		local ARCHS="$(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,
@@ -215,19 +466,121 @@ configdpkg() {
 	fi
 }
 
+configdpkgnoopchroot() {
+	# create a library to noop chroot() and rewrite maintainer script executions
+	# via execvp() as used by dpkg as we don't want our rootdir to be a fullblown
+	# chroot directory dpkg could chroot into to execute the maintainer scripts
+	msgtest 'Building library to preload to make maintainerscript work in' 'dpkg'
+	cat > noopchroot.c << EOF
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+static char * chrootdir = NULL;
+
+int chroot(const char *path) {
+	printf("WARNING: CHROOTing to %s was ignored!\n", path);
+	free(chrootdir);
+	chrootdir = strdup(path);
+	return 0;
+}
+int execvp(const char *file, char *const argv[]) {
+	static int (*func_execvp) (const char *, char * const []) = NULL;
+	if (func_execvp == NULL)
+		func_execvp = (int (*) (const char *, char * const [])) dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "execvp");
+	if (chrootdir == NULL || strncmp(file, "/var/lib/dpkg/", strlen("/var/lib/dpkg/")) != 0)
+		return func_execvp(file, argv);
+	printf("REWRITE execvp call %s into %s\n", file, chrootdir);
+	char newfile[PATH_MAX];
+	snprintf(newfile, sizeof(newfile), "%s/%s", chrootdir, file);
+	char const * const baseadmindir = "/var/lib/dpkg";
+	char admindir[PATH_MAX];
+	snprintf(admindir, sizeof(admindir), "%s/%s", chrootdir, baseadmindir);
+	setenv("DPKG_ADMINDIR", admindir, 1);
+	return func_execvp(newfile, argv);
+}
+EOF
+	testsuccess --nomsg gcc -fPIC -shared -o noopchroot.so noopchroot.c -ldl
+}
+configcompression() {
+	while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+		case "$1" in
+		'.') printf ".\t.\tcat\n";;
+		'gz') printf "gzip\tgz\tgzip\n";;
+		'bz2') printf "bzip2\tbz2\tbzip2\n";;
+		'lzma') printf "lzma\tlzma\txz --format=lzma\n";;
+		'xz') printf "xz\txz\txz\n";;
+		*) printf "$1\t$1\t$1\n";;
+		esac
+		shift
+	done > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/testcase-compressor.conf"
+}
+confighashes() {
+	{
+		echo 'APT::FTPArchive {'
+		{
+			while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+				printf "$1" | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z'
+				printf "\t\"true\";\n"
+				shift
+			done
+			for h in 'MD5' 'SHA1' 'SHA256' 'SHA512'; do
+				printf "$h\t\"false\";\n"
+			done
+		} | awk '!x[$1]++'
+		echo '};'
+	} >> "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ftparchive-hashes.conf"
+}
+forcecompressor() {
+	COMPRESSOR="$1"
+	COMPRESSOR_CMD="$1"
+	case $COMPRESSOR in
+	gzip) COMPRESS='gz';;
+	bzip2) COMPRESS='bz2';;
+	lzma) COMPRESS='lzma';;
+	xz) COMPRESS='xz';;
+	*) msgdie "Compressor $COMPRESSOR is unknown to framework, so can't be forced by forcecompressor!";;
+	esac
+	local CONFFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00force-compressor"
+	echo "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order { \"${COMPRESS}\"; };
+Dir::Bin::uncompressed \"/does/not/exist\";
+Dir::Bin::gzip \"/does/not/exist\";
+Dir::Bin::bzip2 \"/does/not/exist\";
+Dir::Bin::lzma \"/does/not/exist\";
+Dir::Bin::xz \"/does/not/exist\";" > "$CONFFILE"
+	if [ -e "/bin/${COMPRESSOR}" ]; then
+		echo "Dir::Bin::${COMPRESSOR} \"/bin/${COMPRESSOR}\";" >> "$CONFFILE"
+	elif [ -e "/usr/bin/${COMPRESSOR}" ]; then
+		echo "Dir::Bin::${COMPRESSOR} \"/usr/bin/${COMPRESSOR}\";" >> "$CONFFILE"
+	elif [ "${COMPRESSOR}" = 'lzma' ]; then
+		echo 'Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz";' >> "$CONFFILE"
+		COMPRESSOR_CMD='xz --format=lzma'
+	else
+		msgtest 'Test for availability of compressor' "${COMPRESSOR}"
+		msgfail "${COMPRESSOR} not available"
+	fi
+}
+
 setupsimplenativepackage() {
 	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}/${RELEASE}
+ If you find such a package installed on your system,
+ something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
+ und used only by testcases and serve no other purpose…"}"
+
 	local SECTION="${7:-others}"
 	local DISTSECTION
-	if [ "$SECTION" = "$(echo "$SECTION" | cut -d'/' -f 2)" ]; then
+	if [ "$SECTION" = "${SECTION#*/}" ]; then
 		DISTSECTION="main"
 	else
-		DISTSECTION="$(echo "$SECTION" | cut -d'/' -f 1)"
+		DISTSECTION="${SECTION%/*}"
 	fi
 	local BUILDDIR=incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}
 	mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}/debian/source
@@ -253,14 +606,8 @@ 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
@@ -269,75 +616,105 @@ Package: $NAME" > debian/control
 
 buildsimplenativepackage() {
 	local NAME="$1"
+	local NM
+	if [ "$(echo "$NAME" | cut -c 1-3)" = 'lib' ]; then
+		NM="$(echo "$NAME" | cut -c 1-4)"
+	else
+		NM="$(echo "$NAME" | cut -c 1)"
+	fi
 	local ARCH="$2"
 	local VERSION="$3"
 	local RELEASE="${4:-unstable}"
 	local DEPENDENCIES="$5"
-	local DESCRIPTION="$6"
+	local DESCRIPTION="${6:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASE}
+ If you find such a package installed on your system,
+ something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
+ und used only by testcases and serve no other purpose…"}"
+
 	local SECTION="${7:-others}"
 	local PRIORITY="${8:-optional}"
+	local FILE_TREE="$9"
+	local COMPRESS_TYPE="${10:-gzip}"
 	local DISTSECTION
-	if [ "$SECTION" = "$(echo "$SECTION" | cut -d'/' -f 2)" ]; then
+	if [ "$SECTION" = "${SECTION#*/}" ]; then
 		DISTSECTION="main"
 	else
-		DISTSECTION="$(echo "$SECTION" | cut -d'/' -f 1)"
+		DISTSECTION="${SECTION%/*}"
 	fi
-	local BUILDDIR=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}
+	local BUILDDIR="${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
+	msgtest "Build source package in version ${VERSION} for ${RELEASE} in ${DISTSECTION}" "$NAME"
+	mkdir -p "$BUILDDIR/debian/source"
+	echo "* most suckless software product ever" > "${BUILDDIR}/FEATURES"
 	echo "#!/bin/sh
-echo '$NAME says \"Hello!\"'" > ${BUILDDIR}/${NAME}
+echo '$NAME says \"Hello!\"'" > "${BUILDDIR}/${NAME}"
 
