1 files changed, 186 insertions, 154 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index 47639248..28e63fd4 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@
 #include "deps.h"
 #include "conflict.h"
 #include "trans.h"
+#include "add.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "handle.h"
 #include "alpm.h"
 #include "dload.h"
 #include "delta.h"
+#include "remove.h"
 
 /** Check for new version of pkg in sync repos
  * (only the first occurrence is considered in sync)
@@ -80,17 +82,30 @@ pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_sync_newversion(pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync)
 	return(NULL);
 }
 
-int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, int enable_downgrade)
+/** Search for packages to upgrade and add them to the transaction.
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
+ */
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_sync_sysupgrade(int enable_downgrade)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j, *k;
+	pmtrans_t *trans;
+	pmdb_t *db_local;
+	alpm_list_t *dbs_sync;
 
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_HANDLE_NULL, -1));
+	trans = handle->trans;
+	db_local = handle->db_local;
+	dbs_sync = handle->dbs_sync;
+	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
+	ASSERT(trans->state == STATE_INITIALIZED, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_INITIALIZED, -1));
+
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "checking for package upgrades\n");
 	for(i = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db_local); i; i = i->next) {
 		pmpkg_t *lpkg = i->data;
 
-		if(_alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, lpkg->name)) {
+		if(_alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, lpkg->name)) {
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "%s is already in the target list -- skipping\n", lpkg->name);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -113,7 +128,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_s
 					} else {
 						_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding package %s-%s to the transaction targets\n",
 												spkg->name, spkg->version);
-						trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, spkg);
+						trans->add = alpm_list_add(trans->add, spkg);
 					}
 				} else if(cmp < 0) {
 					if(enable_downgrade) {
@@ -124,7 +139,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_s
 						} else {
 							_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s: downgrading from version %s to version %s\n"),
 											lpkg->name, lpkg->version, spkg->version);
-							trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, spkg);
+							trans->add = alpm_list_add(trans->add, spkg);
 						}
 					} else {
 						_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s: local (%s) is newer than %s (%s)\n"),
@@ -152,7 +167,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_s
 						}
 
 						/* If spkg is already in the target list, we append lpkg to spkg's removes list */
-						pmpkg_t *tpkg = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, spkg->name);
+						pmpkg_t *tpkg = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, spkg->name);
 						if(tpkg) {
 							/* sanity check, multiple repos can contain spkg->name */
 							if(tpkg->origin_data.db != sdb) {
@@ -173,7 +188,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_s
 							spkg->removes = alpm_list_add(NULL, lpkg);
 							_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding package %s-%s to the transaction targets\n",
 													spkg->name, spkg->version);
-							trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, spkg);
+							trans->add = alpm_list_add(trans->add, spkg);
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -187,57 +202,18 @@ int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_s
 	return(0);
 }
 
-int _alpm_sync_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, char *name)
+int _alpm_sync_pkg(pmpkg_t *spkg)
 {
-	char *targline;
-	char *targ;
-	alpm_list_t *j;
-	pmpkg_t *local, *spkg;
-	pmdepend_t *dep; /* provisions and dependencies are also allowed */
+	pmtrans_t *trans;
+	pmdb_t *db_local;
+	pmpkg_t *local;
 
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
-	ASSERT(db_local != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_NULL, -1));
-	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
-	ASSERT(name != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
-
-	STRDUP(targline, name, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
-	targ = strchr(targline, '/');
-	if(targ) {
-		/* we are looking for a package in a specific database */
-		alpm_list_t *dbs = NULL;
-		*targ = '\0';
-		targ++;
-		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "searching for target '%s' in repo '%s'\n", targ, targline);
-		for(j = dbs_sync; j; j = j->next) {
-			pmdb_t *db = j->data;
-			if(strcmp(db->treename, targline) == 0) {
-				dbs = alpm_list_add(NULL, db);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		if(dbs == NULL) {
-			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("repository '%s' not found\n"), targline);
-			FREE(targline);
-			RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_REPO_NOT_FOUND, -1);
-		}
-		dep = _alpm_splitdep(targ);
-		spkg = _alpm_resolvedep(dep, dbs, NULL, 1);
-		_alpm_dep_free(dep);
-		alpm_list_free(dbs);
-	} else {
-		dep = _alpm_splitdep(targline);
-		spkg = _alpm_resolvedep(dep, dbs_sync, NULL, 1);
-		_alpm_dep_free(dep);
-	}
-	FREE(targline);
-
-	if(spkg == NULL) {
-		/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_resolvedep */
-		return(-1);
-	}
+	trans = handle->trans;
+	db_local = handle->db_local;
 
-	if(_alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg))) {
+	if(_alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg))) {
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_DUP_TARGET, -1);
 	}
 
@@ -267,11 +243,109 @@ int _alpm_sync_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sy
 	spkg->reason = PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT;
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding package %s-%s to the transaction targets\n",
 						alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg), alpm_pkg_get_version(spkg));
-	trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, spkg);
+	trans->add = alpm_list_add(trans->add, spkg);
 
 	return(0);
 }
 
+int _alpm_sync_target(alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, char *target)
+{
+	alpm_list_t *i, *j;
+	pmpkg_t *spkg;
+	pmdepend_t *dep; /* provisions and dependencies are also allowed */
+	pmgrp_t *grp;
+	int found = 0;
+
+	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
+
+	/* Sanity checks */
+	ASSERT(target != NULL && strlen(target) != 0, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_HANDLE_NULL, -1));
+
+	dep = _alpm_splitdep(target);
+	spkg = _alpm_resolvedep(dep, dbs_sync, NULL, 1);
+	_alpm_dep_free(dep);
+
+	if(spkg != NULL) {
+		return(_alpm_sync_pkg(spkg));
+	}
+
+	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "%s package not found, searching for group...\n", target);
+	for(i = dbs_sync; i; i = i->next) {
+		pmdb_t *db = i->data;
+		grp = alpm_db_readgrp(db, target);
+		if(grp) {
+			found = 1;
+			for(j = alpm_grp_get_pkgs(grp); j; j = j->next) {
+				pmpkg_t *pkg = j->data;
+				if(_alpm_sync_pkg(pkg) == -1) {
+					if(pm_errno == PM_ERR_TRANS_DUP_TARGET || pm_errno == PM_ERR_PKG_IGNORED) {
+						/* just skip duplicate or ignored targets */
+						continue;
+					} else {
+						return(-1);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if(!found) {
+		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_NOT_FOUND, -1);
+	}
+
+	return(0);
+}
+
+/** Add a sync target to the transaction.
+ * @param target the name of the sync target to add
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
+ */
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_sync_dbtarget(char *dbname, char *target)
+{
+	alpm_list_t *i;
+	alpm_list_t *dbs_sync;
+
+	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
+
+	/* Sanity checks */
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_HANDLE_NULL, -1));
+	dbs_sync = handle->dbs_sync;
+
+	/* we are looking for a package in a specific database */
+	alpm_list_t *dbs = NULL;
+	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "searching for target '%s' in repo '%s'\n", target, dbname);
+	for(i = dbs_sync; i; i = i->next) {
+		pmdb_t *db = i->data;
+		if(strcmp(db->treename, dbname) == 0) {
+			dbs = alpm_list_add(NULL, db);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	if(dbs == NULL) {
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("repository '%s' not found\n"), dbname);
+		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_REPO_NOT_FOUND, -1);
+	}
+	return(_alpm_sync_target(dbs, target));
+}
+
+/** Add a sync target to the transaction.
+ * @param target the name of the sync target to add
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
+ */
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_sync_target(char *target)
+{
+	alpm_list_t *dbs_sync;
+
+	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
+
+	/* Sanity checks */
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_HANDLE_NULL, -1));
+	dbs_sync = handle->dbs_sync;
+
+	return(_alpm_sync_target(dbs_sync,target));
+}
+
 /** Compute the size of the files that will be downloaded to install a
  * package.
  * @param newpkg the new package to upgrade to
@@ -282,6 +356,11 @@ static int compute_download_size(pmpkg_t *newpkg)
 	char *fpath;
 	off_t size = 0;
 
+	if(newpkg->origin == PKG_FROM_FILE) {
+		newpkg->download_size = 0;
+		return(0);
+	}
+
 	fname = alpm_pkg_get_filename(newpkg);
 	ASSERT(fname != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_NAME, -1));
 	fpath = _alpm_filecache_find(fname);
@@ -323,8 +402,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 	alpm_list_t *deps = NULL;
 	alpm_list_t *preferred = NULL;
 	alpm_list_t *unresolvable = NULL;
-	alpm_list_t *remove = NULL; /* allow checkdeps usage with trans->packages */
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j;
+	alpm_list_t *remove = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
@@ -345,7 +424,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "resolving target's dependencies\n");
 
 		/* build remove list and preferred list for resolvedeps */
-		for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+		for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 			for(j = spkg->removes; j; j = j->next) {
 				remove = alpm_list_add(remove, j->data);
@@ -355,7 +434,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 
 		/* Resolve packages in the transaction one at a time, in addtion
 		   building up a list of packages which could not be resolved. */
-		for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+		for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 			if(_alpm_resolvedeps(db_local, dbs_sync, pkg, preferred,
 						&resolved, remove, data) == -1) {
@@ -392,21 +471,21 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			}
 		}
 
-		/* Unresolvable packages will be removed from the target list, so
-		   we free the transaction specific fields */
-		alpm_list_free_inner(unresolvable, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_pkg_free_trans);
-
 		/* Set DEPEND reason for pulled packages */
 		for(i = resolved; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
-			if(!_alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, pkg->name)) {
+			if(!_alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, pkg->name)) {
 				pkg->reason = PM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND;
 			}
 		}
 
+		/* Unresolvable packages will be removed from the target list, so
+		   we free the transaction specific fields */
+		alpm_list_free_inner(unresolvable, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_pkg_free_trans);
+
 		/* re-order w.r.t. dependencies */
-		alpm_list_free(trans->packages);
-		trans->packages = _alpm_sortbydeps(resolved, 0);
+		alpm_list_free(trans->add);
+		trans->add = _alpm_sortbydeps(resolved, 0);
 		alpm_list_free(resolved);
 
 		EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_RESOLVEDEPS_DONE, NULL, NULL);
@@ -420,15 +499,15 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 
 		/* 1. check for conflicts in the target list */
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "check targets vs targets\n");
-		deps = _alpm_innerconflicts(trans->packages);
+		deps = _alpm_innerconflicts(trans->add);
 
 		for(i = deps; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmconflict_t *conflict = i->data;
 			pmpkg_t *rsync, *sync, *sync1, *sync2;
 
 			/* have we already removed one of the conflicting targets? */
-			sync1 = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, conflict->package1);
-			sync2 = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, conflict->package2);
+			sync1 = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, conflict->package1);
+			sync2 = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, conflict->package2);
 			if(!sync1 || !sync2) {
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -468,8 +547,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING,
 					_("removing '%s' from target list because it conflicts with '%s'\n"),
 					rsync->name, sync->name);
+			trans->add = alpm_list_remove(trans->add, rsync, _alpm_pkg_cmp, NULL);
 			_alpm_pkg_free_trans(rsync); /* rsync is not transaction target anymore */
-			trans->packages = alpm_list_remove(trans->packages, rsync, _alpm_pkg_cmp, NULL);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -479,7 +558,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 
 		/* 2. we check for target vs db conflicts (and resolve)*/
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "check targets vs db and db vs targets\n");
-		deps = _alpm_outerconflicts(db_local, trans->packages);
+		deps = _alpm_outerconflicts(db_local, trans->add);
 
 		for(i = deps; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmconflict_t *conflict = i->data;
@@ -487,7 +566,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			/* if conflict->package2 (the local package) is not elected for removal,
 			   we ask the user */
 			int found = 0;
-			for(j = trans->packages; j && !found; j = j->next) {
+			for(j = trans->add; j && !found; j = j->next) {
 				pmpkg_t *spkg = j->data;
 				if(_alpm_pkg_find(spkg->removes, conflict->package2)) {
 					found = 1;
@@ -500,11 +579,11 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "package '%s' conflicts with '%s'\n",
 					conflict->package1, conflict->package2);
 
-			pmpkg_t *sync = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, conflict->package1);
+			pmpkg_t *sync = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, conflict->package1);
 			pmpkg_t *local = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db_local, conflict->package2);
 			int doremove = 0;
 			QUESTION(trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_CONFLICT_PKG, conflict->package1,
-								conflict->package2, NULL, &doremove);
+							conflict->package2, conflict->reason, &doremove);
 			if(doremove) {
 				/* append to the removes list */
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "electing '%s' for removal\n", conflict->package2);
@@ -532,16 +611,16 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 	if(!(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPS)) {
 		/* rebuild remove list */
 		alpm_list_free(remove);
-		remove = NULL;
-		for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+		trans->remove = NULL;
+		for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 			for(j = spkg->removes; j; j = j->next) {
-				remove = alpm_list_add(remove, j->data);
+				trans->remove = alpm_list_add(trans->remove, _alpm_pkg_dup(j->data));
 			}
 		}
 
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "checking dependencies\n");
-		deps = alpm_checkdeps(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db_local), 1, remove, trans->packages);
+		deps = alpm_checkdeps(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db_local), 1, trans->remove, trans->add);
 		if(deps) {
 			pm_errno = PM_ERR_UNSATISFIED_DEPS;
 			ret = -1;
@@ -554,7 +633,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 	}
-	for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+	for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 		/* update download size field */
 		pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 		if(compute_download_size(spkg) != 0) {
@@ -564,7 +643,6 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 	}
 
 cleanup:
-	alpm_list_free(remove);
 	alpm_list_free(unresolvable);
 
 	return(ret);
@@ -601,7 +679,7 @@ static int apply_deltas(pmtrans_t *trans)
 	int ret = 0;
 	const char *cachedir = _alpm_filecache_setup();
 
-	for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+	for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 		pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 		alpm_list_t *delta_path = spkg->delta_path;
 		alpm_list_t *dlts = NULL;
@@ -711,7 +789,6 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j, *files = NULL;
 	alpm_list_t *deltas = NULL;
-	pmtrans_t *tr_remove = NULL, *tr_upgrade = NULL;
 	int replaces = 0;
 	int errors = 0;
 	const char *cachedir = NULL;
@@ -730,7 +807,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 	if(handle->totaldlcb) {
 		off_t total_size = (off_t)0;
 		/* sum up the download size for each package and store total */
-		for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+		for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 			total_size += spkg->download_size;
 		}
@@ -741,11 +818,10 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 	for(i = handle->dbs_sync; i; i = i->next) {
 		pmdb_t *current = i->data;
 
-		for(j = trans->packages; j; j = j->next) {
+		for(j = trans->add; j; j = j->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *spkg = j->data;
-			pmdb_t *dbs = spkg->origin_data.db;
 
-			if(current == dbs) {
+			if(spkg->origin == PKG_FROM_CACHE && current == spkg->origin_data.db) {
 				const char *fname = NULL;
 
 				fname = alpm_pkg_get_filename(spkg);
@@ -835,15 +911,36 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 	EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_INTEGRITY_START, NULL, NULL);
 
 	errors = 0;
-	for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+	for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 		pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
+		if(spkg->origin == PKG_FROM_FILE) {
+			continue; /* pkg_load() has been already called, this package is valid */
+		}
+
 		const char *filename = alpm_pkg_get_filename(spkg);
 		const char *md5sum = alpm_pkg_get_md5sum(spkg);
 
 		if(test_md5sum(trans, filename, md5sum) != 0) {
 			errors++;
 			*data = alpm_list_add(*data, strdup(filename));
+			continue;
+		}
+		/* load the package file and replace pkgcache entry with it in the target list */
+		/* TODO: alpm_pkg_get_db() will not work on this target anymore */
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "replacing pkgcache entry with package file for target %s\n", spkg->name);
+		char *filepath = _alpm_filecache_find(filename);
+		pmpkg_t *pkgfile;
+		if(alpm_pkg_load(filepath, 1, &pkgfile) != 0) {
+			_alpm_pkg_free(pkgfile);
+			errors++;
+			*data = alpm_list_add(*data, strdup(filename));
+			FREE(filepath);
+			continue;
 		}
+		FREE(filepath);
+		pkgfile->reason = spkg->reason; /* copy over install reason */
+		i->data = pkgfile;
+		_alpm_pkg_free_trans(spkg); /* spkg has been removed from the target list */
 	}
 	if(errors) {
 		pm_errno = PM_ERR_PKG_INVALID;
@@ -856,71 +953,15 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 	trans->state = STATE_COMMITING;
 
-	/* Create remove and upgrade transactions */
-	tr_remove = _alpm_trans_new();
-	if(tr_remove == NULL) {
-		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not create removal transaction\n"));
-		goto error;
-	}
-	tr_upgrade = _alpm_trans_new();
-	if(tr_upgrade == NULL) {
-		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not create transaction\n"));
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	if(_alpm_trans_init(tr_remove, PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVE, PM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPS, NULL, NULL, NULL) == -1) {
-		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not initialize the removal transaction\n"));
-		goto error;
-	}
-	if(_alpm_trans_init(tr_upgrade, PM_TRANS_TYPE_UPGRADE, trans->flags, trans->cb_event, trans->cb_conv, trans->cb_progress) == -1) {
-		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not initialize transaction\n"));
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	/* adding targets */
-	for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
-		alpm_list_t *j;
-		/* remove transaction */
-		for(j = spkg->removes; j; j = j->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *pkg = j->data;
-			if(!_alpm_pkg_find(tr_remove->packages, pkg->name)) {
-				if(_alpm_trans_addtarget(tr_remove, pkg->name) == -1) {
-					goto error;
-				}
-				replaces++;
-			}
-		}
-		/* upgrade transaction */
-		const char *fname;
-		char *fpath;
-
-		fname = alpm_pkg_get_filename(spkg);
-		if(fname == NULL) {
-			goto error;
-		}
-		/* Loop through the cache dirs until we find a matching file */
-		fpath = _alpm_filecache_find(fname);
-
-		if(_alpm_trans_addtarget(tr_upgrade, fpath) == -1) {
-			FREE(fpath);
-			goto error;
-		}
-		FREE(fpath);
-
-		/* using alpm_list_last() is ok because addtarget() adds the new target at the
-		 * end of the tr->packages list */
-		pmpkg_t *ipkg = alpm_list_last(tr_upgrade->packages)->data;
-		ipkg->reason = spkg->reason;
-	}
+	replaces = alpm_list_count(trans->remove);
 
 	/* fileconflict check */
 	if(!(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_FORCE)) {
 		EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_FILECONFLICTS_START, NULL, NULL);
 
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "looking for file conflicts\n");
-		alpm_list_t *conflict = _alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(db_local, tr_upgrade,
-								    tr_upgrade->packages, tr_remove->packages);
+		alpm_list_t *conflict = _alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(db_local, trans,
+								    trans->add, trans->remove);
 		if(conflict) {
 			pm_errno = PM_ERR_FILE_CONFLICTS;
 			if(data) {
@@ -938,14 +979,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 	/* remove conflicting and to-be-replaced packages */
 	if(replaces) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing conflicting and to-be-replaced packages\n");
-		if(_alpm_trans_prepare(tr_remove, data) == -1) {
-			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not prepare removal transaction\n"));
-			goto error;
-		}
 		/* we want the frontend to be aware of commit details */
-		tr_remove->cb_event = trans->cb_event;
-		tr_remove->cb_progress = trans->cb_progress;
-		if(_alpm_trans_commit(tr_remove, NULL) == -1) {
+		if(_alpm_remove_packages(trans, handle->db_local) == -1) {
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not commit removal transaction\n"));
 			goto error;
 		}
@@ -953,8 +988,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 	/* install targets */
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "installing packages\n");
-	/* add_prepare is not needed */
-	if(_alpm_trans_commit(tr_upgrade, NULL) == -1) {
+	if(_alpm_upgrade_packages(trans, handle->db_local) == -1) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not commit transaction\n"));
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -963,8 +997,6 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 error:
 	FREELIST(files);
 	alpm_list_free(deltas);
-	_alpm_trans_free(tr_remove);
-	_alpm_trans_free(tr_upgrade);
 	return(ret);
 }