1 files changed, 223 insertions, 293 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index 44fef4e7..3a27f7cc 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #include "server.h"
 #include "delta.h"
 
-pmsyncpkg_t *_alpm_sync_new(int type, pmpkg_t *spkg, void *data)
+pmsyncpkg_t *_alpm_sync_new(pmpkgreason_t newreason, pmpkg_t *spkg, alpm_list_t *removes)
 {
 	pmsyncpkg_t *sync;
 
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ pmsyncpkg_t *_alpm_sync_new(int type, pmpkg_t *spkg, void *data)
 
 	CALLOC(sync, 1, sizeof(pmsyncpkg_t), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
 
-	sync->type = type;
+	sync->newreason = newreason;
 	sync->pkg = spkg;
-	sync->data = data;
+	sync->removes = removes;
 
 	return(sync);
 }
@@ -70,32 +70,11 @@ void _alpm_sync_free(pmsyncpkg_t *sync)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/* TODO wow this is ugly */
-	if(sync->type == PM_SYNC_TYPE_REPLACE) {
-		alpm_list_free_inner(sync->data, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_pkg_free);
-		alpm_list_free(sync->data);
-		sync->data = NULL;
-	} else {
-		_alpm_pkg_free(sync->data);
-		sync->data = NULL;
-	}
+	alpm_list_free(sync->removes);
+	sync->removes = NULL;
 	FREE(sync);
 }
 
-static void synclist_free(alpm_list_t *syncpkgs)
-{
-	if(syncpkgs) {
-		alpm_list_t *tmp;
-		for(tmp = syncpkgs; tmp; tmp = alpm_list_next(tmp)) {
-			if(tmp->data) {
-				_alpm_sync_free(tmp->data);
-			}
-		}
-		alpm_list_free(syncpkgs);
-	}
-
-}
-
 /* Find recommended replacements for packages during a sync.
  */
 static int find_replacements(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local,
@@ -147,27 +126,28 @@ static int find_replacements(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local,
 					 * the package to replace.
 					 */
 					pmsyncpkg_t *sync;
-					pmpkg_t *dummy = _alpm_pkg_dup(lpkg);
-					if(dummy == NULL) {
-						pm_errno = PM_ERR_MEMORY;
-						synclist_free(*syncpkgs);
-						return(-1);
-					}
+
 					/* check if spkg->name is already in the packages list. */
 					sync = _alpm_sync_find(*syncpkgs, alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg));
 					if(sync) {
-						/* found it -- just append to the replaces list */
-						sync->data = alpm_list_add(sync->data, dummy);
+						/* found it -- just append to the removes list */
+						sync->removes = alpm_list_add(sync->removes, lpkg);
+						/* check the to-be-replaced package's reason field */
+						if(lpkg->reason == PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT) {
+							sync->newreason = PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT;
+						}
 					} else {
 						/* none found -- enter pkg into the final sync list */
-						sync = _alpm_sync_new(PM_SYNC_TYPE_REPLACE, spkg, NULL);
+						/* copy over reason */
+						sync = _alpm_sync_new(alpm_pkg_get_reason(lpkg), spkg, NULL);
 						if(sync == NULL) {
-							_alpm_pkg_free(dummy);
 							pm_errno = PM_ERR_MEMORY;
-							synclist_free(*syncpkgs);
+							alpm_list_free_inner(*syncpkgs, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_sync_free);
+							alpm_list_free(*syncpkgs);
+							*syncpkgs = NULL;
 							return(-1);
 						}
-						sync->data = alpm_list_add(NULL, dummy);
+						sync->removes = alpm_list_add(NULL, lpkg);
 						*syncpkgs = alpm_list_add(*syncpkgs, sync);
 					}
 					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "%s-%s elected for upgrade (to be replaced by %s-%s)\n",
@@ -180,6 +160,35 @@ static int find_replacements(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local,
 	return(0);
 }
 
