# Copyright 1998-2021 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

__all__ = ["vardbapi", "vartree", "dblink"] + ["write_contents", "tar_contents"]

import portage

portage.proxy.lazyimport.lazyimport(
    globals(),
    "hashlib:md5",
    "portage.checksum:_perform_md5_merge@perform_md5",
    "portage.data:portage_gid,portage_uid,secpass",
    "portage.dbapi.dep_expand:dep_expand",
    "portage.dbapi._MergeProcess:MergeProcess",
    "portage.dbapi._SyncfsProcess:SyncfsProcess",
    "portage.dep:dep_getkey,isjustname,isvalidatom,match_from_list,"
    + "use_reduce,_slot_separator,_repo_separator",
    "portage.eapi:_get_eapi_attrs",
    "portage.elog:collect_ebuild_messages,collect_messages,"
    + "elog_process,_merge_logentries",
    "portage.locks:lockdir,unlockdir,lockfile,unlockfile",
    "portage.output:bold,colorize",
    "portage.package.ebuild.doebuild:doebuild_environment," + "_merge_unicode_error",
    "portage.package.ebuild.prepare_build_dirs:prepare_build_dirs",
    "portage.package.ebuild._ipc.QueryCommand:QueryCommand",
    "portage.process:find_binary",
    "portage.util:apply_secpass_permissions,ConfigProtect,ensure_dirs,"
    + "writemsg,writemsg_level,write_atomic,atomic_ofstream,writedict,"
    + "grabdict,normalize_path,new_protect_filename",
    "portage.util._compare_files:compare_files",
    "portage.util.digraph:digraph",
    "portage.util.env_update:env_update",
    "portage.util.install_mask:install_mask_dir,InstallMask,_raise_exc",
    "portage.util.listdir:dircache,listdir",
    "portage.util.movefile:movefile,_cmpxattr",
    "portage.util.path:first_existing,iter_parents",
    "portage.util.writeable_check:get_ro_checker",
    "portage.util._xattr:xattr",
    "portage.util._dyn_libs.PreservedLibsRegistry:PreservedLibsRegistry",
    "portage.util._dyn_libs.LinkageMapELF:LinkageMapELF@LinkageMap",
    "portage.util._dyn_libs.NeededEntry:NeededEntry",
    "portage.util._async.SchedulerInterface:SchedulerInterface",
    "portage.util._eventloop.global_event_loop:global_event_loop",
    "portage.versions:best,catpkgsplit,catsplit,cpv_getkey,vercmp,"
    + "_get_slot_re,_pkgsplit@pkgsplit,_pkg_str,_unknown_repo",
    "portage.gpkg",
    "subprocess",
    "tarfile",
)

from portage.const import (
    CACHE_PATH,
    CONFIG_MEMORY_FILE,
    MERGING_IDENTIFIER,
    PORTAGE_PACKAGE_ATOM,
    PRIVATE_PATH,
    VDB_PATH,
    SUPPORTED_GENTOO_BINPKG_FORMATS,
)
from portage.dbapi import dbapi
from portage.exception import (
    CommandNotFound,
    InvalidData,
    InvalidLocation,
    InvalidPackageName,
    InvalidBinaryPackageFormat,
    FileNotFound,
    PermissionDenied,
    UnsupportedAPIException,
)
from portage.localization import _
from portage.util.futures import asyncio

from portage import abssymlink, _movefile, bsd_chflags

# This is a special version of the os module, wrapped for unicode support.
from portage import os
from portage import shutil
from portage import _encodings
from portage import _os_merge
from portage import _selinux_merge
from portage import _unicode_decode
from portage import _unicode_encode
from portage.util.futures.executor.fork import ForkExecutor
from ._VdbMetadataDelta import VdbMetadataDelta

from _emerge.EbuildBuildDir import EbuildBuildDir
from _emerge.EbuildPhase import EbuildPhase
from _emerge.emergelog import emergelog
from _emerge.MiscFunctionsProcess import MiscFunctionsProcess
from _emerge.SpawnProcess import SpawnProcess
from ._ContentsCaseSensitivityManager import ContentsCaseSensitivityManager

import argparse
import errno
import filecmp
import fnmatch
import functools
import gc
import grp
import io
from itertools import chain
import logging
import multiprocessing
import os as _os
import operator
import pickle
import platform
import pwd
import re
import stat
import tempfile
import textwrap
import time
import warnings


class vardbapi(dbapi):
    _excluded_dirs = ["CVS", "lost+found"]
    _excluded_dirs = [re.escape(x) for x in _excluded_dirs]
    _excluded_dirs = re.compile(
        r"^(\..*|" + MERGING_IDENTIFIER + ".*|" + "|".join(_excluded_dirs) + r")$"
    )

    _aux_cache_version = "1"
    _owners_cache_version = "1"

    # Number of uncached packages to trigger cache update, since
    # it's wasteful to update it for every vdb change.
    _aux_cache_threshold = 5

    _aux_cache_keys_re = re.compile(r"^NEEDED\..*$")
    _aux_multi_line_re = re.compile(r"^(CONTENTS|NEEDED\..*)$")
    _pkg_str_aux_keys = dbapi._pkg_str_aux_keys + ("BUILD_ID", "BUILD_TIME", "_mtime_")

    def __init__(
        self,
        _unused_param=DeprecationWarning,
        categories=None,
        settings=None,
        vartree=None,
    ):
        """
        The categories parameter is unused since the dbapi class
        now has a categories property that is generated from the
        available packages.
        """

        # Used by emerge to check whether any packages
        # have been added or removed.
        self._pkgs_changed = False

        # The _aux_cache_threshold doesn't work as designed
        # if the cache is flushed from a subprocess, so we
        # use this to avoid waste vdb cache updates.
        self._flush_cache_enabled = True

        # cache for category directory mtimes
        self.mtdircache = {}

        # cache for dependency checks
        self.matchcache = {}

        # cache for cp_list results
        self.cpcache = {}

        self.blockers = None
        if settings is None:
            settings = portage.settings
        self.settings = settings

        if _unused_param is not DeprecationWarning:
            warnings.warn(
                "The first parameter of the "
                "portage.dbapi.vartree.vardbapi"
                " constructor is now unused. Instead "
                "settings['ROOT'] is used.",
                DeprecationWarning,
                stacklevel=2,
            )

        self._eroot = settings["EROOT"]
        self._dbroot = self._eroot + VDB_PATH
        self._lock = None
        self._lock_count = 0

        self._conf_mem_file = self._eroot + CONFIG_MEMORY_FILE
        self._fs_lock_obj = None
        self._fs_lock_count = 0
        self._slot_locks = {}

        if vartree is None:
            vartree = portage.db[settings["EROOT"]]["vartree"]
        self.vartree = vartree
        self._aux_cache_keys = {
            "BDEPEND",
            "BUILD_TIME",
            "CHOST",
            "COUNTER",
            "DEPEND",
            "DESCRIPTION",
            "EAPI",
            "HOMEPAGE",
            "BUILD_ID",
            "IDEPEND",
            "IUSE",
            "KEYWORDS",
            "LICENSE",
            "PDEPEND",
            "PROPERTIES",
            "RDEPEND",
            "repository",
            "RESTRICT",
            "SLOT",
            "USE",
            "DEFINED_PHASES",
            "PROVIDES",
            "REQUIRES",
        }
        self._aux_cache_obj = None
        self._aux_cache_filename = os.path.join(
            self._eroot, CACHE_PATH, "vdb_metadata.pickle"
        )
        self._cache_delta_filename = os.path.join(
            self._eroot, CACHE_PATH, "vdb_metadata_delta.json"
        )
        self._cache_delta = VdbMetadataDelta(self)
        self._counter_path = os.path.join(self._eroot, CACHE_PATH, "counter")

        self._plib_registry = PreservedLibsRegistry(
            settings["ROOT"],
            os.path.join(self._eroot, PRIVATE_PATH, "preserved_libs_registry"),
        )
        self._linkmap = LinkageMap(self)
        self._owners = self._owners_db(self)

        self._cached_counter = None

    @property
    def writable(self):
        """
        Check if var/db/pkg is writable, or permissions are sufficient
        to create it if it does not exist yet.
        @rtype: bool
        @return: True if var/db/pkg is writable or can be created,
                False otherwise
        """
        return os.access(first_existing(self._dbroot), os.W_OK)

    @property
    def root(self):
        warnings.warn(
            "The root attribute of "
            "portage.dbapi.vartree.vardbapi"
            " is deprecated. Use "
            "settings['ROOT'] instead.",
            DeprecationWarning,
            stacklevel=3,
        )
        return self.settings["ROOT"]

    def getpath(self, mykey, filename=None):
        # This is an optimized hotspot, so don't use unicode-wrapped
        # os module and don't use os.path.join().
        rValue = self._eroot + VDB_PATH + _os.sep + mykey
        if filename is not None:
            # If filename is always relative, we can do just
            # rValue += _os.sep + filename
            rValue = _os.path.join(rValue, filename)
        return rValue

    def lock(self):
        """
        Acquire a reentrant lock, blocking, for cooperation with concurrent
        processes. State is inherited by subprocesses, allowing subprocesses
        to reenter a lock that was acquired by a parent process. However,
        a lock can be released only by the same process that acquired it.
        """
        if self._lock_count:
            self._lock_count += 1
        else:
            if self._lock is not None:
                raise AssertionError("already locked")
            # At least the parent needs to exist for the lock file.
            ensure_dirs(self._dbroot)
            self._lock = lockdir(self._dbroot)
            self._lock_count += 1

    def unlock(self):
        """
        Release a lock, decrementing the recursion level. Each unlock() call
        must be matched with a prior lock() call, or else an AssertionError
        will be raised if unlock() is called while not locked.
        """
        if self._lock_count > 1:
            self._lock_count -= 1
        else:
            if self._lock is None:
                raise AssertionError("not locked")
            self._lock_count = 0
            unlockdir(self._lock)
            self._lock = None

    def _fs_lock(self):
        """
        Acquire a reentrant lock, blocking, for cooperation with concurrent
        processes.
        """
        if self._fs_lock_count < 1:
            if self._fs_lock_obj is not None:
                raise AssertionError("already locked")
            try:
                self._fs_lock_obj = lockfile(self._conf_mem_file)
            except InvalidLocation:
                self.settings._init_dirs()
                self._fs_lock_obj = lockfile(self._conf_mem_file)
        self._fs_lock_count += 1

    def _fs_unlock(self):
        """
        Release a lock, decrementing the recursion level.
        """
        if self._fs_lock_count <= 1:
            if self._fs_lock_obj is None:
                raise AssertionError("not locked")
            unlockfile(self._fs_lock_obj)
            self._fs_lock_obj = None
        self._fs_lock_count -= 1

    def _slot_lock(self, slot_atom):
        """
        Acquire a slot lock (reentrant).

