#!/bin/bash
# pck-update -- plugin for @package@
# Copyright (C) 2004-2015 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>

[ -z "$BASH" ] || [ ${BASH_VERSION:0:1} -lt 3 ] &&
 { echo $"this script requires bash version 3 or better" >&2 && exit 1; }

me=(${0##*/} "@version@" "@date@")

[ $(id -u) -eq 0 ] &&
 { echo "$me: "$"you're running $me as root" 1>&2 && exit 1; }

[ -r @libdir@/libmsgmng.lib ] ||
 { echo "$me: "$"library not found"": @libdir@/libmsgmng.lib" 1>&2
   exit 1; }
. @libdir@/libmsgmng.lib

[ -r @libdir@/libspec.lib ] ||
 { echo "$me: "$"library not found"": @libdir@/libspec.lib" 1>&2
   exit 1; }
. @libdir@/libspec.lib

[ -r @libdir@/libnetwork.lib ] ||
 { echo "$me: "$"library not found"": @libdir@/libnetwork.lib" 1>&2
   exit 1; }
. @libdir@/libnetwork.lib

[ -r @libdir@/libapse.lib ] ||
 { echo "$me: "$"library not found"": @libdir@/libapse.lib" 1>&2
   exit 1; }
. @libdir@/libapse.lib

# default values:
# output verbosity
let "verbose = 1"
#
let "cleanup = 0"
let "spec_format = 0"
let "rebuild = 0"
let "force = 0"
let "force_update = 0"
let "force_build = 0"
let "force_install = 0"
let "force_download = 0"
let "force_upload = 0"
# do not enable logging by default
let "logging = 0"
# do upload srpms packages
let "nosrpm = 0"
# do upload rpms packages
let "norpms = 0"
# do a "list check"
let "list_check = 0"
# do not use rpm variables for unix tools
let "format_unix_tools = 0"
# do not replace the automatically discovered build requirements
let "replace_autobuildreq = 0"

unset ignore_test_list

# load the configuration file(s)
[ -r @libdir@/libcfg.lib ] ||
 { echo "$me: "$"library not found"": @libdir@/libcfg.lib" 1>&2
   exit 1; }
. @libdir@/libcfg.lib

[ -r @libdir@/libtranslate.lib ] ||
 { echo "$me: "$"library not found"": @libdir@/libtranslate.lib" 1>&2
   exit 1; }
. @libdir@/libtranslate.lib

function copying() {
   echo "\
"$"This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the
Free Software Foundation.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE."
}

function version() {
   echo "\
${me[0]} ${me[1]}
Copyright (C) 2004-2013 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>"
}

# $1: optional exit code (default is '1')
function usage() {
   version
   echo "\
"$"Update the package <pck> to version <ver> and release <rel>"".

"$"Usage"":
 @frontend@ -u <pck> -a<lst> [<ver>] [<rel>] [-d v1=r1[,v2=r2,...]] \\
             [-l usr:pswd] [-S <specfile>] [-A <arch>] \\
             [--server-download <int>] [--server-upload <int>] \\
             [--changelog \"msg\" ] [--packager-fullname \"Full Name\" ] \\
             [--packager-email \"email@domain\" ] [--nosrpm|--norpm] \\
             [--force-update] [--force-build] [--force-install] \\
             [--force-download] [--ignore-test t1[,t2,...]] \\
             [-c] [-f] [-L] [-R] [-C <conf_file>]

"$"where the above options mean"":
 -u, --update       "$"Update the package <pck> to version <ver> and release <rel>""
 -a, --action       "$"Do the actions specified in the comma separated list <lst>""
                      0. "$"check for available versions in the $DISTRO repositories""
                      1. "$"download and install the srpm package""
                      2. "$"check if a new version is available""
                      3. "$"download new source files""
                      4. "$"update and check the specfile""
                      5. "$"build the rpm(s) and srpm packages""
                      6. "$"build the list of the build requirements""
                      7. "$"simulate the installation of the rpm package(s)""
                      8. "$"perform some quality and security checks""
                      9. "$"calculate the md5/sha1 hashing values""
                     10. "$"upload the new packages to the ftp repository"",""
                         "$"*remove* old packages from the ftp repository""
                         "$"(move packages to \`\$ftp_rw_old_dir', if set)""
                     11. "$"install the new rpm packages""
     --force-update "$"Force the update of the rpm(s) and srpm packages""
     --force-build  "$"Force the rebuild of the rpm(s) and srpm packages""
     --force-install""
                    "$"Install the new packages even if rpm complains for errors""
     --force-download""
                    "$"Download the source files even if found in SOURCE""
     --force        "$"Try to execute the given action(s) bypassing errors""
     --ignore-test  "$"Skip the given test number(s)"" (t1[,t2,...])""
 -d, --define       "$"Define variables <v1>,<v2>,... with values <r1>,<r2>,...""
     --server-download""
                    "$"Select a server from where to download srpm packages""
     --server-upload  ""
                    "$"Select a server where to upload packages""
     --server       "$"Select a server to be used for both download and upload""
 -l, --login        "$"FTP user (usr) and password (pswd) for packages upload""
 -S, --specfile     "$"Name of the specfile (default: <name>.spec)""
 -A, --arch         "$"Force the architecture to a given value""
     --changelog    "$"Set change information for the package""
     --packager-fullname
                    "$"Override packager full name""
     --packager-email
                    "$"Override packager email""
     --nosrpm       "$"action"" 5: "$"Only build the rpm packages""
                    "$"action"" 10: "$"Do not upload the srpm package""
     --norpm        "$"action"" 5: "$"Only build the srpm package""
                    "$"action"" 10: "$"Do not upload the rpm packages""
     --list-check   "$"action"" 5: "$"Do a \`list check'""
 -b, --update-autobuildreq""
                    "$"action"" 6: "$"Replace the block AUTOBUILDREQ""
 -c, --clear        "$"Remove all the temporary files except (s)rpm packages""
 -f, --format       "$"Enable specfile autoformatting""
 -L, --log          "$"Unable logging to file (logging dir: \`\$logging_dir')""
 -R, --rebuild      "$"Enable rebuilding mode and settings (action 4 only)""
     --root         "$"Specify an alternative root directory to rpm""
     --colors       "$"Select the theme to be used for the colorized output""
 -C, --config       "$"Use an alternate user configuration file"" <conf_file>""
                    "$"Default files:"" $default_cfg_strlist""
                    "$"Default user files:"" $default_cfg_user_strlist""

"$"Operation modes"":
 -h, --help         "$"Print this help, then exit""
 -V, --version      "$"Print version number, then exit""
 -q, --quiet        "$"Run in quiet mode""
 -D, --debug        "$"Run in debugging mode (very verbose output)""

"$"Samples"":
 @frontend@ -u apck 0.1.2 -a4 -f --changelog \""$"changelog entry""\"
 @frontend@ --log -u apck -a5,7:9 --force-build --define addons_ver=0.9
 @frontend@ -c -u -l usr:pswd apck 0.1.2 -a10 --server-upload=1
 @frontend@ -u apck -a1,4-8 -A noarch --rebuild --ignore-test=6,7 --colors=web
 @frontend@ -u apck -a10 --norpm -S /var/tmp/specs/aPackage.spec
 @frontend@ -u apck -a11 --force-install -C ~/.autospec-alt.conf
 
"$"Report bugs to <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>."

   exit ${1:-1}
}

case $1 in
   --autospec-args-file*)
      if [[ "$1" =~ = ]]; then
         argsfile=`echo $1 | sed 's/^--autospec-args-file=//'`
      else
         argsfile=$2
      fi
      [ -r "$argsfile" ] || notify.error $"cannot read"": \`$argsfile'"
      . $argsfile && rm -f $argsfile
   ;;
esac

for arg in $@; do
   case $arg in
   -h|--help) usage 0 ;;
   -V|--version) version; echo; copying; exit 0 ;;
   esac
done

exec_options=`LC_ALL=C getopt \
   -o ua:d:l:S:A:bcfLRC:DqhV \
   --long \
update,action:,define:,login:,specfile:,arch:,\
server-download:,server-upload:,server:,\
changelog:,packager-fullname:,packager-email:,\
nosrpm,norpm,list-check,update-autobuildreq,\
force-update,force-build,force-install,force-download,force,\
ignore-test:,clear,format,log,rebuild,root:,\
frontend_opts:,colors:,config:,\
debug,quiet,help,version \
   -n "$me" -- "$@"`
[ $? = 0 ] || exit 1

eval set -- "$exec_options"

cmdline_vars=()

while :; do
   case $1 in
      -u|--update) ;;
      -a|--action)
         steps=$2; shift ;;
      -d|--define)
         define_list=$2; shift ;;
      -l|--login)
         cl_ftp_rw_user=${2%%:*}
         cl_ftp_rw_passwd=${2##*:}; shift ;;
      -S|--specfile)
         usrdef_spec=$2
         spec_name="${usrdef_spec##*/}"
         spec_dir_conf="$spec_dir"
         spec_dir=$(echo "$usrdef_spec" | sed -n "s,[/]*$spec_name$,,p")
         [ "$spec_dir" ] || spec_dir="$spec_dir_conf"
         case "$spec_dir" in
         \.) spec_dir="$(pwd)" ;;
         \./*|\.\./*) # not an absolute paths
            spec_dir="$(pwd)/$spec_dir" ;;
         esac
         shift ;;
      -A|--arch)
         target_cpu="$2"; shift ;;
      --server-download)
         ftp_server_download_id="$2"; shift ;;
      --server-upload)
         ftp_server_upload_id="$2"; shift ;;
      --server)
         ftp_server_download_id="$2"
         ftp_server_upload_id="$2"
         shift ;;
      --changelog)
         changelog_cmdline="$2"; shift
         notify.debug "changelog_cmdline = \"$changelog_cmdline\"" ;;
      --packager-fullname)
         packager_fullname="$2"; shift
         cmdline_vars[${#cmdline_vars[*]}]="packager_fullname=\"$packager_fullname\"" ;;
      --packager-email)
         packager_email="$2"; shift
         cmdline_vars[${#cmdline_vars[*]}]="packager_email=\"$packager_email\"" ;;
      --nosrpm)
         let "nosrpm = 1" ;;
      --norpm)
         let "norpms = 1" ;;
      --list-check)
         let "list_check = 1" ;;
      -b|--update-autobuildreq)
         let "replace_autobuildreq = 1" ;;
      --force-update)
         let "force_update = 1" ;;
      --force-build)
         let "force_build = 1" ;;
      --force-install)
         let "force_install = 1" ;;
      --force-download)
         let "force_download = 1" ;;
      --force)
         let "force_update = 1"
         let "force_build = 1"
         let "force_install = 1"
         let "force_download = 1"
         let "force_upload = 1" ;;
      --ignore-test)
         ignore_test_list=$2; shift ;;
      -c|--clear)
         cleanup=1 ;;
      -f|--format)
         let "spec_format = 1" ;;
      -L|--log)
         let "logging = 1" ;;
      -R|--rebuild)
         let "rebuild = 1" ;;
      --root)
         rpm_rootdir="$2"; shift
         rpm_root_opts="--root=$rpm_rootdir" ;;
      -D|--debug)
         let "verbose = 2" ;;
      -q|--quiet)
         let "verbose = 0" ;;
      --colors)
         color_scheme="$2"; shift
         notify.debug "color_scheme = \"$color_scheme\""
         cmdline_vars[${#cmdline_vars[*]}]="color_scheme=\"$color_scheme\""
      ;;
      -C|--config)
         cfgfile_list_cmdline="$2"; shift
         notify.debug "cfgfile_list_cmdline = \"$cfgfile_list_cmdline\""
         cmdline_vars[${#cmdline_vars[*]}]="\
cfgfile_list_cmdline=\"$cfgfile_list_cmdline\""
      ;;
      -h|--help)
         usage 0 ;;
      -V|--version)
         version; echo; copying; exit 0 ;;
      --) shift; break ;;
      *) notify.error $"unrecognized option"" -- \`$1'" ;;
   esac
   shift
done

for arg in $@; do
   if [[ -z "$pck_name" ]]; then
      pck_name=$arg
   elif [[ -z "$pck_newver" ]]; then
      pck_newver=$arg
   elif [[ -z "$pck_newrel" ]]; then
      pck_newrel=$arg
   else
      notify.error $"unrecognized option"" -- \`$arg'"
   fi
done

notify.debug "${0} ${exec_options}"
#echo -e "[ ${0} \\ \n    ${exec_options} ]\n"

if [ -n "$rpm_rootdir" ]; then
   [ -d "$rpm_rootdir" ] ||
      notify.error $"no such file or directory"": $rpm_rootdir"
fi

cfg_load_files "$cfgfile_list_cmdline"

# otherwrite the configuration variables by set them again using
# the values defined via the commanline options
for i in ${!cmdline_vars[@]}; do
   notify.debug "eval \"${cmdline_vars[i]}\""
   eval "${cmdline_vars[i]}"
done

[ "$logging" = "1" ] && color_scheme="none"
notify.enable_colors "$color_scheme"

# default values for non mandatory configuration variables
[ "$logging_dir" ] || logging_dir="${tmppath_dir:-/var/tmp}/@package@"

# check if all the needed tools are available
for tool in cat chmod cpio date file find fold ftp getopt grep \
   mktemp readlink rpm rpmbuild rpm2cpio sed seq sort strings; do
   [ "$(type -p $tool)" ] ||
      notify.error $"utility not found"": \`$tool'"
done

# check for configuration mistakes (in the configuration file(s))
unset upload_ftpserver
for i in `seq 1 1 ${#ftp_rw_server[@]}`; do
   # if the entry is not a void string ("") check for mandatory
   # related variables
   if [ "${ftp_rw_server[$i-1]}" ]; then
      [ "${ftp_rw_rpms_dir[$i-1]}" ] || notify.error $"\
must be set in the configuration file"": \`ftp_rw_rpms_dir[$(($i-1))]'"
      [ "${ftp_rw_srpms_dir[$i-1]}" ] || notify.error $"\
must be set in the configuration file"": \`ftp_rw_srpms_dir[$(($i-1))]'"
   fi
done

#case "$spec_backup_attr" in
#   "hidden") ;; "visible") ;;
#   *) notify.error $"\
#unrecognized value for \`spec_backup_attr': $spec_backup_attr" ;;
#esac

[ "${#ftp_rw_server[@]}" = 0 ] && notify.error $"\
must be set in the configuration file"": \`ftp_rw_server[]'"

[ "${#ftpurl_ro_rpms[*]}"  = "${#ftp_rw_rpms_dir[*]}"  ] ||
   notify.error "\
\`ftpurl_ro_rpms', \`ftp_rw_rpms_dir': "$"must have the same size"

[ "${#ftpurl_ro_srpms[*]}" = "${#ftp_rw_srpms_dir[*]}" ] ||
   notify.error "\
\`ftpurl_ro_srpms', \`ftp_rw_srpms_dir': "$"must have the same size"

[ "${#ftpdir_rw_old[*]}"   = "${#ftp_rw_rpms_dir[*]}"  ] ||
   notify.error "\
\`ftpdir_rw_old', \`ftp_rw_rpms_dir': "$"must have the same size"

[ "$ftp_rw_server_num_default" ] || notify.error $"\
must be set in the configuration file"": \`ftp_rw_server_num_default'"
# check if `ftp_rw_server_num_default' is a valid number

[[ "$ftp_rw_server_num_default" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] ||
   notify.error "\`ftp_rw_server_num_default': "\
$"illegal value"": \"$ftp_rw_server_num_default\""
[ "$ftp_rw_server_num_default" -lt ${#ftp_rw_rpms_dir[*]} ] ||
   notify.error "\`ftp_rw_server_num_default': "\
$"illegal value"": \"$ftp_rw_server_num_default\""

# display users and passwords in the debug messages (default: '0')
debug_print_private_user_infos=0

infofile=$(mktemp -q -t infofile.XXXXXXXX)
[ $? -eq 0 ] || notify.error $"can't create temporary files"

# preprocessed specfile generated by 'rpm --specfile --specedit'
specfile_preprocessed=$(mktemp -q -t specpreproc.XXXXXXXX)
[ $? -eq 0 ] || notify.error $"can't create temporary files"

trap "rm -f $infofile $specfile_preprocessed" 0 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 15
notify.debug "infofile = $infofile"

# function infofile.create()
#    write in the ($temporary) file '$infofile' all the needed variables
#    got from the package specfile
# args:
#    none
function infofile.create() {
   notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: creating info file ($infofile)..."

