path: root/src/main.c

/*
 * dpkg - main program for package management
 * main.c - main program
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1994,1995 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
 *
 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2,
 * or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
 * License along with dpkg; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 */
#include <config.h>

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

#include <dpkg.h>
#include <dpkg-db.h>
#include <myopt.h>

#include "main.h"

static void printversion(void) {
  if (printf(_("Debian `%s' package management program version %s.\n"),
	     DPKG, DPKG_VERSION_ARCH) < 0) werr("stdout");
  if (printf(_("This is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2 or\n"
	       "later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.\n"
	       "See %s --license for copyright and license details.\n"),
	     DPKG) < 0) werr("stdout");
}
/*
   options that need fixing:
  dpkg --yet-to-unpack                 \n\
  */
static void usage(void) {
  if (fprintf (stdout, _(
"Usage: %s [<option> ...] <command>\n"
"\n"
"Commands:\n"
"  -i|--install       <.deb file name> ... | -R|--recursive <dir> ...\n"
"  --unpack           <.deb file name> ... | -R|--recursive <dir> ...\n"
"  -A|--record-avail  <.deb file name> ... | -R|--recursive <dir> ...\n"
"  --configure        <package-name> ... | -a|--pending\n"
"  -r|--remove        <package-name> ... | -a|--pending\n"
"  -P|--purge         <package-name> ... | -a|--pending\n"
"  --get-selections [<pattern> ...]     Get list of selections to stdout.\n"
"  --set-selections                     Set package selections from stdin.\n"
"  --clear-selections                   Deselect every non-essential package.\n"
"  --update-avail <Packages-file>       Replace available packages info.\n"
"  --merge-avail <Packages-file>        Merge with info from file.\n"
"  --clear-avail                        Erase existing available info.\n"
"  --forget-old-unavail                 Forget uninstalled unavailable pkgs.\n"
"  -s|--status <package-name> ...       Display package status details.\n"
"  -p|--print-avail <package-name> ...  Display available version details.\n"
"  -L|--listfiles <package-name> ...    List files `owned' by package(s).\n"
"  -l|--list [<pattern> ...]            List packages concisely.\n"
"  -S|--search <pattern> ...            Find package(s) owning file(s).\n"
"  -C|--audit                           Check for broken package(s).\n"
"  --print-architecture                 Print dpkg architecture.\n"
"  --compare-versions <a> <rel> <b>     Compare version numbers - see below.\n"
"  --help                               Show this help message.\n"
"  --version                            Show the version.\n"
"  --force-help | -Dh|--debug=help      Help on forcing resp. debugging.\n"
"  --license | --licence                Print copyright licensing terms.\n"
"\n"
"Use dpkg -b|--build|-c|--contents|-e|--control|-I|--info|-f|--field|\n"
" -x|--extract|-X|--vextract|--fsys-tarfile  on archives (type %s --help).\n"
"\n"
"For internal use: dpkg --assert-support-predepends | --predep-package |\n"
"  --assert-working-epoch | --assert-long-filenames | --assert-multi-conrep.\n"
"\n"
"Options:\n"
"  --admindir=<directory>     Use <directory> instead of %s.\n"
"  --root=<directory>         Install on alternative system rooted elsewhere.\n"
"  --instdir=<directory>      Change inst'n root without changing admin dir.\n"
"  -O|--selected-only         Skip packages not selected for install/upgrade.\n"
"  -E|--skip-same-version     Skip packages whose same version is installed.\n"
"  -G|--refuse-downgrade      Skip packages with earlier version than installed.\n"
"  -B|--auto-deconfigure      Install even if it would break some other package.\n"
"  --no-debsig                Do not try to verify package signatures.\n"
"  --no-act|--dry-run|--simulate\n"
"                             Just say what we would do - don't do it.\n"
"  -D|--debug=<octal>         Enable debugging - see -Dhelp or --debug=help.\n"
"  --status-fd <n>            Send status change updates to file descriptor <n>.\n"
"  --log=<filename>           Log status changes and actions to <filename>.\n"
"  --ignore-depends=<package>,... Ignore dependencies involving <package>.\n"
"  --force-...                    Override problems - see --force-help.\n"
"  --no-force-...|--refuse-...    Stop when problems encountered.\n"
"  --abort-after <n>              Abort after encountering <n> errors.\n"
"\n"
"Comparison operators for --compare-versions are:\n"
"  lt le eq ne ge gt       (treat empty version as earlier than any version);\n"
"  lt-nl le-nl ge-nl gt-nl (treat empty version as later than any version);\n"
"  < << <= = >= >> >       (only for compatibility with control file syntax).\n"
"\n"
"Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management.\n"),
	    DPKG, BACKEND, ADMINDIR) < 0) werr ("stdout");
}

