X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/7e4dfb4349e909c15b1c777679fdae81d76eeb62..7414af7fa88164209eec9c585b8d175c1618ecbc:/test/integration/framework?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/test/integration/framework b/test/integration/framework
index 0aa648fb6..322c74a21 100644
--- a/test/integration/framework
+++ b/test/integration/framework
@@ -2,8 +2,22 @@
 
 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'
+	else
+		echo >&2 "WARNING: Unknown parameter »$1« will be ignored"
+	fi
+	shift
+done
+export MSGLEVEL="${MSGLEVEL:-3}"
+
 # we all like colorful messages
-if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ]; then
+if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ] && [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'ALWAYS' ]; then
 	if [ ! -t 1 ]; then # but check that we output to a terminal
 		export MSGCOLOR='NO'
 	fi
@@ -23,38 +37,76 @@ if [ "$MSGCOLOR" != 'NO' ]; then
 	CCMD="\033[1;35m" # pink
 fi
 
-msgdie() { printf "${CERROR}E: $1${CNORMAL}\n" >&2; exit 1; }
-msgwarn() { printf "${CWARNING}W: $1${CNORMAL}\n" >&2; }
-msgmsg() { printf "${CMSG}$1${CNORMAL}\n"; }
-msginfo() { printf "${CINFO}I: $1${CNORMAL}\n"; }
-msgdebug() { printf "${CDEBUG}D: $1${CNORMAL}\n"; }
-msgdone() { printf "${CDONE}DONE${CNORMAL}\n"; }
-msgnwarn() { printf "${CWARNING}W: $1${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-msgnmsg() { printf "${CMSG}$1${CNORMAL}"; }
-msgninfo() { printf "${CINFO}I: $1${CNORMAL}"; }
-msgndebug() { printf "${CDEBUG}D: $1${CNORMAL}"; }
-msgtest() {
-	while [ -n "$1" ]; do
-		printf "${CINFO}$1${CCMD} "
-		printf -- "$(echo "$2" | sed -e 's#^apt\([cgfs]\)#apt-\1#')${CINFO} "
+msgprintf() {
+	local START="$1"
+	local MIDDLE="$2"
+	local END="$3"
+	shift 3
+	if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+		printf "$START " "$1"
 		shift
-		if [ -n "$1" ]; then shift; else break; fi
-	done
-	printf "…${CNORMAL} "
+		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"; }
-msgskip() { printf "${CWARNING}SKIP${CNORMAL}\n" >&2; }
+msgreportheader() {
+	if [ -n "$MSGTEST_MSG" ]; then
+		test "$1" != 'msgfailoutput' || echo
+		if [ -n "$MSGTEST_MSGMSG" ]; then
+			echo "$MSGTEST_MSGMSG"
+		fi
+		if [ -n "$MSGTEST_GRP" ] && [ "$MSGTEST_GRP" != 'NEXT' ] && [ "$MSGTEST_GRP" != "$MSGTEST_MSG" ]; then
+			echo "${CFAIL}Part of the test group: $MSGTEST_GRP"
+		fi
+		echo -n "$MSGTEST_MSG"
+		unset MSGTEST_MSG
+	fi
+}
+msgskip() {
+	msgreportheader 'msgskip'
+	if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then printf "${CWARNING}SKIP: $*${CNORMAL}\n" >&2;
+	else printf "${CWARNING}SKIP${CNORMAL}\n" >&2; fi
+}
 msgfail() {
-	if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then printf "${CFAIL}FAIL: $*${CNORMAL}\n" >&2;
+	msgreportheader 'msgfail'
+	if [ $# -gt 0 ] && [ -n "$1" ]; then printf "${CFAIL}FAIL: $*${CNORMAL}\n" >&2;
 	else printf "${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}\n" >&2; fi
-        if [ -n "$APT_DEBUG_TESTS" ]; then
-            bash
-        fi
+	if [ -n "$APT_DEBUG_TESTS" ]; then
+		$SHELL
+	fi
 	EXIT_CODE=$((EXIT_CODE+1));
 }
+MSGGROUP_LEVEL=0
+msggroup() {
+	if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+		if [ $MSGGROUP_LEVEL = 0 ]; then
+			MSGTEST_GRP='NEXT'
+		fi
+		MSGGROUP_LEVEL=$((MSGGROUP_LEVEL+1));
+	else
+		MSGGROUP_LEVEL=$((MSGGROUP_LEVEL-1));
+		if [ $MSGGROUP_LEVEL = 0 ]; then
+			unset MSGTEST_GRP
+		fi
+	fi
+}
 