   ( unset SPEC_NAME
     unset SPEC_VERSION
     unset SPEC_RELEASE
     unset SPEC_GROUP
     unset SPEC_FILENAME
     unset SPEC_URL
     unset SPEC_PATCH
     unset SPEC_SOURCE
     unset SPEC_LICENSE
     unset SPEC_TARGET
     unset SPEC_OBSOLETES
     unset SPEC_BUILDARCH
     unset SPEC_BUILDREQUIRES
     unset SPEC_BUILDROOT
     #unset SRPM_SPECFILE
     unset SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH
     unset USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS
     unset SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED

     # destroy the old infofile but use its data
     [ -r $infofile ] && . $infofile
     > $infofile

     if [ -z "$SRPM_SPECFILE" ]; then
        SRPM_SPECFILE="${spec_name:-$pck_name.spec}"
        [ "$spec_name" ] || notify.warning $"\
assuming as specfile"": \`$spec_dir/$SRPM_SPECFILE'"
     fi

     case "$SRPM_SPECFILE" in
     */*)
        if [ "$SRPM_SPECFILE" = "$spec_dir/${SRPM_SPECFILE##*/}" ]; then
           # permit this syntax for backward compatibility
           SRPM_SPECFILE="${SRPM_SPECFILE##*/}"
        else
           notify.error $"unsupported path for specfile"": \`$SRPM_SPECFILE'"
        fi
     ;;
     esac

     echo "SRPM_SPECFILE=\"$SRPM_SPECFILE\"" >> $infofile
     notify.debug "SRPM_SPECFILE = \"$SRPM_SPECFILE\""

     [ "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH" ] ||
        SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH="$spec_dir/$SRPM_SPECFILE"

     [ -f "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH" ] ||
        notify.error $"specfile not found"": \`$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH'"

     local specfile_mimetype
     specfile_mimetype="$(LC_ALL=C file -p --brief "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH")"
     notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: specfile_mimetype: $specfile_mimetype"

     case "$specfile_mimetype" in
        # Microsoft line terminators... not good for the parser
        *"with CRLF"*"line terminators"*)
           notify.error $"\
specfile with CRLF line terminators"": $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH"
        ;;
       # MAC line terminators
        *"with CR"*"line terminators"*)
           notify.error $"\
specfile with CR line terminators"": $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH"
        ;;
        *"text"*) : ;;
        *) notify.error $"\
specfile with an unsupported format"" ($specfile_mimetype)""\
: $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH"
        ;;
     esac

     echo "SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH=\"$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH\"" >> $infofile
     notify.debug "SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH = \"$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH\""

     if [ -z "$USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS" ]; then
        USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS="\
$(for i in `seq 1 1 ${#define_list_name[*]}`; do
echo -n " --define=\"${define_list_name[$i-1]} ${define_list_value[$i-1]}\""
done)"
     fi
     echo "USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS='""$USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS""'" >> $infofile
     notify.debug "USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS = \'$USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS\'"

     # create the specfile_preprocessed only once
     if [ ! -s "$specfile_preprocessed" ]; then
        local rpmbuild_opts="\
--define=\"%_specdir $spec_dir\" --define=\"%_sourcedir $source_dir\""

        specfile.check_syntax \
           --rpmopts "$rpmbuild_opts $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS" \
           --specfile "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH" \
           --specfile-preprocessed "$specfile_preprocessed"
     fi

     SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED="$specfile_preprocessed"
     notify.debug "SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED = \"$SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED\""
     echo "SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED=\"$SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED\"" >> $infofile

     # set the variables 'rpmvar_name[]', 'rpmvar_value[]', 'rpmvar_expr[]'
     if [ "$SPEC_VERSION_FORCED" ]; then
        # use 'SPEC_VERSION' instead of the version hardcoded in the specfile
        # (needed when we want to upgrade to a more recent version of the package
        # discovered by libapse)
        rpmvars.init --pckver="$SPEC_VERSION_FORCED" "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH"
     else
        rpmvars.init "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH"
     fi

     if [ -r $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED ]; then
        # check for values not yet in the `infofile'
        [ "$SPEC_NAME"          ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_NAME
        [ "$SPEC_VERSION"       ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_VERSION
        [ "$SPEC_RELEASE"       ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_RELEASE
        [ "$SPEC_GROUP"         ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_GROUP
        [ "$SPEC_FILENAME"      ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_FILENAME
        [ "$SPEC_URL"           ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_URL
        [ "$SPEC_PATCH"         ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_PATCH
        [ "$SPEC_SOURCE"        ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_SOURCE
        [ "$SPEC_LICENSE"       ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_LICENSE
        [ "$SPEC_TARGET"        ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_TARGET
        [ "$SPEC_OBSOLETES"     ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_OBSOLETES
        [ "$SPEC_BUILDARCH"     ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_BUILDARCH
        [ "$SPEC_BUILDREQUIRES" ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_BUILDREQUIRES
        [ "$SPEC_BUILDROOT"     ] || specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_BUILDROOT

        echo "\
SPEC_NAME=\"$SPEC_NAME\"
SPEC_VERSION=\"$SPEC_VERSION\"
SPEC_RELEASE=\"$SPEC_RELEASE\"
SPEC_GROUP=(\
$(for i in `seq 1 1 ${#SPEC_GROUP[*]}`; do
   echo -n "\"${SPEC_GROUP[i-1]}\" "
done))
SPEC_FILENAME=\"$SPEC_FILENAME\"
SPEC_URL=\"$SPEC_URL\"
SPEC_PATCH=(${SPEC_PATCH[*]})
SPEC_SOURCE=(\
$(for i in `seq 1 1 ${#SPEC_SOURCE[*]}`; do
   echo -n "\"${SPEC_SOURCE[i-1]}\" "
done))
SPEC_LICENSE=(\
$(for i in `seq 1 1 ${#SPEC_LICENSE[*]}`; do
   echo -n "\"${SPEC_LICENSE[i-1]}\" "
done))
SPEC_TARGET=(${SPEC_TARGET[*]})
SPEC_OBSOLETES=(\
$(for i in `seq 1 1 ${#SPEC_OBSOLETES[*]}`; do
   echo -n "\"${SPEC_OBSOLETES[i-1]}\" "
done))
SPEC_BUILDARCH=\"$SPEC_BUILDARCH\"
SPEC_BUILDROOT=\"$SPEC_BUILDROOT\"
SPEC_BUILDREQUIRES=(\
$(for i in `seq 1 1 ${#SPEC_BUILDREQUIRES[*]}`; do
   echo -n "\"${SPEC_BUILDREQUIRES[i-1]}\" "
done))
BUILD_ARCH=\"$BUILD_ARCH\"
TARGET_ARCH=\"$TARGET_ARCH\"" >> $infofile
     else
        notify.error $"specfile not found"": \`$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH'"
     fi
   ) || exit 1  # exit with error if the specfile is not found

   notify.debug "$(infofile.cat $infofile)"
}

# function infofile.cat()
#    print the content of the infofile
# args:
#    $1 : infofile name
function infofile.cat() {
   local infofile="$1"

   [ "$infofile" ] || notify.error $"\
(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"missing mandatory arg"" (#1)"

   [ -e $infofile ] && echo "\
[infofile]
$( cat $infofile | \
   sed '# indent and display the infofile
      s,.*,   &,' )"
}

# function specfile.newrelease()
#    calculate the new release versioning number
# args:
#    none
function specfile.newrelease() {
   [ -s "$infofile" ] || infofile.create

   local pck_newver="$1"
   local pck_newrel="$2"
   notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: pck_newver = \"$pck_newver\""
   notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: pck_newrel = \"$pck_newrel\""

   ( . $infofile

     # NOTE: allowed format is: '<number[.<number>]*<distroid><dnumber>'
     #       <dnumber> will permit a distroid "upgrade": mamba --> mamba2
     [[ "$SPEC_RELEASE" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){0,}[^0-9\.]+[0-9]*$ ]] ||
        notify.error \
           $"release number: unsupported format"": \"$SPEC_RELEASE\""

     if [ "$pck_newver" = $SPEC_VERSION ]; then
        # the release has been specified at command line
        if [ "$pck_newrel" ]; then
           [[ "$pck_newrel" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){0,}[^0-9\.]+[0-9]*$ ]] ||
              notify.error \
                 $"release number: unsupported format"": \"$pck_newrel\""
           [ "$pck_newrel" '>' "$SPEC_RELEASE" ] ||
              notify.error $"\
new release \`$pck_newrel' must be greater than current one \`$SPEC_RELEASE'"
           echo "$pck_newrel"
        else
           # example: 123.45.67mamba2 --> sr_relnum = 123.45.67
           local sr_relnum="${SPEC_RELEASE%%[^0-9\.]*}"
           notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: sr_relnum = \"$sr_relnum\""
           # example: 123.45.67mamba2 --> sr_distroid = mamba2
           local sr_distroid="${SPEC_RELEASE/$sr_relnum}"

           # example: 13.155.24<distroid> --> 13.155.25${DISTRO_rpm}
           [[ "$SPEC_RELEASE" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){1,}${sr_distroid}$ ]] \
             && \
            { echo "${sr_relnum%\.*}.$(( ${sr_relnum/*\./} + 1 ))${DISTRO_rpm}"
              return 0; }

           # example: 12<distroid> --> 13${DISTRO_rpm}
           [[ "$SPEC_RELEASE" =~ ^[0-9]+${sr_distroid}$ ]] &&
            { echo "$(( $sr_relnum + 1 ))${DISTRO_rpm}"
              return 0; }

           # this line should be never reached
           notify.error $"(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "\
$"release number: unsupported format"": \"$SPEC_RELEASE\""
        fi
     else
        echo "1${DISTRO_rpm}"
     fi ) || { echo "$SPEC_RELEASE"; return 1; }
}

# function specfile.rotate_bck()
#    create a backup copy of the current specfile and rotate the
#    last '$spec_backup_numbers' (default = 5) saved specfiles
# args
#    specfile to rotate with path
function specfile.rotate_bck() {
   local specfile="$1"
   [ "$specfile" ] || notify.error $"\
(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"missing mandatory arg"" (#1)"

   local v
   local oldfext="${spec_backup_extension:-old}"
   local specname="${specfile##*/}"
   local specpath="${specfile%/*}"

   #notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: oldfext    = $oldfext"
   #notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: specname   = $specname"
   #notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: specpath   = $specpath"

   # create hidded files by default
   local oldfprefix="."
   [ "$spec_backup_attr" = "visible" ] && oldfprefix=""

   #notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: oldfprefix = $oldfprefix"

   for v in `seq $((${spec_backup_numbers:-5} - 2)) -1 0`; do
      [[ -e "${specpath}/${oldfprefix}${specname}.$v.${oldfext}" ]] &&
       { notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: \
[${specpath}] ${specname}.$v.${oldfext}\
 --> ${specname}.$(($v + 1)).${oldfext}"
         mv -f ${specpath}/${oldfprefix}${specname}.$v.${oldfext} \
               ${specpath}/${oldfprefix}${specname}.$(($v + 1)).${oldfext}; }
   done

   if [ -e "${specfile}" ]; then
      notify.note $"\
making a ${NOTE}backup copy${NORM} of the current specfile""
   --> ${NOTE}${specpath}/${oldfprefix}${specname}.0.${oldfext}${NORM}"
      cp -f ${specfile} \
            ${specpath}/${oldfprefix}${specname}.0.${oldfext}
   fi
}

# function target_cpu.set_and_check()
#    check the user defined variable 'target_cpu' and set if unset
# args:
#    none
function target_cpu.set_and_check() {
   if [ ! "$target_cpu" ]; then
      target_cpu="${SPEC_BUILDARCH:-$BUILD_ARCH}"
      [ "$target_cpu" == "noarch" ] &&
         target_cpu=`rpm --eval %{_host_cpu} 2>/dev/null`
   fi
   notify.debug "target_cpu = $target_cpu"

   # check if the 'target_cpu' is an allowed architecture
   local arch_list_curr bad_arch=1
   for arch_list_curr in ${arch_list[@]}; do
      [ "$arch_list_curr" = "$target_cpu" ] &&
      { let "bad_arch = 0"; break; }
   done
   [ "$bad_arch" = 1 ] &&
      notify.error $"unsupported architecture"": \`$target_cpu'"
}

# function target_cpu.set_and_check()
#    generate the name of the rpm package
# args:
#    -n : package name
#    -v : package version
#    -r : package release
#    -t : rpm or srpm
#    -a . architecture
#    -p : return the filename with path
function package.generate_name() {
   local ARGS
   ARGS=`LC_ALL=C getopt \
      -o n:v:r:t:a:p \
      --long name:,version:,release:,type:,arch:,path \
      -n "$FUNCNAME" -- "$@"`
   [ $? = 0 ] || notify.error $"(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"\`getopt' error"

   local rpm_name rpm_version rpm_release \
         rpm_type rpm_arch rpm_path rpm_ext with_rpm_path

   eval set -- "$ARGS"
   while :; do
      case "$1" in
      -n|--name)
         rpm_name="$2"; shift ;;
      -v|--version)
         rpm_version="$2"; shift ;;
      -r|--release)
         rpm_release="$2"; shift ;;
      -t|--type)
         rpm_type="$2"; shift ;;
      -a|--arch)
         rpm_arch="$2"; shift ;;
      -p|--path)
         with_rpm_path="1" ;;
      --) shift; break ;;
      *) notify.error $"\
(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"\`getopt' error: bad command \`$1'" ;;
      esac
      shift
   done

   if [ "$rpm_type" = "rpm" ]; then
      rpm_ext="${rpm_arch}.rpm"
      [ "$with_rpm_path" = 1 ] && rpm_path="$rpms_dir/$rpm_arch"
   else
      rpm_ext="src.rpm"
      [ "$with_rpm_path" = 1 ] && rpm_path="$srpms_dir"
   fi

   notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: retval: ${rpm_path:+$rpm_path/}\
${rpm_name}-${rpm_version}-${rpm_release}$DISTRO_rpm.${rpm_ext}"

   echo "${rpm_path:+$rpm_path/}\
${rpm_name}-${rpm_version}-${rpm_release}$DISTRO_rpm.${rpm_ext}"
}

# function package.update()
#    do all the actions needed to update an rpm package
# args:
#     $1 : boolean variable: force specfile reformatting
#     $2 : package name of the package to be upgraded
#     $3 : new release of the package to be upgraded (optional in some step)
#     $4 : new versione of the package to be upgraded (optional in some step)
#     $5 : steps of the upgrading process
#     $6 : ftp user with write permission
#     $7 : ftp password with write permission
#     $8 : specfile name
#     $9 : list of specfile variables/values set by the user
#    $10 : ftp server from where to download srpms packages
#    $11 : ftp server where to upload packages
declare -r update_steps=11   # total steps in the update process
function package.update() {
   local spec_format=$1

   local pck_name="$2"
   [[ "$pck_name" ]] || notify.error $"missing package name"