-	echo "Copyleft by Joe Sixpack $(date +%Y)" > ${BUILDDIR}/debian/copyright
+	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
+ -- Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>  $(date -R)" > "${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog"
+	{
+		echo "Source: $NAME
 Priority: $PRIORITY
 Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
-Standards-Version: 3.9.1
+Standards-Version: 3.9.3"
+		if [ "$SECTION" != '<none>' ]; then
+			echo "Section: $SECTION"
+		fi
+		local BUILDDEPS="$(echo "$DEPENDENCIES" | grep '^Build-')"
+		test -z "$BUILDDEPS" || echo "$BUILDDEPS"
+		echo "
+Package: $NAME"
 
-Package: $NAME" > ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-	if [ "$ARCH" = 'all' ]; then
-		echo "Architecture: all" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-	else
-		echo "Architecture: any" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-	fi
-	test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
-	if [ -z "$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" >> ${BUILDIR}/debian/control
-	fi
-	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 $SRCS; do
-		echo "pool/${SRC}" >> ${BUILDDIR}/../${RELEASE}.${DISTSECTION}.srclist
+		if [ "$ARCH" = 'all' ]; then
+			echo "Architecture: all"
+		else
+			echo "Architecture: any"
+		fi
+		local DEPS="$(echo "$DEPENDENCIES" | grep -v '^Build-')"
+		test -z "$DEPS" || echo "$DEPS"
+		echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION"
+	} > "${BUILDDIR}/debian/control"
+
+	echo '3.0 (native)' > "${BUILDDIR}/debian/source/format"
+	cd "${BUILDDIR}/.."
+	testsuccess --nomsg dpkg-source -b ${NAME}-${VERSION}
+	cd - >/dev/null
+	sed -n 's#^dpkg-source: info: building [^ ]\+ in ##p' "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testsuccess.output" \
+		| while read SRC; do
+		echo "pool/${SRC}" >> "${BUILDDIR}/../${RELEASE}.${DISTSECTION}.srclist"
+#		if expr match "${SRC}" '.*\.dsc' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+#			aptkey --keyring ./keys/joesixpack.pub --secret-keyring ./keys/joesixpack.sec --quiet --readonly \
+#				adv --yes --default-key 'Joe Sixpack' \
+#				--clearsign -o "${BUILDDIR}/../${SRC}.sign" "${BUILDDIR}/../$SRC"
+#			mv "${BUILDDIR}/../${SRC}.sign" "${BUILDDIR}/../$SRC"
+#		fi
 	done
 
-	for arch in $(echo "$ARCH" | sed -e 's#,#\n#g' | sed -e "s#^native\$#$(getarchitecture 'native')#"); 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}
-		(cd ${BUILDDIR}; dpkg-gencontrol -DArchitecture=$arch)
-		(cd ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp; md5sum $(find usr/ -type f) > DEBIAN/md5sums)
+	for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
+		msgtest "Build binary package for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}" "$NAME"
+		rm -rf "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp"
+		mkdir -p "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/DEBIAN" "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/${NAME}" "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/bin"
+		cp "${BUILDDIR}/debian/copyright" "${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog" "${BUILDDIR}/FEATURES" "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/${NAME}"
+		cp "${BUILDDIR}/${NAME}" "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/bin/${NAME}-${arch}"
+                if [ -n "$FILE_TREE" ]; then
+                    cp -ar "$FILE_TREE" "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp"
+                fi
 
-		dpkg-deb --build ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp ${BUILDDIR}/.. 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
-		echo "pool/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb" >> ${BUILDDIR}/../${RELEASE}.${DISTSECTION}.pkglist
+		(cd "${BUILDDIR}"; dpkg-gencontrol -DArchitecture=$arch)
+		(cd "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp"; md5sum $(find usr/ -type f) > DEBIAN/md5sums)
+		local LOG="${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.dpkg-deb.log"
+		# ensure the right permissions as dpkg-deb insists
+		chmod 755 "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/DEBIAN"
+		testsuccess --nomsg dpkg-deb -Z${COMPRESS_TYPE} --build "${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp" "${BUILDDIR}/.."
+		echo "pool/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb" >> "${BUILDDIR}/../${RELEASE}.${DISTSECTION}.pkglist"
 	done
 
-	mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}
-	cp ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog ${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}/
-	cp ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog ${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}.changelog
+	local CHANGEPATH="${BUILDDIR}/../${DISTSECTION}/${NM}/${NAME}/${NAME}_${VERSION}"
+	mkdir -p "$CHANGEPATH"
+	cp "${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog" "$CHANGEPATH"
 	rm -rf "${BUILDDIR}"
 	msgdone "info"
 }
@@ -347,91 +724,66 @@ buildpackage() {
 	local RELEASE=$2
 	local SECTION=$3
 	local ARCH=$(getarchitecture $4)
-	msgninfo "Build package $(echo "$BUILDDIR" | grep -o '[^/]*$') for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}… "
-	cd $BUILDDIR
+	local PKGNAME="$(echo "$BUILDDIR" | grep -o '[^/]*$')"
+	local BUILDLOG="$(readlink -f "${BUILDDIR}/../${PKGNAME}_${RELEASE}_${SECTION}.dpkg-bp.log")"
+	msgtest "Build package for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}" "$PKGNAME"
+	cd "$BUILDDIR"
 	if [ "$ARCH" = "all" ]; then
 		ARCH="$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH 2> /dev/null)"
 	fi
-	local BUILT="$(dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -a$ARCH 2> /dev/null)"
-	local PKGS="$( echo "$BUILT" | grep '^dpkg-deb: building package' | cut -d'/' -f 2 | sed -e "s#'\.##")"
-	local SRCS="$( echo "$BUILT" | grep '^dpkg-source: info: building' | grep -o '[a-z0-9._+~-]*$')"
+	testsuccess --nomsg dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -a$ARCH
+	cp "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testsuccess.output" "$BUILDLOG"
+	local PKGS="$(grep '^dpkg-deb: building package' "$BUILDLOG" | cut -d'/' -f 2 | sed -e "s#'\.##")"
+	local SRCS="$(grep '^dpkg-source: info: building' "$BUILDLOG" | grep -o '[a-z0-9._+~-]*$')"
 	cd - > /dev/null
 	for PKG in $PKGS; do
-		echo "pool/${PKG}" >> ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${RELEASE}.${SECTION}.pkglist
+		echo "pool/${PKG}" >> "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${RELEASE}.${SECTION}.pkglist"
 	done
 	for SRC in $SRCS; do
-		echo "pool/${SRC}" >> ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${RELEASE}.${SECTION}.srclist
+		echo "pool/${SRC}" >> "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${RELEASE}.${SECTION}.srclist"
 	done
-	msgdone "info"
 }
 