 # enable / disable Debugging
-MSGLEVEL=${MSGLEVEL:-3}
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 0 ]; then
 	msgdie() { true; }
 fi
@@ -63,16 +115,17 @@ if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 1 ]; then
 	msgnwarn() { true; }
 fi
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 2 ]; then
-	msgmsg() { true; }
+	msgmsg() {
+		MSGTEST_MSGMSG="$(msgprintf "${CMSG}%s" '%s' "${CNORMAL}" "$@")"
+	}
 	msgnmsg() { true; }
-	msgtest() { true; }
+	msgtest() {
+		MSGTEST_MSG="$(msgprintf "${CINFO}%s" "${CCMD}%s${CINFO}" "…${CNORMAL} " "$@")"
+		if [ "$MSGTEST_GRP" = 'NEXT' ]; then
+			MSGTEST_GRP="$MSGTEST_MSG"
+		fi
+	}
 	msgpass() { printf " ${CPASS}P${CNORMAL}"; }
-	msgskip() { printf " ${CWARNING}S${CNORMAL}" >&2; }
-	if [ -n "$CFAIL" ]; then
-		msgfail() { printf " ${CFAIL}FAIL${CNORMAL}" >&2; EXIT_CODE=$((EXIT_CODE+1)); }
-	else
-		msgfail() { printf " ###FAILED###" >&2; EXIT_CODE=$((EXIT_CODE+1)); }
-	fi
 fi
 if [ $MSGLEVEL -le 3 ]; then
 	msginfo() { true; }
@@ -95,10 +148,14 @@ msgdone() {
 }
 getaptconfig() {
 	if [ -f ./aptconfig.conf ]; then
-            echo "./aptconfig.conf"
+		echo "$(readlink -f ./aptconfig.conf)"
 	elif [ -f ../aptconfig.conf ]; then
-            echo "../aptconfig.conf"
-        fi
+		echo "$(readlink -f ../aptconfig.conf)"
+	elif [ -f ../../aptconfig.conf ]; then
+		echo "$(readlink -f ../../aptconfig.conf)"
+	elif [ -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptconfig.conf" ]; then
+		echo "$(readlink -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptconfig.conf")"
+	fi
 }
 runapt() {
 	msgdebug "Executing: ${CCMD}$*${CDEBUG} "
@@ -124,17 +181,32 @@ aptwebserver() { runapt "${APTWEBSERVERBINDIR}/aptwebserver" "$@"; }
 aptitude() { runapt aptitude "$@"; }
 aptextracttemplates() { runapt apt-extracttemplates "$@"; }
 aptinternalsolver() { runapt "${APTINTERNALSOLVER}" "$@"; }
+aptdumpsolver() { runapt "${APTDUMPSOLVER}" "$@"; }
 
 dpkg() {
-	command dpkg --root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir --force-not-root --force-bad-path --log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log "$@"
+	"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg" "$@"
 }
 dpkgcheckbuilddeps() {
 	command dpkg-checkbuilddeps --admindir=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg "$@"
 }
 gdb() {
-	local CMD="$1"
+	local CMD
+	case "$1" in
+	aptget) CMD="apt-get";;
+	aptcache) CMD="apt-cache";;
+	aptcdrom) CMD="apt-cdrom";;
+	aptconfig) CMD="apt-config";;
+	aptmark) CMD="apt-mark";;
+	apthelper) CMD="apt-helper";;
+	aptftparchive) CMD="apt-ftparchive";;
+	dpkg) shift; runapt ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/gdb-dpkg "$@"; return;;
+	*) CMD="$1";;
+	esac
 	shift
-	runapt command gdb --quiet -ex run "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD" --args "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/$CMD" "$@"
+	if [ "${CMD##*/}" = "$CMD" ]; then
+		CMD="${BUILDDIRECTORY}/${CMD}"
+	fi
+	runapt command gdb --quiet -ex run "$CMD" --args "$CMD" "$@"
 }
 
 exitwithstatus() {
@@ -166,18 +238,32 @@ addtrap() {
 }
 
 setupenvironment() {
+	# 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 ${CCMD}$(basename $0)${CINFO} in ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}… "
+	msgninfo "Preparing environment for $(basename $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"
         # -----
 
@@ -185,7 +271,7 @@ setupenvironment() {
 	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/apt var/log tmp
+	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
@@ -215,34 +301,92 @@ setupenvironment() {
 	cp $(find $TESTDIRECTORY -name '*.pub' -o -name '*.sec') keys/
 	chmod 644 $(find keys -name '*.pub' -o -name '*.sec')
 	ln -s ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/keys/joesixpack.pub rootdir/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/joesixpack.gpg
+
 	echo "Dir \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir\";" > aptconfig.conf
 	echo "Dir::state::status \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/dpkg/status\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-	echo "Debug::NoLocking \"true\";" >> aptconfig.conf
 	echo "APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note \"false\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-	echo "Dir::Bin::Methods \"${METHODSDIR}\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-	echo "Dir::Bin::apt-key \"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-key\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-	echo "Dir::Bin::dpkg \"fakeroot\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-	echo "DPKG::options:: \"dpkg\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-	echo "DPKG::options:: \"--root=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-	echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-not-root\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-	echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-bad-path\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-	if ! command dpkg --assert-multi-arch >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		echo "DPKG::options:: \"--force-architecture\";" >> aptconfig.conf # Added to test multiarch before dpkg is ready for it…
-	fi
-	echo "DPKG::options:: \"--log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log\";" >> aptconfig.conf
-	echo 'quiet::NoUpdate "true";' >> aptconfig.conf
-	echo 'quiet::NoStatistic "true";' >> aptconfig.conf
-	echo "Acquire::https::CaInfo \"${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
+	echo "Dir::Bin::Methods \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/lib/apt/methods\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+	# store apt-key were we can access it, even if we run it as a different user
+	# destroys coverage reporting though, so just do it for root for now
+	if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
+		cp "${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-key" "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/"
+		chmod o+rx "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/apt-key"
+		echo "Dir::Bin::apt-key \"${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/apt-key\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+	else
+		echo "Dir::Bin::apt-key \"${BUILDDIRECTORY}/apt-key\";" >> aptconfig.conf
+	fi
+
+	cat << EOF > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/dpkg"
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+if [ -r "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so" ]; then
+	if [ -n "\$LD_PRELOAD" ]; then
+		export LD_PRELOAD="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so \${LD_PRELOAD}"
+	else
+		export LD_PRELOAD="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so"
+	fi
+fi
+exec fakeroot ${DPKG:-dpkg} --root="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir" \\
+	--log=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/log/dpkg.log \\
+	--force-not-root --force-bad-path "\$@"
+EOF
+	cat << EOF > "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/usr/bin/gdb-dpkg"
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+if [ -r "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so" ]; then
+	if [ -n "\$LD_PRELOAD" ]; then
+		export LD_PRELOAD="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so \${LD_PRELOAD}"
+	else
+		export LD_PRELOAD="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/noopchroot.so"
+	fi
+fi
+exec fakeroot gdb --quiet -ex run "${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::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";'
+	} >> 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
 	configcompression '.' 'gz' #'bz2' 'lzma' 'xz'
 
