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			 CARBS PACKAGING TOOLS
			      User Manual

			       Cem Keylan
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			   February 04, 2021


Table of Contents
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1. Copying
2. Preface
3. Usage
.. 1. cpt-alternatives
.. 2. cpt-build
.. 3. cpt-checksum
.. 4. cpt-download
.. 5. cpt-install
.. 6. cpt-list
.. 7. cpt-remove
.. 8. cpt-search
.. 9. cpt-update
.. 10. Global Flags
4. Environment Variables
.. 1. `CPT_PATH'
..... 1. Repository preferences
..... 2. Setting the `CPT_PATH'
.. 2. `CPT_COMPRESS'
.. 3. `CPT_FORCE'
.. 4. `CPT_PID'
5. Hooks
.. 1. Editing the `build' file during pre-build
6. Packaging System
.. 1. `build'
.. 2. `sources'
.. 3. `checksums'
.. 4. `version'
.. 5. `depends'
.. 6. `post-install'
.. 7. `message'
.. 8. `test'
7. Rsync Repositories
.. 1. Setting up an Rsync repository
8. CPT Library
.. 1. Calling the library
.. 2. Option parsing
..... 1. Defining a parser
..... 2. `global_options()'
.. 3. Message functions
..... 1. `out()'
..... 2. `log()'
..... 3. `die()'
..... 4. `warn()'
..... 5. `prompt()'
.. 4. Text functions
..... 1. `contains()'
..... 2. `regesc()'
..... 3. `pop()'
..... 4. `sepchar()'
.. 5. Portability functions
..... 1. `_seq()'
..... 2. `_stat()'
..... 3. `_readlinkf()'
.. 6. TODO System Functions
..... 1. `as_root()'
.. 7. TODO Package Functions
..... 1. `pkg_owner()'
..... 2. `pkg_isbuilt()'
..... 3. `pkg_lint()'
..... 4. TODO `pkg_find()'
..... 5. TODO `pkg_gentree'


This is a reference document containing both the user-guide and the
development manual for *Carbs Packaging Tools*. For development logs see
[the git repository].


[the git repository] <https://git.carbslinux.org/cpt>


1 Copying
=========

  Copyright (c) 2020 Cem Keylan

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        published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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        Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the
        section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License."


2 Preface
=========

  Carbs Linux uses its own package management toolchain named `cpt'
  which was initially forked from the [kiss] package manager. Unlike
  `kiss', however, its main goal is being easily extendable. Instead of
  being a single file package manager, it revolves around the shell
  library `cpt-lib', and many tools that wrap around it. This document
  aims to document both the usage of the distributed tools and document
  the library functions.


[kiss] <https://github.com/kisslinux/kiss>


3 Usage
=======

  `cpt' is formed of many tools combined in a single environment,
  similar to `git'. When you run `cpt' without any arguments, it will
  show all available tools and their explanations. Here is an example
  call with extra scripts on my system:

  ,----
  | -> Carbs Packaging Tool
  | -> add               Commit the current directory as a new package
  | -> alternatives      List and swap to alternatives
  | -> build             Build a package
  | -> bump              Commit the current directory as a version bump
  | -> cargo-urlgen      Create static cargo sources for Rust packages
  | -> cargolock-urlgen  Convert the given Cargo.lock file to sources
  | -> cat               Concatanate package files in the installed package database
  | -> changelog         Print the git log of the specific package
  | -> chbuild           Create/destroy temporary chroots
  | -> checkmissing      Verify package manifests
  | -> checksum          Generate checksums
  | -> chroot            Enter a chroot
  | -> commit            Commit a package without the prefix of 'package:'
  | -> depends           Display a package's dependencies
  | -> download          Download sources for the given package
  | -> exec              Execute a command inside the alternatives system
  | -> export            Turn an installed package into a CPT tarball
  | -> fork              Fork a package to the current directory
  | -> getchoice         Prints the full path to a file in the alternatives system.
  | -> install           Install a package
  | -> link              Link a forked package's files to the other repository
  | -> list              List installed packages
  | -> maintainer        Find the maintainer of a package
  | -> manifest          Display all files owned by a package
  | -> manifest-tree     Display all files owned by a package with a tree view
  | -> new               Create a boilerplate CPT package
  | -> orphans           List orphaned packages
  | -> owns              Check which package owns a file
  | -> rel               Bump the release number of a package
  | -> remove            Remove a package
  | -> repodepends       Display a package's dependencies in the repository
  | -> reporevdepends    Display packages on the repository which depend on package
  | -> reset             Remove all packages except for the base
  | -> revdepends        Display packages which depend on package
  | -> search            Search for a package
  | -> size              Show the size on disk for a package
  | -> source            Extract sources of a given package to the current directory
  | -> update            Check for updates
  `----