 buildaptarchive() {
 	if [ -d incoming ]; then
-		buildaptarchivefromincoming $*
+		buildaptarchivefromincoming "$@"
 	else
-		buildaptarchivefromfiles $*
+		buildaptarchivefromfiles "$@"
 	fi
 }
 
 createaptftparchiveconfig() {
-	local ARCHS="$(find pool/ -name '*.deb' | grep -oE '_[a-z0-9-]+\.deb$' | sort | uniq | sed -e '/^_all.deb$/ d' -e 's#^_\([a-z0-9-]*\)\.deb$#\1#' | tr '\n' ' ')"
-	if [ -z "$ARCHS" ]; then
-		# the pool is empty, so we will operate on faked packages - let us use the configured archs
-		ARCHS="$(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 ". 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 {
 	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() {
@@ -441,48 +793,62 @@ 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}/${RELEASES}
+ If you find such a package installed on your system,
+ something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
+ und used only by testcases and serve no other purpose…"}"
 	local ARCHS=""
-	for arch in $(echo "$ARCH" | sed -e 's#,#\n#g' | sed -e "s#^native\$#$(getarchitecture 'native')#"); do
-		if [ "$arch" = "all" ]; 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>
-Architecture: $arch
-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…
-" >> $FILE
+Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>"
+					test "$arch" = 'none' || echo "Architecture: $arch"
+					echo "Version: $VERSION
+Filename: pool/main/${NAME}/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb"
+					test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES"
+					echo "Description: $(printf '%s' "$DESCRIPTION" | head -n 1)"
+					echo "Description-md5: $(printf '%s' "$DESCRIPTION" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f 1)"
+					echo
+				} >> "${PPATH}/Packages"
+			done
 		done
+		mkdir -p "aptarchive/dists/${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
 }
 
@@ -492,19 +858,26 @@ insertsource() {
 	local ARCH="$3"
 	local VERSION="$4"
 	local DEPENDENCIES="$5"
+        local BINARY="${6:-$NAME}"
 	local ARCHS=""
 	local SPATH="aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/source"
 	mkdir -p $SPATH
 	local FILE="${SPATH}/Sources"
+	local DSCFILE="${NAME}_${VERSION}.dsc"
+	local TARFILE="${NAME}_${VERSION}.tar.gz"
 	echo "Package: $NAME
-Binary: $NAME
+Binary: $BINARY
 Version: $VERSION
 Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
 Architecture: $ARCH" >> $FILE
-	test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> $FILE
+	test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> "$FILE"
 	echo "Files:
- d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e 0 ${NAME}_${VERSION}.dsc
- d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e 0 ${NAME}_${VERSION}.tar.gz" >> $FILE
+ $(echo -n "$DSCFILE" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f 1) $(echo -n "$DSCFILE" | wc -c) "$DSCFILE"
+ $(echo -n "$TARFILE" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f 1) $(echo -n "$TARFILE" | wc -c) "$TARFILE"
+Checksums-Sha256:
+ $(echo -n "$DSCFILE" | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f 1) $(echo -n "$DSCFILE" | wc -c) "$DSCFILE"
+ $(echo -n "$TARFILE" | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f 1) $(echo -n "$TARFILE" | wc -c) "$TARFILE"
+" >> "$FILE"
 }
 
 insertinstalledpackage() {
@@ -513,246 +886,506 @@ insertinstalledpackage() {
 	local VERSION="$3"
 	local DEPENDENCIES="$4"
 	local PRIORITY="${5:-optional}"
+	local STATUS="${6:-install ok installed}"
+	local DESCRIPTION="${7:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/installed
+ If you find such a package installed on your system,
+ something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
+ und used only by testcases and serve no other purpose…"}"
+
 	local FILE='rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status'
 	local INFO='rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/info'
-	for arch in $(echo "$ARCH" | sed -e 's#,#\n#g' | sed -e "s#^native\$#$(getarchitecture 'native')#"); do
+	for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
 		echo "Package: $NAME
-Status: install ok installed
+Status: $STATUS
 Priority: $PRIORITY
 Section: other
 Installed-Size: 42
 Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
-Architecture: $arch
-Version: $VERSION" >> $FILE
-		test -z "$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
+Version: $VERSION" >> "$FILE"
+		test "$arch" = 'none' || echo "Architecture: $arch" >> "$FILE"
+		test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> "$FILE"
+		echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> "$FILE"
+		echo >> "$FILE"
 		if [ "$(dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Multi-Arch}')" = 'same' ]; then
-			echo -n > ${INFO}/${NAME}:${arch}.list
+			echo -n > "${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##*/}${CINFO} based on incoming packages…"
 	cd aptarchive
 	[ -e pool ] || ln -s ../incoming pool
 	[ -e ftparchive.conf ] || createaptftparchiveconfig
 	[ -e dists ] || buildaptftparchivedirectorystructure
 	msgninfo "\tGenerate Packages, Sources and Contents files… "
-	aptftparchive -qq generate ftparchive.conf
+	testsuccess aptftparchive generate ftparchive.conf
 	cd - > /dev/null
 	msgdone "info"
-	generatereleasefiles
+	generatereleasefiles "$@"
 }
 