+/** Check for new version of pkg in sync repos
+ * (only the first occurrence is considered in sync)
+ */
+pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_sync_newversion(pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync)
+{
+	alpm_list_t *i;
+	pmpkg_t *spkg = NULL;
+
+	for(i = dbs_sync; !spkg && i; i = i->next) {
+		spkg = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(i->data, alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg));
+	}
+
+	if(spkg == NULL) {
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "'%s' not found in sync db => no upgrade\n",
+				alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg));
+		return(NULL);
+	}
+
+	/* compare versions and see if spkg is an upgrade */
+	if(_alpm_pkg_compare_versions(pkg, spkg)) {
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "new version of '%s' found (%s => %s)\n",
+					alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg), alpm_pkg_get_version(pkg),
+					alpm_pkg_get_version(spkg));
+		return(spkg);
+	} else {
+		return(NULL);
+	}
+}
+
 /** Get a list of upgradable packages on the current system
  * Adds out of date packages to *list.
  * @arg list pointer to a list of pmsyncpkg_t.
@@ -193,7 +202,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmdb_t *db_local,
 int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans,
 		pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, alpm_list_t **syncpkgs)
 {
-	alpm_list_t *i, *j;
+	alpm_list_t *i, *j, *replaced = NULL;
 
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
@@ -205,76 +214,61 @@ int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans,
 		return(-1);
 	}
 
-	/* match installed packages with the sync dbs and compare versions */
+	/* compute the to-be-replaced packages for efficiency */
+	for(i = *syncpkgs; i; i = i->next) {
+		pmsyncpkg_t *sync = i->data;
+		for(j = sync->removes; j; j = j->next) {
+			replaced = alpm_list_add(replaced, j->data);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* for all not-replaced local package we check for upgrade */
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "checking for package upgrades\n");
 	for(i = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db_local); i; i = i->next) {
-		int replace = 0;
 		pmpkg_t *local = i->data;
-		pmpkg_t *spkg = NULL;
-		pmsyncpkg_t *sync;
 
-		for(j = dbs_sync; !spkg && j; j = j->next) {
-			spkg = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(j->data, alpm_pkg_get_name(local));
-		}
-		if(spkg == NULL) {
-			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "'%s' not found in sync db -- skipping\n",
-					alpm_pkg_get_name(local));
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		/* we don't care about a to-be-replaced package's newer version */
-		for(j = *syncpkgs; j && !replace; j=j->next) {
-			sync = j->data;
-			if(sync->type == PM_SYNC_TYPE_REPLACE) {
-				if(_alpm_pkg_find(alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg), sync->data)) {
-					replace = 1;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		if(replace) {
+		if(_alpm_pkg_find(alpm_pkg_get_name(local), replaced)) {
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "'%s' is already elected for removal -- skipping\n",
 					alpm_pkg_get_name(local));
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		/* compare versions and see if we need to upgrade */
-		if(_alpm_pkg_compare_versions(local, spkg)) {
-			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "%s elected for upgrade (%s => %s)\n",
-					alpm_pkg_get_name(local), alpm_pkg_get_version(local),
-					alpm_pkg_get_version(spkg));
-			if(!_alpm_sync_find(*syncpkgs, alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg))) {
-				/* If package is in the ignorepkg list, skip it */
-				if(_alpm_pkg_should_ignore(spkg)) {
-					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s: ignoring package upgrade (%s => %s)\n"),
-							alpm_pkg_get_name(local), alpm_pkg_get_version(local),
-							alpm_pkg_get_version(spkg));
-					continue;
-				}
+		pmpkg_t *spkg = alpm_sync_newversion(local, dbs_sync);
+		if(spkg) {
+			/* we found a new version */
+			/* skip packages in IgnorePkg or in IgnoreGroup */
+			if(_alpm_pkg_should_ignore(spkg)) {
+				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s: ignoring package upgrade (%s => %s)\n"),
+						alpm_pkg_get_name(local), alpm_pkg_get_version(local),
+						alpm_pkg_get_version(spkg));
+				continue;
+			}
 