+	# create some files in /tmp and look at user/group to get what this means
+	TEST_DEFAULT_USER="$USER"
+	if [ "$(uname)" = 'GNU/kFreeBSD' ]; then
+		TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP='root'
+	else
+		TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP="$USER"
+	fi
+
+        # Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories=false is not yet the default
+        # but we want it to be the default soon
+        configallowinsecurerepositories "false";
+
 	# cleanup the environment a bit
         # prefer our apt binaries over the system apt binaries
 	export PATH="${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"
 }
 
@@ -260,7 +404,7 @@ getarchitecture() {
 }
 
 getarchitectures() {
-	echo "$(aptconfig dump | grep APT::Architecture | cut -d'"' -f 2 | sed '/^$/ d' | sort | uniq | tr '\n' ' ')"
+	aptconfig dump --no-empty --format '%v%n' APT::Architecture APT::Architectures | sort -u | tr '\n' ' '
 }
 
 getarchitecturesfromcommalist() {
@@ -310,6 +454,52 @@ 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 << EOF > noopchroot.c
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+
+static char * chrootdir = NULL;
+
+int chroot(const char *path) {
+	printf("WARNING: CHROOTing to %s was ignored!\n", path);
+	free(chrootdir);
+	chrootdir = strdup(path);
+	return 0;
+}
+int execvp(const char *file, char *const argv[]) {
+	static int (*func_execvp) (const char *, char * const []) = NULL;
+	if (func_execvp == NULL)
+		func_execvp = (int (*) (const char *, char * const [])) dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "execvp");
+	if (chrootdir == NULL || strncmp(file, "/var/lib/dpkg/", strlen("/var/lib/dpkg/")) != 0)
+		return func_execvp(file, argv);
+	printf("REWRITE execvp call %s into %s\n", file, chrootdir);
+	char newfile[strlen(chrootdir) + strlen(file)];
+	strcpy(newfile, chrootdir);
+	strcat(newfile, file);
+	char const * const baseadmindir = "/var/lib/dpkg";
+	char admindir[strlen(chrootdir) + strlen(baseadmindir)];
+	strcpy(admindir, chrootdir);
+	strcat(admindir, baseadmindir);
+	setenv("DPKG_ADMINDIR", admindir, 1);
+	return func_execvp(newfile, argv);
+}
+EOF
+	testsuccess --nomsg gcc -fPIC -shared -o noopchroot.so noopchroot.c -ldl
+}
+
+configallowinsecurerepositories() {
+    echo "Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories \"$1\";" >  rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/allow-insecure-repositories.conf
+
+}
+
 configcompression() {
 	while [ -n "$1" ]; do
 		case "$1" in
@@ -350,7 +540,7 @@ Dir::Bin::xz \"/does/not/exist\";" > "$CONFFILE"
 		COMPRESSOR_CMD='xz --format=lzma'
 	else
 		msgtest 'Test for availability of compressor' "${COMPRESSOR}"
-		msgfail
+		msgfail "${COMPRESSOR} not available"
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -406,6 +596,12 @@ 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}"
@@ -427,7 +623,7 @@ buildsimplenativepackage() {
 	fi
 	local BUILDDIR=${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${NAME}-${VERSION}
 
-	msgninfo "Build package ${NAME} in ${VERSION} for ${RELEASE} in ${DISTSECTION}… "
+	msgtest "Build source package in version ${VERSION} for ${RELEASE} in ${DISTSECTION}" "$NAME"
 	mkdir -p $BUILDDIR/debian/source
 	echo "* most suckless software product ever" > ${BUILDDIR}/FEATURES
 	echo "#!/bin/sh
@@ -440,10 +636,12 @@ echo '$NAME says \"Hello!\"'" > ${BUILDDIR}/${NAME}
 