 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… "
-		cat ${line} | gzip > ${line}.gz
-		cat ${line} | bzip2 > ${line}.bz2
-		cat ${line} | 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; }
+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: $(date -d "$DATE" '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')/" "$release"
+			touch -d "$DATE" "$release"
 		done
 	fi
+	if [ -n "$VALIDUNTIL" ]; then
+		sed -i "/^Date: / a\
+Valid-Until: $(date -d "$VALIDUNTIL" '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')" $(find ./aptarchive -name 'Release')
+	fi
 	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
 }
 
 setupaptarchive() {
-	buildaptarchive
+	local NOUPDATE=0
+	if [ "$1" = '--no-update' ]; then
+		NOUPDATE=1
+		shift
+	fi
+	buildaptarchive "$@"
 	if [ -e aptarchive/dists ]; then
 		setupdistsaptarchive
 	else
 		setupflataptarchive
 	fi
-	signreleasefiles
-	msgninfo "\tSync APT's cache with the archive… "
-	aptget update -qq
-	msgdone "info"
+	signreleasefiles 'Joe Sixpack'
+	if [ "1" != "$NOUPDATE" ]; then
+		testsuccess aptget update -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker=true -o Debug::Acquire::gpgv=true
+	fi
 }
 
 signreleasefiles() {
 	local SIGNER="${1:-Joe Sixpack}"
-	msgninfo "\tSign archive with $SIGNER key… "
-	local SECKEYS=""
-	for KEY in $(find keys/ -name '*.sec'); do
-		SECKEYS="$SECKEYS --secret-keyring $KEY"
+	local REPODIR="${2:-aptarchive}"
+	local KEY="keys/$(echo "$SIGNER" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' | sed 's# ##g')"
+	local GPG="aptkey --quiet --keyring ${KEY}.pub --secret-keyring ${KEY}.sec --readonly adv --batch --yes"
+	msgninfo "\tSign archive with $SIGNER key $KEY… "
+	local REXKEY='keys/rexexpired'
+	local SECEXPIREBAK="${REXKEY}.sec.bak"
+	local PUBEXPIREBAK="${REXKEY}.pub.bak"
+	if [ "${SIGNER}" = 'Rex Expired' ]; then
+		# the key is expired, so gpg doesn't allow to sign with and the --faked-system-time
+		# option doesn't exist anymore (and using faketime would add a new obscure dependency)
+		# therefore we 'temporary' make the key not expired and restore a backup after signing
+		cp "${REXKEY}.sec" "$SECEXPIREBAK"
+		cp "${REXKEY}.pub" "$PUBEXPIREBAK"
+		local SECUNEXPIRED="${REXKEY}.sec.unexpired"
+		local PUBUNEXPIRED="${REXKEY}.pub.unexpired"
+		if [ -f "$SECUNEXPIRED" ] && [ -f "$PUBUNEXPIRED" ]; then
+			cp "$SECUNEXPIRED" "${REXKEY}.sec"
+			cp "$PUBUNEXPIRED" "${REXKEY}.pub"
+		else
+			if ! printf "expire\n1w\nsave\n" | $GPG --default-key "$SIGNER" --command-fd 0 --edit-key "${SIGNER}" >setexpire.gpg 2>&1; then
+				cat setexpire.gpg
+				exit 1
+			fi
+			cp "${REXKEY}.sec" "$SECUNEXPIRED"
+			cp "${REXKEY}.pub" "$PUBUNEXPIRED"
+		fi
+	fi
+	for RELEASE in $(find "${REPODIR}/" -name Release); do
+		$GPG --default-key "$SIGNER" --armor --detach-sign --sign --output "${RELEASE}.gpg" "${RELEASE}"
+		local INRELEASE="$(echo "${RELEASE}" | sed 's#/Release$#/InRelease#')"
+		$GPG --default-key "$SIGNER" --clearsign --output "$INRELEASE" "$RELEASE"
+		# we might have set a specific date for the Release file, so copy it
+		touch -d "$(stat --format "%y" ${RELEASE})" "${RELEASE}.gpg" "${INRELEASE}"
 	done
-	local PUBKEYS=""
-	for KEY in $(find keys/ -name '*.pub'); do
-		PUBKEYS="$PUBKEYS --keyring $KEY"
+	if [ -f "$SECEXPIREBAK" ] && [ -f "$PUBEXPIREBAK" ]; then
+		mv -f "$SECEXPIREBAK" "${REXKEY}.sec"
+		mv -f "$PUBEXPIREBAK" "${REXKEY}.pub"
+	fi
+	msgdone 'info'
+}
+
+redatereleasefiles() {
+	local DATE="$(date -d "$1" '+%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')"
+	for release in $(find aptarchive/ -name 'Release'); do
+		sed -i "s/^Date: .*$/Date: ${DATE}/" "$release"
+		touch -d "$DATE" "$release"
 	done
-	for RELEASE in $(find aptarchive/ -name Release); do
-		gpg --yes --no-default-keyring $SECKEYS $PUBKEYS --default-key "$SIGNER" -abs -o ${RELEASE}.gpg ${RELEASE}
-		gpg --yes --no-default-keyring $SECKEYS $PUBKEYS --default-key "$SIGNER" --clearsign -o "$(echo "${RELEASE}" | sed 's#/Release$#/InRelease#')" $RELEASE
+	signreleasefiles "${2:-Joe Sixpack}"
+}
+
+webserverconfig() {
+	local WEBSERVER="${3:-http://localhost:${APTHTTPPORT}}"
+	local NOCHECK=false
+	if [ "$1" = '--no-check' ]; then
+		NOCHECK=true
+		shift
+	fi
+	local DOWNLOG='rootdir/tmp/download-testfile.log'
+	local STATUS='downloaded/webserverconfig.status'
+	rm -f "$STATUS" "$DOWNLOG"
+	# very very basic URI encoding
+	local URI
+	if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+		msgtest "Set webserver config option '${1}' to" "$2"
+		URI="${WEBSERVER}/_config/set/$(echo "${1}" | sed -e 's/\//%2f/g')/$(echo "${2}" | sed -e 's/\//%2f/g')"
+	else
+		msgtest 'Clear webserver config option' "${1}"
+		URI="${WEBSERVER}/_config/clear/$(echo "${1}" | sed -e 's/\//%2f/g')"
+	fi
+	if downloadfile "$URI" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG"; then
+		msgpass
+	else
+		local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/webserverconfig.output"
+		cat "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+		msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
+	fi
+	$NOCHECK || testwebserverlaststatuscode '200'
+}
+
+rewritesourceslist() {
+	local APTARCHIVE="file://$(readlink -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive" | sed 's# #%20#g')"
+	local APTARCHIVE2="copy://$(readlink -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive" | sed 's# #%20#g')"
+	for LIST in $(find rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ -name 'apt-test-*.list'); do
+		sed -i $LIST -e "s#$APTARCHIVE#${1}#" -e "s#$APTARCHIVE2#${1}#" \
+			-e "s#http://localhost:${APTHTTPPORT}/#${1}#" \
+			-e "s#https://localhost:${APTHTTPSPORT}/#${1}#"
 	done
-	msgdone "info"
+}
+
+# wait for up to 10s for a pid file to appear to avoid possible race
+# when a helper is started and dosn't write the PID quick enough
+waitforpidfile() {
+        local PIDFILE="$1"
+        for i in $(seq 10); do
+                if test -s "$PIDFILE"; then
+                        return 0
+                fi
+                sleep 1
+        done
+        msgdie "waiting for $PIDFILE failed"
+        return 1
 }
 
