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

[Allan McRae]

On 8/5/19 5:15 pm, ekarndam at autistici.org wrote:
> 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
>  

Everything is still --dont-downgrade.  Not --prevent-downgrade.

>  # 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")
>  			;;
>