  -- Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>  $(date -R)" > ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog
 	echo "Source: $NAME
-Section: $SECTION
 Priority: $PRIORITY
 Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3" > ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
+	if [ "$SECTION" != '<none>' ]; then
+		echo "Section: $SECTION" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
+	fi
 	local BUILDDEPS="$(echo "$DEPENDENCIES" | grep '^Build-')"
 	test -z "$BUILDDEPS" || echo "$BUILDDEPS" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
 	echo "
@@ -459,7 +657,10 @@ Package: $NAME" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
 	echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
 
 	echo '3.0 (native)' > ${BUILDDIR}/debian/source/format
-	(cd ${BUILDDIR}/..; dpkg-source -b ${NAME}-${VERSION} 2>&1) | sed -n 's#^dpkg-source: info: building [^ ]\+ in ##p' \
+	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
@@ -471,6 +672,7 @@ Package: $NAME" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
 	done
 
 	for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
+		msgtest "Build binary package for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}" "$NAME"
 		rm -rf ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp
 		mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/DEBIAN ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/${NAME} ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/bin
 		cp ${BUILDDIR}/debian/copyright ${BUILDDIR}/debian/changelog ${BUILDDIR}/FEATURES ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/${NAME}
@@ -482,19 +684,15 @@ Package: $NAME" >> ${BUILDDIR}/debian/control
 		(cd ${BUILDDIR}; dpkg-gencontrol -DArchitecture=$arch)
 		(cd ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp; md5sum $(find usr/ -type f) > DEBIAN/md5sums)
 		local LOG="${BUILDDIR}/../${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.dpkg-deb.log"
-		# ensure the right permissions as dpkg-deb ensists
+		# ensure the right permissions as dpkg-deb insists
 		chmod 755 ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp/DEBIAN
-		if ! dpkg-deb -Z${COMPRESS_TYPE} --build ${BUILDDIR}/debian/tmp ${BUILDDIR}/.. >$LOG 2>&1; then
-			cat $LOG
-			false
-		fi
-		rm $LOG
+		testsuccess --nomsg dpkg-deb -Z${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"
 }
@@ -506,15 +704,13 @@ buildpackage() {
 	local ARCH=$(getarchitecture $4)
 	local PKGNAME="$(echo "$BUILDDIR" | grep -o '[^/]*$')"
 	local BUILDLOG="$(readlink -f "${BUILDDIR}/../${PKGNAME}_${RELEASE}_${SECTION}.dpkg-bp.log")"
-	msgninfo "Build package ${PKGNAME} for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}… "
+	msgtest "Build package for ${RELEASE} in ${SECTION}" "$PKGNAME"
 	cd $BUILDDIR
 	if [ "$ARCH" = "all" ]; then
 		ARCH="$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH 2> /dev/null)"
 	fi
-	if ! dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -a$ARCH >$BUILDLOG 2>&1 ; then
-		cat $BUILDLOG
-		false
-	fi
+	testsuccess --nomsg dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -a$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
@@ -524,7 +720,6 @@ buildpackage() {
 	for SRC in $SRCS; do
 		echo "pool/${SRC}" >> ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/incoming/${RELEASE}.${SECTION}.srclist
 	done
-	msgdone "info"
 }
 
 buildaptarchive() {
@@ -537,12 +732,8 @@ buildaptarchive() {
 
 createaptftparchiveconfig() {
 	local COMPRESSORS="$(cut -d'	' -f 1 ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/testcase-compressor.conf | tr '\n' ' ')"
-	COMPRESSORS="${COMPRESSORS%* }"
-	local ARCHS="$(find pool/ -name '*.deb' | grep -oE '_[a-z0-9-]+\.deb$' | sort | uniq | sed -e '/^_all.deb$/ d' -e 's#^_\([a-z0-9-]*\)\.deb$#\1#' | tr '\n' ' ')"
-	if [ -z "$ARCHS" ]; then
-		# the pool is empty, so we will operate on faked packages - let us use the configured archs
-		ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
-	fi
+	local COMPRESSORS="${COMPRESSORS%* }"
+	local ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
 	echo -n 'Dir {
 	ArchiveDir "' >> ftparchive.conf
 	echo -n $(readlink -f .) >> ftparchive.conf
@@ -614,40 +805,52 @@ buildaptftparchivedirectorystructure() {
 }
 