 changetowebserver() {
-	if which weborf > /dev/null; then
-		weborf -xb aptarchive/ 2>&1 > /dev/null &
-		addtrap "kill $!;"
-	elif which gatling > /dev/null; then
+	local REWRITE='no'
+	if [ "$1" != '--no-rewrite' ]; then
+		REWRITE='yes'
+	else
+		shift
+	fi
+	if test -x "${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver"; then
 		cd aptarchive
-		gatling -p 8080 -F -S 2>&1 > /dev/null &
-		addtrap "kill $!;"
+		local LOG="webserver.log"
+		if ! aptwebserver --port 0 -o aptwebserver::fork=1 -o aptwebserver::portfile='aptwebserver.port' "$@" >$LOG 2>&1 ; then
+			cat $LOG
+			false
+		fi
+		waitforpidfile aptwebserver.pid
+		local PID="$(cat aptwebserver.pid)"
+		if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
+			msgdie 'Could not fork aptwebserver successfully'
+		fi
+		addtrap "kill $PID;"
+		waitforpidfile aptwebserver.port
+		APTHTTPPORT="$(cat aptwebserver.port)"
+		if [ -z "$APTHTTPPORT" ]; then
+			msgdie 'Could not get port for aptwebserver successfully'
+		fi
 		cd - > /dev/null
-	elif which lighttpd > /dev/null; then
-		echo "server.document-root = \"$(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 $!;"
-	else
-		msgdie 'You have to install weborf or lighttpd first'
+	else
+		msgdie 'You have to build apt from source to have test/interactive-helper/aptwebserver available for tests requiring a webserver'
+	fi
+	if [ "$REWRTE" != 'yes' ]; then
+		rewritesourceslist "http://localhost:${APTHTTPPORT}/"
+	fi
+}
+
+changetohttpswebserver() {
+	if ! command -v stunnel4 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		msgdie 'You need to install stunnel4 for https testcases'
+	fi
+	if [ ! -e "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/aptwebserver.pid" ]; then
+		changetowebserver --no-rewrite "$@"
+	fi
+	echo "pid = ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid
+cert = ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/webserver.pem
+output = /dev/null
+
+[https]
+accept = 0
+connect = $APTHTTPPORT
+" > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/stunnel.conf"
+	stunnel4 "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/stunnel.conf"
+        waitforpidfile "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid"
+	local PID="$(cat "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid")"
+        if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
+		msgdie 'Could not fork stunnel4 successfully'
+	fi
+	addtrap 'prefix' "kill ${PID};"
+	APTHTTPSPORT="$(lsof -i | awk "/^stunnel4 / && \$2 == \"${PID}\" {print \$9; exit; }" | cut -d':' -f 2)"
+	webserverconfig 'aptwebserver::port::https' "$APTHTTPSPORT" "https://localhost:${APTHTTPSPORT}"
+	rewritesourceslist "https://localhost:${APTHTTPSPORT}/"
+}
+
+changetocdrom() {
+	mkdir -p rootdir/media/cdrom/.disk
+	local CD="$(readlink -f rootdir/media/cdrom)"
+	cat > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00cdrom <<EOF
+acquire::cdrom::mount "${CD}";
+acquire::cdrom::"${CD}/"::mount "mv ${CD}-unmounted ${CD}";
+acquire::cdrom::"${CD}/"::umount "mv ${CD} ${CD}-unmounted";
+acquire::cdrom::autodetect 0;
+EOF
+	echo -n "$1" > "${CD}/.disk/info"
+	if [ ! -d aptarchive/dists ]; then
+		msgdie 'Flat file archive cdroms can not be created currently'
+		return 1
+	fi
+	mv aptarchive/dists "$CD"
+	ln -s "$(readlink -f ./incoming)" "$CD/pool"
+	find rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ -name 'apt-test-*.list' -delete
+	# start with an unmounted disk
+	mv "${CD}" "${CD}-unmounted"
+	# we don't want the disk to be modifiable
+	addtrap 'prefix' "chmod -f -R +w \"$PWD/rootdir/media/cdrom/dists/\" \"$PWD/rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists/\" || true;"
+	chmod -R 555 rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists
+}
+
+downloadfile() {
+	local PROTO="${1%%:*}"
+	if ! apthelper -o Debug::Acquire::${PROTO}=1 -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker=1 \
+		download-file "$1" "$2" "$3" 2>&1 ; then
+		return 1
+	fi
+	# only if the file exists the download was successful
+	if [ -r "$2" ]; then
+		return 0
+	else
 		return 1
 	fi
-	local APTARCHIVE="file://$(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
 }
 
 checkdiff() {
-	local DIFFTEXT="$($(which diff) -u $* | sed -e '/^---/ d' -e '/^+++/ d' -e '/^@@/ d')"
+	local DIFFTEXT="$(command diff -u "$@" 2>&1 | sed -e '/^---/ d' -e '/^+++/ d' -e '/^@@/ d')"
 	if [ -n "$DIFFTEXT" ]; then
-		echo
-		echo "$DIFFTEXT"
+		echo >&2
+		echo >&2 "$DIFFTEXT"
 		return 1
 	else
 		return 0
 	fi
 }
 