3.1 cpt-alternatives
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  You can list and swap to alternatives using `cpt-alternatives', or
  `cpt a' for short. When run without alternatives, it will list
  alternatives. It can read from standard input if `-' is given as an
  argument.

  *Examples*

  1. List alternatives.

  ,----
  | $ cpt-alternatives
  | ncurses /usr/bin/clear
  | ncurses /usr/bin/reset
  `----

  1. Swap to `clear' from `ncurses'.

  ,----
  | $ cpt-alternatives ncurses /usr/bin/clear
  | -> Swapping '/usr/bin/clear' from 'busybox' to 'ncurses'
  `----

  1. Swap in bulk (all of `sbase').

  ,----
  | $ cpt a | grep ^sbase | cpt a -
  `----


3.2 cpt-build
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  `cpt-build' will build given packages and their dependencies. If
  multiple packages are specified, it will ask to install the packages
  as well.

   Flags           Explanation 
  -----------------------------
   `-t', `--test'  Run tests   


3.3 cpt-checksum
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  `cpt-checksum' will generate a `checksums' file from the package's
  sources.


3.4 cpt-download
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  `cpt-download' will download the sources of a package.


3.5 cpt-install
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  `cpt-install' will install given packages.


3.6 cpt-list
~~~~~~~~~~~~

  When called without arguments, `cpt-list' will print all installed
  packages. You can add package names as arguments to check whether they
  are installed or not. In success, `cpt-list' will exit with status 0
  if all given packages are installed, it will return 1 if any of the
  given packages aren't installed.

   Flags              Explanation                            
  -----------------------------------------------------------
   `-c', `--current'  Use the current directory as a package 


3.7 cpt-remove
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  `cpt-remove' will remove given packages.


3.8 cpt-search
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  `cpt-search' will search for packages, it accepts regular expressions
  as well.

   Flags             Explanation                               
  -------------------------------------------------------------
   `-s', `--single'  Only show the first instance of a package 


  ,----
  | $ cpt-search 'alsa-*'
  | /var/db/cpt/repo/extra/alsa-lib
  | /var/db/cpt/repo/extra/alsa-utils
  | /var/db/cpt/installed/alsa-lib
  | /var/db/cpt/installed/alsa-utils
  | 
  | $ cpt-search emacs
  | /home/cem/repos/main/community/emacs
  | /home/cem/repos/kiss-community/community/emacs
  | /var/db/cpt/installed/emacs
  | 
  | $ cpt-search --single emacs
  | /home/cem/repos/main/community/emacs
  `----


3.9 cpt-update
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  `cpt-update' will update the packages on your system. It fetches
  remote repositories, and builds, and installs packages that have
  versions different from the ones installed on the system. It doesn't
  check if the version string is actually higher, it only checks whether
  they differ.

   Flags                 Explanation                          
  ------------------------------------------------------------
   `-d', `--download'    Only download updatable packages     
   `-n', `--no-fetch'    Do not update remote repositories    
   `-o', `--only-fetch'  Only fetch the repositories and exit 


3.10 Global Flags
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

   Flags                Explanation                        
  ---------------------------------------------------------
   `-f', `--force'      Force operation, [See `CPT_FORCE'] 
   `-y', `--no-prompt'  Do not prompt for confirmation     
   `-root CPT_ROOT'     Use an alternate root directory    
   `-h', `--help'       Show this help message             
   `-v', `--version'    Print version information          


[See `CPT_FORCE'] See section 4.3


4 Environment Variables
=======================

  Since there is no configuration file for cpt, the package manager is
  configured through environment variables. These can be set per
  operation, or be set to your shell configuration or `~/.profile'. Here
  are the environment variables that alter the behaviour of `cpt':

   ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE  Effects                                                                       
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   `CPT_PATH'            Set the locations of your repositories. It is similar to the `PATH' variable. 
   `XDG_CACHE_HOME'      Unless this is set, the `~/.cache' directory will be used instead.            
   `CPT_CACHE'           The cache directory for `cpt'. Default: `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/cpt'                 
   `CPT_CHOICE'          If this is set to 0, a package installation will be aborted on conflicts.     
   `CPT_COMPRESS'        Program used to compress package tarballs.                                    
   `CPT_DEBUG'           If set to 1, temporary directories will not be removed after the operation.   
   `CPT_FETCH'           If set to 0, `cpt-update' will not fetch repositories.                        
   `CPT_FORCE'           Force operation.                                                              
   `CPT_HOOK'            Location for the hook file.                                                   
   `CPT_KEEPLOG'         If set to 1, cpt will keep logs regardless of operation success.              
   `CPT_PID'             Set the temporary build directory name.                                       
   `CPT_PROMPT'          If set to 0, `cpt' will not prompt you for anything.                          
   `CPT_ROOT'            If this variable is set, `cpt' will assume this as the system root.           