-				pmpkg_t *tmp = _alpm_pkg_dup(local);
-				if(tmp == NULL) {
-					pm_errno = PM_ERR_MEMORY;
-					synclist_free(*syncpkgs);
-					return(-1);
-				}
-				sync = _alpm_sync_new(PM_SYNC_TYPE_UPGRADE, spkg, tmp);
-				if(sync == NULL) {
-					_alpm_pkg_free(tmp);
-					pm_errno = PM_ERR_MEMORY;
-					synclist_free(*syncpkgs);
-					return(-1);
-				}
-				*syncpkgs = alpm_list_add(*syncpkgs, sync);
+			/* add the upgrade package to our pmsyncpkg_t list */
+			if(_alpm_sync_find(*syncpkgs, alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg))) {
+				/* it is already there, done */
+				continue;
+			}
+			/* we can set any reason here, it will be overridden by add_commit */
+			pmsyncpkg_t *sync = _alpm_sync_new(PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT, spkg, NULL);
+			if(sync == NULL) {
+				alpm_list_free_inner(*syncpkgs, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_sync_free);
+				alpm_list_free(*syncpkgs);
+				*syncpkgs = NULL;
+				alpm_list_free(replaced);
+				return(-1);
 			}
+			*syncpkgs = alpm_list_add(*syncpkgs, sync);
 		}
 	}
 
+	alpm_list_free(replaced);
 	return(0);
 }
 
 int _alpm_sync_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, char *name)
 {
-	char targline[PKG_FULLNAME_LEN];
+	char *targline;
 	char *targ;
 	alpm_list_t *j;
 	pmpkg_t *local;
@@ -287,8 +281,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sy
 	ASSERT(db_local != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_NULL, -1));
 	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
 	ASSERT(name != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
+	STRDUP(targline, name, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
 
-	strncpy(targline, name, PKG_FULLNAME_LEN);
 	targ = strchr(targline, '/');
 	if(targ) {
 		/* we are looking for a package in a specific database */
@@ -301,13 +295,15 @@ int _alpm_sync_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sy
 				repo_found = 1;
 				spkg = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db, targ);
 				if(spkg == NULL) {
-					RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_NOT_FOUND, -1);
+					pm_errno = PM_ERR_PKG_NOT_FOUND;
+					goto error;
 				}
 			}
 		}
 		if(!repo_found) {
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("repository '%s' not found\n"), targline);
-			RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_REPO_NOT_FOUND, -1);
+			pm_errno = PM_ERR_PKG_REPO_NOT_FOUND;
+			goto error;
 		}
 	} else {
 		targ = targline;
@@ -316,7 +312,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sy
 			spkg = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db, targ);
 		}
 		if(spkg == NULL) {
-			RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_NOT_FOUND, -1);
+			pm_errno = PM_ERR_PKG_NOT_FOUND;
+			goto error;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -347,36 +344,35 @@ int _alpm_sync_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sy
 
 	/* add the package to the transaction */
 	if(!_alpm_sync_find(trans->packages, alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg))) {
-		pmpkg_t *dummy = NULL;
-		if(local) {
-			dummy = _alpm_pkg_dup(local);
-			if(dummy == NULL) {
-				RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1);
-			}
-		}
-		sync = _alpm_sync_new(PM_SYNC_TYPE_UPGRADE, spkg, dummy);
+		sync = _alpm_sync_new(PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT, spkg, NULL);
 		if(sync == NULL) {
-			_alpm_pkg_free(dummy);
-			RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1);
+			goto error;
 		}
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding target '%s' to the transaction set\n",
 							alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg));
 		trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, sync);
 	}
 
+	FREE(targline);
 	return(0);
+
+error:
+	if(targline) {
+		FREE(targline);
+	}
+	return(-1);
 }
 
 /* Helper functions for alpm_list_remove
- */
+*/
 static int syncpkg_cmp(const void *s1, const void *s2)
 {
 	const pmsyncpkg_t *sp1 = s1;
 	const pmsyncpkg_t *sp2 = s2;
 	pmpkg_t *p1, *p2;
 