+testoutputequal() {
+	local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testoutputequal.output"
+	local COMPAREFILE="$1"
+	shift
+	if "$@" 2>&1 | checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE" - >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1; then
+		msgpass
+	else
+		echo "=== content of file we compared with (${COMPAREFILE}) ===" >>"${OUTPUT}"
+		cat "$COMPAREFILE" >>"${OUTPUT}"
+		msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+	fi
+}
+
 testfileequal() {
+	msggroup 'testfileequal'
+	local MSG='Test for correctness of file'
+	if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+		MSG=''
+		shift
+	fi
 	local FILE="$1"
 	shift
-	msgtest "Test for correctness of file" "$FILE"
+	if [ -n "$MSG" ]; then
+		msgtest "$MSG" "$FILE"
+	fi
+	local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfileequal.output"
 	if [ -z "$*" ]; then
-		echo -n "" | checkdiff $FILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+		testoutputequal "$FILE" echo -n ''
 	else
-		echo "$*" | checkdiff $FILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+		testoutputequal "$FILE" echo "$*"
 	fi
+	msggroup
+}
+
+testempty() {
+	msggroup 'testempty'
+	msgtest "Test for no output of" "$*"
+	local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testempty.comparefile"
+	if ("$@" >"$COMPAREFILE" 2>&1 || true) && test ! -s "$COMPAREFILE"; then
+		msgpass
+	else
+		msgfailoutput '' "$COMPAREFILE" "$@"
+	fi
+	aptautotest 'testempty' "$@"
+	msggroup
+}
+testnotempty() {
+	msggroup 'testnotempty'
+	msgtest "Test for some output of" "$*"
+	local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testnotempty.comparefile"
+	if ("$@" >"$COMPAREFILE" 2>&1 || true) && test -s "$COMPAREFILE"; then
+		msgpass
+	else
+		msgfailoutput '' "$COMPAREFILE" "$@"
+	fi
+	aptautotest 'testnotempty' "$@"
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testequal() {
-	local COMPAREFILE=$(mktemp)
-	addtrap "rm $COMPAREFILE;"
-	echo "$1" > $COMPAREFILE
+	msggroup 'testequal'
+	local MSG='Test of equality of'
+	if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+		MSG=''
+		shift
+	fi
+
+	local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequal.comparefile"
+	echo "$1" > "$COMPAREFILE"
 	shift
-	msgtest "Test for equality of" "$*"
-	$* 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+
+	if [ -n "$MSG" ]; then
+		msgtest "$MSG" "$*"
+	fi
+	testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" "$@"
+	aptautotest 'testequal' "$@"
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testequalor2() {
-	local COMPAREFILE1=$(mktemp)
-	local COMPAREFILE2=$(mktemp)
-	local COMPAREAGAINST=$(mktemp)
-	addtrap "rm $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST;"
-	echo "$1" > $COMPAREFILE1
-	echo "$2" > $COMPAREFILE2
+	msggroup 'testequalor2'
+	local COMPAREFILE1="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.comparefile1"
+	local COMPAREFILE2="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.comparefile2"
+	local COMPAREAGAINST="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.compareagainst"
+	echo "$1" > "$COMPAREFILE1"
+	echo "$2" > "$COMPAREFILE2"
 	shift 2
 	msgtest "Test for equality OR of" "$*"
-	$* 2>&1 1> $COMPAREAGAINST
-	(checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST 1> /dev/null ||
-		checkdiff $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST 1> /dev/null) && msgpass ||
-		( echo "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 1${CNORMAL}" "$(checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST)" \
-		       "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 2${CNORMAL}" "$(checkdiff $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST)" &&
-		  msgfail )
+	"$@" >"$COMPAREAGAINST" 2>&1 || true
+	if checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE1" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
+		checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE2" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >/dev/null 2>&1
+	then
+		msgpass
+	else
+		local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequal.output"
+		echo -n "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 1${CNORMAL}" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+		checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE1" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+		echo -n "${CINFO}Diff against OR 2${CNORMAL}" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+		checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE2" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+		msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
+	fi
+	aptautotest 'testequalor2' "$@"
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testshowvirtual() {
+	msggroup 'testshowvirtual'
 	local VIRTUAL="N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it is purely virtual"
 	local PACKAGE="$1"
 	shift
@@ -765,60 +1398,369 @@ 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 $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+	echo "$VIRTUAL" | sed -e "s/:$ARCH//" -e 's/:all//' >"$COMPAREFILE"
+	local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testshowvirtual.output"
+	testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" aptcache show "$PACKAGE"
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testnopackage() {
+	msggroup 'testnopackage'
 	msgtest "Test for non-existent packages" "apt-cache show $*"
-	local SHOWPKG="$(aptcache show $* 2>&1 | grep '^Package: ')"
+	local SHOWPKG="$(aptcache show "$@" 2>&1 | grep '^Package: ')"
 	if [ -n "$SHOWPKG" ]; then
-		echo
-		echo "$SHOWPKG"
-		msgfail
-		return 1
+		local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testnopackage.output"
+		echo "$SHOWPKG" >"$OUTPUT"
+		msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
+	else
+		msgpass
 	fi
-	msgpass
+	msggroup
+}
+testnosrcpackage() {
+	msggroup 'testnosrcpackage'
+	msgtest "Test for non-existent source packages" "apt-cache showsrc $*"
+	local SHOWPKG="$(aptcache showsrc "$@" 2>&1 | grep '^Package: ')"
+	if [ -n "$SHOWPKG" ]; then
+		local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testnosrcpackage.output"
+		echo "$SHOWPKG" >"$OUTPUT"
+		msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
+	else
+		msgpass
+	fi
+	msggroup
 }
 