   # remove the heading path if any
   [[ "$pck_name" =~ .*/.* ]] && pck_name="${pck_name##*/}"
   # remove the trailing ".spec" string if any
   [[ "$pck_name" =~ \.spec$ ]] && pck_name="${pck_name%\.spec}"

   local pck_newver="$3"
   notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: pck_newver = $pck_newver"
   local pck_newrel="$4"
   notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: pck_newrel = $pck_newrel"

   if [[ $logging -eq 1 ]]; then   # enable logging
      logging_file="\
$logging_dir/$(LC_ALL="C" date "+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")-$pck_name.log"

      mkdir -p $logging_dir &>/dev/null
      [ $? -eq 0 ] || notify.error $"\
cannot create logging directory"" (\`logging_file')"

      > $logging_file
      notify.note $"logging file"": \`"${NOTE}"$logging_file${NORM}'"

      exec 3<&1   # link fd #3 with stdout; save stdout
      exec 4<&2   # link fd #4 with stderr; save stderr
      exec 1>>$logging_file
      exec 2>>$logging_file

      notify.note "[ ${0}${exec_options} ]\n"
   fi

   # note: leave here after the 'logging_file' stuff
   notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: pck_name = $pck_name"

   # the arch on which autospec is being running
   BUILD_ARCH="$(rpm --eval %_build_cpu 2>/dev/null)"
   [[ "$BUILD_ARCH" ]] ||
      notify.error $"cannot evaluate:"" \`BUILD_ARCH'"
   notify.debug "BUILD_ARCH = $BUILD_ARCH"

   unset steps
   local user_steps="$5"
   [[ "$user_steps" ]] ||
      notify.error $"no action specified: set with \`--action'"

   OIFS="$IFS"; IFS=','
   for token in $user_steps; do
      case $token in
      *:*)
         fromstep=${token%%:*}; tostep=${token##*:}
         [[ -z "$fromstep" || -z "$tostep" ]] &&
            notify.error $"sintax error in --action \`$4'"
         steps=("${steps[*]}" $(seq $fromstep 1 $tostep))
      ;;
      *) steps[${#steps[*]}]="$token" ;;
      esac
   done
   IFS="$OIFS"

   notify.debug "steps = (`echo ${steps[*]} | sed 's,\n, ,'`)"
   [[ -n "`echo "${steps[*]}" | sed 's,[0-9 ]*,,'`" ]] &&
      notify.error $"\
sintax error in the command"": \`--action'"" (\`${4:-"?"}')"

   local ftp_rw_user_forced="$6"
   local ftp_rw_passwd_forced="$7"
#   [[ ( -n "$6" && -z "$7" ) || ( -z "$6" && -n "$7" ) ]] &&
#      notify.error $"\
#\`ftp_rw_user' and \`ftp_rw_passwd' must be both set or unset"

   local spec_name
   case "$8" in
   "") spec_name="${pck_name/\.spec/}.spec" ;;
   *.spec) spec_name="$8" ;;
   *) spec_name="${8}.spec" ;;
   esac

   notify.debug "spec_name = $spec_name"
   notify.debug "spec_dir = $spec_dir"

   # note (workaround): we must set here all the args before '$9'
   # because the command 'set --' called later will overwrite them

   local ftp_server_download_id="${10}"
   notify.debug "ftp_server_download_id = $ftp_server_download_id"
   local ftp_server_download_num ftp_server_download_alias

   # check whether `ftp_server_download_id' is valid
   if [ "$ftp_server_download_id" ]; then
      if [[ "$ftp_server_download_id" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
         ftp_server_download_num="$ftp_server_download_id"
         ftp_server_download_alias=""
         [ "$ftp_server_download_num" -lt ${#ftp_rw_rpms_dir[*]} ] ||
         notify.error "\
\`--server-download': "$"illegal value for arg"": \"$ftp_server_download_id\""
      else
         ftp_server_download_alias="$ftp_server_download_id"
         notify.debug "ftp_server_download_alias = $ftp_server_download_alias"
         local found_alias=0
         for i in ${!ftp_alias[@]}; do
            if [ "$ftp_server_download_alias" = "${ftp_alias[$i]}" ]; then
               ftp_server_download_num="$i"
               found_alias=1
               break
            fi
         done
         [ "$found_alias" = 0 ] && notify.error "\
\`--server-download': "$"illegal value for arg"": \"$ftp_server_download_id\""
      fi
   fi

   local ftp_server_upload_id="${11}"
   notify.debug "ftp_server_upload_id = $ftp_server_upload_id"
   local ftp_server_upload_num ftp_server_upload_alias

   # check whether `ftp_server_upload_id' is valid
   if [ "$ftp_server_upload_id" ]; then
      if [[ "$ftp_server_upload_id" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
         ftp_server_upload_num="$ftp_server_upload_id"
         ftp_server_upload_alias=""
         [ "$ftp_server_upload_num" -lt ${#ftp_rw_rpms_dir[*]} ] ||
         notify.error "\
\`--server-upload': "$"illegal value for arg"": \"$ftp_server_upload_id\""
      else
         ftp_server_upload_alias="$ftp_server_upload_id"
         notify.debug "ftp_server_upload_alias = $ftp_server_upload_alias"
         local found_alias=0
         for i in ${!ftp_alias[@]}; do
            if [ "$ftp_server_upload_alias" = "${ftp_alias[$i]}" ]; then
               ftp_server_upload_num="$i"
               found_alias=1
               break
            fi
         done
         [ "$found_alias" = 0 ] && notify.error "\
\`--server-upload': "$"illegal value for arg"": \"$ftp_server_upload_id\""
      fi
   fi

   local token define_list_name define_list_value
   define_list_name=()
   define_list_value=()
   define_list_rpm=""
   OIFS="$IFS"; IFS=','
   for token in $9; do
      IFS='='; set -- $token
      # '$2' can be null as in : --define cross_target_cpu=""
      [[ "$1" ]] ||
         notify.error $"sintax error in the command"": \`--define'"
      define_list_name[${#define_list_name[*]}]="$1"
      define_list_value[${#define_list_value[*]}]="$2"
      define_list_rpm="${define_list_rpm} --define \"$1 $2\""
      IFS=','
   done
   IFS="$OIFS"
   notify.debug "\
define_list_name  = [ \
$(for i in `seq 0 1 $(( ${#define_list_name[*]} - 1 ))`; do
echo -n "\"%${define_list_name[$i]}\" "; done)]"
   notify.debug "\
define_list_value = [ \
$(for i in `seq 0 1 $(( ${#define_list_value[*]} - 1 ))`; do
echo -n "\"${define_list_value[$i]}\" "; done)]"
   notify.debug "\
define_list_rpm = \"$define_list_rpm\""

   if [[ "$pck_name" =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$ ]]; then
      if [ "$pck_newver" ]; then
         notify.note $"updating package ${NOTE}${pck_name##*/}${NORM} \
to version ${NOTE}${pck_newver}${NORM}""..."
      else
         notify.note $"updating package"" ${NOTE}${pck_name##*/}${NORM}..."
      fi
   else
      # not a real package but a regexp
      if [ "$pck_newver" ]; then
         notify.note $"multiple package update (regexp: \
${NOTE}$pck_name${NORM}) to version ${NOTE}${pck_newver}${NORM}""..."
      else
         notify.note $"multiple package update (regexp: \
${NOTE}$pck_name${NORM})""..."
      fi
   fi

   for step in ${steps[*]}; do
      case $step in
      0) notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
check for available versions in the $DISTRO repositories""${NORM}"

         local srpm_pck_found=0
         if [ "$ftp_server_download_num" ]; then
            repository.get_SRPMS_name \
               --urllist "${ftpurl_ro_srpms[$ftp_server_download_num]}" \
               --urlnum "$ftp_server_download_num" \
               --proxy "$proxy" \
               --proxy-user "$proxy_user" \
               "$pck_name"

            if [[ "$got_SPEC_FILENAME" ]]; then
               [[ ${#got_SPEC_FILENAME[@]} -gt 1 ]] &&
                  notify.warning $"several occurrences found"
               notify.note \
$"Repository""\
: ${NOTE}(#$ftp_server_download_num) ${got_SPEC_FILENAME_URL}${NORM}"
               for j in `seq 1 1 ${#got_SPEC_FILENAME[*]}`; do
                  notify.note \
$"Package"":  ${NOTE}${got_SPEC_FILENAME[$(($j-1))]}${NORM}"
               done
            else
               notify.warning $"\
cannot find a matching SRPM package in the given repositories"
            fi
         else
            for i in `seq 1 1 ${#ftp_rw_server[*]}`; do
               [ "${ftp_enable[$(($i-1))]}" = 0 ] ||
               repository.get_SRPMS_name \
                  --urllist "${ftpurl_ro_srpms[$(($i-1))]}" \
                  --urlnum "$(($i-1))" \
                  --proxy "$proxy" \
                  --proxy-user "$proxy_user" \
                  "$pck_name"

               if [[ "$got_SPEC_FILENAME" ]]; then
                  [[ ${#got_SPEC_FILENAME[@]} -gt 1 ]] &&
                     notify.warning $"several occurrences found"
                  notify.note \
$"Repository"" : ${NOTE}(#$(($i-1))) ${got_SPEC_FILENAME_URL}${NORM}"
                  for j in `seq 1 1 ${#got_SPEC_FILENAME[*]}`; do
                     notify.note \
$"Package"":  - ""${NOTE}${got_SPEC_FILENAME[$(($j-1))]}${NORM}"
                  done
                  let "srpm_pck_found += 1"
               fi
            done
               [ "$srpm_pck_found" = 0 ] && notify.warning $"\
cannot find a matching SRPM package in the given repositories"
         fi
      ;;

      1) notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
download and install the srpm package""${NORM}"

#         notify.debug "\
#repository.get_SRPMS_name \
#--urllist \"${ftpurl_ro_srpms[$ftp_server_download_num]}\" \
#--urlnum \"$ftp_server_download_num\" \
#--proxy \"$proxy\" --proxy-user \"$proxy_user\" \"$pck_name\""

         repository.get_SRPMS_name \
            --urllist "${ftpurl_ro_srpms[$ftp_server_download_num]}" \
            --urlnum "$ftp_server_download_num" \
            --proxy "$proxy" \
            --proxy-user "$proxy_user" \
            "$pck_name"

         [[ "$got_SPEC_FILENAME" ]] || notify.error $"\
cannot find a matching SRPM package in the given repositories"

         [[ ${#got_SPEC_FILENAME[@]} -gt 1 ]] &&
            notify.error $"\
too many packages found"": $(
            for f in ${got_SPEC_FILENAME[*]}; do
               echo -en "\n * $f"
            done )"

         # NOTE: always force the download of srpms files because non
         # forcing behaviour causes issues (documented by Silvan).
         curl.download --options "$curl_options" --force \
${proxy:+--proxy $proxy} ${proxy_user:+--proxy-user $proxy_user} \
--exit-on-err --destdir="$srpms_dir" "$got_SPEC_FILENAME_URL/$got_SPEC_FILENAME"

         notify.note $"installing"" ${NOTE}$got_SPEC_FILENAME${NORM}..."
         for filename in \
            $(rpm -p -ql $srpms_dir/$got_SPEC_FILENAME 2>/dev/null); do
            case "$filename" in
            *.spec)
               destdir="$spec_dir"
             # echo "SRPM_SPECFILE=${spec_name:-$filename}" >> $infofile
               echo "SRPM_SPECFILE=$filename" >> $infofile
            ;;
            *) destdir="$source_dir" ;;
            esac
            notify.note " * $destdir/${filename##*/}"
         done

         # provide 'SRPM_SPECFILE'
         . $infofile

         # do not overwrite the current specfile, if any
         specfile.rotate_bck $spec_dir/$SRPM_SPECFILE

         notify.debug "running: rpm -hiv $srpm_install_options \
--define \"%_specdir $spec_dir\" --define \"%_sourcedir $source_dir\" \
$srpms_dir/$got_SPEC_FILENAME"
         rpm -hiv "$srpm_install_options" \
             --define "%_specdir $spec_dir" \
             --define "%_sourcedir $source_dir" \
             $srpms_dir/$got_SPEC_FILENAME 2>&1 >/dev/null ||
         notify.error $"\
an error occurred while installing \`$got_SPEC_FILENAME'"

         # remove the old SRPMS archive
         # (NOTE: disabled because of incompatibilities with autodist)
         #rm -f $srpms_dir/$got_SPEC_FILENAME

         # overwrite the default value with the real value
         echo "SPEC_FILENAME=$got_SPEC_FILENAME" >> $infofile
      ;;
      2) if [[ -n "$pck_newver" || "$rebuild" = 1 ]]; then
            notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
check if a new version is available""${NORM}... "$"skipped"
            continue
         else
            notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
check if a new version is available""${NORM}"
         fi

         infofile.create
         . $infofile

         unset SPEC_SOURCE0_PCKNAME
         specfile.getvars -s $SPECFILE_PREPROCESSED SPEC_SOURCE0_PCKNAME

         unset SPEC_SOURCE0_VERBATIM
         specfile.getvars -s $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH --verbatim SPEC_SOURCE0

         unset SPEC_AUTOUPDATE_OFF
         specfile.getvars -s $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH SPEC_AUTOUPDATE_OFF

         apse.scrapeversion \
            --pckname "$SPEC_SOURCE0_PCKNAME" \
            --pckurl "${SPEC_SOURCE[0]}" \
            --pckurlverbatim "${SPEC_SOURCE0_VERBATIM}" \
            --specname "$SPEC_NAME" \
            ${proxy:+ --proxy $proxy} \
            ${proxy_user:+ --proxy-user $proxy_user} \
            --autoupdate-off "${SPEC_AUTOUPDATE_OFF[*]}"

         retval=$?

         notify.debug "SPEC_VERSION = $SPEC_VERSION"
         notify.debug "APSE_LAST_VERSION = $APSE_LAST_VERSION"

         if [ "$force_update" = 0 ]; then
            case $retval in
               # package is already the latest version
               "0") exit 4 ;;
               # a newer version of the package is already installed (!?)
               "1") exit 2 ;;
               # a new version is available
               "2") : ;;
               # no information on latest available version
               "3") exit 3 ;;
                 *) notify.error $"\
(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"unknown retcode for apse.scrapeversion()"" ($retval)" ;;
            esac
         else
            pck_newver="$SPEC_VERSION"
         fi
         if [ "$APSE_LAST_VERSION" ]; then
            pck_newver="$APSE_LAST_VERSION"
            notify.debug "pck_newver = $pck_newver"
         fi
      ;;
      3) notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
download new source files""${NORM}"

         if [ -n "$pck_newver" ]; then
            echo "SPEC_VERSION_FORCED=\"$pck_newver\"" > $infofile
            rpmvars.init --clear
         fi   

         infofile.create
         . $infofile

         #[ -z "$pck_newver" ] &&
         #   notify.error $"version for new package required"
         if [ -z "$pck_newver" ]; then
            pck_newver="$SPEC_VERSION"
            notify.debug "pck_newver = $SPEC_VERSION (forced)"
         fi

         # the update to the same version got a skip download message

         local filenum local fullURL fullURL_new sdflag

         # get the list of URL of all the source files...
         specfile.getvars -s $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH --verbatim SPEC_SOURCE

         [ "$force_download" = "1" ] && sdflag="--force"

         for filenum in `seq 1 1 ${#SPEC_SOURCE_VERBATIM[@]}`; do
            let "totfilenum += 1"
            fullURL=${SPEC_SOURCE_VERBATIM[$filenum-1]}
            notify.debug "fullURL = $fullURL"

            fullURL_new=$(\
echo $fullURL | sed "s,%[{]*version[}]*,$pck_newver,g")
            notify.debug "fullURL_new = $fullURL_new"
            fullURL_new=$(\
rpmvars.solve "$fullURL_new" "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH")
            notify.debug "fullURL_new = $fullURL_new"

            case "$fullURL_new" in
               http+git://*|https+git://*)
                  fullURL_new="${fullURL_new/+git}"
                  [ -e "${source_dir}/${fullURL/*\/}" -a "$force_download" != "1" ] || \
                     git.download \
                        --pck-version "$pck_newver" \
                        --destdir="$source_dir" "$fullURL_new" \
                        --preserve-dot-git 1
               ;;
               git://*|http://*.git/*|https://*.git/*)
                  fullURL_new="${fullURL_new/+git}"
                  [ -e "${source_dir}/${fullURL/*\/}" -a "$force_download" != "1" ] || \
                     git.download \
                        --pck-version "$pck_newver" \
                        --destdir="$source_dir" "$fullURL_new"
               ;;
               *) curl.download --options "$curl_options" $sdflag \
${proxy:+--proxy $proxy} ${proxy_user:+--proxy-user $proxy_user} \
--exit-on-err --filenum="$totfilenum" --destdir="$source_dir" "$fullURL_new"
               ;;
            esac
         done

