Todo List

Class rpmlead

Don't use any information from lead.

Class tagMacro

Should other macros be added from header when installing a package?

File buildio.h

Eliminate, merge into rpmlib.

Global genCpioListAndHeader

Should directories have doc/config attributes? (#14531)

Global genCpioListAndHeader

Remove RPMTAG_OLDFILENAMES, add dirname/basename instead.

Global cpio_doio

Create transaction set *much* earlier.

Global doSetupMacro

FIXME: Option -q broken when not immediately after setup.

Global rpmfcPrint

Remove debugging routine.

Global armorFormat

Permit selectable display formats (i.e. binary).

Global base64Format

Permit selectable display formats (i.e. binary).

Global getFilesystemList

determine rdonly for non-linux file systems.

Global rpmReadPackageManifest

Infinite loops through manifest files exist, operator error for now.

Global rpmReadPackageFile

Implement disable/enable/warn/error/anal policy.

Global handleOneTrigger

Trigger on any provides, not just package NVR.

Global rpmpsmStage

Packages w/o files never get a callback, hence don't get displayed on install with -v.

Global XrpmpsmLink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global XrpmpsmUnlink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global rpmalSatisfiesDepend

Eliminate.

Global readFile

If the GPG key was known available, the md5 digest could be skipped.

Global XrpmdsLink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global XrpmdsUnlink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global relocateFileList

multilib file dispositions need to be checked.

Global XrpmfiLink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Parameters:

	fi	file info set
	msg
	fn
	ln

Returns:

NULL always

Global XrpmfiUnlink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Parameters:

	fi	file info set
	msg
	fn
	ln

Returns:

NULL always

Global rpmgiLoadReadHeader

An empty file read as manifest truncates argv returning RPMRC_NOTFOUND.

Global rpmgiLoadReadHeader

Errors, e.g. non-existent path in manifest, will terminate iteration.

Global rpmgiLoadReadHeader

Chained manifests lose an arg someplace.

Global rpmgiOpen

There are two error messages printed on header, then manifest failures.

Global XrpmgiLink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global XrpmgiUnlink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global printHash

Unsnarl isatty(STDOUT_FILENO) from the control flow.

Global rpmprobFilterFlags_e

Generalize filter mechanism.

Global RPMTRANS_FLAG_KEEPOBSOLETE

Document.

Global RPMFILE_SPECFILE

(unnecessary) marks 1st file in srpm.

Global RPMSENSE_SERIAL

Legacy.

Global RPMSENSE_PREREQ

Legacy.

Global RPMSENSE_TRIGGERPREIN

Implement triggerprein.

Global rpmTag_e

: Somehow supply type

Global XrpmpsLink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global XrpmpsUnlink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global XrpmsxLink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global XrpmsxUnlink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global rpmtePkgFileSize

Signature header is estimated at 256b.

Global XrpmtsLink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global XrpmtsUnlink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global printSize

rpmio: use fdSize rather than fstat(2) to get file size.

Global getRepackageHeaderFromTE

Find a suitable home for this function.

Global getRepackageHeaderFromTE

This function creates an IDTX everytime it is called. Needs to be made more efficient (only create on per running transaction).

Global rpmtsiFi

Take a rpmfi refcount here.

Global rpmVerifyScript

malloc/free/refcount handling is fishy here.

Global db3_config_default

Set a reasonable "last gasp" default db config.

Global fingerPrint

Convert to pointer and make abstract.

Global myTagName

bsearch on sorted value table.

Global myTagValue

bsearch on sorted name table.

File header.h

Document version2 headers.

Global dbiFindByLabel

Name must be an exact match, as name is a db key.

Global XrpmdbLink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global XrpmdbUnlink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global expandMacro

Dynamically reallocate target buffer.

Global expandMacros

Eliminate from API.

Global grabArgs

Use popt rather than getopt to parse args.

Global rpmDefineMacro

Document.

File rpmerr.h

Eliminate from API.

Global rpmlogClose

Implement.

Global rpmlogOpen

Implement.

Global rpmlogCallback

Add argument(s), integrate with other types of callbacks.