 insertpackage() {
-	local RELEASE="$1"
+	local RELEASES="$1"
 	local NAME="$2"
 	local ARCH="$3"
 	local VERSION="$4"
 	local DEPENDENCIES="$5"
 	local PRIORITY="${6:-optional}"
-	local DESCRIPTION="${7:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASE}
+	local DESCRIPTION="${7:-"an autogenerated dummy ${NAME}=${VERSION}/${RELEASES}
  If you find such a package installed on your system,
  something went horribly wrong! They are autogenerated
  und used only by testcases and surf no other propose…"}"
 	local ARCHS=""
-	for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
-		if [ "$arch" = 'all' -o "$arch" = 'none' ]; then
-			ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
-		else
-			ARCHS="$arch"
+	for RELEASE in $(printf '%s' "$RELEASES" | tr ',' '\n'); do
+		if [ "$RELEASE" = 'installed' ]; then
+			insertinstalledpackage "$2" "$3" "$4" "$5" "$6" "$7"
+			continue
 		fi
-		for BUILDARCH in $ARCHS; do
-			local PPATH="aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/binary-${BUILDARCH}"
-			mkdir -p $PPATH aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/source
-			touch aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/source/Sources
-			local FILE="${PPATH}/Packages"
-			echo "Package: $NAME
+		for arch in $(getarchitecturesfromcommalist "$ARCH"); do
+			if [ "$arch" = 'all' -o "$arch" = 'none' ]; then
+				ARCHS="$(getarchitectures)"
+			else
+				ARCHS="$arch"
+			fi
+			for BUILDARCH in $ARCHS; do
+				local PPATH="aptarchive/dists/${RELEASE}/main/binary-${BUILDARCH}"
+				mkdir -p $PPATH
+				local FILE="${PPATH}/Packages"
+				echo "Package: $NAME
 Priority: $PRIORITY
 Section: other
 Installed-Size: 42
 Maintainer: Joe Sixpack <joe@example.org>" >> $FILE
-			test "$arch" = 'none' || echo "Architecture: $arch" >> $FILE
-			echo "Version: $VERSION
+				test "$arch" = 'none' || echo "Architecture: $arch" >> $FILE
+				echo "Version: $VERSION
 Filename: pool/main/${NAME}/${NAME}_${VERSION}_${arch}.deb" >> $FILE
-			test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> $FILE
-			echo "Description: $DESCRIPTION" >> $FILE
-			echo >> $FILE
+				test -z "$DEPENDENCIES" || echo "$DEPENDENCIES" >> $FILE
+				echo "Description: $(printf '%s' "$DESCRIPTION" | head -n 1)" >> $FILE
+				echo "Description-md5: $(printf '%s' "$DESCRIPTION" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f 1)" >> $FILE
+				echo >> $FILE
+			done
 		done
+		mkdir -p aptarchive/dists/${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
 }
 
@@ -657,19 +860,25 @@ 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
 	echo "Files:
- d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e 0 ${NAME}_${VERSION}.dsc
- d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e 0 ${NAME}_${VERSION}.tar.gz
+ $(echo -n "$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
 }
 
@@ -715,7 +924,7 @@ buildaptarchivefromincoming() {
 	[ -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 "$@"
@@ -723,7 +932,9 @@ buildaptarchivefromincoming() {
 
 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
+	local DIR='aptarchive'
+	if [ -d "${DIR}/dists" ]; then DIR="${DIR}/dists"; fi
+	find "$DIR" -name 'Packages' -o -name 'Sources' -o -name 'Translation-*' | while read line; do
 		msgninfo "\t${line} file… "
 		compressfile "$line" "$1"
 		msgdone "info"
@@ -755,6 +966,7 @@ getcodenamefromsuite() {
 }
 getreleaseversionfromsuite() { true; }
 getlabelfromsuite() { true; }
+getoriginfromsuite() { true; }
 
 generatereleasefiles() {
 	# $1 is the Date header and $2 is the ValidUntil header to be set
@@ -766,16 +978,21 @@ generatereleasefiles() {
 			local CODENAME="$(getcodenamefromsuite $SUITE)"
 			local VERSION="$(getreleaseversionfromsuite $SUITE)"
 			local LABEL="$(getlabelfromsuite $SUITE)"
+			local ORIGIN="$(getoriginfromsuite $SUITE)"
 			if [ -n "$VERSION" ]; then
 				VERSION="-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Version=${VERSION}"
 			fi
 			if [ -n "$LABEL" ]; then
 				LABEL="-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Label=${LABEL}"
 			fi
+			if [ -n "$ORIGIN" ]; then
+				ORIGIN="-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin=${ORIGIN}"
+			fi
 			aptftparchive -qq release $dir \
 				-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Suite="${SUITE}" \
 				-o APT::FTPArchive::Release::Codename="${CODENAME}" \
 				${LABEL} \
+				${ORIGIN} \
 				${VERSION} \
 					| sed -e '/0 Release$/ d' > $dir/Release # remove the self reference
 			if [ "$SUITE" = "experimental" -o "$SUITE" = "experimental2" ]; then
@@ -844,7 +1061,7 @@ setupaptarchive() {
 	else
 		setupflataptarchive
 	fi
-	signreleasefiles 'Joe Sixpack' "$@"
+	signreleasefiles 'Joe Sixpack'
 	if [ "1" != "$NOUPDATE" ]; then
 		testsuccess aptget update -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker=true -o Debug::Acquire::gpgv=true
 	fi
@@ -852,6 +1069,7 @@ setupaptarchive() {
 