-  p1 = alpm_sync_get_pkg(sp1);
-  p2 = alpm_sync_get_pkg(sp2);
+	p1 = alpm_sync_get_pkg(sp1);
+	p2 = alpm_sync_get_pkg(sp2);
 
 	return(strcmp(alpm_pkg_get_name(p1), alpm_pkg_get_name(p2)));
 }
@@ -412,10 +408,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 		/* build remove list for resolvedeps */
 		for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmsyncpkg_t *sync = i->data;
-			if(sync->type == PM_SYNC_TYPE_REPLACE) {
-				for(j = sync->data; j; j = j->next) {
-					remove = alpm_list_add(remove, j->data);
-				}
+			for(j = sync->removes; j; j = j->next) {
+				remove = alpm_list_add(remove, j->data);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -437,7 +431,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			/* add the dependencies found by resolvedeps to the transaction set */
 			pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 			if(!_alpm_sync_find(trans->packages, alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg))) {
-				pmsyncpkg_t *sync = _alpm_sync_new(PM_SYNC_TYPE_DEPEND, spkg, NULL);
+				pmsyncpkg_t *sync = _alpm_sync_new(PM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND, spkg, NULL);
 				if(sync == NULL) {
 					ret = -1;
 					goto cleanup;
@@ -472,180 +466,129 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 		EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_INTERCONFLICTS_START, NULL, NULL);
 
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "looking for conflicts\n");
-		deps = _alpm_checkconflicts(db_local, list);
-		if(deps) {
-			int errorout = 0;
-			alpm_list_t *asked = NULL;
-			pmconflict_t *conflict = NULL;
-
-			for(i = deps; i && !errorout; i = i->next) {
-				pmsyncpkg_t *sync;
-				pmpkg_t *found = NULL;
-
-				conflict = i->data;
-				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "package '%s' conflicts with '%s'\n",
-						conflict->package1, conflict->package2);
-				/* check if the conflicting package is about to be removed/replaced.
-				 * if so, then just ignore it. */
-				for(j = trans->packages; j && !found; j = j->next) {
-					sync = j->data;
-					if(sync->type == PM_SYNC_TYPE_REPLACE) {
-						found = _alpm_pkg_find(conflict->package2, sync->data);
-					}
-				}
-				if(found) {
-					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "'%s' is already elected for removal -- skipping\n",
-							alpm_pkg_get_name(found));
-					continue;
-				}
 