        WARNING: The varbapi._slot_lock method is not safe to call
        in the main process when that process is scheduling
        install/uninstall tasks in parallel, since the locks would
        be inherited by child processes. In order to avoid this sort
        of problem, this method should be called in a subprocess
        (typically spawned by the MergeProcess class).
        """
        lock, counter = self._slot_locks.get(slot_atom, (None, 0))
        if lock is None:
            lock_path = self.getpath(f"{slot_atom.cp}:{slot_atom.slot}")
            ensure_dirs(os.path.dirname(lock_path))
            lock = lockfile(lock_path, wantnewlockfile=True)
        self._slot_locks[slot_atom] = (lock, counter + 1)

    def _slot_unlock(self, slot_atom):
        """
        Release a slot lock (or decrementing recursion level).
        """
        lock, counter = self._slot_locks.get(slot_atom, (None, 0))
        if lock is None:
            raise AssertionError("not locked")
        counter -= 1
        if counter == 0:
            unlockfile(lock)
            del self._slot_locks[slot_atom]
        else:
            self._slot_locks[slot_atom] = (lock, counter)

    def _bump_mtime(self, cpv):
        """
        This is called before an after any modifications, so that consumers
        can use directory mtimes to validate caches. See bug #290428.
        """
        base = self._eroot + VDB_PATH
        cat = catsplit(cpv)[0]
        catdir = base + _os.sep + cat
        t = time.time()
        t = (t, t)
        try:
            for x in (catdir, base):
                os.utime(x, t)
        except OSError:
            ensure_dirs(catdir)

    def cpv_exists(self, mykey, myrepo=None):
        "Tells us whether an actual ebuild exists on disk (no masking)"
        return os.path.exists(self.getpath(mykey))

    def cpv_counter(self, mycpv):
        "This method will grab the COUNTER. Returns a counter value."
        try:
            return int(self.aux_get(mycpv, ["COUNTER"])[0])
        except (KeyError, ValueError):
            pass
        writemsg_level(
            _("portage: COUNTER for %s was corrupted; " "resetting to value of 0\n")
            % (mycpv,),
            level=logging.ERROR,
            noiselevel=-1,
        )
        return 0

    def cpv_inject(self, mycpv):
        "injects a real package into our on-disk database; assumes mycpv is valid and doesn't already exist"
        ensure_dirs(self.getpath(mycpv))
        counter = self.counter_tick()
        # write local package counter so that emerge clean does the right thing
        write_atomic(self.getpath(mycpv, filename="COUNTER"), str(counter))

    def isInjected(self, mycpv):
        if self.cpv_exists(mycpv):
            if os.path.exists(self.getpath(mycpv, filename="INJECTED")):
                return True
            if not os.path.exists(self.getpath(mycpv, filename="CONTENTS")):
                return True
        return False

    def move_ent(self, mylist, repo_match=None):
        origcp = mylist[1]
        newcp = mylist[2]

        # sanity check
        for atom in (origcp, newcp):
            if not isjustname(atom):
                raise InvalidPackageName(str(atom))
        origmatches = self.match(origcp, use_cache=0)
        moves = 0
        if not origmatches:
            return moves
        for mycpv in origmatches:
            mycpv_cp = mycpv.cp
            if mycpv_cp != origcp:
                # Ignore PROVIDE virtual match.
                continue
            if repo_match is not None and not repo_match(mycpv.repo):
                continue

            # Use isvalidatom() to check if this move is valid for the
            # EAPI (characters allowed in package names may vary).
            if not isvalidatom(newcp, eapi=mycpv.eapi):
                continue

            mynewcpv = mycpv.replace(mycpv_cp, str(newcp), 1)
            mynewcat = catsplit(newcp)[0]
            origpath = self.getpath(mycpv)
            if not os.path.exists(origpath):
                continue
            moves += 1
            if not os.path.exists(self.getpath(mynewcat)):
                # create the directory
                ensure_dirs(self.getpath(mynewcat))
            newpath = self.getpath(mynewcpv)
            if os.path.exists(newpath):
                # dest already exists; keep this puppy where it is.
                continue
            _movefile(origpath, newpath, mysettings=self.settings)
            self._clear_pkg_cache(self._dblink(mycpv))
            self._clear_pkg_cache(self._dblink(mynewcpv))

            # We need to rename the ebuild now.
            old_pf = catsplit(mycpv)[1]
            new_pf = catsplit(mynewcpv)[1]
            if new_pf != old_pf:
                try:
                    os.rename(
                        os.path.join(newpath, old_pf + ".ebuild"),
                        os.path.join(newpath, new_pf + ".ebuild"),
                    )
                except OSError as e:
                    if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                        raise
                    del e
            write_atomic(os.path.join(newpath, "PF"), new_pf + "\n")
            write_atomic(os.path.join(newpath, "CATEGORY"), mynewcat + "\n")

        return moves

    def cp_list(self, mycp, use_cache=1):
        mysplit = catsplit(mycp)
        if mysplit[0] == "*":
            mysplit[0] = mysplit[0][1:]
        try:
            mystat = os.stat(self.getpath(mysplit[0])).st_mtime_ns
        except OSError:
            mystat = 0
        if use_cache and mycp in self.cpcache:
            cpc = self.cpcache[mycp]
            if cpc[0] == mystat:
                return cpc[1][:]
        cat_dir = self.getpath(mysplit[0])
        try:
            dir_list = os.listdir(cat_dir)
        except OSError as e:
            if e.errno == PermissionDenied.errno:
                raise PermissionDenied(cat_dir)
            del e
            dir_list = []

        returnme = []
        for x in dir_list:
            if self._excluded_dirs.match(x) is not None:
                continue
            ps = pkgsplit(x)
            if not ps:
                self.invalidentry(os.path.join(self.getpath(mysplit[0]), x))
                continue
            if len(mysplit) > 1:
                if ps[0] == mysplit[1]:
                    cpv = f"{mysplit[0]}/{x}"
                    metadata = dict(
                        zip(
                            self._aux_cache_keys,
                            self.aux_get(cpv, self._aux_cache_keys),
                        )
                    )
                    returnme.append(
                        _pkg_str(
                            cpv, metadata=metadata, settings=self.settings, db=self
                        )
                    )
        self._cpv_sort_ascending(returnme)
        if use_cache:
            self.cpcache[mycp] = [mystat, returnme[:]]
        elif mycp in self.cpcache:
            del self.cpcache[mycp]
        return returnme

    def cpv_all(self, use_cache=1):
        """
        Set use_cache=0 to bypass the portage.cachedir() cache in cases
        when the accuracy of mtime staleness checks should not be trusted
        (generally this is only necessary in critical sections that
        involve merge or unmerge of packages).
        """
        return list(self._iter_cpv_all(use_cache=use_cache))

    def _iter_cpv_all(self, use_cache=True, sort=False):
        returnme = []
        basepath = os.path.join(self._eroot, VDB_PATH) + os.path.sep

        if use_cache:
            from portage import listdir
        else:

            def listdir(p, **kwargs):
                try:
                    return [
                        x for x in os.listdir(p) if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(p, x))
                    ]
                except OSError as e:
                    if e.errno == PermissionDenied.errno:
                        raise PermissionDenied(p)
                    del e
                    return []

        catdirs = listdir(basepath, EmptyOnError=1, ignorecvs=1, dirsonly=1)
        if sort:
            catdirs.sort()

        for x in catdirs:
            if self._excluded_dirs.match(x) is not None:
                continue
            if not self._category_re.match(x):
                continue

            pkgdirs = listdir(basepath + x, EmptyOnError=1, dirsonly=1)
            if sort:
                pkgdirs.sort()

            for y in pkgdirs:
                if self._excluded_dirs.match(y) is not None:
                    continue
                subpath = x + "/" + y
                # -MERGING- should never be a cpv, nor should files.
                try:
                    subpath = _pkg_str(subpath, db=self)
                except InvalidData:
                    self.invalidentry(self.getpath(subpath))
                    continue

                yield subpath

    def cp_all(self, use_cache=1, sort=False):
        mylist = self.cpv_all(use_cache=use_cache)
        d = {}
        for y in mylist:
            if y[0] == "*":
                y = y[1:]
            try:
                mysplit = catpkgsplit(y)
            except InvalidData:
                self.invalidentry(self.getpath(y))
                continue
            if not mysplit:
                self.invalidentry(self.getpath(y))
                continue
            d[mysplit[0] + "/" + mysplit[1]] = None
        return sorted(d) if sort else list(d)

    def checkblockers(self, origdep):
        pass

    def _clear_cache(self):
        self.mtdircache.clear()
        self.matchcache.clear()
        self.cpcache.clear()
        self._aux_cache_obj = None

    def _add(self, pkg_dblink):
        self._pkgs_changed = True
        self._clear_pkg_cache(pkg_dblink)

    def _remove(self, pkg_dblink):
        self._pkgs_changed = True
        self._clear_pkg_cache(pkg_dblink)

    def _clear_pkg_cache(self, pkg_dblink):
        # Due to 1 second mtime granularity in <python-2.5, mtime checks
        # are not always sufficient to invalidate vardbapi caches. Therefore,
        # the caches need to be actively invalidated here.
        self.mtdircache.pop(pkg_dblink.cat, None)
        self.matchcache.pop(pkg_dblink.cat, None)
        self.cpcache.pop(pkg_dblink.mysplit[0], None)
        dircache.pop(pkg_dblink.dbcatdir, None)

    def match(self, origdep, use_cache=1):
        "caching match function"
        mydep = dep_expand(
            origdep, mydb=self, use_cache=use_cache, settings=self.settings
        )
        cache_key = (mydep, mydep.unevaluated_atom)
        mykey = dep_getkey(mydep)
        mycat = catsplit(mykey)[0]
        if not use_cache:
            if mycat in self.matchcache:
                del self.mtdircache[mycat]
                del self.matchcache[mycat]
            return list(
                self._iter_match(mydep, self.cp_list(mydep.cp, use_cache=use_cache))
            )
        try:
            curmtime = os.stat(os.path.join(self._eroot, VDB_PATH, mycat)).st_mtime_ns
        except OSError:
            curmtime = 0