 signreleasefiles() {
 	local SIGNER="${1:-Joe Sixpack}"
+	local REPODIR="${2:-aptarchive}"
 	local KEY="keys/$(echo "$SIGNER" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' | sed 's# ##g')"
 	local GPG="aptkey --quiet --keyring ${KEY}.pub --secret-keyring ${KEY}.sec --readonly adv --batch --yes"
 	msgninfo "\tSign archive with $SIGNER key $KEY… "
@@ -878,7 +1096,7 @@ signreleasefiles() {
 			cp ${REXKEY}.pub $PUBUNEXPIRED
 		fi
 	fi
-	for RELEASE in $(find aptarchive/ -name Release); do
+	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
@@ -892,24 +1110,47 @@ signreleasefiles() {
 	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" $release
+	done
+	signreleasefiles "${2:-Joe Sixpack}"
+}
+
 webserverconfig() {
-	msgtest "Set webserver config option '${1}' to" "$2"
+	local WEBSERVER="${3:-http://localhost:8080}"
+	local NOCHECK=false
+	if [ "$1" = '--no-check' ]; then
+		NOCHECK=true
+		shift
+	fi
 	local DOWNLOG='rootdir/tmp/download-testfile.log'
-	local STATUS='rootdir/tmp/webserverconfig.status'
+	local STATUS='downloaded/webserverconfig.status'
 	rm -f "$STATUS" "$DOWNLOG"
-	if downloadfile "http://localhost:8080/_config/set/${1}/${2}" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG"; then
+	local URI
+	if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+		msgtest "Set webserver config option '${1}' to" "$2"
+		URI="${WEBSERVER}/_config/set/${1}/${2}"
+	else
+		msgtest 'Clear webserver config option' "${1}"
+		URI="${WEBSERVER}/_config/clear/${1}"
+	fi
+	if downloadfile "$URI" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG"; then
 		msgpass
 	else
-		cat "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS"
-		msgfail
+		local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/webserverconfig.output"
+		cat "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+		msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
 	fi
-	testwebserverlaststatuscode '200'
+	$NOCHECK || testwebserverlaststatuscode '200'
 }
 
 rewritesourceslist() {
 	local APTARCHIVE="file://$(readlink -f "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive")"
 	for LIST in $(find rootdir/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ -name 'apt-test-*.list'); do
-		sed -i $LIST -e "s#$APTARCHIVE#${1}#" -e "s#http://localhost:8080/#${1}#" -e "s#http://localhost:4433/#${1}#"
+		sed -i $LIST -e "s#$APTARCHIVE#${1}#" -e "s#http://localhost:8080/#${1}#" -e "s#https://localhost:4433/#${1}#"
 	done
 }
 
@@ -960,7 +1201,7 @@ changetohttpswebserver() {
 		changetowebserver --no-rewrite "$@"
 	fi
 	echo "pid = ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/aptarchive/stunnel.pid
-cert = ${TESTDIRECTORY}/apt.pem
+cert = ${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/etc/webserver.pem
 output = /dev/null
 
 [https]
@@ -996,15 +1237,17 @@ acquire::cdrom::autodetect 0;" > rootdir/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00cdrom
 	mv "${CD}" "${CD}-unmounted"
 	# we don't want the disk to be modifiable
 	addtrap 'prefix' "chmod -f -R +w $PWD/rootdir/media/cdrom/dists/ $PWD/rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists/ || true;"
-	chmod -R -w rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists
+	chmod -R 555 rootdir/media/cdrom-unmounted/dists
 }
 
 downloadfile() {
-	local PROTO="$(echo "$1" | cut -d':' -f 1 )"
-	apthelper -o Debug::Acquire::${PROTO}=1 \
-		download-file "$1" "$2" 2>&1 || true
+	local PROTO="${1%%:*}"
+	if ! apthelper -o Debug::Acquire::${PROTO}=1 -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker=1 \
+		download-file "$1" "$2" "$3" 2>&1 ; then
+		return 1
+	fi
 	# only if the file exists the download was successful
-	if [ -e "$2" ]; then
+	if [ -r "$2" ]; then
 		return 0
 	else
 		return 1
@@ -1012,7 +1255,7 @@ downloadfile() {
 }
 
 checkdiff() {
-	local DIFFTEXT="$(command diff -u "$@" | sed -e '/^---/ d' -e '/^+++/ d' -e '/^@@/ d')"
+	local DIFFTEXT="$(command diff -u "$@" 2>&1 | sed -e '/^---/ d' -e '/^+++/ d' -e '/^@@/ d')"
 	if [ -n "$DIFFTEXT" ]; then
 		echo >&2
 		echo >&2 "$DIFFTEXT"
@@ -1022,29 +1265,55 @@ checkdiff() {
 	fi
 }
 
