[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Added flag --prevent-downgrade to repo-add to prevent adding packages to a database if a newer one is already present.

[ekarndam at autistici.org]

From: ekardnam <lucabertozzi.pub at gmail.com>

Reference bug in the bug tracker is at #FS17752

Signed-off-by: Luca Bertozzi <ekarndam at autistici.org>
---
 scripts/repo-add.sh.in | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
index 57413df5..f8748f08 100644
--- a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ REPO_DB_SUFFIX=
 LOCKFILE=
 CLEAN_LOCK=0
 USE_COLOR='y'
+DONT_DOWNGRADE=0
 
 # Import libmakepkg
 source "$LIBRARY"/util/message.sh
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ Multiple packages to add can be specified on the command line.\n")"
 		printf -- "$(gettext "Options:\n")"
 		printf -- "$(gettext "  -n, --new         only add packages that are not already in the database\n")"
 		printf -- "$(gettext "  -R, --remove      remove old package file from disk after updating database\n")"
+		printf -- "$(gettext "  --dont-downgrade  do not add package to database if a newer version is already present\n")"
 	elif [[ $cmd == "repo-remove" ]] ; then
 		printf -- "$(gettext "Usage: repo-remove [options] <path-to-db> <packagename> ...\n")"
 		printf -- "\n"
@@ -248,9 +250,17 @@ db_write_entry() {
 			return 0
 		fi
 	else
-		if (( RMEXISTING )); then
-			pkgentry=$(find_pkgentry "$pkgname")
-			if [[ -n $pkgentry ]]; then
+		pkgentry=$(find_pkgentry "$pkgname")
+		if [[ -n $pkgentry ]]; then
+			
+			local version=$(sed -n '/^%VERSION%$/ {n;p;q}' "$pkgentry/desc")
+			if (( "$(vercmp $version $pkgver)" > "0" )); then
+				warning "$(gettext "A newer version for '%s' is already present in database")" "$pkgname"
+				if (( DONT_DOWNGRADE )); then
+					return 0
+				fi
+			fi
+			if (( RMEXISTING )); then
 				local oldfilename="$(sed -n '/^%FILENAME%$/ {n;p;q;}' "$pkgentry/desc")"
 				local oldfile="$(dirname "$1")/$oldfilename"
 			fi
@@ -618,6 +628,9 @@ while (( $# )); do
 		-v|--verify)
 			VERIFY=1
 			;;
+		--dont-downgrade)
+			DONT_DOWNGRADE=1
+			;;
 		*)
 			args+=("$1")
 			;;
-- 
2.21.0