         # get the list of URL of all the patches (usually local files)...
         specfile.getvars -s $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH --verbatim SPEC_PATCH

         for filenum in `seq 1 1 ${#SPEC_PATCH_VERBATIM[@]}`; do
            let "totfilenum += 1"
            fullURL=${SPEC_PATCH_VERBATIM[$filenum-1]}
            notify.debug "fullURL = $fullURL"
            fullURL_new=$(\
rpmvars.solve "$fullURL" "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH")
            notify.debug "fullURL_new = $fullURL_new"

            curl.download --options "$curl_options" $sdflag \
${proxy:+--proxy $proxy} ${proxy_user:+--proxy-user $proxy_user} \
--exit-on-err --filenum="$totfilenum" --destdir="$source_dir" "$fullURL_new"
         done
      ;;
      4) notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
update and check the specfile""${NORM}"

         infofile.create
         . $infofile

         if [ "$rebuild" = 1 ]; then
            if [ -z "$pck_newver" ]; then
               pck_newver="$SPEC_VERSION"
               notify.debug "pck_newver = $SPEC_VERSION (forced)"
            fi
         else
            [ "$pck_newver" ] ||
               notify.error $"version for new package required"
         fi

         chmod ${rpm_specfile_mode:-644} $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH

         # check in the specfile for some (common) problems

         [ -r @libdir@/libtest.lib ] ||
          { echo "$me: "$"library not found"": @libdir@/libtest.lib" 1>&2
            exit 1; }
         . @libdir@/libtest.lib

         test.runall --specfile="$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH" # || exit 1

         # create a backup copy for the specfile
#        specfile.rotate_bck $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH

         notify.note $"${NOTE}updating${NORM} the new specfile \
\`${NOTE}$spec_dir/$SRPM_SPECFILE${NORM}'""..."

         # function apply_define_list_name()
         #    modify the `%define' entries using the data from
         #    `define_list_name[]' and `define_list_value[]'
         # args:
         #    $1 : the file to modify
         function apply_define_list_name() {
            local i infile=$1
            [[ "$infile" ]] || notify.error $"\
(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"missing mandatory arg"" (#1)"

            for i in `seq 0 1 $(( ${#define_list_name[*]} - 1 ))`; do
               sed -i "/%define[ \t]*${define_list_name[$i]}[ \t]*/{
s|\(.*[ \t]*${define_list_name[$i]}[ \t]*\).*|\1${define_list_value[$i]}|}" \
                  "$infile"
            done
         }

         # set the changelog entry
         local changelog_new
         if [ "$changelog_cmdline" ]; then
            changelog_new="$changelog_cmdline"
         elif [ "$changelog_userdef" ]; then
            changelog_new="$changelog_userdef"
         else
            if [ "$pck_newver" = "$SPEC_VERSION" ]; then
               [ "$rebuild" = 1 ] &&
                  changelog_new="$changelog_rebuild_defvalue" ||
                  changelog_new="$changelog_samever_defvalue"
            else
               #changelog_new="update to version $pck_newver by $me"
               changelog_new="update to $pck_newver"
            fi
         fi
         notify.debug "changelog_new = \"$changelog_new\""

         # NOTE: local specfile_newrelease="$(...)" does not work!
         local specfile_newrelease
         specfile_newrelease="\
$(specfile.newrelease "$pck_newver" "$pck_newrel")"
         [ $? -eq 0 ] || exit 1

         if [ "$spec_format" = 1 ]; then
            notify.debug $"specfile autoformattig enabled"

            $(echo "" | sed "$format_extra_rules" 2>/dev/null) || \
               notify.error $"\
illegal \`format_extra_rules' (see configuration file(s))"

            local bindir=`rpm --eval=%{_bindir}`
            local datadir=`rpm --eval=%{_datadir}`
            local includedir=`rpm --eval=%{_includedir}`
            local infodir=`rpm --eval=%{_infodir}`
            local libdir=`rpm --eval=%{_libdir}`
            local libexecdir=`rpm --eval=%{_libexecdir}`
            local localstatedir=`rpm --eval=%{_localstatedir}`
            local mandir=`rpm --eval=%{_mandir}`
            local prefix=`rpm --eval=%{_prefix}`
            local sbindir=`rpm --eval=%{_sbindir}`
            local sharedstatedir=`rpm --eval=%{_sharedstatedir}`
            local sysconfdir=`rpm --eval=%{_sysconfdir}`

            local tmpspec=$(mktemp -q -t $me.XXXXXXXX)
            [ $? -eq 0 ] ||
               notify.error $"can't create temporary files"
            notify.debug "tmpspec = \`${NOTE}$tmpspec${NORM}'"

            # build a formatting preamble
            local spec_ids; spec_ids=(\
               Name
               Version
               Release
               Epoch
               Serial
               Summary
               Group
               Vendor
               Distribution
               Packager
               URL
               Source[0-9]*
               Patch[0-9]*
               NoSource
               NoPatch
               License
               BuildArch
               BuildArchitectures
               BuildConflicts
               BuildRequires
               ExclusiveArch
               ExclusiveOs
               ExcludeArch
               ExcludeOs
               Obsoletes
               Requires
               Prefix
               BuildRoot)

            # check for missing specfile ids

            local id
            local spec_lines_missing  # missing lines automatically added
            spec_lines_missing=()

            for id in ${spec_ids[@]}; do
               # note (sed "/%description/q") : only look in the preamble
               [[ "`\
sed -n "/%description/q;{/^[ \t]*$id[ \t]*:/p}" \
                  $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH`" ]] || \
               case $id in
                  # these are not mandatory ids
                  Patch*|NoSource|NoPatch|\
                  BuildArch|BuildArchitectures|BuildConflicts|BuildRequires|\
                  Epoch|Serial|\
                  ExclusiveArch|ExclusiveOs|ExcludeArch|ExcludeOs|\
                  Obsoletes|Requires|Prefix)
                  ;;
                  # these values are overwritten, so are no mandatory
                  Vendor)
                     notify.warning $"\
missing entry forced"": Vendor: $VENDOR"
                     spec_lines_missing[${#spec_lines_missing[*]}]="\
Vendor $VENDOR"
                  ;;
                  Distribution)
                     notify.warning $"\
missing entry forced"" : \"Distribution: $DISTRO\""
                     spec_lines_missing[${#spec_lines_missing[*]}]="\
Distribution $DISTRO"
                     #eval "missing_${id}_id=1"
                     #notify.debug "missing_${id}_id = 1"
                  ;;
                  *) notify.error $"\
missing entry in the specfile:"" \`${id%%[[0-9]*}'" ;;
               esac
            done

            local line linenum spec_lines
            let "linenum = 0"
            spec_lines=()

            # line number where the 1st occurrence of a specfile id appears
            local linenum_1stid
            # last line numer of the specfile preamble
            local linenum_preamble_end
            # set to '1' if at least a '%if' directive has been found
            local if_directive=0

            # - save to '$tmpspec' the lines before the specfile preamble
            # - set 'if_directive' if a conditional block is found
            # - set 'linenum_1stid': line number of 1st specfile id
            # - save in 'spec_lines[]' the lines of the preamble
            while read -r line; do
               let linenum+=1
               case "$line" in
               %description*) let linenum-=1; break ;;
               %if\ *)
                  [ "$linenum_1stid" ] &&
                   { notify.debug "found \`%if' directive (line#$linenum)"
                     let "if_directive = 1"; }
               ;;
               %if[a-z]*)
                  notify.warning "\
$FUNCNAME: "$"FIXME: sorry, not implemented yet..."" (${line/ */})"
                  let "if_directive = 1"
               ;;
               [A-Za-z]*:*|[A-Za-z]*:[\ \t]*|\
               [A-Za-z]*:[\ \t]*|[\ \t]*[A-Za-z]*:[\ \t]*)
                  [ "$linenum_1stid" ] ||
                   { linenum_1stid=$linenum
                     notify.debug "\
linenum_1stid (start of preamble) = $linenum"; }
               ;;
               esac

               # print the lines before the preamble
               # (generally comments and/or '%define' directives)
               [ "$linenum_1stid" ] &&
                { notify.debug "spec_lines[${#spec_lines[*]}]=\"$line\""
                  spec_lines[${#spec_lines[*]}]="$line"; } ||
                  echo "$line" >> $tmpspec
            done < $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH

            # last line number of the specfile preamble
            linenum_preamble_end=$linenum
            notify.debug "linenum (end of preamble) = $linenum_preamble_end"

            # apply the user '--define' variable definitions
            apply_define_list_name $tmpspec

            notify.debug "[pre-preamble]\
`cat $tmpspec | sed -n '1{s,.*,\n   &,p};2,${s,.*,   &,p}'`"

            notify.debug "\
[preamble -- original] line#$linenum_1stid$(\
for i in $(seq 1 1 ${#spec_lines[@]}); do
    echo -n "\n   ${spec_lines[$i-1]}"
done)"

            local tmppreamble=$(mktemp -q -t $me.XXXXXXXX)
            [ $? -eq 0 ] ||
               notify.error $"can't create temporary files"
            notify.debug "tmppreamble = \`${NOTE}$tmppreamble${NORM}'"

            # add missing ids and values that are automatically resolved
            for i in $(seq 1 1 ${#spec_lines_missing[*]}); do
               line="${spec_lines_missing[$i-1]}"
               printf "\
%-${format_preamble_tab:-14}s %s\n" "${line/ */}:" "${line/* /}" \
                  >> $tmppreamble
               notify.debug "\
insertion forced for id : \`${line/ */}'"
             # spec_lines[${#spec_lines[*]}]="${spec_lines_missing[$i-1]}"
            done

            # add the other ids and values
            for i in $(seq 1 1 ${#spec_lines[@]}); do
               line="${spec_lines[$i-1]}"
               case "$line" in
               Version*|[\ \t]*Version*)
                  id="Version"
                  notify.debug "forced : $id = \"$pck_newver\""
                  printf "\
%-${format_preamble_tab:-14}s %s\n" "$id:" "$pck_newver"
               ;;
               Release*|[\ \t]*Release*)
                  id="Release"
                  notify.debug "\
forced : $id = \"$specfile_newrelease\""
                  printf "\
%-${format_preamble_tab:-14}s %s\n" "$id:" "$specfile_newrelease"
               ;;
               Distribution*|[\ \t]*Distribution*)
                  notify.debug "forced : Distribution = \"$DISTRO\""
                  printf "\
%-${format_preamble_tab:-14}s %s\n" "Distribution:" "$DISTRO"
               ;;
               Vendor*|[\ \t]*Vendor*)
                  id="Vendor"
                  notify.debug "forced : $id = \"$VENDOR\""
                  printf "\
%-${format_preamble_tab:-14}s %s\n" "$id:" "$VENDOR"
               ;;
               BuildRoot*|[\ \t]*BuildRoot*)
                  id="BuildRoot"
                  notify.debug "\
forced : $id = \"$format_buildroot_value\""
                  printf "\
%-${format_preamble_tab:-14}s %s\n" "$id:" "$format_buildroot_value"
               ;;
               [a-zA-Z0-9\ \t]*:*)
                  id="$(echo $line | sed "s,[ \t]*:.*,,")"
                  [[ "$id" = Url ]] && id="URL"
                  value="$(echo $line | sed "s,[A-Za-z0-9 \t]*:[ \t]*,,")"
                  printf "\
%-${format_preamble_tab:-14}s %s\n" "$id:" "$value"
               ;;
               *) # specfile commands, blank lines or unknown entries
                  echo "$line"
               ;;
               esac
            done >> $tmppreamble

            # FIXME : the preamble lines ('$tmppreamble' file) should be
            # reordered in a 'standard' way when possible
            # **caution** when '$if_directive' is true

            # FIXME : reordering should be performed in a better way
            if [ "$if_directive" = 0 ]; then
               for id in ${spec_ids[@]}; do
                  sed -n "/^[ \t]*[# \t]*${id}[0-9]*/p" $tmppreamble \
                     >> $tmpspec
                  sed -i "/^[# \t]*${id}[0-9]*/d" $tmppreamble
               done
               cat $tmppreamble >> $tmpspec
            else
               notify.warning "\
$FUNCNAME: "$"FIXME: sorry, not implemented yet..."" (preamble sorting when %if)"
               cat $tmppreamble >> $tmpspec
            fi
            rm -f $tmppreamble

            notify.debug "[preamble -- formatted] line#$linenum_1stid\
$(sed -n "$linenum_1stid,\$p" $tmpspec | \
  sed -n '1{s,.*,\n   &,p};2,${s,.*,   &,p}')"