+testoutputequal() {
+	local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testoutputequal.output"
+	local COMPAREFILE="$1"
+	shift
+	if "$@" 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1; then
+		msgpass
+	else
+		echo "=== content of file we compared with (${COMPAREFILE}) ===" >>"${OUTPUT}"
+		cat "$COMPAREFILE" >>"${OUTPUT}"
+		msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT" "$@"
+	fi
+}
+
 testfileequal() {
+	msggroup 'testfileequal'
+	local MSG='Test for correctness of file'
+	if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
+		MSG=''
+		shift
+	fi
 	local FILE="$1"
 	shift
-	msgtest "Test for correctness of file" "$FILE"
+	if [ -n "$MSG" ]; then
+		msgtest "$MSG" "$FILE"
+	fi
+	local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfileequal.output"
 	if [ -z "$*" ]; then
-		echo -n "" | checkdiff $FILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+		testoutputequal "$FILE" echo -n ''
 	else
-		echo "$*" | checkdiff $FILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+		testoutputequal "$FILE" echo "$*"
 	fi
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testempty() {
+	msggroup 'testempty'
 	msgtest "Test for no output of" "$*"
 	local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testempty.comparefile"
-	if $* >$COMPAREFILE 2>&1 && test ! -s $COMPAREFILE; then
+	if ("$@" >$COMPAREFILE 2>&1 || true) && test ! -s $COMPAREFILE; then
 		msgpass
 	else
-		cat $COMPAREFILE
-		msgfail
+		msgfailoutput '' "$COMPAREFILE" "$@"
 	fi
+	aptautotest 'testempty' "$@"
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testequal() {
+	msggroup 'testequal'
 	local MSG='Test of equality of'
 	if [ "$1" = '--nomsg' ]; then
 		MSG=''
@@ -1058,10 +1327,13 @@ testequal() {
 	if [ -n "$MSG" ]; then
 		msgtest "$MSG" "$*"
 	fi
-	$* 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+	testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" "$@"
+	aptautotest 'testequal' "$@"
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testequalor2() {
+	msggroup 'testequalor2'
 	local COMPAREFILE1="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.comparefile1"
 	local COMPAREFILE2="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.comparefile2"
 	local COMPAREAGAINST="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequalor2.compareagainst"
@@ -1069,21 +1341,25 @@ testequalor2() {
 	echo "$2" > $COMPAREFILE2
 	shift 2
 	msgtest "Test for equality OR of" "$*"
-	$* >$COMPAREAGAINST 2>&1 || true
+	"$@" >$COMPAREAGAINST 2>&1 || true
 	if checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
 		checkdiff $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST >/dev/null 2>&1
 	then
 		msgpass
 	else
-		echo -n "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 1${CNORMAL}"
-		checkdiff $COMPAREFILE1 $COMPAREAGAINST || true
-		echo -n "${CINFO}Diff against OR 2${CNORMAL}"
-		checkdiff $COMPAREFILE2 $COMPAREAGAINST || true
-		msgfail
+		local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testequal.output"
+		echo -n "\n${CINFO}Diff against OR 1${CNORMAL}" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+		checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE1" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+		echo -n "${CINFO}Diff against OR 2${CNORMAL}" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+		checkdiff "$COMPAREFILE2" "$COMPAREAGAINST" >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1 || true
+		msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
 	fi
+	aptautotest 'testequalor2' "$@"
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testshowvirtual() {
+	msggroup 'testshowvirtual'
 	local VIRTUAL="N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it is purely virtual"
 	local PACKAGE="$1"
 	shift
@@ -1098,47 +1374,58 @@ N: Can't select versions from package '$1' as it is purely virtual"
 N: No packages found"
 	local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testshowvirtual.comparefile"
 	local ARCH="$(getarchitecture 'native')"
-	echo "$VIRTUAL" | sed -e "s/:$ARCH//" -e 's/:all//' > $COMPAREFILE
-	aptcache show -q=0 $PACKAGE 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+	echo "$VIRTUAL" | sed -e "s/:$ARCH//" -e 's/:all//' >"$COMPAREFILE"
+	local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testshowvirtual.output"
+	testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" aptcache show -q=0 "$PACKAGE"
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testnopackage() {
+	msggroup 'testnopackage'
 	msgtest "Test for non-existent packages" "apt-cache show $*"
 	local SHOWPKG="$(aptcache show "$@" 2>&1 | grep '^Package: ')"
 	if [ -n "$SHOWPKG" ]; then
-		echo >&2
-		echo >&2 "$SHOWPKG"
-		msgfail
+		local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testnopackage.output"
+		echo "$SHOWPKG" >"$OUTPUT"
+		msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
 	else
 		msgpass
 	fi
+	msggroup
 }
 
-testdpkginstalled() {
-	msgtest "Test for correctly installed package(s) with" "dpkg -l $*"
-	local PKGS="$(dpkg -l "$@" 2>/dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
-	if [ "$PKGS" != $# ]; then
-		echo >&2 $PKGS
-		dpkg -l "$@" | grep '^[a-z]' >&2
-		msgfail
+testdpkgstatus() {
+	msggroup 'testdpkgstatus'
+	local STATE="$1"
+	local NR="$2"
+	shift 2
+	msgtest "Test that $NR package(s) are in state $STATE with" "dpkg -l $*"
+	local PKGS="$(dpkg -l "$@" 2>/dev/null | grep "^${STATE}" | wc -l)"
+	if [ "$PKGS" != $NR ]; then
+		local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testnopackage.output"
+		echo "$PKGS" >"$OUTPUT"
+		dpkg -l "$@" | grep '^[a-z]' >"$OUTPUT" >&2 || true
+		msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
 	else
 		msgpass
 	fi
+	msggroup
+}
+
+testdpkginstalled() {
+	msggroup 'testdpkginstalled'
+	testdpkgstatus 'ii' "$#" "$@"
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testdpkgnotinstalled() {
-	msgtest "Test for correctly not-installed package(s) with" "dpkg -l $*"
-	local PKGS="$(dpkg -l "$@" 2> /dev/null | grep '^i' | wc -l)"
-	if [ "$PKGS" != 0 ]; then
-		echo
-		dpkg -l "$@" | grep '^[a-z]' >&2
-		msgfail
-	else
-		msgpass
-	fi
+	msggroup 'testdpkgnotinstalled'
+	testdpkgstatus 'ii' '0' "$@"
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testmarkedauto() {
+	msggroup 'testmarkedauto'
 	local COMPAREFILE="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testmarkedauto.comparefile"
 	if [ -n "$1" ]; then
 		msgtest 'Test for correctly marked as auto-installed' "$*"
@@ -1147,73 +1434,246 @@ testmarkedauto() {
 		msgtest 'Test for correctly marked as auto-installed' 'no package'
 		echo -n > $COMPAREFILE
 	fi
-	aptmark showauto 2>&1 | checkdiff $COMPAREFILE - && msgpass || msgfail
+	testoutputequal "$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 -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"
 }
 