   `CPT_TEST'            If set to 1, `cpt-build' will run tests whenever available.                   
   `CPT_TMPDIR'          The directory to create the temporary directories.                            


4.1 `CPT_PATH'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Similar to the `PATH' variable, `cpt' find repositories from the
  `CPT_PATH' variable. Here is an example:

  ,----
  | CPT_PATH=$HOME/repos/repo1:$HOME/repos/repo2:$HOME/repos/repo3
  `----

  This is a simplistic and a structured example for repository
  locations, but it doesn't necessarily need to be as tidy as the
  example above. Here is an example for something a little more complex.

  ,----
  | CPT_PATH=$HOME/repos/overrides:/var/db/cpt/repo/core:/var/db/cpt/repo/extra:$HOME/repos/personal
  `----

  This example brings us to the next section of this document.


4.1.1 Repository preferences
----------------------------

  When you are using multiple repositories from multiple vendors, you
  will find out that some repositories have the same packages. `cpt'
  doesn't care about conflicting packages. If you want to build a
  package that exists on multiple repositories, `cpt' will build the
  first matching package. This means that if `grep' package (for the
  sake of an example) exists on both `$HOME/repos/personal' and
  `$HOME/repos/carbs/extra', and you want to install from your personal
  repository, you must set `CPT_PATH' so that your personal repository
  is listed before the `extra' repository.

  ,----
  | CPT_PATH=$HOME/repos/personal:$HOME/repos/carbs/extra
  `----


4.1.2 Setting the `CPT_PATH'
----------------------------

  You can set the `CPT_PATH' variable on your shell configuration or
  your `.profile' file in a way that is easy to read.

  The below example sets `CPT_PATH' in a way that is easy to understand
  which repository comes first:

  ,----
  | CPT_PATH=$HOME/repos/overrides
  | CPT_PATH=$CPT_PATH:$HOME/repos/carbs/core
  | CPT_PATH=$CPT_PATH:$HOME/repos/carbs/extra
  | CPT_PATH=$CPT_PATH:$HOME/repos/carbs/xorg
  | CPT_PATH=$CPT_PATH:$HOME/repos/personal
  | export CPT_PATH
  `----


4.2 `CPT_COMPRESS'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  When setting the `CPT_COMPRESS' value, you should set the name of the
  default suffixes for the program. Available values are:

  - `gz'
  - `zst'
  - `bz2'
  - `xz'

  Defaults to `gz'.


4.3 `CPT_FORCE'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  If this is set to 1, some of the `cpt' tools will continue regardless
  of errors or skip certain checks. Here are some examples:

  - `cpt-install' will install a package without verifying its manifest.
  - `cpt-install' will install a package even when there are missing
    dependencies.
  - `cpt-remove' will remove packages even when there are other packages
    that depend on the current package.

  Defaults to 0.


4.4 `CPT_PID'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  If this variable is set, the temporary files will be created with this
  variable as the suffix, instead of the PID of the `cpt' process. The
  advantage is that you can know exactly where the build directory is
  located, while the disadvantage is that there will be issues with
  multiple operations at the same time. So the best way to use this
  variable is during one-time `cpt' calls.

  ,----
  | CPT_PID=mesa cpt b mesa
  `----

  By running the above, you will know that the created build directories
  will end with the `*-mesa' suffix.


5 Hooks
=======

  Hooks can be used in order to change the runtime behaviour of the
  package manager.  There are a variety of package hooks, mostly self
  explanatory:

  - pre-build
  - post-build
  - build-fail
  - pre-test
  - test-fail
  - pre-install
  - post-install
  - pre-remove
  - post-remove
  - pre-fetch
  - post-fetch
  - post-package

  In order to use hooks, you will need to set the `CPT_HOOK' variable
  pointing to your hook file. Your hook file *MUST* be a POSIX shell
  script as its contents are sourced by the package manager.

  The hook is given 3 variables when it is executed. Those are:

   Variable  Explanation                                                  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   `$TYPE'   The type of the hook, (`pre-build', `post-build', etc.)      
   `$PKG'    The package that `cpt' is currently working on. Can be null. 
   `$DEST'   The destination of the operation. Can be null.               


5.1 Editing the `build' file during pre-build
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  You can edit the `build' file during pre-build. The file is copied
  from the repository to the build directory named as `.build.cpt'. You
  can use `sed' or any other tool to edit the build file. After the
  build is complete, a `diff' file will be placed to the package
  database named as `build.diff'. Here is an example `build' file
  manipulation during the pre-build hook.

  ,----
  | cat <<EOF> .build.cpt
  | #!/bin/sh -e
  | 
  | for patch in bash50-0??; do
  |     patch -p0 < "\$patch"
  | done
  | 
  | export LDFLAGS=-static
  | 
  | ./configure \
  |     --prefix=/usr \
  |     --without-bash-malloc \
  |     --disable-nls
  | 
  | export MAKEFLAGS="TERMCAP_LIB=/usr/lib/libncursesw.a $MAKEFLAGS"
  | 
  | make
  | make DESTDIR="\$1" install
  | 
  | ln -s bash "\$1/usr/bin/sh"
  | EOF
  `----


6 Packaging System
==================

  A package is formed of several files, these are:

  - 6.1
  - 6.2
  - 6.3
  - 6.4
  - 6.5
  - 6.6
  - 6.7
  - 6.8

  Any other file can be added to the package directory at the discretion
  of the package maintainer. Everything in the package directory will
  also be added to the package database that is located on
  `/var/db/cpt/installed'. These can be patches, configuration files,
  etc.


6.1 `build'
~~~~~~~~~~~