-				sync = _alpm_sync_find(trans->packages, conflict->package1);
-				if(sync == NULL) {
-					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "'%s' not found in transaction set -- skipping\n",
-					          conflict->package1);
-					continue;
-				}
-				pmpkg_t *local = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db_local, conflict->package2);
-				/* check if this package provides the package it's conflicting with */
-				if(alpm_list_find(alpm_pkg_get_provides(sync->pkg),
-							conflict->package2, _alpm_prov_cmp)) {
-					/* treat like a replaces item so requiredby fields are
-					 * inherited properly. */
-					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "package '%s' provides its own conflict\n",
-							conflict->package1);
-					if(!local) {
-						char *rmpkg = NULL;
-						void *target, *depend;
-						/* hmmm, package2 isn't installed, so it must be conflicting
-						 * with another package in our final list.  For example:
-						 *
-						 *     pacman -S blackbox xfree86
-						 *
-						 * If no x-servers are installed and blackbox pulls in xorg, then
-						 * xorg and xfree86 will conflict with each other.  In this case,
-						 * we should follow the user's preference and rip xorg out of final,
-						 * opting for xfree86 instead.
-						 */
-
-						/* figure out which one was requested in targets. If they both
-						 * were, then it's still an unresolvable conflict. */
-						target = alpm_list_find_str(trans->targets, conflict->package1);
-						depend = alpm_list_find_str(trans->targets, conflict->package2);
-						if(depend && !target) {
-							_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "'%s' is in the target list -- keeping it\n",
-								conflict->package2);
-							/* remove conflict->package1 */
-							rmpkg = conflict->package1;
-						} else if(target && !depend) {
-							_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "'%s' is in the target list -- keeping it\n",
-								conflict->package1);
-							/* remove conflict->package2 */
-							rmpkg = conflict->package2;
-						} else {
-							/* miss->target2 is not needed, miss->target already provides
-							 * it, let's resolve the conflict */
-							rmpkg = conflict->package2;
-						}
-						if(rmpkg) {
-							pmsyncpkg_t *rsync = _alpm_sync_find(trans->packages, rmpkg);
-							if(rsync) {
-								void *vpkg;
-								_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing '%s' from target list\n",
-										rsync->pkg->name);
-								trans->packages = alpm_list_remove(trans->packages, rsync,
-										syncpkg_cmp, &vpkg);
-								_alpm_sync_free(vpkg);
-							}
-							continue;
-						}
+		/* 1. check for conflicts in the target list */
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "check targets vs targets\n");
+		deps = _alpm_innerconflicts(list);
+
+		for(i = deps; i; i = i->next) {
+			pmconflict_t *conflict = i->data;
+			pmsyncpkg_t *rsync, *sync, *sync1, *sync2;
+
+			/* have we already removed one of the conflicting targets? */
+			sync1 = _alpm_sync_find(trans->packages, conflict->package1);
+			sync2 = _alpm_sync_find(trans->packages, conflict->package2);
+			if(!sync1 || !sync2) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "conflicting packages in the sync list: '%s' <-> '%s'\n",
+					conflict->package1, conflict->package2);
+
+			/* if sync1 provides sync2, we remove sync2 from the targets, and vice versa */
+			if(alpm_list_find(alpm_pkg_get_provides(sync1->pkg),
+						conflict->package2, _alpm_prov_cmp)) {
+				rsync = sync2;
+				sync = sync1;
+			} else if(alpm_list_find(alpm_pkg_get_provides(sync2->pkg),
+						conflict->package1, _alpm_prov_cmp)) {
+				rsync = sync1;
+				sync = sync2;
+			} else {
+				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("unresolvable package conflicts detected\n"));
+				pm_errno = PM_ERR_CONFLICTING_DEPS;
+				ret = -1;
+				if(data) {
+					pmconflict_t *newconflict = _alpm_conflict_dup(conflict);
+					if(newconflict) {
+						*data = alpm_list_add(*data, newconflict);
 					}
 				}
-				/* It's a conflict -- see if they want to remove it */
-				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "resolving package '%s' conflict\n",
-						conflict->package1);
-				if(local) {
-					int doremove = 0;
-					if(!alpm_list_find_str(asked, conflict->package2)) {
-						QUESTION(trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_CONFLICT_PKG, conflict->package1,
-								conflict->package2, NULL, &doremove);
-						asked = alpm_list_add(asked, strdup(conflict->package2));
-						if(doremove) {
-							pmpkg_t *q = _alpm_pkg_dup(local);
-							if(sync->type != PM_SYNC_TYPE_REPLACE) {
-								/* switch this sync type to REPLACE */
-								sync->type = PM_SYNC_TYPE_REPLACE;
-								_alpm_pkg_free(sync->data);
-								sync->data = NULL;
-							}
-							/* append to the replaces list */
-							_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "electing '%s' for removal\n",
-									conflict->package2);
-							sync->data = alpm_list_add(sync->data, q);
-							/* see if the package is in the current target list */
-							pmsyncpkg_t *rsync = _alpm_sync_find(trans->packages,
-									conflict->package2);
-							if(rsync) {
-								/* remove it from the target list */
-								void *vpkg;
-								_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing '%s' from target list\n",
-										conflict->package2);
-								trans->packages = alpm_list_remove(trans->packages, rsync,
-										syncpkg_cmp, &vpkg);
-								_alpm_sync_free(vpkg);
-							}
-						} else {
-							/* abort */
-							_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("unresolvable package conflicts detected\n"));
-							errorout = 1;
-						}
-					}
-				} else {
-					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("unresolvable package conflicts detected\n"));
-					errorout = 1;
+				alpm_list_free_inner(deps, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_conflict_free);
+				alpm_list_free(deps);
+				goto cleanup;
+			}
+
+			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing '%s' from target list\n", rsync->pkg->name);
+			/* Only prints a warning if rsync is an explicit target. */
+			if(alpm_list_find_str(trans->targets, rsync->pkg->name)) {
+				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING,
+						_("removing '%s' from target list because it conflicts with '%s'\n"),
+						rsync->pkg->name, sync->pkg->name);
+			}
+			void *vpkg;
+			trans->packages = alpm_list_remove(trans->packages, rsync,
+					syncpkg_cmp, &vpkg);
+			pmsyncpkg_t *syncpkg = vpkg;
+			list = alpm_list_remove(list, syncpkg->pkg, _alpm_pkg_cmp, NULL);
+			_alpm_sync_free(syncpkg);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		alpm_list_free_inner(deps, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_conflict_free);
+		alpm_list_free(deps);
+		deps = NULL;
+
+		/* 2. we check for target vs db conflicts (and resolve)*/
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "check targets vs db and db vs targets\n");
+		deps = _alpm_outerconflicts(db_local, list);
+
+		for(i = deps; i; i = i->next) {
+			pmconflict_t *conflict = i->data;
+
+			/* if conflict->package2 (the local package) is not elected for removal,
+			   we ask the user */
+			int found = 0;
+			for(j = trans->packages; j && !found; j = j->next) {
+				pmsyncpkg_t *sync = j->data;
+				if(_alpm_pkg_find(conflict->package2, sync->removes)) {
+					found = 1;
 				}
 			}
-			if(errorout) {
-				/* The last conflict was unresolvable, so we duplicate it and add it to *data */
+			if(found) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "package '%s' conflicts with '%s'\n",
+					conflict->package1, conflict->package2);
+
+			pmsyncpkg_t *sync = _alpm_sync_find(trans->packages, conflict->package1);
+			pmpkg_t *local = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db_local, conflict->package2);
+			int doremove = 0;
+			QUESTION(trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_CONFLICT_PKG, conflict->package1,
+								conflict->package2, NULL, &doremove);
+			if(doremove) {
+				/* append to the removes list */
+				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "electing '%s' for removal\n", conflict->package2);
+				sync->removes = alpm_list_add(sync->removes, local);
+			} else { /* abort */
+				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("unresolvable package conflicts detected\n"));
 				pm_errno = PM_ERR_CONFLICTING_DEPS;
+				ret = -1;
 				if(data) {
-					pmconflict_t *lastconflict = conflict;
-					if((conflict = malloc(sizeof(pmconflict_t))) == NULL) {
-						_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("malloc failure: could not allocate %zd bytes\n"),
-								sizeof(pmconflict_t));
-						FREELIST(*data);
-						pm_errno = PM_ERR_MEMORY;
-					} else {
-						*conflict = *lastconflict;
-						*data = alpm_list_add(*data, conflict);
+					pmconflict_t *newconflict = _alpm_conflict_dup(conflict);
+					if(newconflict) {
+						*data = alpm_list_add(*data, newconflict);
 					}
 				}
-				FREELIST(asked);
-				FREELIST(deps);
-				ret = -1;
+				alpm_list_free_inner(deps, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_conflict_free);
+				alpm_list_free(deps);
 				goto cleanup;
 			}
-			FREELIST(asked);
-			FREELIST(deps);
 		}
 		EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_INTERCONFLICTS_DONE, NULL, NULL);
+		alpm_list_free_inner(deps, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_conflict_free);
+		alpm_list_free(deps);
 	}
 