        if mycat not in self.matchcache or self.mtdircache[mycat] != curmtime:
            # clear cache entry
            self.mtdircache[mycat] = curmtime
            self.matchcache[mycat] = {}
        if mydep not in self.matchcache[mycat]:
            mymatch = list(
                self._iter_match(mydep, self.cp_list(mydep.cp, use_cache=use_cache))
            )
            self.matchcache[mycat][cache_key] = mymatch
        return self.matchcache[mycat][cache_key][:]

    def findname(self, mycpv, myrepo=None):
        return self.getpath(str(mycpv), filename=catsplit(mycpv)[1] + ".ebuild")

    def flush_cache(self):
        """If the current user has permission and the internal aux_get cache has
        been updated, save it to disk and mark it unmodified.  This is called
        by emerge after it has loaded the full vdb for use in dependency
        calculations.  Currently, the cache is only written if the user has
        superuser privileges (since that's required to obtain a lock), but all
        users have read access and benefit from faster metadata lookups (as
        long as at least part of the cache is still valid)."""
        if (
            self._flush_cache_enabled
            and self._aux_cache is not None
            and secpass >= 2
            and (
                len(self._aux_cache["modified"]) >= self._aux_cache_threshold
                or not os.path.exists(self._cache_delta_filename)
            )
        ):
            ensure_dirs(os.path.dirname(self._aux_cache_filename))

            self._owners.populate()  # index any unindexed contents
            valid_nodes = set(self.cpv_all())
            for cpv in list(self._aux_cache["packages"]):
                if cpv not in valid_nodes:
                    del self._aux_cache["packages"][cpv]
            del self._aux_cache["modified"]
            timestamp = time.time()
            self._aux_cache["timestamp"] = timestamp

            with atomic_ofstream(self._aux_cache_filename, "wb") as f:
                pickle.dump(self._aux_cache, f, protocol=2)

            apply_secpass_permissions(self._aux_cache_filename, mode=0o644)

            self._cache_delta.initialize(timestamp)
            apply_secpass_permissions(self._cache_delta_filename, mode=0o644)

            self._aux_cache["modified"] = set()

    @property
    def _aux_cache(self):
        if self._aux_cache_obj is None:
            self._aux_cache_init()
        return self._aux_cache_obj

    def _aux_cache_init(self):
        aux_cache = None
        open_kwargs = {}
        try:
            with open(
                _unicode_encode(
                    self._aux_cache_filename, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict"
                ),
                mode="rb",
                **open_kwargs,
            ) as f:
                mypickle = pickle.Unpickler(f)
                try:
                    mypickle.find_global = None
                except AttributeError:
                    # TODO: If py3k, override Unpickler.find_class().
                    pass
                aux_cache = mypickle.load()
        except (SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt):
            raise
        except Exception as e:
            if isinstance(e, EnvironmentError) and getattr(e, "errno", None) in (
                errno.ENOENT,
                errno.EACCES,
            ):
                pass
            else:
                writemsg(
                    _("!!! Error loading '%s': %s\n") % (self._aux_cache_filename, e),
                    noiselevel=-1,
                )
            del e

        if (
            not aux_cache
            or not isinstance(aux_cache, dict)
            or aux_cache.get("version") != self._aux_cache_version
            or not aux_cache.get("packages")
        ):
            aux_cache = {"version": self._aux_cache_version}
            aux_cache["packages"] = {}

        owners = aux_cache.get("owners")
        if owners is not None:
            if not isinstance(owners, dict):
                owners = None
            elif "version" not in owners:
                owners = None
            elif owners["version"] != self._owners_cache_version:
                owners = None
            elif "base_names" not in owners:
                owners = None
            elif not isinstance(owners["base_names"], dict):
                owners = None

        if owners is None:
            owners = {"base_names": {}, "version": self._owners_cache_version}
            aux_cache["owners"] = owners

        aux_cache["modified"] = set()
        self._aux_cache_obj = aux_cache

    def aux_get(self, mycpv, wants, myrepo=None):
        """This automatically caches selected keys that are frequently needed
        by emerge for dependency calculations.  The cached metadata is
        considered valid if the mtime of the package directory has not changed
        since the data was cached.  The cache is stored in a pickled dict
        object with the following format:

        {version:"1", "packages":{cpv1:(mtime,{k1,v1, k2,v2, ...}), cpv2...}}

        If an error occurs while loading the cache pickle or the version is
        unrecognized, the cache will simple be recreated from scratch (it is
        completely disposable).
        """
        cache_these_wants = self._aux_cache_keys.intersection(wants)
        for x in wants:
            if self._aux_cache_keys_re.match(x) is not None:
                cache_these_wants.add(x)

        if not cache_these_wants:
            mydata = self._aux_get(mycpv, wants)
            return [mydata[x] for x in wants]

        cache_these = set(self._aux_cache_keys)
        cache_these.update(cache_these_wants)

        mydir = self.getpath(mycpv)
        mydir_stat = None
        try:
            mydir_stat = os.stat(mydir)
        except OSError as e:
            if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                raise
            raise KeyError(mycpv)
        # Use float mtime when available.
        mydir_mtime = mydir_stat.st_mtime
        pkg_data = self._aux_cache["packages"].get(mycpv)
        pull_me = cache_these.union(wants)
        mydata = {"_mtime_": mydir_mtime}
        cache_valid = False
        cache_mtime = None
        metadata = None
        if pkg_data is not None:
            if not isinstance(pkg_data, tuple) or len(pkg_data) != 2:
                pkg_data = None
            else:
                cache_mtime, metadata = pkg_data
                if not isinstance(cache_mtime, (float, int)) or not isinstance(
                    metadata, dict
                ):
                    pkg_data = None

        if pkg_data:
            cache_mtime, metadata = pkg_data
            if isinstance(cache_mtime, float):
                if cache_mtime == mydir_stat.st_mtime:
                    cache_valid = True

                # Handle truncated mtime in order to avoid cache
                # invalidation for livecd squashfs (bug 564222).
                elif int(cache_mtime) == mydir_stat.st_mtime:
                    cache_valid = True
            else:
                # Cache may contain integer mtime.
                cache_valid = cache_mtime == mydir_stat[stat.ST_MTIME]

        if cache_valid:
            # Migrate old metadata to unicode.
            for k, v in metadata.items():
                metadata[k] = _unicode_decode(
                    v, encoding=_encodings["repo.content"], errors="replace"
                )

            mydata.update(metadata)
            pull_me.difference_update(mydata)

        if pull_me:
            # pull any needed data and cache it
            aux_keys = list(pull_me)
            mydata.update(self._aux_get(mycpv, aux_keys, st=mydir_stat))
            if not cache_valid or cache_these.difference(metadata):
                cache_data = {}
                if cache_valid and metadata:
                    cache_data.update(metadata)
                for aux_key in cache_these:
                    cache_data[aux_key] = mydata[aux_key]
                self._aux_cache["packages"][str(mycpv)] = (mydir_mtime, cache_data)
                self._aux_cache["modified"].add(mycpv)

        eapi_attrs = _get_eapi_attrs(mydata["EAPI"])
        if _get_slot_re(eapi_attrs).match(mydata["SLOT"]) is None:
            # Empty or invalid slot triggers InvalidAtom exceptions when
            # generating slot atoms for packages, so translate it to '0' here.
            mydata["SLOT"] = "0"

        return [mydata[x] for x in wants]

    def _aux_get(self, mycpv, wants, st=None):
        mydir = self.getpath(mycpv)
        if st is None:
            try:
                st = os.stat(mydir)
            except OSError as e:
                if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
                    raise KeyError(mycpv)
                elif e.errno == PermissionDenied.errno:
                    raise PermissionDenied(mydir)
                else:
                    raise
        if not stat.S_ISDIR(st.st_mode):
            raise KeyError(mycpv)
        results = {}
        env_keys = []
        for x in wants:
            if x == "_mtime_":
                results[x] = st[stat.ST_MTIME]
                continue
            try:
                with open(
                    _unicode_encode(
                        os.path.join(mydir, x),
                        encoding=_encodings["fs"],
                        errors="strict",
                    ),
                    encoding=_encodings["repo.content"],
                    errors="replace",
                ) as f:
                    myd = f.read()
            except OSError:
                if (
                    x not in self._aux_cache_keys
                    and self._aux_cache_keys_re.match(x) is None
                ):
                    env_keys.append(x)
                    continue
                myd = ""

            # Preserve \n for metadata that is known to
            # contain multiple lines.
            if self._aux_multi_line_re.match(x) is None:
                myd = " ".join(myd.split())

            results[x] = myd

        if env_keys:
            env_results = self._aux_env_search(mycpv, env_keys)
            for k in env_keys:
                v = env_results.get(k)
                if v is None:
                    v = ""
                if self._aux_multi_line_re.match(k) is None:
                    v = " ".join(v.split())
                results[k] = v

        if results.get("EAPI") == "":
            results["EAPI"] = "0"

        return results

    def _aux_env_search(self, cpv, variables):
        """
        Search environment.bz2 for the specified variables. Returns
        a dict mapping variables to values, and any variables not
        found in the environment will not be included in the dict.
        This is useful for querying variables like ${SRC_URI} and
        ${A}, which are not saved in separate files but are available
        in environment.bz2 (see bug #395463).
        """
        env_file = self.getpath(cpv, filename="environment.bz2")
        if not os.path.isfile(env_file):
            return {}
        bunzip2_cmd = portage.util.shlex_split(
            self.settings.get("PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND", "")
        )
        if not bunzip2_cmd:
            bunzip2_cmd = portage.util.shlex_split(
                self.settings["PORTAGE_BZIP2_COMMAND"]
            )
            bunzip2_cmd.append("-d")
        args = bunzip2_cmd + ["-c", env_file]
        try:
            proc = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
        except OSError as e:
            if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                raise
            raise portage.exception.CommandNotFound(args[0])