  Typically `build' files are shell scripts that run commands to prepare
  the source code to be installed on the target system. Even though we
  will be assuming that the `build' file is a POSIX shell script (for
  portability's sake), `build' files can be any executable program from
  binary programs to `perl' scripts.

  The contents of a build script do not need to follow a certain rule
  for the package manager, except for the fact that the user needs the
  permission to execute the file.

  An important advice is to append an '-e' to the shebang (#!/bin/sh -e)
  so that the build script exits on compilation error.

  Build is run with three arguments (`$#')

  - Location of the package directory (DESTDIR)
  - Package version
  - System architecture


6.2 `sources'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  `sources' file is a list of files and sources that will be put to the
  build directory during the build process. Those can be remote sources
  (such as tarballs), git repositories, and files that reside on the
  package directory.

  The syntax is pretty simple for the `soures' file; `src dest'. The
  `dest' parameter is optional. It is the directory that the source will
  be placed in.  Here is the `sources' file for the `gst-plugins'
  package:

  ,----
  | https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good-1.16.2.tar.xz good
  | https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-bad/gst-plugins-bad-1.16.2.tar.xz   bad
  | https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-ugly/gst-plugins-ugly-1.16.2.tar.xz ugly
  | https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-libav/gst-libav-1.16.2.tar.xz               libav
  `----

  This file is read from the package manager as space seperated. Files
  that begin with a `#' comment are ignored. The first value points to
  the location of the source.

  If it starts with a protcol url, (such as <ftp://> <http://>
  <https://>) it will be downloaded with `curl'.

  If the source is a git repository, it shall be prefixed with a `git+'
  git(1) will be used to do a shallow clone of the repository. If the
  commit is suffixed by a history pointer, git will checkout the
  relevant revision. So,

  `git+git://example.com/pub/repo@v1.2.3'
        will checkout the tag named "v1.2.3"
  `git+git://example.com/pub/repo#development'
        will checkout the branch named "development"
  `git+git://example.com/pub/repo#1a314s87'
        will checkout the commit named "1a314s87"

  Other files are assumed to be residing in the package directory. They
  should be added with their paths relative to the package directory.


