[pacman-dev] [PATCH] New feature: files verification

[Xavier]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Dan McGee<dan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> This implements FS#13877. Add a new option "-Qk" which checks if all of the
> files for a given package (or packages) are really on the system (i.e. not
> accidentally deleted). This can be combined with filters and other display
> options. It also respects both the --quiet and --verbose flags to give
> varying levels of output.
>
> Based on the original patch by Charly Coste <changaco at laposte.net>, thanks
> for your work!
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan at archlinux.org>
> ---
>
> Some additional notes and example output:
>
> dmcgee at galway ~/projects/pacman (master)
> $ ./src/pacman/pacman -Qkq
> wpa_supplicant /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> dmcgee at galway ~/projects/pacman (master)
> $ ./src/pacman/pacman -Qk
> wpa_supplicant: missing /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf (No such file or directory)
> wpa_supplicant: 22 total, 1 missing file(s)
>
> $ ./src/pacman/pacman -Qkmv
> Root      : /
> Conf File : /etc/pacman.conf
> DB Path   : /var/lib/pacman/
> Cache Dirs: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/  /home/makepkg/packages/
> Lock File : /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
> Log File  : /var/log/pacman.log
> Targets   : None
> bjfilter: 5 total, 0 missing file(s)
> clearlooks: 51 total, 0 missing file(s)
> ebtables: 37 total, 0 missing file(s)
> icc: 1729 total, 0 missing file(s)
> intel-compilers-common: 104 total, 0 missing file(s)
> jre_beta: 825 total, 0 missing file(s)
> kcachegrind: 60 total, 0 missing file(s)
> libcnbj: 36 total, 0 missing file(s)
> metasploit3: 16330 total, 0 missing file(s)
> mixxx: 2072 total, 0 missing file(s)
> munin-node: 159 total, 0 missing file(s)
> picasa-beta: 1133 total, 0 missing file(s)
> pstocanonbj: 24 total, 0 missing file(s)
> python-markdown: 65 total, 0 missing file(s)
> rng-tools: 15 total, 0 missing file(s)
> tkinfo: 9 total, 0 missing file(s)
> weka: 11 total, 0 missing file(s)
>
> OK, that last one looks a bit silly with the paths at the top, doesn't it. Any
> ideas? I'd be fine with showing the 0 errors lines all the time, it would just
> require some grep foo for people to screen those out. That way, you can do
> things like this (note that the output is slightly edited from what this patch
> will produce, it is showing the output even with 0 missing files):
>
> '''''
> $ ./src/pacman/pacman -Qiik pacman-git
> Name           : pacman-git
> Version        : 20090715-1
> URL            : http://www.archlinux.org/pacman/
> Licenses       : GPL
> Groups         : None
> Provides       : pacman=3.2.2
> Depends On     : gcc-libs  bash  libarchive>=2.6.0  libfetch
>                 pacman-mirrorlist
> Optional Deps  : fakeroot: for makepkg usage as normal user
>                 python: for rankmirrors script usage
> Required By    : pacman-contrib  pkgstats
> Conflicts With : pacman
> Replaces       : None
> Installed Size : 2036.00 K
> Packager       : Dan McGee <dan at archlinux.org>
> Architecture   : x86_64
> Build Date     : Wed 15 Jul 2009 09:15:00 PM CDT
> Install Date   : Wed 15 Jul 2009 11:40:07 PM CDT
> Install Reason : Explicitly installed
> Install Script : No
> Description    : A library-based package manager with dependency support
> Backup Files:
> MODIFIED        /etc/pacman.conf
> MODIFIED        /etc/makepkg.conf
>
> pacman-git: 114 total, 0 missing file(s)
> '''''
>
> -Dan
>

Indeed, this is much better without the progressbar, I didn't like
either that we couldn't use display :)

But I am not sure about the --verbose output. This would be the only
option affected by verbose, which is currently only used to display
the paths. But well, maybe it is fine.