            # writes the rest of the specfile until '%changelog'
            let "linenum = linenum_preamble_end + 1"
            local prep_section=0
            local file_section=0
            local install_section=0
            while :; do
               line="`sed -n "${linenum}p" $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH`"
               #notify.debug "line #${linenum} : \"$line\""
               case "$line" in
               %description*)
                  let "file_section = 0"
                  notify.debug "[description] line#$linenum (\`$line')"
                  echo "$line" >> $tmpspec && let "linenum += 1"
                  # 1st line of the %description block
                  local startline=$linenum
                  while :; do
                     case "\
`sed -n "${linenum}p" $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH`" in
                     %package*|%prep|%setup*|%build|%install|%post*|\
%preun*|%clean|%files*|%changelog)
                         [[ "$linenum" = "$startline" ]] &&
                            notify.error $"\`%description' has empty body"
                         break ;;
                      *) let "linenum += 1" ;;
                     esac
                  done
                  if [ "${format_description_width:-0}" != 0 ]; then
                     notify.debug "\
format_description_width = \"$format_description_width\""
                     sed -n "$startline,$(($linenum - 1)){
# delete leading whitespace from front of each line
:a /^[ \t]\+/s/^[ \t]*//
# found a line starting by '*' or '-' (so it's a list):
# format this line, goto end (label 'e')
/^\(*\|-\)[ \t]*/{
   s,^.[ ]*\(.*\),* \1,;be}
# append next line if the current does not end with '.' nor ':'
/[^(\.|:)]$/{
   x;n   # save pattern space and get a new line
   /^$/{H;x;be}   # find a blank line: restore, goto end
   /^[ \t]\+/s/^[ \t]*//
   # oops, the new line starts by '*' or '-'
   /^\(*\|-\)[ \t]*/{
      H;x  # take care of all the input lines we are processing,
      # format the line starting by '*' or '-', goto end
      s,[^a-zA-Z0-9][*-]\+[ ]*,\n* ,;be}
   # replace the eol with a space and go to the begin of the script
   H;x;s/\n/ /;ba}
# cut lines with a trailing period inside
s/\.[ ]\+\([A-Z]\)/.\n\1/g
# and now print all we have processed and formatted
:e;p}" $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH | \
                     fold - -s -w "$format_description_width" >> $tmpspec
                  else
                     sed -n "$startline,$(($linenum - 1)){
s,\.[ \t]*\(.\+\)$,\.\n\1,g;p}" $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH >> $tmpspec
                  fi
                  continue ;;
               %package*)
                  let "file_section = 0"
                  notify.debug "[package] line#$linenum (\`$line')"
                  echo "$line" >> $tmpspec && let "linenum += 1"
                  local startline=$linenum   # one line after "%package"
                  while :; do
                     line="`sed -n "${linenum}p" $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH`"
                     case "$line" in
                     *:*|\#*) let "linenum += 1" ;;
                     *) break ;;
                     esac
                  done
                  sed -n "${startline},$(($linenum-1))p" \
                     $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH | \
                     while read -r line; do
                        case "$line" in
                        *:*) # note: the second sed expression is a bit more
                             # complicated because it must support a line like
                             # Requires: %{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}
                             printf "%-14s %s\n" \
                             "`echo $line | sed 's,[ \t]*:.*,,'`:" \
                             "`echo $line | sed 's,[a-zA-Z0-9 \t]*:[ \t]*,,'`" \
                                >> $tmpspec ;;
                        \#*) echo "$line" >> $tmpspec ;;
                        *) notify.error $"\
(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"parsing the \`%package' block" ;;
                        esac
                     done
                  continue ;;
               %prep*)
                  let "file_section = 0"
                  notify.debug "[prep] line#$linenum (\`$line')"
                  echo "$line" >> $tmpspec
                  let "prep_section += 1" ;;   # '%prep' section found
               %setup*-q*)
                  let "file_section = 0"
                  notify.debug "[setup] line#$linenum (\`$line')"
                  echo "$line" >> $tmpspec ;;
               %setup*)
                  let "file_section = 0"
                  notify.debug "[setup] line#$linenum (\`$line' + \`-q')"
                  # add the '-q' option to '%setup' if not present
                  echo "$line" | sed 's,%setup\(.*\),%setup -q\1,' \
                     >> $tmpspec ;;
               %build)
                  let "file_section = 0"
                  notify.debug "[build] line#$linenum"
                  echo "$line" >> $tmpspec && let "linenum += 1"
                  local startline_configure startline_make configure
                  let "configure = 0"
                  while :; do
                     line="$(sed -n "${linenum}p" $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH)"
                     case "$line" in
                     %install*)
                        let "linenum -= 1"
                        break ;;
                     *./configure*|*%configure*|*\ configure*)
                        let "startline_configure = $linenum"
                        notify.debug "startline_configure = $startline_configure"
                        let "linenum += 1"
                        let "configure = 1" ;;
                     *[%\ \t]make|*[%\ \t]make[%\ \t]*|make|make[%\ \t]*)
                        if [ -z "$startline_make" ]; then
                           # this check is needed to support multiple calls to make
                           #    %make
                           #    make test || :
                           let "startline_make = $linenum"
                           notify.debug "startline_make = $startline_make"
                           let "make = 1"
                        fi
                        let "linenum += 1" ;;
                     *) if [[ "$configure" = 1 ]]; then
                           notify.debug "configure == 1"
                           case "$line" in
                           *\\) let "linenum += 1" ;;
                           *) echo "`\
sed -n "$startline_configure,${linenum}p" $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH`" | \
sed -n ' # do format the configure lines
   /^[ \t]*.\/configure\|[ \t]*%configure/{
      :a /\\$/N; s/\\\n//; ta; s,[ \t]*--, \\\n   --,g}; p' >> $tmpspec
                              let "configure = 0"
                              let "linenum += 1" ;;
                           esac
                           echo "" >> $tmpspec
                        elif [[ "$make" = 1 ]]; then
                           case "$line" in
                           *\\) let "linenum += 1" ;;
                           *) echo "`\
sed -n "$startline_make,${linenum}p" $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH`" | \
sed "$format_extra_rules" | \
sed -n ' # do format the make lines
   /^[ \t]*make[ \t]*\|[ \t]*%make[ \t]*/{:a /\\$/N; s/\\\n//; ta}; p' \
                                 >> $tmpspec

                              let "make = 0"
                              let "linenum += 1" ;;
                           esac
                           echo "" >> $tmpspec
                        else
                           echo "$line" | sed "$format_extra_rules" \
                              >> $tmpspec
                           let "linenum += 1"
                        fi ;;
                     esac
                  done ;;
               %changelog*)
                  let "file_section = 0"
                  notify.debug "[changelog] line#$linenum"
                  # exit the loop when %changelog is found
                  break ;;
               %files*)
                  let "file_section = 1"
                  notify.debug "[file] ($line) line#$linenum"
                  echo "$line" >> $tmpspec ;;
               %install*)
                  let "install_section = 1"
                  notify.debug "[%install] ($line) line#$linenum"
                  echo "$line" >> $tmpspec ;;
               *) if [[ "$prep_section" = 0 ]]; then
                     # do not modify lines before `%prep' section
                     echo "$line" >> $tmpspec
                     let "linenum += 1"
                     continue
                  fi

#                  if [ "$install_section" = 1 ]; then
#                     case "$line" in
#                     *[%\ \t]make|*[%\ \t]make[%\ \t]*|make|make[%\ \t]*)
#                        let "make = 1"
#echo "*startline = $startline -- $line"
#                        let "startline = $linenum" ;;
#                     esac
#
#                     if [ "$make" = 1 ]; then
#                        while :; do
#                           line="$(\
#sed -n "${linenum}{s,\t,   ,g;p}" $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH)"
#                           case "$line" in
#                           *\\) let "linenum += 1" ;;
#                           *) echo "$(\
#sed -n "$startline,${linenum}p" $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH)" | \
#                              sed -n ' # do format the make install lines
#                                 /^[ ]*make\|[ ]*%make/{
#                                 :a /\\$/N; s/\\\n//; ta
#                                 s,\ , \\\n   ,g}; p' >> $tmpspec
#                              let "make = 0"
#                              let "linenum += 1"
#echo "*linenum = $linenum -- $line"
#                              break ;;
#                           esac
#                        done
#                     fi
#                  fi

                  [ "$file_section" = 1 ] &&
                     line="$(echo "$line" | sed "\
s,$bindir/,%{_bindir}/,
s,$sbindir/,%{_sbindir}/,
s,$includedir/,%{_includedir}/,
s,$libdir/,%{_libdir}/,
s,$libexecdir/,%{_libexecdir}/,
s,$mandir/,%{_mandir}/,
s,$infodir/,%{_infodir}/,
s,$datadir/,%{_datadir}/,
s,$sysconfdir/,%{_sysconfdir}/,
s,$localstatedir/,%{_localstatedir}/,
s,$sharedstatedir/,%{_sharedstatedir}/,
s,$prefix/,%{_prefix}/,")"

                  line="$(echo "$line" | sed '
s,^rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT,[ \"$RPM_BUILD_ROOT\" != / ] \&\& rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT,g
s,^rm -rf %[{]*buildroot[}]*,[ \"%{buildroot}\" != / ] \&\& rm -rf %{buildroot},g
s,\($[{]*RPM_BUILD_ROOT[}]*\)/\(%[{]*_[a-z]*dir[}]*\),\1\2,g
s,\(%[{]*buildroot[}]*\)/\(%[{]*_[a-z]*dir[}]*\),\1\2,g')"

                  [ "$format_buildroot" ] && line="$(echo "$line" | \
                     sed 's,$[{]*RPM_BUILD_ROOT[}]*,%{buildroot},g')"
                  [ "$format_builddir" ] && line="$(echo "$line" | \
                     sed 's,$[{]*RPM_BUILD_DIR[}]*,%{_builddir},g')"

                  [[ "$format_extra_rules" ]] && line="\
$(echo "$line" | sed "$format_extra_rules" 2>/dev/null)"

                  # do use rpm variables (see 'rpm --showrc') between'%prep'
                  # and '%changelog', if 'format_unix_tools' is true
                  [ "$format_unix_tools" = 1 ] &&
                     line="$(echo "$line" | sed '
s,^grep ,%{__grep} ,;s,\([&; ]\+\)grep ,\1%{__grep} ,g
/\(%[{]\?__make[}]\?\|make\)[ ]*install/!s,\([&; ]*\)install ,\1%{__install} ,g
s,ln -fs,%{__ln_s} -f,g
s,ln -sf,%{__ln_s} -f,g
s,ln -s, %{__ln_s},g
s,^make\([^a-z]\),%{__make}\1,;s,\([&; ]\+\)make\([^a-z]\),\1%{__make}\2,g
s,mkdir -p ,%{__mkdir_p} ,g
s,mkdir ,%{__mkdir} ,g
s,^mv,%{__mv},;s,\([&; ]\+\)mv ,\1%{__mv} ,g
s,^rm,%{__rm},;s,\([&; ]\+\)rm ,\1%{__rm} ,g
s,^sed,%{__sed},;s,\([&; ]\+\)sed ,\1%{__sed} ,g
s,^tar,%{__tar},;s,\([&; ]\+\)tar ,\1%{__tar} ,g')"

                  echo "$line" >> $tmpspec
               ;;
               esac
               let "linenum += 1"
            done

            echo -e "\
%changelog
* `LC_ALL="C" date "+%a %b %d %Y"` $packager_fullname \
<$packager_email> ${pck_newver}-$specfile_newrelease
- ${changelog_new//\\n/\n  }
" >> $tmpspec

            sed -n '/%changelog/,${/^%changelog/d;p}' \
               $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH >> $tmpspec

            cp -f $tmpspec $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH 2>/dev/null
            [[ $? -eq 0 ]] ||
               notify.error $"cannot create \`$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH'"

            rm -f $tmpspec
         else   # [ "$spec_format" = 0 ]
            apply_define_list_name $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH

            # change package version and release
            # update the %changelog
            sed -i "\
               s,\(^Version[ \t]*:[ \t]*\).*,\1$pck_newver,
               s,\(^Release[ \t]*:[ \t]*\).*,\1$specfile_newrelease,
               /%changelog.*/a\\
* `LC_ALL="C" date "+%a %b %d %Y"` $packager_fullname \
<$packager_email> $pck_newver-$specfile_newrelease\\
- ${changelog_new//\\n/\n  }\\
" $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH
         fi

         # avoid using caching data out of sync in following steps
         notify.debug "removing infofile ($infofile)"
         rm -f $infofile
         notify.debug "removing preprocessed specfile ($specfile_preprocessed)"
         > $specfile_preprocessed

         rpmvars.init --clear
      ;;
      5) if [ "$norpms" = 1 ]; then
            notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
build the srpm package""${NORM}"
         else
            notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
build the rpm(s) and srpm packages""${NORM}"

            # security check about LD_LIBRARY_PATH to catch misuse
            [ "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ] && notify.warning "\
LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set"" ($LD_LIBRARY_PATH)"

            [ "$PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE" ] && notify.warning "\
PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE is set"" ($PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE)"
         fi

         infofile.create
         . $infofile

         target_cpu.set_and_check

         if [ "$force_build" = 0 ]; then
            local pck filename pck_rpmversion pck_rpmrelease build_needed

           # [[ "$pck_newver" && -z "$pck_newrel" ]] &&
           # [[ "$pck_newver" != $SPEC_VERSION ]] &&
           #    notify.error $"release for new package required"
           #
           # # use the value provided by user via command line if available
           # pck_rpmversion=${pck_newver:-$SPEC_VERSION}
           # pck_rpmrelease="${pck_newrel:-"${SPEC_RELEASE%%[^0-9\.]*}"}"

            [[ -n "$pck_newver" && "$pck_newver" != "$SPEC_VERSION" ]] &&
               notify.error $"\
the version entered at command line doesn't match the version set in the specfile"

            [[ -n "$pck_newrel" && "$pck_newrel" != "$SPEC_RELEASE" ]] &&
               notify.error $"\
the release entered at command line doesn't match the version set in the specfile"

            pck_rpmversion="$SPEC_VERSION"
            pck_rpmrelease="${SPEC_RELEASE%%[^0-9\.]*}"
            notify.debug "pck_rpmversion = $pck_rpmversion"
            notify.debug "pck_rpmrelease = $pck_rpmrelease"

            notify.debug "SPEC_TARGET = [${SPEC_TARGET[*]}]"

            # check if the rpm file(s) has been already built
            let "build_needed = 0"
            for pck in ${SPEC_TARGET[*]}; do
               # FIXME : we should check and complain if the package has
               # been built for a different architecture
               filename="$(package.generate_name -a $target_cpu -t rpm \
                  -p $rpms_dir -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
               notify.debug "\
filename = $filename ""\
$([ -f "$filename" ] && echo "(found)" || echo "(not found)")"
               [ -f "$filename" ] || let "build_needed = 1"

               ## rebuild the rpm package(s) if the specfile has been modified
               #[ "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH" -nt "$filename" ] &&
               #   let "build_needed = 1"
            done
            notify.debug "build_needed = $build_needed"
            [ "$build_needed" = 1 ] && norpms=0 || norpms=1
            notify.debug "norpms = $norpms (forced)"

            # check if the srpm file already exists
            filename="$(package.generate_name -t srpm \
               -p $srpms_dir -n $SPEC_NAME -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
            notify.debug "\
filename = $filename ""\
$([ -f "$filename" ] && echo "(found)" || echo "(not found)")"
            [ -f "$filename" -a "$build_needed" = 0 ] && nosrpm=1

            #if [ "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH" -nt "$filename" ]; then
            #   # rebuild the srpm package if the specfile has been modified
            #   nosrpm=0
            #   notify.debug "nosrpm = $nosrpm (forced)"
            #fi
         fi

         [ -n "$pck_rpmversion" ] || pck_rpmversion="$SPEC_VERSION"
         [ -n "$pck_rpmrelease" ] || pck_rpmrelease="${SPEC_RELEASE%%[^0-9\.]*}"

         # nothing to do, we can exit
         if [[ "$norpms" = 1 && "$nosrpm" = 1 ]]; then
            notify.note "\
${NOTE}"$"building the rpm packages""${NORM}... "$"skipped"
            for pck in ${SPEC_TARGET[*]}; do
               # FIXME : we should check and complain if the package has
               # been built for a different architecture
               filename="$(package.generate_name -a $target_cpu -t rpm \
                  -p $rpms_dir -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"

               [ -f "$filename" -a "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH" -nt "$filename" ] &&
                  notify.warning $"\
specfile is newer than rpm package(s) (according to modification date)"
               break
            done

            notify.note "\
${NOTE}"$"building the srpm package""${NORM}... "$"skipped"
            filename="$(package.generate_name -t srpm \
               -p $srpms_dir -n $SPEC_NAME -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
            [ -f "$filename" -a "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH" -nt "$filename" ] &&
               notify.warning $"\
specfile is newer than srpm (according to modification date)"
            continue
         fi

         # download and install all the needed build requirements...
         if [ "$list_check" = 0 ]; then
            # note: it's not possible to directly use the features provided by
            # rpmlib because they'are bugged (at least in the version 4.0.4)
            # so we install the necessary 'BuildRequirement's looking at the
            # specfile preamble
            [ "$(sed -n '/^BuildRequires/p' $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH)" ] &&
               notify.debug "\
[BuildRequires]
$(sed -n '/^BuildRequires/{s,.*,   &,p}' $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH)"

            local f rpm_provided_by buildrequirements_to_install
            for f in ${SPEC_BUILDREQUIRES[@]}; do
               rpm_provided_by="$(rpm -q $rpm_root_opts --whatprovides $f)"
               [ $? -eq 0 ] || unset rpm_provided_by

               notify.note " * "$"\
build requirement found"": \`${NOTE}$f${NORM}' ""\
(${NOTE}$rpm_provided_by${NORM})"

               # the build requirement is already installed
               [[ "$rpm_provided_by" ]] && continue

               buildreqs_to_install[${#buildreqs_to_install[*]}]="$f"
            done

            # remove duplicates
            buildreqs_to_install=(
$(for f in ${buildreqs_to_install[@]}; do
   if [ "${f/*.}" == "arm" -o "${f/*.}" == "x86_64" -o "${f/*.}" == "i586" ]; then
      # if arch specified convert e.g. package.i586 to package@i586
      echo ${f/./@}
   elif [ "${BUILD_ARCH}" == "x86_64" -a "${target_cpu}" != "x86_64" ]; then
      # x86_64: specifying arch is necessary (FIXME: problems with .noarch)
      echo $f@${target_cpu}
   else
      # classic behaviour
      echo $f
   fi
done | sort -u))

            # install missing build requirements
            if [[ "${buildreqs_to_install[@]}" ]]; then
               if [ -n "$rpm_download_and_install" ]; then
                  for f in ${buildreqs_to_install[@]}; do
                     notify.note " * "$"\
installing missing build requirement"": \`${NOTE}$f${NORM}'"
                  done

                  if [ -n "$proxy" ]; then
                     [[ "$debug_print_private_user_infos" = "1" ||
                        -z "$proxy_user" ]] && notify.debug "\
{http,ftp}_proxy=\"{http,ftp}://${proxy_user:+${proxy_user}@}${proxy}\""

                     http_proxy="http://${proxy_user:+${proxy_user}@}${proxy}"\
                     ftp_proxy="ftp://${proxy_user:+${proxy_user}@}${proxy}"\
                     $rpm_download_and_install ${buildreqs_to_install[*]}
                  else
                     $rpm_download_and_install ${buildreqs_to_install[*]}
                  fi
                  [ $? -eq 0 ] || notify.warning $"\
cannot install the needed build requirements"
               else
                  notify.error $"\
found ${NOTE}missing BuildRequirement${NORM} \`${NOTE}$f${NORM}'"
               fi
            fi
         fi

         # automatically download the missing source and patch files...
         if [ "$list_check" = 0 ]; then
            # get the list of URLs for the source files to download
            specfile.getvars -s $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH --verbatim SPEC_SOURCE

            local filenum totfilenum fullURL sdflag

            [ "$force_download" = 1 ] && sdflag="--force"

            let "totfilenum = 0"
            for filenum in `seq 1 1 ${#SPEC_SOURCE_VERBATIM[@]}`; do
               let "totfilenum += 1"
               fullURL=${SPEC_SOURCE_VERBATIM[$filenum-1]}
               notify.debug "fullURL = $fullURL"

               fullURL=$(\
rpmvars.solve "$fullURL" "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH")
               notify.debug "fullURL = $fullURL"

               case "$fullURL" in
                  http+git://*|https+git://*)
                     fullURL="${fullURL/+git}"
                     [ -e "${source_dir}/${fullURL/*\/}" -a "$force_download" != "1" ] || \
                        git.download \
                           --pck-version "$pck_rpmversion" \
                           --destdir="$source_dir" "$fullURL" \
                           --preserve-dot-git 1
                  ;;
                  git://*|http://*.git/*|https://*.git/*)
                     fullURL="${fullURL/+git}"
                     [ -e "${source_dir}/${fullURL/*\/}" -a "$force_download" != "1" ] || \
                        git.download \
                           --pck-version "$pck_rpmversion" \
                           --destdir="$source_dir" "$fullURL"
                  ;;
                  *) curl.download --options "$curl_options" $sdflag \
${proxy:+--proxy $proxy} ${proxy_user:+--proxy-user $proxy_user} \
--exit-on-err --filenum="$totfilenum" --destdir="$source_dir" "$fullURL"
                  ;;
               esac
            done

            # get the list of URLs for the patch files to download
            specfile.getvars -s $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH --verbatim SPEC_PATCH

            for filenum in `seq 1 1 ${#SPEC_PATCH_VERBATIM[@]}`; do
               let "totfilenum += 1"
               fullURL=${SPEC_PATCH_VERBATIM[$filenum-1]}
               notify.debug "fullURL = $fullURL"

               fullURL=$(\
rpmvars.solve "$fullURL" "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH")
               notify.debug "fullURL = $fullURL"

               curl.download --options "$curl_options" $sdflag \
${proxy:+--proxy $proxy} ${proxy_user:+--proxy-user $proxy_user} \
--exit-on-err --filenum="$totfilenum" --destdir="$source_dir" "$fullURL"
            done
         fi

         local rpmbuild_opts="\
--define=\"%_srcrpmdir $srpms_dir\" \
--define=\"%_rpmdir $rpms_dir\" \
--define=\"%_specdir $spec_dir\" \
--define=\"%_sourcedir $source_dir\" \
--define=\"%_builddir $build_dir\" \
--define=\"%_tmppath $tmppath_dir\""

       # [ "$rpm_rootdir" ] &&
       #    rpmbuild_opts="$rpmbuild_opts $rpm_root_opts"

         # check if we are cross-compiling
         [ "$BUILD_ARCH" != "$target_cpu" ] &&
            USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS="--target $target_cpu $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS"

         [ "$cleanup" = "1" ] && rpmbuild_opts="$rpmbuild_opts --clean"

         # note: exit with error when build requirements are missing
         notify.note "${NOTE}"$"testing out specfile""${NORM}..."
         eval "rpmbuild --nobuild \
$USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS $rpmbuild_opts $rpm_root_opts \
$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH 2>&1" ||
            notify.error $"rpmbuild exited with error code":" \`$?'"

         notify.debug "define_list_name = (${define_list_name[*]})"
         notify.debug "define_list_value = (${define_list_value[*]})"

         if [ "$norpms" = 1 ]; then
            notify.note "\
${NOTE}"$"building the rpm packages""${NORM}... "$"skipped"

            for pck in ${SPEC_TARGET[*]}; do
               # FIXME : we should check and complain if the package has
               # been built for a different architecture
               filename="$(package.generate_name -a $target_cpu -t rpm \
                  -p $rpms_dir -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
               [ -f "$filename" -a "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH" -nt "$filename" ] &&
                  notify.warning $"\
specfile is newer than rpm package(s) (according to modification date)"
               break
            done
         fi

         if [ "$nosrpm" = 1 ]; then
            notify.note "\
${NOTE}"$"building the srpm package""${NORM}... "$"skipped"

            filename="$(package.generate_name -t srpm \
               -p $srpms_dir -n $SPEC_NAME -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
            [ -f "$filename" -a "$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH" -nt "$filename" ] &&
               notify.warning $"\
specfile is newer than srpm (according to modification date)"
         fi

         if [[ "$norpms" = 1 && "$nosrpm" = 1 ]]; then
            :
         elif [ "$list_check" = 1 ]; then
            notify.note \
"${NOTE}"$"checking for unpackaged files""${NORM}..."
            eval "\
rpmbuild -bl $rpmbuild_opts --nodeps \
$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS 2>&1"
         elif [ "$norpms" = 1 ]; then
            notify.note "${NOTE}"$"building the srpm package""${NORM}..."
            # as the dependencies check is done before, it is safe to pass
            # --nodeps to non-simulated build commands.
            eval "\
rpmbuild -bs $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS $rpmbuild_opts --nodeps \
$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH 2>&1"
         elif [ "$nosrpm" = 1 ]; then
            notify.note "${NOTE}"$"building the rpm packages""${NORM}..."
            eval "\
rpmbuild -bb $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS $rpmbuild_opts --nodeps \
$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH 2>&1"
         else
            notify.note "${NOTE}"$"building rpm and srpm packages""${NORM}..."
            eval "\
rpmbuild -ba $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS $rpmbuild_opts --nodeps \
$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH 2>&1"
         fi
         local rpmbuild_retcode="$?"
         if [ $rpmbuild_retcode -eq 0 ]; then
            notify.note "\n${NOTE}"$"\
It seems good but do not forget to run quality and security tests"\
" (-a8)${NORM}""
"
         else
            local tmpunpackfiles=$(mktemp -q -t $me.XXXXXXXX)
            [ $? -eq 0 ] || notify.error $"can't create temporary files"
            notify.debug "tmpunpackfiles = \`${NOTE}$tmpunpackfiles${NORM}'"

            local skipline=1
            local format_unpackaged_file_list_arch="\
format_unpackaged_file_list_${target_cpu}"
            [ -n "${!format_unpackaged_file_list_arch}" ] ||
               notify.warning \
                  $"no arch-specific pattern translations for unpackaged files"
            notify.debug "\
format_unpackaged_file_list_arch = $format_unpackaged_file_list_arch"

            while read line; do
               case "$line" in
               "error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:")
                  skipline=0; continue ;;
               "") skipline=1 ;;
               esac
               [ "$skipline" = 1 ] || echo "$line"
            done < <(LC_ALL=C eval rpmbuild -bl $rpmbuild_opts --nodeps --nobuild \
               $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS 2>&1) | \
               sed -e "${!format_unpackaged_file_list_arch};\
$format_unpackaged_file_list_common" > $tmpunpackfiles

            if [ -s "$tmpunpackfiles" ]; then
               notify.error $"\
rpmbuild exited with error code":" \`$rpmbuild_retcode'""
""
""${NOTE}"$"Hint"":${NORM}""
"$"Add the following files in the right %files blocks"":""
""
$(cat $tmpunpackfiles; rm -f $tmpunpackfiles)""
"
            else
               rm -f $tmpunpackfiles
               notify.error $"\
rpmbuild exited with error code":" \`$rpmbuild_retcode'"
            fi
         fi
      ;;
      6) notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
build the list of the build requirements""${NORM}"

         infofile.create
         . $infofile

         target_cpu.set_and_check

         local i pck filename pck_rpmversion pck_rpmrelease

         [[ "$pck_newver" && -z "$pck_newrel" ]] &&
         [[ "$pck_newver" != $SPEC_VERSION ]] &&
            notify.error $"release for new package required"

         # use the value provided by user via command line if available
         pck_rpmversion=${pck_newver:-$SPEC_VERSION}
         pck_rpmrelease="${pck_newrel:-"${SPEC_RELEASE%%[^0-9\.]*}"}"
         notify.debug "pck_rpmversion = $pck_rpmversion"
         notify.debug "pck_rpmrelease = $pck_rpmrelease"

         local pcks_list
         for pck in ${SPEC_TARGET[*]}; do
            # FIXME : we should check and complain if the package has
            # been built for a different architecture
            if [ "${SPEC_BUILDARCH:-$BUILD_ARCH}" == "noarch" ]; then
               filename="$(package.generate_name -p -a noarch -t rpm \
                  -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
            else
               filename="$(package.generate_name -p -a $target_cpu -t rpm \
                  -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
            fi
            [ -e $filename ] ||
               notify.error $"package not found"": \`$filename'"
            notify.note " * $filename"
            pcks_list=( ${pcks_list[*]} "$filename" )
         done
         notify.debug "SPEC_TARGET = [ ${SPEC_TARGET[*]} ]"
         notify.debug "pcks_list = [ ${pcks_list[*]} ]"

         local frequires=$(mktemp -q -t frequires.XXXXXXXX) ||
            notify.error $"can't create temporary files"
         # FIXME: "/usr/lib/perl5" should be defined in autospec.conf
         local perl_prefixes=$(perl -V | grep "^[[:space:]]\+/usr/lib/perl5")

         # look for RPMs provides
         local pcks_provides=(
            $(rpm -p -q --provides ${pcks_list[*]} 2>/dev/null | sort -u | \
              while read line; do
              #  [[ "$line" =~ ^pkgconfig\(.* ]] && \
              #     notify.debug "ignoring pck provide: $line" || \
              #     echo "${line// /}"
                 echo "${line// /}"
              done) )
         notify.debug "pcks_provides = [${pcks_provides[*]}]"

         # display all the build requirements
       ( rpm -p -q --requires ${pcks_list[*]} | sort -u | \
         while read line; do
            buildreq=""
            # ex: libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.2) > 2.10
            #  --> libresolv.so.2(GLIBC_2.2)
            req="$(echo "$line" | sed "s, ,,g;s,<.*,,;s,>.*,,;s,=.*,,")"
            if [ -n "$(for p in ${pcks_provides[*]}; do
                          # self-provided requirement
                          [ "${p//=*/}" = "${req}" ] && echo "$p"
                       done)" ]; then
               notify.debug "self-provided requirement: $line"
            elif [ "${req:0:1}" = "/" ]; then
               # file requirement; ignore
               :
            elif [ "${req:0:7}" = "rpmlib(" -o \
                   "${req:0:7}" = "config(" -o \
                   "${req:0:11}" = "executable(" ]; then
               # not a build requirement
               :
            elif [ "${req:0:5}" = "perl(" ]; then
               # a perl requirement
               preq="$(echo $req | \
                       sed -e 's|perl(\(.*\))|\1|g' -e 's|::|/|g')"".pm"
               for pp in $perl_prefixes; do
                  [ -e $pp/$preq ] && buildreq=$(\
                     rpm -qf $pp/${preq} 2>/dev/null | \
                        sed "s|\(.*\)-[^-]*-[^-]*|\1|")
                  [ "$buildreq" ] && break
               done
               [ "$buildreq" ] ||
                  echo "# $req: perl requirement not resolved"
            elif [ "${req}" = "python(abi)" ]; then
               # FIXME: libpython-devel should be defined in autospec.conf
               # python requirement
               buildreq="libpython-devel"
            elif [[ "$req" =~ .*\.so\.[0-9]* ]]; then
               solibpath_catch=""
               # is a shared library
               # req="libGL.so.1(libc6)" => /usr/lib/libGL.so
               reqpath=$($path_ldconfig -Np | \
                  sed -n "s, ,,g;/${req/(*)/}/{s,.*=>,,;p}")
               solibpath="${reqpath/\.so\.*/.so}"
               notify.debug "\
req=\"$req\" ($reqpath) =?> solibpath=\"$solibpath\""
               if [ "$solibpath" ]; then
                  # example: /lib/ld-linux.so.2
                  if [[ -L $reqpath && \
                        "$(readlink -f $reqpath)" =~ .*\.so$ ]]; then
                     solibpath_catch="$(readlink -f $reqpath)"
                     notify.debug " solibpath_catch = $solibpath_catch"
                  elif [ -e $solibpath ]; then
                     solibpath_catch="$solibpath"
                     notify.debug " solibpath_catch = $solibpath_catch"
                  else
                     # let's try removing version extension in libname
                     # (eg. liblber-2.2.so => liblber.so) 
                     solibpath_alternate="\
$(echo $solibpath | sed "s|-[0-9.]*\.so|.so|")"
                     if [ -e $solibpath_alternate ]; then
                        solibpath_catch="$solibpath_alternate"
                        notify.debug " solibpath_catch = $solibpath_catch"
                     else
                        if [ "${solibpath:0:5}" = "/lib/" -o \
                             "${solibpath:0:7}" = "/lib64/" ]; then
                           [ -e "/usr${solibpath}" ] &&
                            { solibpath_catch="/usr${solibpath}"
                              notify.debug \
                                 " solibpath_catch = $solibpath_catch"; }
                        fi
                     fi
                  fi
                  if [ "$solibpath_catch" ]; then
                     rpm --qf %{name} -qf $solibpath_catch &>/dev/null &&
                        buildreq="$(rpm --qf "%{name}\n" -qf $solibpath_catch|head -n1)" ||
                        echo "\
#$req: $solibpath_catch: file not owned by any package"
                  else
                     echo "#$req: .so link not found"
                  fi
               else
                  echo "\
#$req: library not reported by ldconfig; run \`ldconfig' and try again"
               fi
            elif [[ "$req" =~ .*\(.*\) || "$req" =~ .*\.so ]]; then
               # a(b) requirement or *.so library
               rpm -q --qf %{name} --whatprovides "$req" &>/dev/null &&
                  buildreq="$(rpm -q --qf "%{name}\n" --whatprovides "$req"|head -n1)" ||
                  echo "#$req: unidentified build requirement"
            else
               # other requirements probably coming from static 'Requires:'
               # so don't treat them as build requirements
               notify.warning $"ignoring requirement"": \`${NOTE}$req${NORM}'"
            fi
            if [ -n "$buildreq" \
                 -a "${buildreq/%-devel/}" = "$buildreq" ]; then
               # if a -devel exists for this package, use it
               rpm -q ${buildreq}-devel &>/dev/null &&
                  buildreq="$(rpm -q --qf "%{name}\n" ${buildreq}-devel|head -n1)"
            fi
            if [ "$buildreq" ]; then
               # finally print buildrequires block
               [ -z "$(for p in ${SPEC_TARGET[*]}; do
                          # self-provided package
                          [ "$p" = "$buildreq" ] && echo "$p"
                       done)" ] && echo "BuildRequires: $buildreq"
            fi
         done ) | sort -u >> $frequires

         [ "$replace_autobuildreq" = 1 ] &&
            notify.note "
${NOTE}"$"replacing the AUTOBUILDREQ block by:""${NORM}"

         notify.note "
## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN"
         cat $frequires
         notify.note "## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
"
         if [ "$replace_autobuildreq" = 1 ]; then
            sed -i "/^## AUTOBUILDREQ/d" $frequires
            sed -i -ne "/## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN/{p;r $frequires" \
                    -e ':a;n;/## AUTOBUILDREQ-END/{p;b};ba};p' \
               $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH
         fi

         rm -f $frequires
      ;;
      7) notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
simulate the installation of the rpm package(s)""${NORM}"

         infofile.create
         . $infofile

         target_cpu.set_and_check

         local i pck filename pck_rpmversion pck_rpmrelease

         [[ "$pck_newver" && -z "$pck_newrel" ]] &&
         [[ "$pck_newver" != $SPEC_VERSION ]] &&
            notify.error $"release for new package required"

         # use the value provided by user via command line if available
         pck_rpmversion=${pck_newver:-$SPEC_VERSION}
         pck_rpmrelease="${pck_newrel:-"${SPEC_RELEASE%%[^0-9\.]*}"}"
         notify.debug "pck_rpmversion = $pck_rpmversion"
         notify.debug "pck_rpmrelease = $pck_rpmrelease"

         notify.debug "SPEC_TARGET = [${SPEC_TARGET[*]}]"

         local filenames=

         for pck in ${SPEC_TARGET[*]}; do
            # FIXME : we should check and complain if the package has
            # been built for a different architecture
            if [ "${SPEC_BUILDARCH:-$BUILD_ARCH}" == "noarch" ]; then
               filename="$(package.generate_name -p -a noarch -t rpm \
                  -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
            else
               filename="$(package.generate_name -p -a $target_cpu -t rpm \
                  -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
            fi
            notify.note " * $filename"
            [ -e $filename ] ||
               notify.error $"package not found"": \`$filename'"

            filenames="$filenames $filename"
         done

         notify.debug "rpm -U --test ${rpm_root_opts:+$rpm_root_opts } $filenames"
         rpm -U --test $rpm_root_opts $filenames ||
            notify.error $"rpm exited with error code:"" \`$?'"
      ;;
      8) notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
perform some quality and security checks""${NORM}"

         infofile.create
         . $infofile

         target_cpu.set_and_check

         notify.debug "\
pck_newver = \"$pck_newver\", pck_newrel = \"$pck_newrel\""
         [[ "$pck_newver" && -z "$pck_newrel" ]] &&
         [[ "$pck_newver" != $SPEC_VERSION ]] &&
            notify.error $"release for new package required"

         local pck_rpmversion
         # use the value provided by user via command line when available
         pck_rpmversion=${pck_newver:-$SPEC_VERSION}
         notify.debug "pck_rpmversion = $pck_rpmversion"

         local pck_rpmrelease
         # use the value provided by user via command line when available
         pck_rpmrelease="${pck_newrel:-"${SPEC_RELEASE%%[^0-9\.]*}"}"
         notify.debug "pck_rpmrelease = $pck_rpmrelease"

         local tmpextractdir
         tmpextractdir=$(mktemp -q -d -t rpm_extract.XXXXXXXX)
         [[ $? -eq 0 ]] ||
            notify.error $"can't create temporary files"
         notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: tmpextractdir = $tmpextractdir"

         # create the info file 'rpmpkg.info' in '$tmpextractdir'
         # data:
         #  - rpmpkg_name[] : name of the rpm packages
         #  - data saved in '$infofile'

         local i
         local pcknew_name
         > $tmpextractdir/rpmpkg.info
         i=0
         for pck in ${SPEC_TARGET[@]}; do
            if [ "${SPEC_BUILDARCH:-$BUILD_ARCH}" == "noarch" ]; then
               pcknew_name="\
$pck-$pck_rpmversion-$pck_rpmrelease$DISTRO_rpm.noarch.rpm"
               [[ -e $rpms_dir/noarch/$pcknew_name ]] ||
                  notify.error $"package not found"": \`$pcknew_name'"
               echo "rpmpkg_name[$i]=\"$rpms_dir/noarch/$pcknew_name\"" \
                  >> $tmpextractdir/rpmpkg.info
            else
               pcknew_name="\
$pck-$pck_rpmversion-$pck_rpmrelease$DISTRO_rpm.$target_cpu.rpm"
               [[ -e $rpms_dir/$target_cpu/$pcknew_name ]] ||
                  notify.error $"package not found"": \`$pcknew_name'"
               echo "rpmpkg_name[$i]=\"$rpms_dir/$target_cpu/$pcknew_name\"" \
                  >> $tmpextractdir/rpmpkg.info
            fi
            notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: pcknew_name[$i] = $pcknew_name"
            let "i += 1"
         done

         [ -r @libdir@/libtest.lib ] ||
          { echo "$me: "$"library not found"": @libdir@/libtest.lib" 1>&2
            exit 1; }
         . @libdir@/libtest.lib

         # execute all the available tests...

         notify.note " ${NOTE}"\
$"checking the specfile for common mistakes""${NORM}""..."
         test.runall --specfile="$SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH"

         notify.note " ${NOTE}"\
$"checking packages for common mistakes""${NORM}""..."
         test.rpms_extract \
            --infofile "$tmpextractdir/rpmpkg.info" \
            --tmpdir "$tmpextractdir" || exit 1
         test.runall --packages

         # temporary files cleanup
         rm -fr $tmpextractdir
      ;;
      9) notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
calculate the md5/sha1 hashing values""${NORM}"

         infofile.create
         . $infofile

         target_cpu.set_and_check

         [[ "$pck_newver" && -z "$pck_newrel" ]] &&
         [[ "$pck_newver" != $SPEC_VERSION ]] &&
            notify.error $"release for new package required"

         # use the value provided by user via command line if available
         local pck_rpmversion pck_rpmrelease
         pck_rpmversion=${pck_newver:-$SPEC_VERSION}
         pck_rpmrelease="${pck_newrel:-"${SPEC_RELEASE%%[^0-9\.]*}"}"
         notify.debug "pck_rpmversion = $pck_rpmversion"
         notify.debug "pck_rpmrelease = $pck_rpmrelease"

         # ??? th md5sum values differ from the output of the ???
         # ??? command `rpmsign -v --checksig <rpmfile>'      ???
         for tool in md5sum sha1sum; do
            local filename="$(package.generate_name -p -t srpm \
               -n $SPEC_NAME -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
            [[ -e $filename ]] ||
               notify.error $"package not found"": \`$filename'"

            echo "[${tool/sum/}]"
            $tool -b $filename | sed "s,*.*/\(.*\),\1,"
            local i=0
            for pck in ${SPEC_TARGET[@]}; do
               if [ "${SPEC_BUILDARCH:-$BUILD_ARCH}" == "noarch" ]; then
                  filename="$(package.generate_name -p -a noarch -t rpm \
                     -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
               else
                  filename="$(package.generate_name -p -a $target_cpu -t rpm \
                     -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
               fi
               [ -e "$filename" ] ||
                  notify.error $"package not found"": \`$filename'"
               $tool -b $filename | sed "s,*.*/\(.*\),\1,"
               let "i += 1"
            done
         done
      ;;
     10) [ -s "$infofile" ] || infofile.create
         . $infofile

         target_cpu.set_and_check

         # usefull when debugging (default value is '1')
         local do_ftp_upload=1

         local pck_rpmversion pck_rpmrelease
         [[ "$pck_newver" && -z "$pck_newrel" ]] &&
         [ "$pck_newver" != "$SPEC_VERSION" ] &&
            notify.error $"release for new package required"

         # use the value provided by user via command line if available
         pck_rpmversion=${pck_newver:-$SPEC_VERSION}
         # WARNING: only works if SPEC_RELEASE = [0-9\.]*<distroid>
         pck_rpmrelease="${pck_newrel:-"${SPEC_RELEASE%%[^0-9\.]*}"}"
         notify.debug "pck_rpmversion = $pck_rpmversion"
         notify.debug "pck_rpmrelease = $pck_rpmrelease"

         # repository.get_SRPMS_name( mbrowse )
         #  --> got_SPEC_FILENAME_URL        (${ftpurl_ro_rpms[0]})
         #       --> SPEC_FILENAME_URL_old
         #  --> got_SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL  (0)
         #       --> SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old
         #  --> got_SPEC_FILENAME_old        (mbrowse-0.3.1-2qilnx.src.rpm)
         #       --> SPEC_VERSION_old  (0.3.1)
         #       --> SPEC_RELEASE_old  (2qilnx)

         repository.get_SRPMS_name \
            --urllist "${ftpurl_ro_srpms[$ftp_server_upload_num]}" \
            --urlnum "$ftp_server_upload_num" \
            --proxy "$proxy" \
            --proxy-user "$proxy_user" \
            "$pck_name"
         # FIXME: `$?' is nonzero if the argument of `--urllist' is "";
         # this generally happens with a buggy configuration file but we
         # do not stop the execution here with an errors condition
         # (this behaviour should be probably changed when the read-only
         # access to repositories requiring a password will be supported)
         #
         #[ $? -eq 0 ] ||
         # { notify.error $"repositories unreachable"; break; }

         if [[ ${#got_SPEC_FILENAME[@]} -gt 1 ]]; then
            if [ "$force_upload" = 1 ]; then
               # FIXME : add some extra checks
               notify.warning $"too many packages found"": $(
               for f in ${got_SPEC_FILENAME[*]}; do
                  echo -en "\n * \`$f' "
               done )"
            else
               notify.error $"too many packages found"": $(
               for f in ${got_SPEC_FILENAME[*]}; do
                  echo -en "\n * \`$f' "
               done )"
            fi
         fi

         if [[ "$got_SPEC_FILENAME" ]]; then
            SPEC_FILENAME_old="$got_SPEC_FILENAME"
            SPEC_FILENAME_URL_old="$got_SPEC_FILENAME_URL"
            SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old="$got_SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL"
         fi

         notify.debug "SPEC_FILENAME_old = $SPEC_FILENAME_old"
         notify.debug "SPEC_FILENAME_URL_old = $SPEC_FILENAME_URL_old"
         notify.debug "\
SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old = $SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old"

         local SPEC_VERSION_old SPEC_RELEASE_old

         if [ "$SPEC_FILENAME_old" ]; then
            # version and release of the old packages
            SPEC_VERSION_old=$(echo "$SPEC_FILENAME_old" | \
               sed "s,^.*-\([^-]*\)-[^-]*,\1,")
            # we use a distro name indipendent regexpr
            SPEC_RELEASE_old=$(echo "$SPEC_FILENAME_old" | \
               sed "s,^.*-[^-]*-\([^-]*\).src.rpm,\1,")

            notify.debug "SPEC_VERSION_old = $SPEC_VERSION_old"
            notify.debug "SPEC_RELEASE_old = $SPEC_RELEASE_old"
         fi

         # no repository for upload set by user...
         if [ -z "$ftp_server_upload_num" ]; then
            # ...so we select the repository where the old packages have been
            # found or the default server, if no old packages exist
            ftp_server_upload_num="\
${SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old:-$ftp_rw_server_num_default}"
            notify.debug "\
ftp_server_upload_num = \"$ftp_server_upload_num\" (was unset)"

            [ "$ftp_server_upload_num" ] || notify.error $"\
(bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: ""ftp_server_upload_num = \"\""
         fi

         notify.debug "\
ftp_server_upload_num = \"$ftp_server_upload_num\""

         if [ "${ftp_rw_server[$ftp_server_upload_num]}" ]; then
            repository.is_reachable "${ftp_rw_server[$ftp_server_upload_num]}"
            # NOTE. notify.error --> notify.warning because host command fails
            # in qemu-arm environment (1.4.18)
            [ $? -eq 0 ] || notify.warning $"\
server unreachable"": \`${ftp_rw_server[$ftp_server_upload_num]}'"
         else
            notify.error $"\
you have no read write access to url#$ftp_server_upload_num"
            break
         fi

         # NOTE : 'SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old' is unset the first time
         # the package is uploaded to the ftp repository
         if [ "$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old" ]; then
            [ "${arch_list[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}" ] ||
               notify.error "\
\`arch_list[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]': "$"unset in the configuration files"

            # find for RPM packages with same name but possibily with a
            # different ver/rel by looking at
            # ${ftpurl_ro_rpms[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}
            repository.get_RPMS_name \
               --archlist "${arch_list[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}" \
               --target-cpu "$target_cpu" \
               --exclude "-$SPEC_VERSION-$SPEC_RELEASE" \
               --proxy "$proxy" \
               --proxy-user "$proxy_user" \
               "${ftpurl_ro_rpms[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}" \
               ${SPEC_TARGET[@]} ${SPEC_OBSOLETES[@]}
            # ... and save the list in 'RPM_FILENAME_old[]'
            RPM_FILENAME_old=( ${got_RPM_FILENAME[@]} )
         fi

         # now saving the updated copy...

         local ftp_opts="$curl_opts_netlink\
${proxy:+ --proxy $proxy}${proxy_user:+ --proxy-user $proxy_user}"

         [ "${ftp_rw_passive_mode[$ftp_server_upload_num]}" = "on" ] &&
            ftp_opts="$ftp_opts --ftp-pasv"

         local upload_ftp_server
         local upload_ftp_rpms_dir
         local upload_ftp_srpms_dir
         local upload_ftp_port
         local upload_ftp_user
         local upload_ftp_passwd
         local curr_srv_alias

         # select the server where the new packages will be uploaded
         upload_ftp_server=${ftp_rw_server[$ftp_server_upload_num]}
         notify.debug "upload_ftp_server = \"$upload_ftp_server\""
         [ "$upload_ftp_server" ] || notify.error "\
\`ftp_rw_server[$ftp_server_upload_num]': "$"unset in the configuration files"

         # get the folder where the new rpm packages will be uploaded
         upload_ftp_rpms_dir=${ftp_rw_rpms_dir[$ftp_server_upload_num]}
         notify.debug "upload_ftp_rpms_dir = \"$upload_ftp_rpms_dir\""
         [ "$upload_ftp_rpms_dir" ] || notify.error "\
\`ftp_rw_rpms_dir[$ftp_server_upload_num]': "$"unset in the configuration files"

         # get the folder where the new srpm package will be uploaded
         upload_ftp_srpms_dir=${ftp_rw_srpms_dir[$ftp_server_upload_num]}
         notify.debug "upload_ftp_srpms_dir = \"$upload_ftp_srpms_dir\""
         [ "$upload_ftp_srpms_dir" ] || notify.error "\
\`ftp_rw_srpms_dir[$ftp_server_upload_num]': "$"unset in the configuration files"

         upload_ftp_port=${ftp_rw_port[$ftp_server_upload_num]}
         [ "$ftp_rw_user_forced" ] &&
            upload_ftp_user="$ftp_rw_user_forced" ||
            upload_ftp_user="${ftp_rw_user[$ftp_server_upload_num]}"
         [ "$ftp_rw_passwd_forced" ] &&
            upload_ftp_passwd="$ftp_rw_passwd_forced" ||
            upload_ftp_passwd="${ftp_rw_passwd[$ftp_server_upload_num]}"

         curr_srv_alias="${ftp_alias[$ftp_server_upload_num]}"
         notify.note "\
${NOTE}"$"upload the new packages to the ftp repository"" \
#$ftp_server_upload_num ${curr_srv_alias:+($curr_srv_alias) }${NORM}: \
${NOTE}$upload_ftp_server${NORM}..."