-testdpkginstalled() {
-	msgtest "Test for correctly installed package(s) with" "dpkg -l $*"
-	local PKGS="$(dpkg -l $* | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
-	if [ "$PKGS" != $# ]; then
-		echo $PKGS
-		dpkg -l $* | grep '^[a-z]'
-		msgfail
-		return 1
+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 '' "$OUTPUT"
+	else
+		msgpass
 	fi
-	msgpass
+	msggroup
+}
+
+testdpkginstalled() {
+	msggroup 'testdpkginstalled'
+	testdpkgstatus 'ii' "$#" "$@"
+	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 $* | grep '^[a-z]'
-		msgfail
-		return 1
-	fi
-	msgpass
+	msggroup 'testdpkgnotinstalled'
+	testdpkgstatus 'ii' '0' "$@"
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testmarkedauto() {
-	local COMPAREFILE=$(mktemp)
-	addtrap "rm $COMPAREFILE;"
+	msggroup 'testmarkedauto'
+	local COMPAREFILE="${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 > "$COMPAREFILE"
+	fi
+	testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" aptmark showmanual
+	msggroup
+}
+
+msgfailoutput() {
+	msgreportheader 'msgfailoutput'
+	local MSG="$1"
+	local OUTPUT="$2"
+	shift 2
+	if [ "$1" = 'grep' ]; then
+		echo >&2
+		while [ -n "$2" ]; do shift; done
+		echo "#### Complete file: $1 ####"
+		cat >&2 "$1" || true
+		echo '#### grep output ####'
+	elif [ "$1" = 'test' ]; then
+		echo >&2
+		# doesn't support ! or non-file flags
+		msgfailoutputstatfile() {
+			local FILEFLAGS='^-[bcdefgGhkLOprsStuwx]$'
+			if expr match "$1" "$FILEFLAGS" >/dev/null; then
+				echo "#### stat(2) of file: $2 ####"
+				stat "$2" || true
+				if test -d "$2"; then
+					echo "#### The directory contains: $2 ####"
+					ls >&2 "$2" || true
+				elif test -e "$2"; then
+					echo "#### Complete file: $2 ####"
+					cat >&2 "$2" || true
+				fi
+			fi
+		}
+		msgfailoutputstatfile "$2" "$3"
+		while [ -n "$5" ] && [ "$4" = '-o' -o "$4" = '-a' ]; do
+			shift 3
+			msgfailoutputstatfile "$2" "$3"
+		done
+		echo '#### test output ####'
+	fi
+	cat >&2 "$OUTPUT"
+	msgfail "$MSG"
+}
+
+testsuccesswithglobalerror() {
+	local TYPE="$1"
+	local ERRORS="$2"
+	shift 2
+	msggroup "$TYPE"
+	if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+		shift
+	else
+		msgtest 'Test for successful execution of' "$*"
+	fi
+	local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/${TYPE}.output"
+	if "$@" >"${OUTPUT}" 2>&1; then
+		if expr match "$1" '^apt.*' >/dev/null; then
+			if grep -q -E ' runtime error: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
+				msgfailoutput 'compiler detected undefined behavior' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+			elif grep -E "^[${ERRORS}]: " "$OUTPUT" > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/checkforwarnings.output" 2>&1; then
+				if [ "$IGNORE_PTY_NOT_MOUNTED" = '1' ]; then
+					if echo 'E: Can not write log (Is /dev/pts mounted?) - posix_openpt (2: No such file or directory)' \
+						| cmp - "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/checkforwarnings.output" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+						msgpass
+					else
+						msgfailoutput 'successful run, but output contains warnings/errors' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+					fi
+				else
+					msgfailoutput 'successful run, but output contains warnings/errors' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+				fi
+			elif [ "$TYPE" = 'testsuccesswithnotice' ]; then
+				if grep -q -E "^N: " "$OUTPUT"; then
+					msgpass
+				else
+					msgfailoutput 'successful run, but output had no notices' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+				fi
+			else
+				msgpass
+			fi
+		else
+			msgpass
+		fi
+	else
+		local EXITCODE=$?
+		msgfailoutput "exitcode $EXITCODE" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+	fi
+	aptautotest "$TYPE" "$@"
+	msggroup
+}
+testsuccesswithnotice() {
+	testsuccesswithglobalerror 'testsuccesswithnotice' 'WE' "$@"
+}
+testsuccess() {
+	testsuccesswithglobalerror 'testsuccess' 'NWE' "$@"
+}
+testwarning() {
+	msggroup 'testwarning'
+	if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+		shift
+	else
+		msgtest 'Test for successful execution with warnings of' "$*"
+	fi
+	local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testwarning.output"
+	if "$@" >"${OUTPUT}" 2>&1; then
+		if expr match "$1" '^apt.*' >/dev/null; then
+			if grep -q -E ' runtime error: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
+				msgfailoutput 'compiler detected undefined behavior' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+			elif grep -q -E '^E: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
+				msgfailoutput 'successful run, but output contains errors' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+			elif ! grep -q -E '^W: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
+				msgfailoutput 'successful run, but output contains no warnings' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+			else
+				msgpass
+			fi
+		else
+			msgpass
+		fi
+	else
+		local EXITCODE=$?
+		msgfailoutput "exitcode $EXITCODE" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+	fi
+	aptautotest 'testwarning' "$@"
+	msggroup
+}
+testfailure() {
+	msggroup 'testfailure'
+	if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+		shift
+	else
+		msgtest 'Test for failure in execution of' "$*"
+	fi
+	local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfailure.output"
+	if "$@" >"${OUTPUT}" 2>&1; then
+		local EXITCODE=$?
+		msgfailoutput "exitcode $EXITCODE" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+	else
+		local EXITCODE=$?
+		if expr match "$1" '^apt.*' >/dev/null; then
+			if [ "$1" = 'aptkey' ]; then
+				if grep -q -E " Can't check signature: " "$OUTPUT" || \
+					grep -q -E " BAD signature from " "$OUTPUT"; then
+					msgpass
+				else
+					msgfailoutput "run failed with exitcode ${EXITCODE}, but no signature error" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+				fi
+			else
+				if grep -q -E ' runtime error: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
+					msgfailoutput 'compiler detected undefined behavior' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+				elif grep -q -E '==ERROR' "$OUTPUT"; then
+					msgfailoutput 'compiler sanitizers reported errors' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+				elif ! grep -q -E '^E: ' "$OUTPUT"; then
+					msgfailoutput "run failed with exitcode ${EXITCODE}, but with no errors" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+				else
+					msgpass
+				fi
+			fi
+		else
+			msgpass
+		fi
+	fi
+	aptautotest 'testfailure' "$@"
+	msggroup
+}
+
+testreturnstateequal() {
+	local STATE="$1"
+	if [ "$STATE" = 'testsuccesswithglobalerror' ]; then
+		local STATE="$2"
+		local TYPE="$3"
+		shift 3
+		msggroup "${STATE}equal"
+		if [ "$1" != '--nomsg' ]; then
+			local CMP="$1"
+			shift
+			testsuccesswithglobalerror "$STATE" "$TYPE" "$@"
+			testfileequal "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/${STATE}.output" "$CMP"
+		else
+			local CMP="$2"
+			shift 2
+			testsuccesswithglobalerror "$STATE" "$TYPE" "$@"
+			testfileequal "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/${STATE}.output" "$CMP"
+		fi
+	else
+		msggroup "${STATE}equal"
+		if [ "$2" != '--nomsg' ]; then
+			local CMP="$2"
+			shift 2
+			"$STATE" "$@"
+			testfileequal "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/${STATE}.output" "$CMP"
+		else
+			local CMP="$3"
+			shift 3
+			"$STATE" --nomsg "$@"
+			testfileequal "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/${STATE}.output" "$CMP"
+		fi
+	fi
+	msggroup
+}
+testsuccessequal() {
+	# we compare output, so we know perfectly well about N:
+	testreturnstateequal 'testsuccesswithglobalerror' 'testsuccess' 'WE' "$@"
+}
+testwarningequal() {
+	testreturnstateequal 'testwarning' "$@"
+}
+testfailureequal() {
+	testreturnstateequal 'testfailure' "$@"
+}
+
+testfailuremsg() {
+	msggroup 'testfailuremsg'
+	local CMP="$1"
+	shift
+	testfailure "$@"
+	msgtest 'Check that the output of the previous failed command has expected' 'failures and warnings'
+	local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfailuremsg.comparefile"
+	grep '^\(W\|E\|N\):' "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfailure.output" > "$COMPAREFILE" 2>&1 || true
+	testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" echo "$CMP"
+	msggroup
+}
+testwarningmsg() {
+	msggroup 'testwarningmsg'
+	local CMP="$1"
+	shift
+	testwarning "$@"
+	msgtest 'Check that the output of the previous warned command has expected' 'warnings'
+	local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testwarningmsg.comparefile"
+	grep '^\(W\|E\|N\):' "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testwarning.output" > "$COMPAREFILE" 2>&1 || true
+	testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" echo "$CMP"
+	msggroup
+}
+
+testfilestats() {
+	msggroup 'testfilestats'
+	msgtest "Test that file $1 has $2 $3" "$4"
+	if [ "$4" "$3" "$(stat --format "$2" "$1")" ]; then
+		msgpass
+	else
+		local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfilestats.output"
+		{
+			ls -ld "$1" || true
+			echo -n "stat(1) reports for $2: "
+			stat --format "$2" "$1" || true
+		} >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+		msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
 	fi
-	aptmark showauto 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+	msggroup
+}
+testaccessrights() {
+	msggroup 'testaccessrights'
+	testfilestats "$1" '%a' '=' "$2"
+	msggroup
+}
+
+testwebserverlaststatuscode() {
+	msggroup 'testwebserverlaststatuscode'
+	local DOWNLOG='rootdir/tmp/webserverstatus-testfile.log'
+	local STATUS='downloaded/webserverstatus-statusfile.log'
+	rm -f "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS"
+	msgtest 'Test last status code from the webserver was' "$1"
+	if downloadfile "http://localhost:${APTHTTPPORT}/_config/find/aptwebserver::last-status-code" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG" && [ "$(cat "$STATUS")" = "$1" ]; then
+		msgpass
+	else
+		local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testwebserverlaststatuscode.output"
+		{
+			if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+				shift
+				echo >&2 '#### Additionally provided output files contain:'
+				cat >&2 "$@"
+			fi
+			echo >&2 '#### Download log of the status code:'
+			cat >&2 "$DOWNLOG"
+		} >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+		msgfailoutput "Status was $(cat "$STATUS")" "$OUTPUT"
+	fi
+	msggroup
 }
 