        # Parts of the following code are borrowed from
        # filter-bash-environment.py (keep them in sync).
        var_assign_re = re.compile(
            r'(^|^declare\s+-\S+\s+|^declare\s+|^export\s+)([^=\s]+)=("|\')?(.*)$'
        )
        close_quote_re = re.compile(r'(\\"|"|\')\s*$')

        def have_end_quote(quote, line):
            close_quote_match = close_quote_re.search(line)
            return close_quote_match is not None and close_quote_match.group(1) == quote

        variables = frozenset(variables)
        results = {}
        for line in proc.stdout:
            line = _unicode_decode(
                line, encoding=_encodings["content"], errors="replace"
            )
            var_assign_match = var_assign_re.match(line)
            if var_assign_match is not None:
                key = var_assign_match.group(2)
                quote = var_assign_match.group(3)
                if quote is not None:
                    if have_end_quote(quote, line[var_assign_match.end(2) + 2 :]):
                        value = var_assign_match.group(4)
                    else:
                        value = [var_assign_match.group(4)]
                        for line in proc.stdout:
                            line = _unicode_decode(
                                line, encoding=_encodings["content"], errors="replace"
                            )
                            value.append(line)
                            if have_end_quote(quote, line):
                                break
                        value = "".join(value)
                    # remove trailing quote and whitespace
                    value = value.rstrip()[:-1]
                else:
                    value = var_assign_match.group(4).rstrip()

                if key in variables:
                    results[key] = value

        proc.wait()
        proc.stdout.close()
        return results

    def aux_update(self, cpv, values):
        mylink = self._dblink(cpv)
        if not mylink.exists():
            raise KeyError(cpv)
        self._bump_mtime(cpv)
        self._clear_pkg_cache(mylink)
        for k, v in values.items():
            if v:
                mylink.setfile(k, v)
            else:
                try:
                    os.unlink(os.path.join(self.getpath(cpv), k))
                except OSError:
                    pass
        self._bump_mtime(cpv)

    @staticmethod
    def _async_copy(dbdir, dest_dir):
        for parent, dirs, files in os.walk(dbdir, onerror=_raise_exc):
            for key in files:
                shutil.copy(os.path.join(parent, key), os.path.join(dest_dir, key))
            break

    async def unpack_metadata(self, pkg, dest_dir, loop=None):
        """
        Unpack package metadata to a directory. This method is a coroutine.

        @param pkg: package to unpack
        @type pkg: _pkg_str or portage.config
        @param dest_dir: destination directory
        @type dest_dir: str
        """
        loop = asyncio._wrap_loop(loop)
        if not isinstance(pkg, portage.config):
            cpv = pkg
        else:
            cpv = pkg.mycpv
        dbdir = self.getpath(cpv)
        await loop.run_in_executor(
            ForkExecutor(loop=loop), self._async_copy, dbdir, dest_dir
        )

    async def unpack_contents(
        self,
        pkg,
        dest_dir,
        include_config=None,
        include_unmodified_config=None,
        loop=None,
    ):
        """
        Unpack package contents to a directory. This method is a coroutine.

        This copies files from the installed system, in the same way
        as the quickpkg(1) command. Default behavior for handling
        of protected configuration files is controlled by the
        QUICKPKG_DEFAULT_OPTS variable. The relevant quickpkg options
        are --include-config and --include-unmodified-config. When
        a configuration file is not included because it is protected,
        an ewarn message is logged.

        @param pkg: package to unpack
        @type pkg: _pkg_str or portage.config
        @param dest_dir: destination directory
        @type dest_dir: str
        @param include_config: Include all files protected by
                CONFIG_PROTECT (as a security precaution, default is False
                unless modified by QUICKPKG_DEFAULT_OPTS).
        @type include_config: bool
        @param include_unmodified_config: Include files protected by
                CONFIG_PROTECT that have not been modified since installation
                (as a security precaution, default is False unless modified
                by QUICKPKG_DEFAULT_OPTS).
        @type include_unmodified_config: bool
        """
        loop = asyncio._wrap_loop(loop)
        if not isinstance(pkg, portage.config):
            settings = self.settings
            cpv = pkg
        else:
            settings = pkg
            cpv = settings.mycpv

        scheduler = SchedulerInterface(loop)
        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
        parser.add_argument("--include-config", choices=("y", "n"), default="n")
        parser.add_argument(
            "--include-unmodified-config", choices=("y", "n"), default="n"
        )

        # Method parameters may override QUICKPKG_DEFAULT_OPTS.
        opts_list = portage.util.shlex_split(settings.get("QUICKPKG_DEFAULT_OPTS", ""))
        if include_config is not None:
            opts_list.append(f"--include-config={'y' if include_config else 'n'}")
        if include_unmodified_config is not None:
            opts_list.append(
                "--include-unmodified-config={}".format(
                    "y" if include_unmodified_config else "n"
                )
            )
        opts, args = parser.parse_known_args(opts_list)

        binpkg_format = settings.get(
            "BINPKG_FORMAT", SUPPORTED_GENTOO_BINPKG_FORMATS[0]
        )
        if binpkg_format == "xpak":
            tar_cmd = ("tar", "-x", "--xattrs", "--xattrs-include=*", "-C", dest_dir)
            pr, pw = multiprocessing.Pipe(duplex=False)
            proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(*tar_cmd, stdin=pr)
            pr.close()
            excluded_config_files = await loop.run_in_executor(
                ForkExecutor(loop=loop),
                functools.partial(
                    self._dblink(cpv).quickpkg,
                    pw,
                    include_config=opts.include_config == "y",
                    include_unmodified_config=opts.include_unmodified_config == "y",
                ),
            )
            await proc.wait()
            if proc.returncode != os.EX_OK:
                raise PortageException(f"command failed: {tar_cmd}")
        elif binpkg_format == "gpkg":
            gpkg_tmp_fd, gpkg_tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".gpkg.tar")
            os.close(gpkg_tmp_fd)
            excluded_config_files = await loop.run_in_executor(
                ForkExecutor(loop=loop),
                functools.partial(
                    self._dblink(cpv).quickpkg,
                    gpkg_tmp,
                    include_config=opts.include_config == "y",
                    include_unmodified_config=opts.include_unmodified_config == "y",
                ),
            )
            portage.gpkg.gpkg(settings, cpv, gpkg_tmp).decompress(dest_dir)
            os.remove(gpkg_tmp)
        else:
            raise InvalidBinaryPackageFormat(binpkg_format)

        if excluded_config_files:
            log_lines = [
                _(
                    "Config files excluded by QUICKPKG_DEFAULT_OPTS (see quickpkg(1) man page):"
                )
            ] + [f"\t{name}" for name in excluded_config_files]
            out = io.StringIO()
            for line in log_lines:
                portage.elog.messages.ewarn(line, phase="install", key=cpv, out=out)
            scheduler.output(
                out.getvalue(),
                background=self.settings.get("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND") == "1",
                log_path=settings.get("PORTAGE_LOG_FILE"),
            )

    def counter_tick(self) -> int:
        return self.counter_tick_core(incrementing=1)

    def get_counter_tick_core(self) -> int:
        """
        Use this method to retrieve the counter instead
        of having to trust the value of a global counter
        file that can lead to invalid COUNTER
        generation. When cache is valid, the package COUNTER
        files are not read and we rely on the timestamp of
        the package directory to validate cache. The stat
        calls should only take a short time, so performance
        is sufficient without having to rely on a potentially
        corrupt global counter file.

        The global counter file located at
        $CACHE_PATH/counter serves to record the
        counter of the last installed package and
        it also corresponds to the total number of
        installation actions that have occurred in
        the history of this package database.
        """
        counter = -1
        try:
            with open(
                _unicode_encode(
                    self._counter_path, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict"
                ),
                encoding=_encodings["repo.content"],
                errors="replace",
            ) as f:
                try:
                    counter = int(f.readline().strip())
                except (OverflowError, ValueError) as e:
                    writemsg(
                        _("!!! COUNTER file is corrupt: '%s'\n") % self._counter_path,
                        noiselevel=-1,
                    )
                    writemsg(f"!!! {e}\n", noiselevel=-1)
        except OSError as e:
            # Silently allow ENOENT since files under
            # /var/cache/ are allowed to disappear.
            if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                writemsg(
                    _("!!! Unable to read COUNTER file: '%s'\n") % self._counter_path,
                    noiselevel=-1,
                )
                writemsg(f"!!! {str(e)}\n", noiselevel=-1)
            del e

        if self._cached_counter == counter:
            max_counter = counter
        else:
            # We must ensure that we return a counter
            # value that is at least as large as the
            # highest one from the installed packages,
            # since having a corrupt value that is too low
            # can trigger incorrect AUTOCLEAN behavior due
            # to newly installed packages having lower
            # COUNTERs than the previous version in the
            # same slot.
            max_counter = counter
            for cpv in self.cpv_all():
                try:
                    pkg_counter = int(self.aux_get(cpv, ["COUNTER"])[0])
                except (KeyError, OverflowError, ValueError):
                    continue
                if pkg_counter > max_counter:
                    max_counter = pkg_counter

        return max_counter + 1

    def counter_tick_core(self, incrementing: int = 1) -> int:
        """
        This method will grab the next COUNTER value and record it back
        to the global file. Note that every package install must have
        a unique counter, since a slotmove update can move two packages
        into the same SLOT and in that case it's important that both
        packages have different COUNTER metadata.