const char thisname[]= "dpkg";
const char architecture[]= ARCHITECTURE;
const char printforhelp[]= N_(
"Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];\n"
"Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;\n"
"Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;\n"
"Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;\n"
"Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;\n"
"Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].\n"
"\n"
"Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !");

const struct cmdinfo *cipaction= 0;
int f_pending=0, f_recursive=0, f_alsoselect=1, f_skipsame=0, f_noact=0;
int f_autodeconf=0, f_nodebsig=0;
unsigned long f_debug=0;
/* Change fc_overwrite to 1 to enable force-overwrite by default */
int fc_downgrade=1, fc_configureany=0, fc_hold=0, fc_removereinstreq=0, fc_overwrite=0;
int fc_removeessential=0, fc_conflicts=0, fc_depends=0, fc_dependsversion=0;
int fc_badpath=0, fc_overwritediverted=0, fc_architecture=0;
int fc_nonroot=0, fc_overwritedir=0, fc_conff_new=0, fc_conff_miss=0;
int fc_conff_old=0, fc_conff_def=0;
int fc_badverify = 0;

int errabort = 50;
const char *admindir= ADMINDIR;
const char *instdir= "";
struct packageinlist *ignoredependss=0;

static const struct forceinfo {
  const char *name;
  int *opt;
} forceinfos[]= {
  { "downgrade",           &fc_downgrade                },
  { "configure-any",       &fc_configureany             },
  { "hold",                &fc_hold                     },
  { "remove-reinstreq",    &fc_removereinstreq          },
  { "remove-essential",    &fc_removeessential          },
  { "conflicts",           &fc_conflicts                },
  { "confnew",             &fc_conff_new                },
  { "confold",             &fc_conff_old                },
  { "confdef",             &fc_conff_def                },
  { "confmiss",            &fc_conff_miss               },
  { "depends",             &fc_depends                  },
  { "depends-version",     &fc_dependsversion           },
  { "bad-path",            &fc_badpath                  },
  { "not-root",            &fc_nonroot                  },
  { "overwrite",           &fc_overwrite                },
  { "overwrite-diverted",  &fc_overwritediverted        },
  { "overwrite-dir",       &fc_overwritedir             },
  { "architecture",        &fc_architecture             },
  { "bad-verify",          &fc_badverify                },
  /* FIXME: obsolete options, remove in the future. */
  { "auto-select",         NULL                         },
  {  0                                                  }
};

static void helponly(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char *value) NONRETURNING;
static void helponly(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char *value) {
  usage(); exit(0);
}
static void versiononly(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char *value) NONRETURNING;
static void versiononly(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char *value) {
  printversion(); exit(0);
}

static void setaction(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char *value) {
  if (cipaction)
    badusage(_("conflicting actions --%s and --%s"),cip->olong,cipaction->olong);
  cipaction= cip;
}

static void setobsolete(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char *value) {
  fprintf(stderr, _("Warning: obsolete option `--%s'\n"),cip->olong);
}

static void setdebug(const struct cmdinfo *cpi, const char *value) {
  char *endp;

  if (*value == 'h') {
    if (printf(_(
"%s debugging option, --debug=<octal> or -D<octal>:\n"
"\n"
" number  ref. in source   description\n"
"      1   general           Generally helpful progress information\n"
"      2   scripts           Invocation and status of maintainer scripts\n"
"     10   eachfile          Output for each file processed\n"
"    100   eachfiledetail    Lots of output for each file processed\n"
"     20   conff             Output for each configuration file\n"
"    200   conffdetail       Lots of output for each configuration file\n"
"     40   depcon            Dependencies and conflicts\n"
"    400   depcondetail      Lots of dependencies/conflicts output\n"
"   1000   veryverbose       Lots of drivel about eg the dpkg/info directory\n"
"   2000   stupidlyverbose   Insane amounts of drivel\n"
"\n"
"Debugging options are be mixed using bitwise-or.\n"
"Note that the meanings and values are subject to change.\n"),
             DPKG) < 0) werr("stdout");
    exit(0);
  }
  