 pause() {
@@ -826,3 +1768,95 @@ pause() {
 	local IGNORE
 	read IGNORE
 }
+
+listcurrentlistsdirectory() {
+	{
+		find rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read line; do
+			stat --format '%U:%G:%a:%n' "$line"
+		done
+		find rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists -maxdepth 1 \! -type d | while read line; do
+			stat --format '%U:%G:%a:%s:%y:%n' "$line"
+		done
+	} | sort
+}
+
+### convenience hacks ###
+mkdir() {
+	# creating some directories by hand is a tedious task, so make it look simple
+	local PARAMS="$*"
+	if [ "$PARAMS" != "${PARAMS#*rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists}" ]; then
+		# only the last directory created by mkdir is effected by the -m !
+		command mkdir -m 755 -p "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt"
+		command mkdir -m 755 -p "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists"
+		command mkdir -m 700 -p "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/partial"
+		touch "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/lock"
+		if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
+			chown _apt:root "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/partial"
+		fi
+	else
+		command mkdir "$@"
+	fi
+}
+
+### The following tests are run by most test methods automatically to check
+### general things about commands executed without writing the test every time.
+
+aptautotest() {
+	local TESTCALL="$1"
+	local CMD="$2"
+	local FIRSTOPT="$3"
+	local AUTOTEST="aptautotest_$(echo "${CMD##*/}_${FIRSTOPT}" | tr -d '-')"
+	if command -v $AUTOTEST >/dev/null; then
+		shift 3
+		# save and restore the *.output files from other tests
+		# as we might otherwise override them in these automatic tests
+		rm -rf "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-before"
+		mv "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-before"
+		mkdir "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp"
+		$AUTOTEST "$TESTCALL" "$@"
+		rm -rf "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-aptautotest"
+		mv "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-aptautotest"
+		mv "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-before" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp"
+	fi
+}
+
+aptautotest_aptget_update() {
+	local TESTCALL="$1"
+	while [ -n "$2" ]; do
+		if [ "$2" = '--print-uris' ]; then return; fi # simulation mode
+		shift
+	done
+	if ! test -d "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists"; then return; fi
+	testfilestats "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt" '%U:%G:%a' '=' "${TEST_DEFAULT_USER}:${TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP}:755"
+	testfilestats "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists" '%U:%G:%a' '=' "${TEST_DEFAULT_USER}:${TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP}:755"
+	# all copied files are properly chmodded
+	local backupIFS="$IFS"
+	IFS="$(printf "\n\b")"
+	for file in $(find "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists" -type f ! -name 'lock'); do
+		testfilestats "$file" '%U:%G:%a' '=' "${TEST_DEFAULT_USER}:${TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP}:644"
+	done
+	IFS="$backupIFS"
+	if [ "$TESTCALL" = 'testsuccess' ]; then
+		# failure cases can retain partial files and such
+		testempty find "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/partial" -mindepth 1 ! \( -name 'lock' -o -name '*.FAILED' \)
+	fi
+}
+aptautotest_apt_update() { aptautotest_aptget_update "$@"; }
+aptautotest_aptcdrom_add() { aptautotest_aptget_update "$@"; }
+
+testaptautotestnodpkgwarning() {
+	local TESTCALL="$1"
+	while [ -n "$2" ]; do
+		if expr match "$2" '^-[a-z]*s' >/dev/null 2>&1; then return; fi # simulation mode
+		if expr match "$2" '^-dy\?' >/dev/null 2>&1; then return; fi # download-only mode
+		shift
+	done
+	testfailure grep '^dpkg: warning:.*ignor.*' "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp-before/${TESTCALL}.output"
+}
+
+aptautotest_aptget_install() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_aptget_remove() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_aptget_purge() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_apt_install() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_apt_remove() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }
+aptautotest_apt_purge() { testaptautotestnodpkgwarning "$@"; }