6.3 `checksums'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  checksums file is generated by the `cpt c pkg' command. It is
  generated according to the order of the sources file. That's why you
  shouldn't be editing it manually. The checksums file is created with
  the digests of the files using the sha256 algorithm.


6.4 `version'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  The version file includes the version of the software and the release
  number of of the package on a space seperated format. The contents of
  the file should look like below.

  ,----
  | 1.3.2 1
  `----


6.5 `depends'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  This is a list of dependencies that must be installed before a package
  build. You can append "make" after a dependency to mark a package is
  only required during the build process of a package. Packages marked
  as a make dependency can be removed after the build. There are also
  "test" dependencies. These dependencies are only installed if either
  the `CPT_TEST' is set to 1, or the build is run with the `-t' or
  `--test' options. So, a package package could have the following
  `depends' file:

  ,----
  | linux-headers make
  | python        test
  | zlib
  `----


6.6 `post-install'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  `post-install' files have the same requirements as the build
  script. They will be run after the package is installed as root (or as
  the user if the user has write permissions on `CPT_ROOT').


6.7 `message'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  This plaintext file will be outputted with `cat' after every package
  is installed.


6.8 `test'
~~~~~~~~~~

  Test files are mainly for the repository maintainer to test the
  packages, and will only run if the user has the `CPT_TEST' variable
  set, or the build is run with the `-t' or `--test' options. This
  script is run on the build directory. It is run right after the build
  script is finished.


7 Rsync Repositories
====================

  Rsync repositories are simple to serve and simple to use. In the
  repository directory, there needs to be a `.rsync' file that points to
  the remote of the repository. This is used in order to fetch changes
  from the upstream. `.rsync' file looks like this for the core
  repository:

  ,----
  | rsync://carbslinux.org/repo/core
  `----

  Rsync repositories have some few distinctions when it comes to
  fetching them.  They can be either synced individually or as a
  "root". There are 2 important files, those are `.rsync' and
  `.rsync_root'. Here is the Carbs Linux rsync repository structure.

  ,----
  |            /
  |    -----------------
  |   |                |
  | .rsync           core/
  |           ----------------
  |           |              |
  |         .rsync      .rsync_root
  `----

  Unlike git repositories, they don't have a defined "root"
  directory. This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. This way, we
  can sync individual repositories, but that also means we need extra
  files to define root directories and repository locations. Here is the
  content for each of these files:

  ,----
  | /.rsync:           rsync://carbslinux.org/repo
  | /core/.rsync:      rsync://carbslinux.org/repo/core
  | /core/.rsync_root: ..
  `----

  The `.rsync_root' file on the core repository points to the upper
  directory.  If a `.rsync' file exists on the upper directory, this
  means that is the whole repository and will sync the entire repository
  instead of each individual repository.

  If the upper directory doesn't have this `.rsync' file, this means
  that this is an individual repository, and the package manager will
  fetch accordingly.


7.1 Setting up an Rsync repository
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Carbs Linux repositories automatically sync from the git repostitories
  and serve it through the rsync daemon. Here is a sample shell script
  that I use in order to sync repositories. Feel free to customize for
  your own use.

  ,----
  | #!/bin/sh
  | HOSTNAME="rsync://carbslinux.org/repo"
  | GITDIR="/pub/git/repo"
  | SHAREDIR="/pub/share/repo"
  | git -C "$GITDIR" pull
  | 
  | rsync -avcC --delete --include=core --exclude=.rsync,.rsync_root "$GITDIR/." "$SHAREDIR"
  | 
  | printf '%s\n' "$HOSTNAME" > "$GITDIR/.rsync"
  | for dir in "$GITDIR/"*; do
  |     [ -d "$dir" ] || continue
  |     [ -f "$dir/.rsync" ] ||
  |     printf '%s/%s\n' "$HOSTNAME" "${dir##*/}" > "$dir/.rsync"
  |     printf '..\n' > "$dir/.rsync_root"
  | done
  `----

  You can then create an *rsync* user for serving the repositories.

  ,----
  | $ adduser -SD rsync
  `----

  Create `/etc/rsyncd.conf' and a service configuration as well.