  f_debug= strtoul(value,&endp,8);
  if (*endp) badusage(_("--debug requires an octal argument"));
}

static void setroot(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char *value) {
  char *p;
  instdir= value;
  p= m_malloc(strlen(value) + sizeof(ADMINDIR));
  strcpy(p,value);
  strcat(p,ADMINDIR);
  admindir= p;
}

static void ignoredepends(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char *value) {
  char *copy, *p;
  const char *pnerr;
  struct packageinlist *ni;

  copy= m_malloc(strlen(value)+2);
  strcpy(copy,value);
  copy[strlen(value)+1]= 0;
  for (p=copy; *p; p++) {
    if (*p != ',') continue;
    *p++= 0;
    if (!*p || *p==',' || p==copy+1)
      badusage(_("null package name in --ignore-depends comma-separated list `%.250s'"),
               value);
  }
  p= copy;
  while (*p) {
    pnerr= illegal_packagename(value,0);
    if (pnerr) ohshite(_("--ignore-depends requires a legal package name. "
                       "`%.250s' is not; %s"), value, pnerr);
    ni= m_malloc(sizeof(struct packageinlist));
    ni->pkg= findpackage(value);
    ni->next= ignoredependss;
    ignoredependss= ni;
    p+= strlen(p)+1;
  }
}

static void setinteger(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char *value) {
  unsigned long v;
  char *ep;

  v= strtoul(value,&ep,0);
  if (*ep || v > INT_MAX)
    badusage(_("invalid integer for --%s: `%.250s'"),cip->olong,value);
  *cip->iassignto= v;
}

static void setpipe(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char *value) {
  static struct pipef **lastpipe;
  unsigned long v;
  char *ep;

  v= strtoul(value,&ep,0);
  if (*ep || v > INT_MAX)
    badusage(_("invalid integer for --%s: `%.250s'"),cip->olong,value);

  lastpipe= cip->parg;
  if (*lastpipe) {
    (*lastpipe)->next= nfmalloc(sizeof(struct pipef));
    *lastpipe= (*lastpipe)->next;
  } else {
    *lastpipe= nfmalloc(sizeof(struct pipef));
  }
  (*lastpipe)->fd= v;
  (*lastpipe)->next= NULL;
}

static void setforce(const struct cmdinfo *cip, const char *value) {
  const char *comma;
  size_t l;
  const struct forceinfo *fip;

  if (!strcmp(value,"help")) {
    if (printf(_(
"%s forcing options - control behaviour when problems found:\n"
"  warn but continue:  --force-<thing>,<thing>,...\n"
"  stop with error:    --refuse-<thing>,<thing>,... | --no-force-<thing>,...\n"
" Forcing things:\n"
"  all [!]                Set all force options\n"
"  downgrade [*]          Replace a package with a lower version\n"
"  configure-any          Configure any package which may help this one\n"
"  hold                   Process incidental packages even when on hold\n"
"  bad-path               PATH is missing important programs, problems likely\n"
"  not-root               Try to (de)install things even when not root\n"
"  overwrite              Overwrite a file from one package with another\n"
"  overwrite-diverted     Overwrite a diverted file with an undiverted version\n"
"  bad-verify             Install a package even if it fails authenticity check\n"
"  depends-version [!]    Turn dependency version problems into warnings\n"
"  depends [!]            Turn all dependency problems into warnings\n"
"  confnew [!]            Always use the new config files, don't prompt\n"
"  confold [!]            Always use the old config files, don't prompt\n"
"  confdef [!]            Use the default option for new config files if one\n"
"                         is available, don't prompt. If no default can be found,\n"
"                         you will be prompted unless one of the confold or\n"
"                         confnew options is also given\n"
"  confmiss [!]           Always install missing config files\n"
"  conflicts [!]          Allow installation of conflicting packages\n"
"  architecture [!]       Process even packages with wrong architecture\n"
"  overwrite-dir [!]      Overwrite one package's directory with another's file\n"
"  remove-reinstreq [!]   Remove packages which require installation\n"
"  remove-essential [!]   Remove an essential package\n"
"\n"
"WARNING - use of options marked [!] can seriously damage your installation.\n"
"Forcing options marked [*] are enabled by default.\n"),
               DPKG) < 0) werr("stdout");
    exit(0);
  }