 testsuccess() {
+	msggroup '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
+	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 '^[WE]: ' "$OUTPUT" > "${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
+			else
+				msgpass
+			fi
+		else
+			msgpass
+		fi
 	else
-		echo >&2
-		cat >&2 $OUTPUT
-		msgfail
+		local EXITCODE=$?
+		msgfailoutput "exitcode $EXITCODE" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
 	fi
+	aptautotest 'testsuccess' "$@"
+	msggroup
+}
+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
-		echo >&2
-		cat >&2 $OUTPUT
-		msgfail
+	if "$@" >${OUTPUT} 2>&1; then
+		local EXITCODE=$?
+		msgfailoutput "exitcode $EXITCODE" "$OUTPUT" "$@"
 	else
-		msgpass
+		local EXITCODE=$?
+		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
 }
 
-testaccessrights() {
-	msgtest "Test that file $1 has access rights set to" "$2"
-	if [ "$2" = "$(stat --format '%a' "$1")" ]; then
+testreturnstateequal() {
+	local STATE="$1"
+	msggroup "${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
+	msggroup
+}
+testsuccessequal() {
+	testreturnstateequal 'testsuccess' "$@"
+}
+testwarningequal() {
+	testreturnstateequal 'testwarning' "$@"
+}
+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 '^\(W\|E\):' "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfailure.output" > "$COMPAREFILE" 2>&1 || true
+	testoutputequal "$COMPAREFILE" echo "$CMP"
+	msggroup
+}
+
+testfilestats() {
+	msggroup 'testfilestats'
+	msgtest "Test that file $1 has $2 $3" "$4"
+	if [ "$4" "$3" "$(stat --format "$2" "$1")" ]; then
 		msgpass
 	else
-		echo >&2
-		ls -l >&2 "$1"
-		echo -n >&2 "stat(1) reports access rights: "
-		stat --format '%a' "$1"
-		msgfail
+		local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testfilestats.output"
+		{
+			ls -ld "$1" || true
+			echo -n "stat(1) reports for $2: "
+			stat --format "$2" "$1" || true
+		} >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+		msgfailoutput '' "$OUTPUT"
 	fi
+	msggroup
+}
+testaccessrights() {
+	msggroup 'testaccessrights'
+	testfilestats "$1" '%a' '=' "$2"
+	msggroup
 }
 
 testwebserverlaststatuscode() {
+	msggroup 'testwebserverlaststatuscode'
 	local DOWNLOG='rootdir/tmp/webserverstatus-testfile.log'
-	local STATUS='rootdir/tmp/webserverstatus-statusfile.log'
+	local STATUS='downloaded/webserverstatus-statusfile.log'
 	rm -f "$DOWNLOG" "$STATUS"
 	msgtest 'Test last status code from the webserver was' "$1"
-	downloadfile "http://localhost:8080/_config/find/aptwebserver::last-status-code" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG"
-	if [ "$(cat "$STATUS")" = "$1" ]; then
+	if downloadfile "http://localhost:8080/_config/find/aptwebserver::last-status-code" "$STATUS" > "$DOWNLOG" && [ "$(cat "$STATUS")" = "$1" ]; then
 		msgpass
 	else
-		echo >&2
-		if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-			shift
-			echo >&2 '#### Additionally provided output files contain:'
-			cat >&2 "$@"
-		fi
-		echo >&2 '#### Download log of the status code:'
-		cat >&2 "$DOWNLOG"
-		msgfail "Status was $(cat "$STATUS")"
+		local OUTPUT="${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/tmp/testwebserverlaststatuscode.output"
+		{
+			if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+				shift
+				echo >&2 '#### Additionally provided output files contain:'
+				cat >&2 "$@"
+			fi
+			echo >&2 '#### Download log of the status code:'
+			cat >&2 "$DOWNLOG"
+		} >"$OUTPUT" 2>&1
+		msgfailoutput "Status was $(cat "$STATUS")" "$OUTPUT"
 	fi
+	msggroup
 }
 
 pause() {
@@ -1221,3 +1681,92 @@ 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
+	if [ "$*" = '-p rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists' ] || [ "$*" = "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists" ] ||
+	   [ "$*" = '-p rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/partial' ] || [ "$*" = "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/partial" ]; 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="$3"
+	local AUTOTEST="aptautotest_$(basename "$CMD" | tr -d '-')_$(echo "$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
+	for file in $(find "${TMPWORKINGDIRECTORY}/rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists" -type f ! -name 'lock'); do
+		testfilestats "$file" '%U:%G:%a' '=' "${TEST_DEFAULT_USER}:${TEST_DEFAULT_GROUP}:644"
+	done
+	if [ "$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 "$@"; }