 	if(!(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPS)) {
-		/* rebuild remove and list */
-		alpm_list_free(list);
-		list = NULL;
-		for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
-			pmsyncpkg_t *sync = i->data;
-			list = alpm_list_add(list, sync->pkg);
-		}
+		/* rebuild remove list */
 		alpm_list_free(remove);
 		remove = NULL;
 		for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmsyncpkg_t *sync = i->data;
-			if(sync->type == PM_SYNC_TYPE_REPLACE) {
-				for(j = sync->data; j; j = j->next) {
-					remove = alpm_list_add(remove, j->data);
-				}
+			for(j = sync->removes; j; j = j->next) {
+				remove = alpm_list_add(remove, j->data);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -657,7 +600,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			if(data) {
 				*data = deps;
 			} else {
-				FREELIST(deps);
+				alpm_list_free_inner(deps, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_depmiss_free);
+				alpm_list_free(deps);
 			}
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
@@ -778,7 +722,7 @@ static int apply_deltas(pmtrans_t *trans, alpm_list_t *patches)
 		pmpkg_t *pkg;
 		pmdelta_t *d;
 		char command[PATH_MAX], fname[PATH_MAX];
-		char pkgfilename[PKG_FILENAME_LEN];
+		char pkgfilename[PATH_MAX];
 