        @return: new counter value
        """
        self.lock()
        try:
            counter = self.get_counter_tick_core() - 1
            if incrementing:
                # increment counter
                counter += 1
                # update new global counter file
                try:
                    write_atomic(self._counter_path, str(counter))
                except InvalidLocation:
                    self.settings._init_dirs()
                    write_atomic(self._counter_path, str(counter))
            self._cached_counter = counter

            # Since we hold a lock, this is a good opportunity
            # to flush the cache. Note that this will only
            # flush the cache periodically in the main process
            # when _aux_cache_threshold is exceeded.
            self.flush_cache()
        finally:
            self.unlock()

        return counter

    def _dblink(self, cpv):
        category, pf = catsplit(cpv)
        return dblink(
            category,
            pf,
            settings=self.settings,
            vartree=self.vartree,
            treetype="vartree",
        )

    def removeFromContents(self, pkg, paths, relative_paths=True):
        """
        @param pkg: cpv for an installed package
        @type pkg: string
        @param paths: paths of files to remove from contents
        @type paths: iterable
        """
        if not hasattr(pkg, "getcontents"):
            pkg = self._dblink(pkg)
        root = self.settings["ROOT"]
        root_len = len(root) - 1
        new_contents = pkg.getcontents().copy()
        removed = 0

        for filename in paths:
            filename = _unicode_decode(
                filename, encoding=_encodings["content"], errors="strict"
            )
            filename = normalize_path(filename)
            if relative_paths:
                relative_filename = filename
            else:
                relative_filename = filename[root_len:]
            contents_key = pkg._match_contents(relative_filename)
            if contents_key:
                # It's possible for two different paths to refer to the same
                # contents_key, due to directory symlinks. Therefore, pass a
                # default value to pop, in order to avoid a KeyError which
                # could otherwise be triggered (see bug #454400).
                new_contents.pop(contents_key, None)
                removed += 1

        if removed:
            # Also remove corresponding NEEDED lines, so that they do
            # no corrupt LinkageMap data for preserve-libs.
            needed_filename = os.path.join(pkg.dbdir, LinkageMap._needed_aux_key)
            new_needed = None
            try:
                with open(
                    _unicode_encode(
                        needed_filename, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict"
                    ),
                    encoding=_encodings["repo.content"],
                    errors="replace",
                ) as f:
                    needed_lines = f.readlines()
            except OSError as e:
                if e.errno not in (errno.ENOENT, errno.ESTALE):
                    raise
            else:
                new_needed = []
                for l in needed_lines:
                    l = l.rstrip("\n")
                    if not l:
                        continue
                    try:
                        entry = NeededEntry.parse(needed_filename, l)
                    except InvalidData as e:
                        writemsg_level(f"\n{e}\n\n", level=logging.ERROR, noiselevel=-1)
                        continue

                    filename = os.path.join(root, entry.filename.lstrip(os.sep))
                    if filename in new_contents:
                        new_needed.append(entry)

            self.writeContentsToContentsFile(pkg, new_contents, new_needed=new_needed)

    def writeContentsToContentsFile(self, pkg, new_contents, new_needed=None):
        """
        @param pkg: package to write contents file for
        @type pkg: dblink
        @param new_contents: contents to write to CONTENTS file
        @type new_contents: contents dictionary of the form
                                {u'/path/to/file' : (contents_attribute 1, ...), ...}
        @param new_needed: new NEEDED entries
        @type new_needed: list of NeededEntry
        """
        root = self.settings["ROOT"]
        self._bump_mtime(pkg.mycpv)
        if new_needed is not None:
            f = atomic_ofstream(os.path.join(pkg.dbdir, LinkageMap._needed_aux_key))
            for entry in new_needed:
                f.write(str(entry))
            f.close()
        f = atomic_ofstream(os.path.join(pkg.dbdir, "CONTENTS"))
        write_contents(new_contents, root, f)
        f.close()
        self._bump_mtime(pkg.mycpv)
        pkg._clear_contents_cache()

    class _owners_cache:
        """
        This class maintains an hash table that serves to index package
        contents by mapping the basename of file to a list of possible
        packages that own it. This is used to optimize owner lookups
        by narrowing the search down to a smaller number of packages.
        """

        _new_hash = md5
        _hash_bits = 16
        _hex_chars = _hash_bits // 4

        def __init__(self, vardb):
            self._vardb = vardb

        def add(self, cpv):
            eroot_len = len(self._vardb._eroot)
            pkg_hash = self._hash_pkg(cpv)
            db = self._vardb._dblink(cpv)
            if not db.getcontents():
                # Empty path is a code used to represent empty contents.
                self._add_path("", pkg_hash)

            for x in db._contents.keys():
                self._add_path(x[eroot_len:], pkg_hash)

            self._vardb._aux_cache["modified"].add(cpv)

        def _add_path(self, path, pkg_hash):
            """
            Empty path is a code that represents empty contents.
            """
            if path:
                name = os.path.basename(path.rstrip(os.path.sep))
                if not name:
                    return
            else:
                name = path
            name_hash = self._hash_str(name)
            base_names = self._vardb._aux_cache["owners"]["base_names"]
            pkgs = base_names.get(name_hash)
            if pkgs is None:
                pkgs = {}
                base_names[name_hash] = pkgs
            pkgs[pkg_hash] = None

        def _hash_str(self, s):
            h = self._new_hash()
            # Always use a constant utf_8 encoding here, since
            # the "default" encoding can change.
            h.update(
                _unicode_encode(
                    s, encoding=_encodings["repo.content"], errors="backslashreplace"
                )
            )
            h = h.hexdigest()
            h = h[-self._hex_chars :]
            h = int(h, 16)
            return h

        def _hash_pkg(self, cpv):
            counter, mtime = self._vardb.aux_get(cpv, ["COUNTER", "_mtime_"])
            try:
                counter = int(counter)
            except ValueError:
                counter = 0
            return (str(cpv), counter, mtime)

    class _owners_db:
        def __init__(self, vardb):
            self._vardb = vardb

        def populate(self):
            self._populate()

        def _populate(self):
            owners_cache = vardbapi._owners_cache(self._vardb)
            cached_hashes = set()
            base_names = self._vardb._aux_cache["owners"]["base_names"]

            # Take inventory of all cached package hashes.
            for name, hash_values in list(base_names.items()):
                if not isinstance(hash_values, dict):
                    del base_names[name]
                    continue
                cached_hashes.update(hash_values)

            # Create sets of valid package hashes and uncached packages.
            uncached_pkgs = set()
            hash_pkg = owners_cache._hash_pkg
            valid_pkg_hashes = set()
            for cpv in self._vardb.cpv_all():
                hash_value = hash_pkg(cpv)
                valid_pkg_hashes.add(hash_value)
                if hash_value not in cached_hashes:
                    uncached_pkgs.add(cpv)

            # Cache any missing packages.
            for cpv in uncached_pkgs:
                owners_cache.add(cpv)

            # Delete any stale cache.
            stale_hashes = cached_hashes.difference(valid_pkg_hashes)
            if stale_hashes:
                for base_name_hash, bucket in list(base_names.items()):
                    for hash_value in stale_hashes.intersection(bucket):
                        del bucket[hash_value]
                    if not bucket:
                        del base_names[base_name_hash]

            return owners_cache

        def get_owners(self, path_iter):
            """
            @return the owners as a dblink -> set(files) mapping.
            """
            owners = {}
            for owner, f in self.iter_owners(path_iter):
                owned_files = owners.get(owner)
                if owned_files is None:
                    owned_files = set()
                    owners[owner] = owned_files
                owned_files.add(f)
            return owners

        def getFileOwnerMap(self, path_iter):
            owners = self.get_owners(path_iter)
            file_owners = {}
            for pkg_dblink, files in owners.items():
                for f in files:
                    owner_set = file_owners.get(f)
                    if owner_set is None:
                        owner_set = set()
                        file_owners[f] = owner_set
                    owner_set.add(pkg_dblink)
            return file_owners

        def iter_owners(self, path_iter):
            """
            Iterate over tuples of (dblink, path). In order to avoid
            consuming too many resources for too much time, resources
            are only allocated for the duration of a given iter_owners()
            call. Therefore, to maximize reuse of resources when searching
            for multiple files, it's best to search for them all in a single
            call.
            """

            if not isinstance(path_iter, list):
                path_iter = list(path_iter)
            owners_cache = self._populate()
            vardb = self._vardb
            root = vardb._eroot
            hash_pkg = owners_cache._hash_pkg
            hash_str = owners_cache._hash_str
            base_names = self._vardb._aux_cache["owners"]["base_names"]
            case_insensitive = "case-insensitive-fs" in vardb.settings.features

            dblink_cache = {}

            def dblink(cpv):
                x = dblink_cache.get(cpv)
                if x is None:
                    if len(dblink_cache) > 20:
                        # Ensure that we don't run out of memory.
                        raise StopIteration()
                    x = self._vardb._dblink(cpv)
                    dblink_cache[cpv] = x
                return x

            while path_iter:
                path = path_iter.pop()
                if case_insensitive:
                    path = path.lower()
                is_basename = os.sep != path[:1]
                if is_basename:
                    name = path
                else:
                    name = os.path.basename(path.rstrip(os.path.sep))

                if not name:
                    continue

                name_hash = hash_str(name)
                pkgs = base_names.get(name_hash)
                owners = []
                if pkgs is not None:
                    try:
                        for hash_value in pkgs:
                            if (
                                not isinstance(hash_value, tuple)
                                or len(hash_value) != 3
                            ):
                                continue
                            cpv, counter, mtime = hash_value
                            if not isinstance(cpv, str):
                                continue
                            try:
                                current_hash = hash_pkg(cpv)
                            except KeyError:
                                continue

                            if current_hash != hash_value:
                                continue

                            if is_basename:
                                for p in dblink(cpv)._contents.keys():
                                    if os.path.basename(p) == name:
                                        owners.append(
                                            (
                                                cpv,
                                                dblink(cpv)._contents.unmap_key(p)[
                                                    len(root) :
                                                ],
                                            )
                                        )
                            else:
                                key = dblink(cpv)._match_contents(path)
                                if key is not False:
                                    owners.append((cpv, key[len(root) :]))

                    except StopIteration:
                        path_iter.append(path)
                        del owners[:]
                        dblink_cache.clear()
                        gc.collect()
                        yield from self._iter_owners_low_mem(path_iter)
                        return
                    else:
                        for cpv, p in owners:
                            yield (dblink(cpv), p)

        def _iter_owners_low_mem(self, path_list):
            """
            This implementation will make a short-lived dblink instance (and
            parse CONTENTS) for every single installed package. This is
            slower and but uses less memory than the method which uses the
            basename cache.
            """

            if not path_list:
                return

            case_insensitive = "case-insensitive-fs" in self._vardb.settings.features
            path_info_list = []
            for path in path_list:
                if case_insensitive:
                    path = path.lower()
                is_basename = os.sep != path[:1]
                if is_basename:
                    name = path
                else:
                    name = os.path.basename(path.rstrip(os.path.sep))
                path_info_list.append((path, name, is_basename))

            # Do work via the global event loop, so that it can be used
            # for indication of progress during the search (bug #461412).
            event_loop = asyncio._safe_loop()
            root = self._vardb._eroot

            def search_pkg(cpv, search_future):
                dblnk = self._vardb._dblink(cpv)
                results = []
                for path, name, is_basename in path_info_list:
                    if is_basename:
                        for p in dblnk._contents.keys():
                            if os.path.basename(p) == name:
                                results.append(
                                    (dblnk, dblnk._contents.unmap_key(p)[len(root) :])
                                )
                    else:
                        key = dblnk._match_contents(path)
                        if key is not False:
                            results.append((dblnk, key[len(root) :]))
                search_future.set_result(results)

            for cpv in self._vardb.cpv_all():
                search_future = event_loop.create_future()
                event_loop.call_soon(search_pkg, cpv, search_future)
                event_loop.run_until_complete(search_future)
                yield from search_future.result()


class vartree:
    "this tree will scan a var/db/pkg database located at root (passed to init)"

    def __init__(
        self, root=None, virtual=DeprecationWarning, categories=None, settings=None
    ):
        if settings is None:
            settings = portage.settings

        if root is not None and root != settings["ROOT"]:
            warnings.warn(
                "The 'root' parameter of the "
                "portage.dbapi.vartree.vartree"
                " constructor is now unused. Use "
                "settings['ROOT'] instead.",
                DeprecationWarning,
                stacklevel=2,
            )

        if virtual is not DeprecationWarning:
            warnings.warn(
                "The 'virtual' parameter of the "
                "portage.dbapi.vartree.vartree"
                " constructor is unused",
                DeprecationWarning,
                stacklevel=2,
            )

        self.settings = settings
        self.dbapi = vardbapi(settings=settings, vartree=self)
        self.populated = 1

    @property
    def root(self):
        warnings.warn(
            "The root attribute of "
            "portage.dbapi.vartree.vartree"
            " is deprecated. Use "
            "settings['ROOT'] instead.",
            DeprecationWarning,
            stacklevel=3,
        )
        return self.settings["ROOT"]

    def getpath(self, mykey, filename=None):
        return self.dbapi.getpath(mykey, filename=filename)

    def zap(self, mycpv):
        return

    def inject(self, mycpv):
        return

    def get_provide(self, mycpv):
        return []

    def get_all_provides(self):
        return {}

    def dep_bestmatch(self, mydep, use_cache=1):
        "compatibility method -- all matches, not just visible ones"
        # mymatch=best(match(dep_expand(mydep,self.dbapi),self.dbapi))
        mymatch = best(
            self.dbapi.match(
                dep_expand(mydep, mydb=self.dbapi, settings=self.settings),
                use_cache=use_cache,
            )
        )
        if mymatch is None:
            return ""
        return mymatch

    def dep_match(self, mydep, use_cache=1):
        "compatibility method -- we want to see all matches, not just visible ones"
        # mymatch = match(mydep,self.dbapi)
        mymatch = self.dbapi.match(mydep, use_cache=use_cache)
        if mymatch is None:
            return []
        return mymatch

    def exists_specific(self, cpv):
        return self.dbapi.cpv_exists(cpv)

    def getallcpv(self):
        """temporary function, probably to be renamed --- Gets a list of all
        category/package-versions installed on the system."""
        return self.dbapi.cpv_all()

    def getallnodes(self):
        """new behavior: these are all *unmasked* nodes.  There may or may not be available
        masked package for nodes in this nodes list."""
        return self.dbapi.cp_all()

    def getebuildpath(self, fullpackage):
        cat, package = catsplit(fullpackage)
        return self.getpath(fullpackage, filename=package + ".ebuild")

    def getslot(self, mycatpkg):
        "Get a slot for a catpkg; assume it exists."
        try:
            return self.dbapi._pkg_str(mycatpkg, None).slot
        except KeyError:
            return ""

    def populate(self):
        self.populated = 1


class dblink:
    """
    This class provides an interface to the installed package database
    At present this is implemented as a text backend in /var/db/pkg.
    """

    _normalize_needed = re.compile(r"//|^[^/]|./$|(^|/)\.\.?(/|$)")

    _contents_re = re.compile(
        r"^("
        + r"(?P<dir>(dev|dir|fif) (.+))|"
        + r"(?P<obj>(obj) (.+) (\S+) (\d+))|"
        + r"(?P<sym>(sym) (.+) -> (.+) ((\d+)|(?P<oldsym>("
        + r"\(\d+, \d+L, \d+L, \d+, \d+, \d+, \d+L, \d+, (\d+), \d+\)))))"
        + r")$"
    )

    # These files are generated by emerge, so we need to remove
    # them when they are the only thing left in a directory.
    _infodir_cleanup = frozenset(["dir", "dir.old"])

    _ignored_unlink_errnos = (errno.EBUSY, errno.ENOENT, errno.ENOTDIR, errno.EISDIR)

    _ignored_rmdir_errnos = (
        errno.EEXIST,
        errno.ENOTEMPTY,
        errno.EBUSY,
        errno.ENOENT,
        errno.ENOTDIR,
        errno.EISDIR,
        errno.EPERM,
    )

    def __init__(
        self,
        cat,
        pkg,
        myroot=None,
        settings=None,
        treetype=None,
        vartree=None,
        blockers=None,
        scheduler=None,
        pipe=None,
        mtime_pipe=None,
    ):
        """
        Creates a DBlink object for a given CPV.
        The given CPV may not be present in the database already.

        @param cat: Category
        @type cat: String
        @param pkg: Package (PV)
        @type pkg: String
        @param myroot: ignored, settings['ROOT'] is used instead
        @type myroot: String (Path)
        @param settings: Typically portage.settings
        @type settings: portage.config
        @param treetype: one of ['porttree','bintree','vartree']
        @type treetype: String
        @param vartree: an instance of vartree corresponding to myroot.
        @type vartree: vartree
        """

        if settings is None:
            raise TypeError("settings argument is required")

        mysettings = settings
        self._eroot = mysettings["EROOT"]
        self.cat = cat
        self.pkg = pkg
        self.mycpv = self.cat + "/" + self.pkg
        if self.mycpv == settings.mycpv and isinstance(settings.mycpv, _pkg_str):
            self.mycpv = settings.mycpv
        else:
            self.mycpv = _pkg_str(self.mycpv)
        self.mysplit = list(self.mycpv.cpv_split[1:])
        self.mysplit[0] = self.mycpv.cp
        self.treetype = treetype
        if vartree is None:
            vartree = portage.db[self._eroot]["vartree"]
        self.vartree = vartree
        self._blockers = blockers
        self._scheduler = scheduler
        self.dbroot = normalize_path(os.path.join(self._eroot, VDB_PATH))
        self.dbcatdir = self.dbroot + "/" + cat
        self.dbpkgdir = self.dbcatdir + "/" + pkg
        self.dbtmpdir = self.dbcatdir + "/" + MERGING_IDENTIFIER + pkg
        self.dbdir = self.dbpkgdir
        self.settings = mysettings
        self._verbose = self.settings.get("PORTAGE_VERBOSE") == "1"

        self.myroot = self.settings["ROOT"]
        self._installed_instance = None
        self.contentscache = None
        self._contents_inodes = None
        self._contents_basenames = None
        self._linkmap_broken = False
        self._device_path_map = {}
        self._hardlink_merge_map = {}
        self._hash_key = (self._eroot, self.mycpv)
        self._mtime_pipe = mtime_pipe
        self._protect_obj = None
        self._pipe = pipe
        self._postinst_failure = False

        # When necessary, this attribute is modified for
        # compliance with RESTRICT=preserve-libs.
        self._preserve_libs = "preserve-libs" in mysettings.features
        self._contents = ContentsCaseSensitivityManager(self)
        self._slot_locks = []

    def __hash__(self):
        return hash(self._hash_key)

    def __eq__(self, other):
        return isinstance(other, dblink) and self._hash_key == other._hash_key

    def _get_protect_obj(self):
        if self._protect_obj is None:
            self._protect_obj = ConfigProtect(
                self._eroot,
                portage.util.shlex_split(self.settings.get("CONFIG_PROTECT", "")),
                portage.util.shlex_split(self.settings.get("CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK", "")),
                case_insensitive=("case-insensitive-fs" in self.settings.features),
            )

        return self._protect_obj

    def isprotected(self, obj):
        return self._get_protect_obj().isprotected(obj)

    def updateprotect(self):
        self._get_protect_obj().updateprotect()

    def lockdb(self):
        self.vartree.dbapi.lock()

    def unlockdb(self):
        self.vartree.dbapi.unlock()

    def _slot_locked(f):
        """
        A decorator function which, when parallel-install is enabled,
        acquires and releases slot locks for the current package and
        blocked packages. This is required in order to account for
        interactions with blocked packages (involving resolution of
        file collisions).
        """

        def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
            if "parallel-install" in self.settings.features:
                self._acquire_slot_locks(kwargs.get("mydbapi", self.vartree.dbapi))
            try:
                return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
            finally:
                self._release_slot_locks()

        return wrapper

    def _acquire_slot_locks(self, db):
        """
        Acquire slot locks for the current package and blocked packages.
        """

        slot_atoms = []

        try:
            slot = self.mycpv.slot
        except AttributeError:
            (slot,) = db.aux_get(self.mycpv, ["SLOT"])
            slot = slot.partition("/")[0]

        slot_atoms.append(portage.dep.Atom(f"{self.mycpv.cp}:{slot}"))

        for blocker in self._blockers or []:
            slot_atoms.append(blocker.slot_atom)

        # Sort atoms so that locks are acquired in a predictable
        # order, preventing deadlocks with competitors that may
        # be trying to acquire overlapping locks.
        slot_atoms.sort()
        for slot_atom in slot_atoms:
            self.vartree.dbapi._slot_lock(slot_atom)
            self._slot_locks.append(slot_atom)

    def _release_slot_locks(self):
        """
        Release all slot locks.
        """
        while self._slot_locks:
            self.vartree.dbapi._slot_unlock(self._slot_locks.pop())

    def getpath(self):
        "return path to location of db information (for >>> informational display)"
        return self.dbdir

    def exists(self):
        "does the db entry exist?  boolean."
        return os.path.exists(self.dbdir)

    def delete(self):
        """
        Remove this entry from the database
        """
        try:
            os.lstat(self.dbdir)
        except OSError as e:
            if e.errno not in (errno.ENOENT, errno.ENOTDIR, errno.ESTALE):
                raise
            return

        # Check validity of self.dbdir before attempting to remove it.
        if not self.dbdir.startswith(self.dbroot):
            writemsg(
                _("portage.dblink.delete(): invalid dbdir: %s\n") % self.dbdir,
                noiselevel=-1,
            )
            return

        if self.dbdir is self.dbpkgdir:
            (counter,) = self.vartree.dbapi.aux_get(self.mycpv, ["COUNTER"])
            self.vartree.dbapi._cache_delta.recordEvent(
                "remove", self.mycpv, self.settings["SLOT"].split("/")[0], counter
            )

        shutil.rmtree(self.dbdir)
        # If empty, remove parent category directory.
        try:
            os.rmdir(os.path.dirname(self.dbdir))
        except OSError:
            pass
        self.vartree.dbapi._remove(self)