Global xrealloc

Annotate ptr with returned/out.

File rpmmessages.h

Eliminate from API.

Global pgpPubkeyFingerprint

V3 non-RSA public keys not implemented.

Global pgpHashAlgo_e

Add SHA256.

Global pgpHexStr

Remove static buffer.

Global pgpMpiStr

Remove static buffer.

Global rpmsqWaitUnregister

Rewrite to use waitpid on helper thread.

Global XurlFree

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global XurlLink

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global XurlNew

Remove debugging entry from the ABI.

Global myTagByName

bsearch on sorted name table.

Global rpmts_AddErase

Permit finer control (i.e. not just --allmatches) of deleted elments.

Global rpmts_iternext

Add TR_ADDED filter to iterator.

Global rpmts_Next

Add TR_ADDED filter to iterator.

Global rpmQVSources_e

Reassign to tag values.

Global rpmQueryFlags_e

Merge rpmQueryFlags, rpmVerifyFlags, and rpmVerifyAttrs?.

Global rpmVerifyFlags_e

Merge rpmQueryFlags, rpmVerifyFlags, and rpmVerifyAttrs values?.

Global showQueryPackage

Devise a meaningful return code.

Global rpmcliQuery

hack: RPMQV_ALL can pass char ** arglist = NULL, not char * arg. Union?

Global rpmVerifyFile

gnorpm and python bindings prevent this from being static.

Global rpmcliVerify

hack: RPMQV_ALL can pass char ** arglist = NULL, not char * arg. Union?

Global rpmcliImportPubkey

Implicit --update policy for gpg-pubkey headers.

Global rpmInstallInterfaceFlags_e

Move to rpmcli.h

Global rpmShowProgress

Remove headerSprintf() from the progress callback.

Global rpmInstall

Generalize --freshen policies.

Global rpmRollback

Transaction handling, more, needs work.

Global rpmcliImportPubkeys

Implicit --update policy for gpg-pubkey headers.

Global getGidS

Implement using hash.

Global getGname

Implement using hash.

Global getGnameS

Implement using hash.

Global getOutputFrom

Use poll(2) rather than select(2), if available.

Global getUidS

Implement using hash.

Global getUname

Implement using hash.

Global getUnameS

Implement using hash.

Global rpm_machtable_e

Eliminate from API.

Global rpmGetVar

Eliminate from API.

Global rpmSetVar

Eliminate from API.

Global rpmGetArchInfo

Generalize to extract arch component from target_platform macro.

Global rpmGetOsInfo

Generalize to extract os component from target_platform macro.

Global rpmMachineScore

Rewrite to use RE's against config.guess target platform output.

Global rpmSetTables

Eliminate from API. #

Note:

Only used by build code.

Parameters:

	archTable
	osTable

Global rpmSetMachine

Eliminate from API.

Global rpmGetMachine

Eliminate from API.

Global rpmFreeRpmrc

Eliminate from API.

Global rpmtsGetKeys

Removed packages have no keys, returned as interleaved NULL pointers.

Global RPM_BIN_ARRAY_TYPE

Implement, kinda like RPM_STRING_ARRAY_TYPE for known (but variable) length binary data.

Global RPM_XREF_TYPE

Implement, intent is to to carry a (???,tagNum,valNum) cross reference to retrieve data from other tags.

Global HDRaddorappend

Arg "p" should have const.

Global HDRsort

Eliminate from API.

Global HDRunsort

Eliminate from API.

Global copyEntry

Permit retrieval of regions other than HEADER_IMUTABLE.

Global headerAddOrAppendEntry

Arg "p" should have const.

Global headerAddOrAppendEntry

Arg "p" should have const.

Global headerFreeData

Remove from API.

Global headerMergeLegacySigs

Remove headerSort() through headerInitIterator() modifies sig.

Global headerRegenSigHeader

Remove headerSort() through headerInitIterator() modifies h.

Page Dependencies

per-interpreter dependency generators are not located in subdirectories.

Page Immutable header regions in rpm-4.0.1 and later

Either concatenated/nested regions may be used to implement a metarpm, aka a package of packages, dunno how, when, or even if, yet.

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