  ,----
  | uid = rsync
  | gid = rsync
  | address = example.com
  | max connections = 10
  | use chroot = yes
  | 
  | [repo]
  |     path = /pub/share/repo
  |     comment = My repository
  `----

  Create a service file at `/etc/sv/rsync/run' (runit):

  ,----
  | #!/bin/sh -e
  | exec rsync --daemon --no-detach
  `----


8 CPT Library
=============

  `cpt-lib' is the library of Carbs Packaging Tools which can be used to
  extend the functionality of the package manager. This is the API
  documentation of the package manager library.


8.1 Calling the library
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  You can call the library on your scripts by adding the following line
  to your files:

  ,----
  | #!/bin/sh -e
  | . cpt-lib
  `----

  This will load the library inside your script, and will set some
  environment variables that are used inside the package manager.


8.2 Option parsing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  `cpt-lib' includes a POSIX-shell option parser inside named
  `getoptions'. You can see its own [documentation] for writing an
  option parser. The built-in version of the `getoptions' library is
  2.0.1 and there are no plans for updating it apart from bug fixes.


[documentation]
<https://github.com/ko1nksm/getoptions/blob/v2.0.1/README.md>

8.2.1 Defining a parser
-----------------------

  Some functions are called and set automatically when you call
  `cpt-lib', so you shouldn't define the option parser after calling the
  library, as some of the variables will already be set.

  If the function `parser_definition()' as defined when `cpt-lib' is
  called, cpt-lib will handle the option parsing itself by calling
  `getoptions' inside. Here is the proper way of doing it.

  ,----
  | #!/bin/sh -e
  | 
  | parser_definition() {
  |     # The rest arguments MUST be defined as 'REST'
  |     setup REST help:usage -- "usage: ${0##*/} [options] [pkg...]"
  |     msg                   -- '' 'Options:'
  |     flag CPT_TEST -t export:1 init:@export -- "Enable tests"
  | 
  |     global_options
  | }
  | 
  | . cpt-lib
  `----


8.2.2 `global_options()'
------------------------

  The `global_options()' function is a simple convenience call to
  include flags that can be used inside most `cpt' tools. It defines the
  following flags:

   Flag  Long Option  Calls        
  ---------------------------------
   -f    --force      `CPT_FORCE'  
   -y    --no-prompt  `CPT_PROMPT' 
         --root       `CPT_ROOT'   
   -h    --help       `usage()'    
   -v    --version    `version()'  


8.3 Message functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  `cpt' has various functions to print information to users.


8.3.1 `out()'
-------------

  `out()' is a really simple function that prints messages to the
  standard output. It prints every argument with a newline. It is not
  meant to communicate with the user, it just exists to have a simple
  function to interact with other functions.

  ,----
  | $ out "This is an example call" "How are you?"
  | This is an example call
  | How are you?
  `----


8.3.2 `log()'
-------------

  `log()' is the most commonly used message function in the package
  manager. It is used to pretty print messages with visual cues, so it
  is easier to read and understand for the users. It changes message
  output for each argument it receives (takes up to three arguments).

  - If it takes a single argument, it prints a yellow leading arrow
    followed by colorless text.
  - If it takes two arguments, it prints a yellow leading arrow followed
    by the first argument (colored blue), and then followed by colorless
    second argument.
  - If it takes three arguments, instead of a yellow arrow, it prints
    the third argument in yellow, followed by the same two arguments as
    above.


8.3.3 `die()'
-------------

  `die()' wraps the `log()' function and exits with an error (1). It
  takes one or two arguments, which are sent to the `log()'
  function. The third argument for `log()' is set as `!>'.


8.3.4 `warn()'
--------------

  `warn()' is another function that wraps `log()'. In place of the third
  argument, it uses the word `WARNING'.


8.3.5 `prompt()'
----------------

  `prompt()' is an interactive function that waits for user input to
  continue.  It takes a single argument string to print a message, and
  then asks the user whether they want to continue or not. Prompts can
  be disabled by the user if they use a flag to disable them or set
  `CPT_PROMPT' to 0.


8.4 Text functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Following functions are used to manipulate, check, or interact with
  text.


8.4.1 `contains()'
------------------