  for (;;) {
    comma= strchr(value,',');
    l= comma ? (int)(comma-value) : strlen(value);
    for (fip=forceinfos; fip->name; fip++)
      if (!strncmp(fip->name,value,l) && strlen(fip->name)==l) break;
    if (!fip->name) {
      if (strncmp("all", value, l) == 0) {
	for (fip=forceinfos; fip->name; fip++)
	  if (fip->opt)
	    *fip->opt= cip->arg;
      } else
	badusage(_("unknown force/refuse option `%.*s'"), l<250 ? (int)l : 250, value);
    } else {
      if (fip->opt)
	*fip->opt= cip->arg;
      else
	fprintf(stderr, _("Warning: obsolete force/refuse option `%s'\n"),
		fip->name);
    }
    if (!comma) break;
    value= ++comma;
  }
}

extern const char *log_file;

static const char okpassshortopts[]= "D";

void execbackend(const char *const *argv) NONRETURNING;
void commandfd(const char *const *argv);
static const struct cmdinfo cmdinfos[]= {
  /* This table has both the action entries in it and the normal options.
   * The action entries are made with the ACTION macro, as they all
   * have a very similar structure.
   */
#define ACTION(longopt,shortopt,code,function) \
 { longopt, shortopt, 0,0,0, setaction, code, 0, (voidfnp)function }
#define OBSOLETE(longopt,shortopt) \
 { longopt, shortopt, 0,0,0, setobsolete, 0, 0, 0 }
#define ACTIONBACKEND(longopt,shortop, backend) \
 { longopt, shortop, 0,0,0, setaction, 0, (void*)backend, (voidfnp)execbackend }

  ACTION( "install",                        'i', act_install,              archivefiles    ),
  ACTION( "unpack",                          0,  act_unpack,               archivefiles    ),
  ACTION( "record-avail",                   'A', act_avail,                archivefiles    ),
  ACTION( "configure",                       0,  act_configure,            packages        ),
  ACTION( "remove",                         'r', act_remove,               packages        ),
  ACTION( "purge",                          'P', act_purge,                packages        ),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "listfiles",               'L', DPKGQUERY),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "status",                  's', DPKGQUERY),
  ACTION( "get-selections",                  0,  act_getselections,        getselections   ),
  ACTION( "set-selections",                  0,  act_setselections,        setselections   ),
  ACTION( "clear-selections",                0,  act_clearselections,      clearselections ),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "print-avail",             'p', DPKGQUERY),
  ACTION( "update-avail",                    0,  act_avreplace,            updateavailable ),
  ACTION( "merge-avail",                     0,  act_avmerge,              updateavailable ),
  ACTION( "clear-avail",                     0,  act_avclear,              updateavailable ),
  ACTION( "forget-old-unavail",              0,  act_forgetold,            forgetold       ),
  ACTION( "audit",                          'C', act_audit,                audit           ),
  ACTION( "yet-to-unpack",                   0,  act_unpackchk,            unpackchk       ),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "list",                    'l', DPKGQUERY),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "search",                  'S', DPKGQUERY),
  ACTION( "assert-support-predepends",       0,  act_assertpredep,         assertpredep    ),
  ACTION( "assert-working-epoch",            0,  act_assertepoch,          assertepoch     ),
  ACTION( "assert-long-filenames",           0,  act_assertlongfilenames,  assertlongfilenames ),
  ACTION( "assert-multi-conrep",             0,  act_assertmulticonrep,    assertmulticonrep ),
  ACTION( "print-architecture",              0,  act_printarch,            printarch   ),
  ACTION( "print-installation-architecture", 0,  act_printinstarch,        printarch   ),
  ACTION( "predep-package",                  0,  act_predeppackage,        predeppackage   ),
  ACTION( "compare-versions",                0,  act_cmpversions,          cmpversions     ),
/*
  ACTION( "command-fd",                   'c', act_commandfd,   commandfd     ),
*/
  
  { "status-fd",	  0,   1,  0,              0,  setpipe, 0, &status_pipes },
  { "log",                0,   1,  0, &log_file,       0                             },
  { "pending",           'a',  0,  &f_pending,     0,  0,             1              },
  { "recursive",         'R',  0,  &f_recursive,   0,  0,             1              },
  { "no-act",             0,   0,  &f_noact,       0,  0,             1              },
  { "dry-run",            0,   0,  &f_noact,       0,  0,             1              },
  { "simulate",           0,   0,  &f_noact,       0,  0,             1              },
  { "no-debsig",          0,   0,  &f_nodebsig,    0,  0,             1              },
  {  0,                  'G',  0,  &fc_downgrade,  0,  0, /* alias for --refuse */ 0 },
  { "selected-only",     'O',  0,  &f_alsoselect,  0,  0,             0              },
  { "no-also-select",    'N',  0,  &f_alsoselect,  0,0,0 /* fixme: remove sometime */ },
  { "skip-same-version", 'E',  0,  &f_skipsame,    0,  0,             1              },
  { "auto-deconfigure",  'B',  0,  &f_autodeconf,  0,  0,             1              },
  OBSOLETE( "largemem", 0 ),
  OBSOLETE( "smallmem", 0 ),
  { "root",               0,   1,  0, 0,               setroot                       },
  { "abort-after",        0,   1,  &errabort,      0,  setinteger,    0              },
  { "admindir",           0,   1,  0, &admindir,       0                             },
  { "instdir",            0,   1,  0, &instdir,        0                             },
  { "ignore-depends",     0,   1,  0, 0,               ignoredepends                 },
  { "force",              0,   2,  0, 0,               setforce,      1              },
  { "refuse",             0,   2,  0, 0,               setforce,      0              },
  { "no-force",           0,   2,  0, 0,               setforce,      0              },
  { "debug",             'D',  1,  0, 0,               setdebug                      },
  { "help",              'h',  0,  0, 0,               helponly                      },
  { "version",            0,   0,  0, 0,               versiononly                   },
  { "licence",/* UK spelling */ 0,0,0,0,               showcopyright                 },
  { "license",/* US spelling */ 0,0,0,0,               showcopyright                 },
  ACTIONBACKEND( "build",		'b', BACKEND),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "contents",		'c', BACKEND),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "control",		'e', BACKEND),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "info",		'I', BACKEND),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "field",		'f', BACKEND),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "extract",		'x', BACKEND),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "new",			0,  BACKEND),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "old",			0,  BACKEND),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "vextract",		'X', BACKEND),
  ACTIONBACKEND( "fsys-tarfile",	0,   BACKEND),
  {  0,                   0                                                          }
};

void execbackend(const char *const *argv) {
  char **nargv;   /* argv for backend command */
  int i = 0;      /* index for nargv */
  int offset = 0; /* offset for copying argv strings to nargv */
  int argc = 1;   /* for nargv */
  const char *const *arg = argv;
  int pass_admindir = 0;

  while (*arg != 0) {
    arg++; argc++;
  }

  /*
   * Special case: dpkg-query takes the --admindir option, and if dpkg itself
   * was given a different admin directory, we need to pass it along to it.
   */
  if (strcmp(cipaction->parg, DPKGQUERY) == 0 &&
      strcmp(admindir, ADMINDIR) != 0) {
    argc++;
    pass_admindir = 1;
  }

  nargv = malloc(sizeof(char *) * (argc + 2));
  if (!nargv)
    ohshite(_("couldn't malloc in execbackend"));

  nargv[i] = strdup(cipaction->parg);
  if (!nargv[i])
    ohshite(_("couldn't strdup in execbackend"));
  i++, offset++;

  if (pass_admindir) {
    nargv[i] = malloc((strlen("--admindir=") + strlen(admindir) + 1));
    if (!nargv[i])
      ohshite(_("couldn't malloc in execbackend"));

    sprintf(nargv[i], "--admindir=%s", admindir);
    i++, offset++;
  }

  nargv[i] = malloc(2 + strlen(cipaction->olong) + 1);
  if (!nargv[i])
    ohshite(_("couldn't malloc in execbackend"));
  strcpy(nargv[i], "--");
  strcat(nargv[i], cipaction->olong);
  i++, offset++;