        # Use self.dbroot since we need an existing path for syncfs.
        try:
            self._merged_path(self.dbroot, os.lstat(self.dbroot))
        except OSError:
            pass

        self._post_merge_sync()

    def clearcontents(self):
        """
        For a given db entry (self), erase the CONTENTS values.
        """
        self.lockdb()
        try:
            if os.path.exists(self.dbdir + "/CONTENTS"):
                os.unlink(self.dbdir + "/CONTENTS")
        finally:
            self.unlockdb()

    def _clear_contents_cache(self):
        self.contentscache = None
        self._contents_inodes = None
        self._contents_basenames = None
        self._contents.clear_cache()

    def getcontents(self):
        """
        Get the installed files of a given package (aka what that package installed)
        """
        if self.contentscache is not None:
            return self.contentscache
        contents_file = os.path.join(self.dbdir, "CONTENTS")
        pkgfiles = {}
        try:
            with open(
                _unicode_encode(
                    contents_file, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict"
                ),
                encoding=_encodings["repo.content"],
                errors="replace",
            ) as f:
                mylines = f.readlines()
        except OSError as e:
            if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                raise
            del e
            self.contentscache = pkgfiles
            return pkgfiles

        null_byte = "\0"
        normalize_needed = self._normalize_needed
        contents_re = self._contents_re
        obj_index = contents_re.groupindex["obj"]
        dir_index = contents_re.groupindex["dir"]
        sym_index = contents_re.groupindex["sym"]
        # The old symlink format may exist on systems that have packages
        # which were installed many years ago (see bug #351814).
        oldsym_index = contents_re.groupindex["oldsym"]
        # CONTENTS files already contain EPREFIX
        myroot = self.settings["ROOT"]
        if myroot == os.path.sep:
            myroot = None
        # used to generate parent dir entries
        dir_entry = ("dir",)
        eroot_split_len = len(self.settings["EROOT"].split(os.sep)) - 1
        pos = 0
        errors = []
        for pos, line in enumerate(mylines):
            if null_byte in line:
                # Null bytes are a common indication of corruption.
                errors.append((pos + 1, _("Null byte found in CONTENTS entry")))
                continue
            line = line.rstrip("\n")
            m = contents_re.match(line)
            if m is None:
                errors.append((pos + 1, _("Unrecognized CONTENTS entry")))
                continue

            if m.group(obj_index) is not None:
                base = obj_index
                # format: type, mtime, md5sum
                data = (m.group(base + 1), m.group(base + 4), m.group(base + 3))
            elif m.group(dir_index) is not None:
                base = dir_index
                # format: type
                data = (m.group(base + 1),)
            elif m.group(sym_index) is not None:
                base = sym_index
                if m.group(oldsym_index) is None:
                    mtime = m.group(base + 5)
                else:
                    mtime = m.group(base + 8)
                # format: type, mtime, dest
                data = (m.group(base + 1), mtime, m.group(base + 3))
            else:
                # This won't happen as long the regular expression
                # is written to only match valid entries.
                raise AssertionError(
                    _("required group not found " + "in CONTENTS entry: '%s'") % line
                )

            path = m.group(base + 2)
            if normalize_needed.search(path) is not None:
                path = normalize_path(path)
                if not path.startswith(os.path.sep):
                    path = os.path.sep + path

            if myroot is not None:
                path = os.path.join(myroot, path.lstrip(os.path.sep))

            # Implicitly add parent directories, since we can't necessarily
            # assume that they are explicitly listed in CONTENTS, and it's
            # useful for callers if they can rely on parent directory entries
            # being generated here (crucial for things like dblink.isowner()).
            path_split = path.split(os.sep)
            path_split.pop()
            while len(path_split) > eroot_split_len:
                parent = os.sep.join(path_split)
                if parent in pkgfiles:
                    break
                pkgfiles[parent] = dir_entry
                path_split.pop()

            pkgfiles[path] = data

        if errors:
            writemsg(_("!!! Parse error in '%s'\n") % contents_file, noiselevel=-1)
            for pos, e in errors:
                writemsg(_("!!!   line %d: %s\n") % (pos, e), noiselevel=-1)
        self.contentscache = pkgfiles
        return pkgfiles

    def quickpkg(
        self,
        output_file,
        metadata=None,
        include_config=False,
        include_unmodified_config=False,
    ):
        """
        Create a tar file appropriate for use by quickpkg.

        @param output_file: Write binary tar stream to file.
        @type output_file: file
        @param include_config: Include all files protected by CONFIG_PROTECT
                (as a security precaution, default is False).
        @type include_config: bool
        @param include_unmodified_config: Include files protected by CONFIG_PROTECT
                that have not been modified since installation (as a security precaution,
                default is False).
        @type include_unmodified_config: bool
        @rtype: list
        @return: Paths of protected configuration files which have been omitted.
        """
        settings = self.settings
        cpv = self.mycpv
        xattrs = "xattr" in settings.features
        contents = self.getcontents()
        excluded_config_files = []
        protect = None
        binpkg_format = settings.get(
            "BINPKG_FORMAT", SUPPORTED_GENTOO_BINPKG_FORMATS[0]
        )

        if not include_config:
            confprot = ConfigProtect(
                settings["EROOT"],
                portage.util.shlex_split(settings.get("CONFIG_PROTECT", "")),
                portage.util.shlex_split(settings.get("CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK", "")),
                case_insensitive=("case-insensitive-fs" in settings.features),
            )

            def protect(filename):
                if not confprot.isprotected(filename):
                    return False
                if include_unmodified_config:
                    file_data = contents[filename]
                    if file_data[0] == "obj":
                        orig_md5 = file_data[2].lower()
                        cur_md5 = perform_md5(filename, calc_prelink=1)
                        if orig_md5 == cur_md5:
                            return False
                excluded_config_files.append(filename)
                return True

        if binpkg_format == "xpak":
            # The tarfile module will write pax headers holding the
            # xattrs only if PAX_FORMAT is specified here.
            with tarfile.open(
                fileobj=output_file
                if hasattr(output_file, "write")
                else open(output_file.fileno(), mode="wb", closefd=False),
                mode="w|",
                format=tarfile.PAX_FORMAT if xattrs else tarfile.DEFAULT_FORMAT,
            ) as tar:
                tar_contents(
                    contents, settings["ROOT"], tar, protect=protect, xattrs=xattrs
                )
        elif binpkg_format == "gpkg":
            gpkg_file = portage.gpkg.gpkg(settings, cpv, output_file)
            gpkg_file._quickpkg(contents, metadata, settings["ROOT"], protect=protect)
        else:
            raise InvalidBinaryPackageFormat(binpkg_format)

        return excluded_config_files

    def _prune_plib_registry(self, unmerge=False, needed=None, preserve_paths=None):
        # remove preserved libraries that don't have any consumers left
        if not (
            self._linkmap_broken
            or self.vartree.dbapi._linkmap is None
            or self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry is None
        ):
            self.vartree.dbapi._fs_lock()
            plib_registry = self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry
            plib_registry.lock()
            try:
                plib_registry.load()

                unmerge_with_replacement = unmerge and preserve_paths is not None
                if unmerge_with_replacement:
                    # If self.mycpv is about to be unmerged and we
                    # have a replacement package, we want to exclude
                    # the irrelevant NEEDED data that belongs to
                    # files which are being unmerged now.
                    exclude_pkgs = (self.mycpv,)
                else:
                    exclude_pkgs = None

                self._linkmap_rebuild(
                    exclude_pkgs=exclude_pkgs,
                    include_file=needed,
                    preserve_paths=preserve_paths,
                )

                if unmerge:
                    unmerge_preserve = None
                    if not unmerge_with_replacement:
                        unmerge_preserve = self._find_libs_to_preserve(unmerge=True)
                    counter = self.vartree.dbapi.cpv_counter(self.mycpv)
                    try:
                        slot = self.mycpv.slot
                    except AttributeError:
                        slot = _pkg_str(self.mycpv, slot=self.settings["SLOT"]).slot
                    plib_registry.unregister(self.mycpv, slot, counter)
                    if unmerge_preserve:
                        for path in sorted(unmerge_preserve):
                            contents_key = self._match_contents(path)
                            if not contents_key:
                                continue
                            obj_type = self.getcontents()[contents_key][0]
                            self._display_merge(
                                _(">>> needed   %s %s\n") % (obj_type, contents_key),
                                noiselevel=-1,
                            )
                        plib_registry.register(
                            self.mycpv, slot, counter, unmerge_preserve
                        )
                        # Remove the preserved files from our contents
                        # so that they won't be unmerged.
                        self.vartree.dbapi.removeFromContents(self, unmerge_preserve)

                unmerge_no_replacement = unmerge and not unmerge_with_replacement
                cpv_lib_map = self._find_unused_preserved_libs(unmerge_no_replacement)
                if cpv_lib_map:
                    self._remove_preserved_libs(cpv_lib_map)
                    self.vartree.dbapi.lock()
                    try:
                        for cpv, removed in cpv_lib_map.items():
                            if not self.vartree.dbapi.cpv_exists(cpv):
                                continue
                            self.vartree.dbapi.removeFromContents(cpv, removed)
                    finally:
                        self.vartree.dbapi.unlock()

                plib_registry.store()
            finally:
                plib_registry.unlock()
                self.vartree.dbapi._fs_unlock()

    @_slot_locked
    def unmerge(
        self,
        pkgfiles=None,
        trimworld=None,
        cleanup=True,
        ldpath_mtimes=None,
        others_in_slot=None,
        needed=None,
        preserve_paths=None,
    ):
        """
        Calls prerm
        Unmerges a given package (CPV)
        calls postrm
        calls cleanrm
        calls env_update