 		pkg = alpm_list_getdata(p);
 		p = alpm_list_next(p);
@@ -813,7 +757,7 @@ static int apply_deltas(pmtrans_t *trans, alpm_list_t *patches)
 
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, _("command: %s\n"), command);
 
-		snprintf(pkgfilename, PKG_FILENAME_LEN, "%s-%s-%s" PKGEXT,
+		snprintf(pkgfilename, PATH_MAX, "%s-%s-%s" PKGEXT,
 				pkg->name, d->to, pkg->arch);
 
 		EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_DELTA_PATCH_START, pkgfilename, d->filename);
@@ -1130,7 +1074,6 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 	tr = _alpm_trans_new();
 	if(tr == NULL) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not create removal transaction\n"));
-		pm_errno = PM_ERR_MEMORY;
 		goto error;
 	}
 
@@ -1141,16 +1084,14 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 	for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
 		pmsyncpkg_t *sync = i->data;
-		if(sync->type == PM_SYNC_TYPE_REPLACE) {
-			alpm_list_t *j;
-			for(j = sync->data; j; j = j->next) {
-				pmpkg_t *pkg = j->data;
-				if(!_alpm_pkg_find(pkg->name, tr->packages)) {
-					if(_alpm_trans_addtarget(tr, pkg->name) == -1) {
-						goto error;
-					}
-					replaces++;
+		alpm_list_t *j;
+		for(j = sync->removes; j; j = j->next) {
+			pmpkg_t *pkg = j->data;
+			if(!_alpm_pkg_find(pkg->name, tr->packages)) {
+				if(_alpm_trans_addtarget(tr, pkg->name) == -1) {
+					goto error;
 				}
+				replaces++;
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1175,7 +1116,6 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 	tr = _alpm_trans_new();
 	if(tr == NULL) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not create transaction\n"));
-		pm_errno = PM_ERR_MEMORY;
 		goto error;
 	}
 	if(_alpm_trans_init(tr, PM_TRANS_TYPE_UPGRADE, trans->flags | PM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPS, trans->cb_event, trans->cb_conv, trans->cb_progress) == -1) {
@@ -1201,9 +1141,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 		/* using alpm_list_last() is ok because addtarget() adds the new target at the
 		 * end of the tr->packages list */
 		spkg = alpm_list_last(tr->packages)->data;
-		if(sync->type == PM_SYNC_TYPE_DEPEND) {
-			spkg->reason = PM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND;
-		}
+		spkg->reason = sync->newreason;
 	}
 	if(_alpm_trans_prepare(tr, data) == -1) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not prepare transaction\n"));
@@ -1246,14 +1184,6 @@ pmsyncpkg_t *_alpm_sync_find(alpm_list_t *syncpkgs, const char* pkgname)
 	return(NULL); /* not found */
 }
 
-pmsynctype_t SYMEXPORT alpm_sync_get_type(const pmsyncpkg_t *sync)
-{
-	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(sync != NULL, return(-1));
-
-	return sync->type;
-}
-
 pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_sync_get_pkg(const pmsyncpkg_t *sync)
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
@@ -1262,12 +1192,12 @@ pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_sync_get_pkg(const pmsyncpkg_t *sync)
 	return sync->pkg;
 }
 
-void SYMEXPORT *alpm_sync_get_data(const pmsyncpkg_t *sync)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_sync_get_removes(const pmsyncpkg_t *sync)
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	ASSERT(sync != NULL, return(NULL));
 
-	return sync->data;
+	return sync->removes;
 }
 
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */