6 files changed, 33 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index 4797fcfa..49580c0e 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -377,10 +377,10 @@ typedef enum _pmdepmod_t {
 	PM_DEP_MOD_LT
 } pmdepmod_t;
 
-pmdepend_t *alpm_splitdep(const char *depstring);
 int alpm_depcmp(pmpkg_t *pkg, pmdepend_t *dep);
 alpm_list_t *alpm_checkdeps(pmdb_t *db, int reversedeps,
 		alpm_list_t *remove, alpm_list_t *upgrade);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_deptest(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *targets);
 
 const char *alpm_miss_get_target(const pmdepmissing_t *miss);
 pmdepend_t *alpm_miss_get_dep(pmdepmissing_t *miss);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
index f95c87a4..d3ec89a4 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 			_alpm_strtrim(line);
 			if(strcmp(line, "%DEPENDS%") == 0) {
 				while(fgets(line, 512, fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
-					pmdepend_t *dep = alpm_splitdep(_alpm_strtrim(line));
+					pmdepend_t *dep = _alpm_splitdep(_alpm_strtrim(line));
 					info->depends = alpm_list_add(info->depends, dep);
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%OPTDEPENDS%") == 0) {
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/conflict.c b/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
index 0fad4e4a..f666d595 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static int does_conflict(pmpkg_t *pkg1, const char *conflict, pmpkg_t *pkg2)
 {
 	const char *pkg1name = alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg1);
 	const char *pkg2name = alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg2);
-	pmdepend_t *conf = alpm_splitdep(conflict);
+	pmdepend_t *conf = _alpm_splitdep(conflict);
 	int match = 0;
 
 	match = alpm_depcmp(pkg2, conf);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.c b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
index 12da6b09..163b22ba 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
@@ -226,6 +226,31 @@ static int satisfycmp(const void *pkg, const void *depend)
 /** Checks dependencies and returns missing ones in a list.
  * Dependencies can include versions with depmod operators.
  * @param db pointer to the local package database
+ * @param targets an alpm_list_t* of dependencies strings to satisfy
+ * @return an alpm_list_t* of missing dependencies strings
+ */
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_deptest(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *targets)
+{
+	alpm_list_t *i, *ret = NULL;
+
+	for(i = targets; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
+		pmdepend_t *dep;
+		char *target;
+
+		target = alpm_list_getdata(i);
+		dep = _alpm_splitdep(target);
+
+		if(!alpm_list_find(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db), dep, satisfycmp)) {
+			ret = alpm_list_add(ret, target);
+		}
+		_alpm_dep_free(dep);
+	}
+	return(ret);
+}
+
+/** Checks dependencies and returns missing ones in a list.
+ * Dependencies can include versions with depmod operators.
+ * @param db pointer to the local package database
  * @param reversedeps handles the backward dependencies
  * @param remove an alpm_list_t* of packages to be removed
  * @param upgrade an alpm_list_t* of packages to be upgraded (remove-then-upgrade)
@@ -364,7 +389,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_depcmp(pmpkg_t *pkg, pmdepend_t *dep)
 	return(satisfy);
 }
 
-pmdepend_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_splitdep(const char *depstring)
+pmdepend_t *_alpm_splitdep(const char *depstring)
 {
 	pmdepend_t *depend;
 	char *ptr = NULL;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.h b/lib/libalpm/deps.h
index debd5347..fdbfebed 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.h
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ void _alpm_depmiss_free(pmdepmissing_t *miss);
 alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(alpm_list_t *targets, pmtranstype_t mode);
 void _alpm_recursedeps(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *targs, int include_explicit);
 int _alpm_resolvedeps(pmdb_t *local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, pmpkg_t *syncpkg,
-                      alpm_list_t **list, alpm_list_t *remove, pmtrans_t *trans, alpm_list_t **data);
+		alpm_list_t **list, alpm_list_t *remove, pmtrans_t *trans, alpm_list_t
+		**data);
+pmdepend_t *_alpm_splitdep(const char *depstring);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_DEPS_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.c b/lib/libalpm/package.c
index 40667038..2bcf7453 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.c
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ static int parse_descfile(const char *descfile, pmpkg_t *info)
 				/* size in the raw package is uncompressed (installed) size */
 				info->isize = atol(ptr);
 			} else if(!strcmp(key, "depend")) {
-				pmdepend_t *dep = alpm_splitdep(ptr);
+				pmdepend_t *dep = _alpm_splitdep(ptr);
 				info->depends = alpm_list_add(info->depends, dep);
 			} else if(!strcmp(key, "optdepend")) {
 				info->optdepends = alpm_list_add(info->optdepends, strdup(ptr));