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#!/bin/bash
ADMIN_DIR=/var/lib/dpkg
APT_SOURCES_DIR=/etc/apt/sources.list.d
APT_PKGDB_DIR=/var/lib/apt/lists
CHROOT_DIR=""
 
#based on https://github.com/s243a/woof-next/blob/e6590c1044adc0a182a9b299129ed707b7bd95d2/builders/deb-build.sh#L80
prepare_dirs() {
  for aDir in "$CHROOT_DIR" "$CHROOT_DIR$APT_SOURCES_DIR" "$CHROOT_DIR$APT_PKGDB_DIR"; do
    [ ! -z "`which realpath`" ] && aDir=$(realpath -m "$aDir")
    mkdir -p "$aDir"
  done
  ! [ -e $CHROOT_DIR$ADMIN_DIR/status ]    && echo > $CHROOT_DIR$ADMIN_DIR/status
  ! [ -e $CHROOT_DIR$ADMIN_DIR/available ] && echo > $CHROOT_DIR$ADMIN_DIR/available
}
 
#based on https://github.com/s243a/woof-next/blob/e6590c1044adc0a182a9b299129ed707b7bd95d2/builders/deb-build.sh#L457
function update_pkg_status(){
#Probably better just to call remove_pkg_status instead of processing args. 
#while [ ! -z $1 ];
#  case $1 in
#    --status=*)
#    shift 
#    ;;
#  *)
#    break
#    ;;
#  esac
    {
echo \
"Package: $1
Status: install ok installed
Priority: $2
Section:  $3
Maintainer: unspecified
Architecture: $ARCH
Version: $4"
[ "${5%,}" ] && echo "Depends: ${5%,}" 
echo "Description: $1 installed by deb-build.sh
"
    } >> "$CHROOT_DIR$ADMIN_DIR/status"
 
}
 
#based on https://pastebin.com/cRcR6yE2
  AWK_PRG=$(cat <<EOF
  function dep_fix(str,     a,k1,p1,p2,out,seps){
      split(str,a,",")
      out = ""
      #print "str=" str
      for (k1 in a){
          p1=a[k1]
          #print "a[ " k1 "]=" a[k1]
          gsub(/^+/,"",p1)
          split(p1,p2,/\&../,seps) # +libqpdf21&gt8.4 > p2[1]="+libqpdf21" seps[1]="&gt" p2[2]="8.4", 
          #print "p2[0]=" p2[0]
          #print "p2[1]=" p2[1]
          #print "p2[2]=" p2[2]
          #print "seps[1]=" seps[1]
          switch (seps[1]) {  
          case "&gt":
            out = out ", " p2[1] " (>" p2[2] ")"
            break 
          case "&ge":
            out = out ", " p2[1] " (>=" p2[2] ")"
            break 
          case "&lt":
            out = out ", " p2[1] " (<" p2[2] ")"
            break 
          case "&le":
            out = out "," p2[1] " (<=" p2[2] ")"
            break 
          case "&eq":
            out = out ", " p2[1] " (=" p2[2] ")"
            break 
          default:
            out = out ", " p2[1]
            break 
         }
         gsub(/^, /,"",out)
         
     }
     return out
  }
  BEGIN{FS="|"}
  {
     PACKAGE=\$2
     print "Package: " PACKAGE
     VERSION = \$3
     #TODO make PACKAGE regular expression safe
     gsub(/[+]/,"\\\\+",PACKAGE)
     gsub(PACKAGE,"",VERSION)
     gsub(/^_/,"",VERSION)
     gsub(/_[^_]*$/,"",VERSION)
     print "Version: " VERSION
     ARCH = \$1
     gsub(/.*_/,"",ARCH)
     if ( ARCH == "i386" ){
       print "Architecture: " ARCH
     } else if (  ARCH = noarch ){
       print "Architecture: noarch"
     }
     #TODO Architecture: \$1 but trimmed after last _ check that it is like i386
     print "Maintainer: unspecified"
     DEPS = \$9
     DEPS = dep_fix(DEPS)
     if (length(DEPS)>0){
       print "Depends: " DEPS
     }
     print "Priority: " PRIORITY 
     print "Section: " \$5
     print ""
    }
EOF
)
#echo "$AWK_PRG"
function append_statuses(){
  for aFile in "$@"; do
    aFile=$(realpath -m $aFile)
    if [[ aFile = */woof-installed-packages ]]; then
      PRIORITY=required
      ESSENTIAL=yes
    else
      PRIORITY=optional
      ESSENTIAL=no    
    fi
    cat "$aFile" | awk --assign PRIORITY="$PRIORITY" "$AWK_PRG"  >> "$CHROOT_DIR$ADMIN_DIR/status" 
  done
    
}
mv $CHROOT_DIR$ADMIN_DIR/status $CHROOT_DIR$ADMIN_DIR/status_back$$
prepare_dirs
append_statuses /var/packages/woof-installed-packages /var/packages/user-installed-packages 
#TODO symlink file lists