  /* Copy arguments from argv to nargv. */
  for (; i <= argc; i++) {
    nargv[i] = strdup(argv[i - offset]);
    if (!nargv[i])
      ohshite(_("couldn't strdup in execbackend"));
  }
  nargv[i] = 0;

  execvp(cipaction->parg, nargv);
  ohshite(_("failed to exec %s"), (char *)cipaction->parg);
}

void commandfd(const char *const *argv) {
  jmp_buf ejbuf;
  struct varbuf linevb;
  const char * pipein;
  const char **newargs;
  char *ptr, *endptr;
  FILE *in;
  int c, lno, infd, i, skipchar;
  static void (*actionfunction)(const char *const *argv);

  pipein = *argv++;
  if (pipein == NULL)
    badusage(_("--command-fd takes one argument, not zero"));
  if (*argv)
    badusage(_("--command-fd only takes one argument"));
  if ((infd= strtol(pipein, (char **)NULL, 10)) == -1)
    ohshite(_("invalid number for --command-fd"));
  if ((in= fdopen(infd, "r")) == NULL)
    ohshite(_("couldn't open `%i' for stream"), infd);

  if (setjmp(ejbuf)) { /* expect warning about possible clobbering of argv */
    error_unwind(ehflag_bombout); exit(2);
  }
  varbufinit(&linevb);
  for (;;lno= 0) {
    const char **oldargs= NULL;
    int argc= 1, mode= 0;
    lno= 0;
    push_error_handler(&ejbuf,print_error_fatal,0);

    do { c= getc(in); if (c == '\n') lno++; } while (c != EOF && isspace(c));
    if (c == EOF) break;
    if (c == '#') {
      do { c= getc(in); if (c == '\n') lno++; } while (c != EOF && c != '\n');
      continue;
    }
    varbufreset(&linevb);
    do {
      varbufaddc(&linevb,c);
      c= getc(in);
      if (c == '\n') lno++;
      if (isspace(c)) argc++;  /* This isn't fully accurate, but overestimating can't hurt. */
    } while (c != EOF && c != '\n');
    if (c == EOF) ohshit(_("unexpected eof before end of line %d"),lno);
    if (!argc) continue;
    varbufaddc(&linevb,0);
printf("line=`%*s'\n",(int)linevb.used,linevb.buf);
    oldargs= newargs= realloc(oldargs,sizeof(const char *) * (argc + 1));
    argc= 1;
    ptr= linevb.buf;
    endptr= ptr + linevb.used;
    skipchar= 0;
    while(ptr < endptr) {
      if (skipchar) {
	skipchar= 0;
      } else if (*ptr == '\\') {
	memmove(ptr, (ptr+1), (linevb.used-(linevb.buf - ptr)-1));
	endptr--;
	skipchar= 1;
	continue;
      } else if (isspace(*ptr)) {
	if (mode == 1) {
	  *ptr= 0;
	  mode= 0;
	}
      } else {
	if (mode == 0) {
	  newargs[argc]= ptr;
	  argc++;
	  mode= 1;
	}
      }
      ptr++;
    }
    *ptr= 0;
    newargs[argc++] = 0;

/* We strdup each argument, but never free it, because the error messages
 * contain references back to these strings.  Freeing them, and reusing
 * the memory, would make those error messages confusing, to say the
 * least.
 */
    for(i=1;i<argc;i++)
	if (newargs[i]) newargs[i]=strdup(newargs[i]);

    cipaction= NULL;
    myopt((const char *const**)&newargs,cmdinfos);
    if (!cipaction) badusage(_("need an action option"));

    actionfunction= (void (*)(const char* const*))cipaction->farg;
    actionfunction(newargs);
    set_error_display(0,0);
    error_unwind(ehflag_normaltidy);
  }
}


int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
  jmp_buf ejbuf;
  static void (*actionfunction)(const char *const *argv);

  standard_startup(&ejbuf, argc, &argv, DPKG, 1, cmdinfos);
  if (!cipaction) badusage(_("need an action option"));

  setvbuf(stdout,0,_IONBF,0);
  filesdbinit();

  actionfunction= (void (*)(const char* const*))cipaction->farg;

  actionfunction(argv);

  standard_shutdown(0);

  return reportbroken_retexitstatus();
}