         [ "$do_ftp_upload" = "0" ] &&
            notify.warning $"\
ftp upload has been disabled"" (do_ftp_upload = \"0\")"

         if [ -z "$upload_ftp_user" ]; then
            notify.note $"trying with the ${NOTE}anonymous login${NORM}""..."
            upload_ftp_user="anonymous"
            [ "$upload_ftp_passwd" ] || upload_ftp_passwd="$packager_email"
         fi

         notify.debug "upload_ftp_server    = \"$upload_ftp_server\""
         # FIXME: the @arch@ string should be perhaps expanded here
         notify.debug "upload_ftp_rpms_dir  = \"$upload_ftp_rpms_dir\""
         notify.debug "upload_ftp_srpms_dir = \"$upload_ftp_srpms_dir\""
         notify.debug "upload_ftp_port      = \"$upload_ftp_port\""
         if [ "$debug_print_private_user_infos" = "1" ]; then
            notify.debug "upload_ftp_user      = \"$upload_ftp_user\""
            notify.debug "upload_ftp_passwd    = \"$upload_ftp_passwd\""
         else
            notify.debug "upload_ftp_user      = ***"
            notify.debug "upload_ftp_passwd    = ***"
         fi

         # RPM package(s)...
         if [ "$norpms" = "0" ]; then
            let "i = 0"
            for pck in ${SPEC_TARGET[@]}; do
               # copy noarch packages to all the repository set in the
               # configuration variable `arch_noarch_upload[]'
               if [ "${SPEC_BUILDARCH:-$BUILD_ARCH}" = "noarch" ]; then
                  filename="$(package.generate_name -a noarch -t rpm \
                     -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
                  for upload_arch in \
                     ${arch_noarch_upload[$ftp_server_upload_num]}; do
                     if [ "$upload_arch" == "@arch@" ]; then
                        if [ "$target_cpu" != "noarch" ]; then
                           currurl="\
$(repository.resolveURL "$upload_ftp_rpms_dir" "${target_cpu}")"
                        else
                           set -- ${arch_list[*]}
                           currurl="\
$(repository.resolveURL "$upload_ftp_rpms_dir" "$1")"
                        fi
                     else
                        currurl="\
$(repository.resolveURL "$upload_ftp_rpms_dir" "$upload_arch")"
                     fi

                     [ "$do_ftp_upload" = "0" ] || curl.upload \
$([ "$debug_print_private_user_infos" = 1 ] && echo -n "--debug-unsecure ") \
--exit-on-err \
--user "$upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd" \
--options "$ftp_opts" \
--upload-file "$rpms_dir/noarch/$filename" \
$upload_ftp_server${upload_ftp_port:+:$upload_ftp_port}/$currurl/$filename
                  done
               else
                  filename="$(package.generate_name -a $target_cpu -t rpm \
                     -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
                  currurl="\
$(repository.resolveURL "$upload_ftp_rpms_dir" "$target_cpu")"

                  [ "$do_ftp_upload" = "0" ] || curl.upload \
$([ "$debug_print_private_user_infos" = 1 ] && echo -n "--debug-unsecure ") \
--exit-on-err \
--user "$upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd" \
--options "$ftp_opts" \
--upload-file "$rpms_dir/$target_cpu/$filename" \
$upload_ftp_server${upload_ftp_port:+:$upload_ftp_port}/$currurl/$filename
               fi
               let "i += 1"
            done
         fi

         # SRPM package...
         if [ "$nosrpm" = "0" ]; then
            filename="$(package.generate_name -t srpm \
               -n $SPEC_NAME -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"

            [ "$do_ftp_upload" = "0" ] || curl.upload \
$([ "$debug_print_private_user_infos" = 1 ] && echo -n "--debug-unsecure ") \
--exit-on-err \
--user="$upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd" \
--options="$ftp_opts" \
--upload-file "$srpms_dir/$filename" \
$upload_ftp_server${upload_ftp_port:+:$upload_ftp_port}/\
$upload_ftp_srpms_dir/\
$SPEC_NAME-$pck_rpmversion-$pck_rpmrelease$DISTRO_rpm.src.rpm
         fi

         # do backup or erase old packages...

         # NOTE: the backup is performed on the same server where old
         # packages have been found and only if for this server the
         # variable 'ftpdir_rw_old variable' has been set (is the variable
         # is unset the old packages will just be removed)

         # it was the first upload for these packages (no backup possible)
         [ "$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old" ] ||
          { notify.note "${NOTE}"$"no old packages have been found.""${NORM}"
            continue; }

         local backup_ftp_server
         local backup_ftp_port
         local backup_ftp_user
         local backup_ftp_passwd

         backup_ftp_server=${ftp_rw_server[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}
         backup_ftp_port=${ftp_rw_port[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}
         [ "$ftp_rw_user_forced" ] &&
            backup_ftp_user="$ftp_rw_user_forced" ||
            backup_ftp_user="${ftp_rw_user[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}"
         [ "$ftp_rw_passwd_forced" ] &&
            backup_ftp_passwd="$ftp_rw_passwd_forced" ||
            backup_ftp_passwd="${ftp_rw_passwd[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}"

         if [ -z "$backup_ftp_user" ]; then
            notify.note $"trying with the ${NOTE}anonymous login${NORM}""..."
            backup_ftp_user="anonymous"
            [ "$backup_ftp_passwd" ] || backup_ftp_passwd="$packager_email"
         fi

         notify.debug "backup_ftp_server    = \"$backup_ftp_server\""
         notify.debug "backup_ftp_rpms_dir  = \"$backup_ftp_rpms_dir\""
         notify.debug "backup_ftp_srpms_dir = \"$backup_ftp_srpms_dir\""
         notify.debug "backup_ftp_port      = \"$backup_ftp_port\""
         if [ "$debug_print_private_user_infos" = "1" ]; then
            notify.debug "backup_ftp_user      = \"$backup_ftp_user\""
            notify.debug "backup_ftp_passwd    = \"$backup_ftp_passwd\""
         else
            notify.debug "backup_ftp_user      = ***"
            notify.debug "backup_ftp_passwd    = ***"
         fi

         local ftp_opts="$curl_opts_netlink"

         local curl_ftp_command_opts="\
${proxy:+ --proxy $proxy}${proxy_user:+ --proxy-user $proxy_user}"
         [ "${ftp_rw_passive_mode[$ftp_server_upload_num]}" = "on" ] &&
            curl_ftp_command_opts="$curl_ftp_command_opts --ftp-passive"

         local backup_ftp_bckdir
         if [ "${ftpdir_rw_old[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}" ]; then
            notify.note "\
${NOTE}"$"moving old packages to the remote backup folder""${NORM}..."
            # generate a unique folder name (with P~=1)
            backup_ftp_bckdir="\
${ftpdir_rw_old[$ftp_server_upload_num]}/${SPEC_NAME}_$(date +%y%m%d.%H%M%S)"
         else
            curr_srv_alias="${ftp_alias[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}"
            notify.note "
${NOTE}"$"removing old packages from the repository"" \
$backup_ftp_server${curr_srv_alias:+ ($curr_srv_alias)}${NORM}..."
            unset backup_ftp_bckdir
         fi
         notify.debug "backup_ftp_bckdir = \"$backup_ftp_bckdir\""

         # get the directories where the old packages reside...
         local ftp_rpms_old_dir="\
${ftp_rw_rpms_dir[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}"

         local ftp_srpms_old_dir="\
${ftp_rw_srpms_dir[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}"

         # a backup should be performed? (boolean variables)
         local rpm_pcks_to_backup=0
         local srpm_pcks_to_backup=0

         for pck in ${RPM_FILENAME_old[@]}; do
            let "rpm_pcks_to_backup = 1"
            notify.note "\
 * $(repository.resolveURL "$ftp_rpms_old_dir/${pck##*:}" "${pck%:*}")"
         done

         # print the old SRPMS package...
         [[ -n "$SPEC_FILENAME_old" && \
            "$nosrpm" != "1" && \
            "$SPEC_VERSION_old-$SPEC_RELEASE_old" != \
            "$SPEC_VERSION-$SPEC_RELEASE" ]] &&
          { let "srpm_pcks_to_backup = 1"
            notify.note "\
 * $ftp_srpms_old_dir/$SPEC_FILENAME_old"; }

         notify.debug "rpm_pcks_to_backup = $rpm_pcks_to_backup"
         notify.debug "srpm_pcks_to_backup = $srpm_pcks_to_backup"

         [[ "$rpm_pcks_to_backup" = "0" && "$srpm_pcks_to_backup" = "0" ]] &&
          { notify.note "${NOTE}"$"no old packages have been found.""${NORM}"
            continue; }

         # print the backup folder...
         [ "${ftpdir_rw_old[$ftp_server_upload_num]}" ] &&
            notify.note "\
   --> ""\
$backup_ftp_server${backup_ftp_port:+:$backup_ftp_port} :: $backup_ftp_bckdir"

         if [ "$do_ftp_upload" = "1" ]; then
            if [ "${ftpdir_rw_old[$SPEC_FILENAME_URL_LEVEL_old]}" ]; then
               # make a backup copy of the old packages...
               curl.ftp_command $curl_ftp_command_opts \
                  --options "$ftp_opts" \
                  --user "$upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd" \
                  --action mkdir --directory "$backup_ftp_bckdir" \
                  $backup_ftp_server${backup_ftp_port:+:$backup_ftp_port} 

               for pck in ${RPM_FILENAME_old[@]}; do
                  curl.ftp_command $curl_ftp_command_opts \
                     --options "$ftp_opts" \
                     --user "$upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd" \
                     --action rename-file \
                     --rename-from "\
$(repository.resolveURL "$ftp_rpms_old_dir/${pck##*:}" "${pck%:*}")" \
                     --rename-to "$backup_ftp_bckdir/${pck##*:}" \
                     $backup_ftp_server${backup_ftp_port:+:$backup_ftp_port}
               done
               if [ "$srpm_pcks_to_backup" = "1" ]; then
                  curl.ftp_command $curl_ftp_command_opts \
                     --options "$ftp_opts" \
                     --user "$upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd" \
                     --action rename-file \
                     --rename-from "$ftp_srpms_old_dir/$SPEC_FILENAME_old" \
                     --rename-to "$backup_ftp_bckdir/$SPEC_FILENAME_old" \
                     $backup_ftp_server${backup_ftp_port:+:$backup_ftp_port}
               fi
            else
               notify.debug "ftp_rpms_old_dir = $ftp_rpms_old_dir"

               # just delete the old packages...
               for pck in ${RPM_FILENAME_old[@]}; do
                  currurl="\
$(repository.resolveURL "$ftp_rpms_old_dir/${pck##*:}" "${pck%:*}")"
                  notify.debug "currurl = $currurl"
                  curl.ftp_command $curl_ftp_command_opts \
                     --options "$ftp_opts" \
                     --user "$upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd" \
                     --action delete \
                     --delete "$currurl" \
$backup_ftp_server${backup_ftp_port:+:$backup_ftp_port}
               done
               if [ "$srpm_pcks_to_backup" = "1" ]; then
                  curl.ftp_command $curl_ftp_command_opts \
                     --options "$ftp_opts" \
                     --user "$upload_ftp_user:$upload_ftp_passwd" \
                     --action delete \
                     --delete "${ftp_srpms_old_dir}/$SPEC_FILENAME_old" \
$backup_ftp_server${backup_ftp_port:+:$backup_ftp_port}
               fi
            fi
         fi
      ;;
     11) [ -s "$infofile" ] || infofile.create
         . $infofile

         target_cpu.set_and_check

         local pck_rpmversion pck_rpmrelease
         [[ "$pck_newver" && -z "$pck_newrel" ]] &&
         [ "$pck_newver" != $SPEC_VERSION ] &&
            notify.error $"release for new package required"

         # use the value provided by user via command line if available
         pck_rpmversion=${pck_newver:-$SPEC_VERSION}
         pck_rpmrelease="${pck_newrel:-"${SPEC_RELEASE%%[^0-9\.]*}"}"
         notify.debug "pck_rpmversion = $pck_rpmversion"
         notify.debug "pck_rpmrelease = $pck_rpmrelease"

         [ "$force_install" = 1 ] && notify.note "\
${NOTE}"$"install the new rpm packages"" ("$"force enabled"")${NORM}..." ||
            notify.note "${NOTE}"$"install the new rpm packages""${NORM}..."

         if [ "$rpm_download_and_install" ]; then
            local pck2install_list=""
            for pck in ${SPEC_TARGET[@]}; do
               if [ "${SPEC_BUILDARCH:-$BUILD_ARCH}" == "noarch" ]; then
                  filename="$(package.generate_name -p -a noarch -t rpm \
                     -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
               else
                  filename="$(package.generate_name -p -a $target_cpu -t rpm \
                     -n $pck -v $pck_rpmversion -r $pck_rpmrelease)"
               fi

               [[ -n "$rpm_install_noinstall_mask" &&
                  $filename =~ $rpm_install_noinstall_mask ]] && continue
               if [[ -n "$rpm_install_l10n_pck_mask" &&
                     $filename =~ $rpm_install_l10n_pck_mask ]]; then
                  [[ $filename =~ $rpm_install_l10n_pck_allow_lang_mask ]] \
                     || continue
               fi

               [ -e $filename ] && notify.note " * $filename" ||
                  notify.error $"package not found"": \`$filename'"
               pck2install_list="$pck2install_list $filename"
            done

            if [ "$force_install" = 1 ]; then
               [ "$rpm_install_force" ] || notify.error "\
\`rpm_install_force': "$"unset in the configuration files"
               notify.debug "\
$rpm_install_force ${rpm_root_opts:+$rpm_root_opts }$pck2install_list"
               $rpm_install_force $rpm_root_opts $pck2install_list
               #  || notify.error $"cannot install the new rpm packages"
            else
               [ "$rpm_install" ] || notify.error "\
\`rpm_install': "$"unset in the configuration files"
               notify.debug "\
$rpm_install ${rpm_root_opts:+$rpm_root_opts }$pck2install_list"
               $rpm_install $rpm_root_opts $pck2install_list ||
                  notify.error $"cannot install the new rpm packages"
            fi
         fi
      ;;
      *) notify.warning $"unknown step \`$step'" ;;
      esac
   done

   if [ "$cleanup" = 1 ]; then
      notify.note "[${NOTE}"$"cleaning up temporary files""${NORM}]"
      notify.note $"removing source packages and patches, if any""..."

      # rpmbuild --rmsource $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH

      [ -s "$infofile" ] || infofile.create
      . $infofile
      for srpm_source in ${SPEC_SOURCE[@]}; do
         notify.note "   "$"removing"" $srpm_source..."
         rm -f $source_dir/$srpm_source
      done
      for srpm_patch in ${SPEC_PATCH[@]}; do
         notify.note "   "$"removing"" $srpm_patch..."
         rm -f $source_dir/$srpm_patch
      done
   fi

   rm -f $infofile

   #notify.note "[${NOTE}"$"end of updating process""${NORM}]"

   if [ "$logging" = 1 ]; then
      exec 1<&3 3<&-   # restore stdout and close fd#3
      exec 2<&4 4<&-   # restore stderr and close fd#4
   fi
}

# the user configuration file for @package@ is required
config.check4user
# make some security checks
config.security

package.update \
   "$spec_format" "$pck_name" "$pck_newver" "$pck_newrel" \
   "$steps" \
   "$cl_ftp_rw_user" \
   "$cl_ftp_rw_passwd" \
   "$spec_name" \
   "$define_list" \
   "$ftp_server_download_id" \
   "$ftp_server_upload_id"