  `contains' function can be used to check whether a list variable
  contains a given string. If the string is inside the list, it will
  return 0, otherwise 1.

  ,----
  | # Usage
  | contains "$LIST" foo
  | 
  | contains "foo bar" foo  # Returns 0
  | contains "foo bar" baz  # Returns 1
  `----


8.4.2 `regesc()'
----------------

  `regesc()' can be used to escape regular expression characters that
  are defined in POSIX BRE. Those characters are, `$', `.', `*', `[',
  `\\', and `^'.

  ,----
  | regesc '^[$\'  # Returns \^\[\$\\
  `----


8.4.3 `pop()'
-------------

  `pop()' can be used to remove a word from a "string list" without a
  `sed' call. Word splitting is intentional when using this function.

  ,----
  | # Usage
  | pop foo from $LIST
  | 
  | pop foo from foo baz bar # Returns baz bar
  `----


8.4.4 `sepchar()'
-----------------

  This function can be used to separate characters from the given string
  without resorting to external resources.

  ,----
  | sepchar mystring
  | # Prints:
  | # m
  | # y
  | # s
  | # t
  | # r
  | # i
  | # n
  | # g
  `----


8.5 Portability functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  These helper functions are used so that we don't depend on non-POSIX
  programs for certain functionality. They are prefixed with the `_'
  character.


8.5.1 `_seq()'
--------------

  This function is similar to `seq(1)' except that it only takes a
  single argument and doesn't print any newlines. It is suitable to be
  used in `for' loops.

  ,----
  | _seq 5
  | # Prints:
  | # 1 2 3 4 5
  `----


8.5.2 `_stat()'
---------------

  This function imitates `stat %U'. `stat' isn't defined by POSIX, and
  this is also a GNU extension. This function returns the owner of a
  file. If the owner cannot be found, it will return `root'.


8.5.3 `_readlinkf()'
--------------------

  This function was taken from [POSIX sh readlinkf library by Koichi
  Nakashima].  `readlink' is also not defined by POSIX, so this function
  uses `ls' to follow symbolic links until it reaches the actual file.


[POSIX sh readlinkf library by Koichi Nakashima]
<https://github.com/ko1nksm/readlinkf>


8.6 TODO System Functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  - [ ] Add description


8.6.1 `as_root()'
-----------------

  `as_root()' calls the rest of the arguments as a different
  user. Unless a `user' environment variable is set, it will call the
  following arguments as the root user. It supports the following
  programs for privilege escalation with the following order:

  1. `sls'
  2. `sudo'
  3. `doas'
  4. `su'


8.7 TODO Package Functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Obviously, package functions are the most important ones for
  `cpt-lib', those are the ones you will use to build, to query, to
  manipulate, or to otherwise interact with packages.


8.7.1 `pkg_owner()'
-------------------

  This function can be used to determine the owner of a package. The
  first argument is used for flags that will be passed to `grep', and
  the second one is for the file query. Rest of the arguments can be
  used in order to specify the manifests to be used, but it is
  optional. `pkg_owner()' will search for all the installed packages if
  no other arguments are given.

  ,----
  | # Example
  | pkg_owner -lFx /usr/bin/grep  # Returns 'busybox'
  | 
  | # An example call made by `pkg_fix_deps()` to figure out whether the built
  | # package contains the file it depends.
  | pkg_owner -l "/${dep#/}\$" "$PWD/manifest" >/dev/null && continue
  | pkg_owner -l "/${dep#/}\$" "$@" ||:
  `----


8.7.2 `pkg_isbuilt()'
---------------------

  This function returns with success when the given package has a built
  tarball with the matching version and release strings from the
  repository.


8.7.3 `pkg_lint()'
------------------

  This function checks whether a given package fits the proper package
  specification. This function *does not return with failure, it exits
  outright* if it fails.


8.7.4 TODO `pkg_find()'
-----------------------

  `pkg_find()' is the tool for searching packages. It accepts up to 3
  arguments.

  $1: Query
        This is the only mandatory argument. It accepts globbing,
        meaning that shell wildcards can be used in the query.
  $2: Match
        If this exists `pkg_find()' will print every single match found
        in the search path. If it doesn't, `pkg_find()' will print the
        first match and exit.
  $3: Type
        This is the argument to be passed to the `test' function. Unless
        this argument is given, it defaults to `-d', which tests for
        directories.

  ,----
  | pkg_find cpt
  `----


8.7.5 TODO `pkg_gentree'
------------------------

  Keep in mind /etc/cpt-base