        @param pkgfiles: files to unmerge (generally self.getcontents() )
        @type pkgfiles: Dictionary
        @param trimworld: Unused
        @type trimworld: Boolean
        @param cleanup: cleanup to pass to doebuild (see doebuild)
        @type cleanup: Boolean
        @param ldpath_mtimes: mtimes to pass to env_update (see env_update)
        @type ldpath_mtimes: Dictionary
        @param others_in_slot: all dblink instances in this slot, excluding self
        @type others_in_slot: list
        @param needed: Filename containing libraries needed after unmerge.
        @type needed: String
        @param preserve_paths: Libraries preserved by a package instance that
                is currently being merged. They need to be explicitly passed to the
                LinkageMap, since they are not registered in the
                PreservedLibsRegistry yet.
        @type preserve_paths: set
        @rtype: Integer
        @return:
        1. os.EX_OK if everything went well.
        2. return code of the failed phase (for prerm, postrm, cleanrm)
        """

        if trimworld is not None:
            warnings.warn(
                "The trimworld parameter of the "
                + "portage.dbapi.vartree.dblink.unmerge()"
                + " method is now unused.",
                DeprecationWarning,
                stacklevel=2,
            )

        background = False
        log_path = self.settings.get("PORTAGE_LOG_FILE")
        if self._scheduler is None:
            # We create a scheduler instance and use it to
            # log unmerge output separately from merge output.
            self._scheduler = SchedulerInterface(asyncio._safe_loop())
        if self.settings.get("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND") == "subprocess":
            if self.settings.get("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND_UNMERGE") == "1":
                self.settings["PORTAGE_BACKGROUND"] = "1"
                self.settings.backup_changes("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND")
                background = True
            elif self.settings.get("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND_UNMERGE") == "0":
                self.settings["PORTAGE_BACKGROUND"] = "0"
                self.settings.backup_changes("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND")
        elif self.settings.get("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND") == "1":
            background = True

        self.vartree.dbapi._bump_mtime(self.mycpv)
        showMessage = self._display_merge
        if self.vartree.dbapi._categories is not None:
            self.vartree.dbapi._categories = None

        # When others_in_slot is not None, the backup has already been
        # handled by the caller.
        caller_handles_backup = others_in_slot is not None

        # When others_in_slot is supplied, the security check has already been
        # done for this slot, so it shouldn't be repeated until the next
        # replacement or unmerge operation.
        if others_in_slot is None:
            slot = self.vartree.dbapi._pkg_str(self.mycpv, None).slot
            slot_matches = self.vartree.dbapi.match(
                f"{portage.cpv_getkey(self.mycpv)}:{slot}"
            )
            others_in_slot = []
            for cur_cpv in slot_matches:
                if cur_cpv == self.mycpv:
                    continue
                others_in_slot.append(
                    dblink(
                        self.cat,
                        catsplit(cur_cpv)[1],
                        settings=self.settings,
                        vartree=self.vartree,
                        treetype="vartree",
                        pipe=self._pipe,
                    )
                )

            retval = self._security_check([self] + others_in_slot)
            if retval:
                return retval

        contents = self.getcontents()
        # Now, don't assume that the name of the ebuild is the same as the
        # name of the dir; the package may have been moved.
        myebuildpath = os.path.join(self.dbdir, self.pkg + ".ebuild")
        failures = 0
        ebuild_phase = "prerm"
        mystuff = os.listdir(self.dbdir)
        for x in mystuff:
            if x.endswith(".ebuild"):
                if x[:-7] != self.pkg:
                    # Clean up after vardbapi.move_ent() breakage in
                    # portage versions before 2.1.2
                    os.rename(os.path.join(self.dbdir, x), myebuildpath)
                    write_atomic(os.path.join(self.dbdir, "PF"), self.pkg + "\n")
                break

        if (
            self.mycpv != self.settings.mycpv
            or "EAPI" not in self.settings.configdict["pkg"]
        ):
            # We avoid a redundant setcpv call here when
            # the caller has already taken care of it.
            self.settings.setcpv(self.mycpv, mydb=self.vartree.dbapi)

        eapi_unsupported = False
        try:
            doebuild_environment(
                myebuildpath, "prerm", settings=self.settings, db=self.vartree.dbapi
            )
        except UnsupportedAPIException as e:
            eapi_unsupported = e

        if (
            self._preserve_libs
            and "preserve-libs" in self.settings["PORTAGE_RESTRICT"].split()
        ):
            self._preserve_libs = False

        builddir_lock = None
        scheduler = self._scheduler
        retval = os.EX_OK
        try:
            # Only create builddir_lock if the caller
            # has not already acquired the lock.
            if "PORTAGE_BUILDDIR_LOCKED" not in self.settings:
                builddir_lock = EbuildBuildDir(
                    scheduler=scheduler, settings=self.settings
                )
                scheduler.run_until_complete(builddir_lock.async_lock())
                prepare_build_dirs(settings=self.settings, cleanup=True)
                log_path = self.settings.get("PORTAGE_LOG_FILE")

            # Do this before the following _prune_plib_registry call, since
            # that removes preserved libraries from our CONTENTS, and we
            # may want to backup those libraries first.
            if not caller_handles_backup:
                retval = self._pre_unmerge_backup(background)
                if retval != os.EX_OK:
                    showMessage(
                        _("!!! FAILED prerm: quickpkg: %s\n") % retval,
                        level=logging.ERROR,
                        noiselevel=-1,
                    )
                    return retval

            self._prune_plib_registry(
                unmerge=True, needed=needed, preserve_paths=preserve_paths
            )

            # Log the error after PORTAGE_LOG_FILE is initialized
            # by prepare_build_dirs above.
            if eapi_unsupported:
                # Sometimes this happens due to corruption of the EAPI file.
                failures += 1
                showMessage(
                    _("!!! FAILED prerm: %s\n") % os.path.join(self.dbdir, "EAPI"),
                    level=logging.ERROR,
                    noiselevel=-1,
                )
                showMessage(f"{eapi_unsupported}\n", level=logging.ERROR, noiselevel=-1)
            elif os.path.isfile(myebuildpath):
                phase = EbuildPhase(
                    background=background,
                    phase=ebuild_phase,
                    scheduler=scheduler,
                    settings=self.settings,
                )
                phase.start()
                retval = phase.wait()

                # XXX: Decide how to handle failures here.
                if retval != os.EX_OK:
                    failures += 1
                    showMessage(
                        _("!!! FAILED prerm: %s\n") % retval,
                        level=logging.ERROR,
                        noiselevel=-1,
                    )

            self.vartree.dbapi._fs_lock()
            try:
                self._unmerge_pkgfiles(pkgfiles, others_in_slot)
            finally:
                self.vartree.dbapi._fs_unlock()
            self._clear_contents_cache()

            if not eapi_unsupported and os.path.isfile(myebuildpath):
                ebuild_phase = "postrm"
                phase = EbuildPhase(
                    background=background,
                    phase=ebuild_phase,
                    scheduler=scheduler,
                    settings=self.settings,
                )
                phase.start()
                retval = phase.wait()

                # XXX: Decide how to handle failures here.
                if retval != os.EX_OK:
                    failures += 1
                    showMessage(
                        _("!!! FAILED postrm: %s\n") % retval,
                        level=logging.ERROR,
                        noiselevel=-1,
                    )

        finally:
            self.vartree.dbapi._bump_mtime(self.mycpv)
            try:
                if not eapi_unsupported and os.path.isfile(myebuildpath):
                    if retval != os.EX_OK:
                        msg_lines = []
                        msg = _(
                            "The '%(ebuild_phase)s' "
                            "phase of the '%(cpv)s' package "
                            "has failed with exit value %(retval)s."
                        ) % {
                            "ebuild_phase": ebuild_phase,
                            "cpv": self.mycpv,
                            "retval": retval,
                        }
                        from textwrap import wrap

                        msg_lines.extend(wrap(msg, 72))
                        msg_lines.append("")

                        ebuild_name = os.path.basename(myebuildpath)
                        ebuild_dir = os.path.dirname(myebuildpath)
                        msg = _(
                            "The problem occurred while executing "
                            "the ebuild file named '%(ebuild_name)s' "
                            "located in the '%(ebuild_dir)s' directory. "
                            "If necessary, manually remove "
                            "the environment.bz2 file and/or the "
                            "ebuild file located in that directory."
                        ) % {"ebuild_name": ebuild_name, "ebuild_dir": ebuild_dir}
                        msg_lines.extend(wrap(msg, 72))
                        msg_lines.append("")

                        msg = _(
                            "Removal "
                            "of the environment.bz2 file is "
                            "preferred since it may allow the "
                            "removal phases to execute successfully. "
                            "The ebuild will be "
                            "sourced and the eclasses "
                            "from the current ebuild repository will be used "
                            "when necessary. Removal of "
                            "the ebuild file will cause the "
                            "pkg_prerm() and pkg_postrm() removal "
                            "phases to be skipped entirely."
                        )
                        msg_lines.extend(wrap(msg, 72))

                        self._eerror(ebuild_phase, msg_lines)

                self._elog_process(phasefilter=("prerm", "postrm"))

                if retval == os.EX_OK:
                    try:
                        doebuild_environment(
                            myebuildpath,
                            "cleanrm",
                            settings=self.settings,
                            db=self.vartree.dbapi,
                        )
                    except UnsupportedAPIException:
                        pass
                    phase = EbuildPhase(
                        background=background,
                        phase="cleanrm",
                        scheduler=scheduler,
                        settings=self.settings,
                    )
                    phase.start()
                    retval = phase.wait()
            finally:
                if builddir_lock is not None:
                    scheduler.run_until_complete(builddir_lock.async_unlock())

        if log_path is not None:
            if not failures and "unmerge-logs" not in self.settings.features:
                try:
                    os.unlink(log_path)
                except OSError:
                    pass

            try:
                st = os.stat(log_path)
            except OSError:
                pass
            else:
                if st.st_size == 0:
                    try:
                        os.unlink(log_path)
                    except OSError:
                        pass

        if log_path is not None and os.path.exists(log_path):
            # Restore this since it gets lost somewhere above and it
            # needs to be set for _display_merge() to be able to log.
            # Note that the log isn't necessarily supposed to exist
            # since if PORTAGE_LOGDIR is unset then it's a temp file
            # so it gets cleaned above.
            self.settings["PORTAGE_LOG_FILE"] = log_path
        else:
            self.settings.pop("PORTAGE_LOG_FILE", None)

        # If we didn't unmerge anything, don't bother updating env.
        if contents:
            env_update(
                target_root=self.settings["ROOT"],
                prev_mtimes=ldpath_mtimes,
                contents=contents,
                env=self.settings,
                writemsg_level=self._display_merge,
                vardbapi=self.vartree.dbapi,
            )
            self._send_mtimes(ldpath_mtimes)

        unmerge_with_replacement = preserve_paths is not None
        if not unmerge_with_replacement:
            # When there's a replacement package which calls us via treewalk,
            # treewalk will automatically call _prune_plib_registry for us.
            # Otherwise, we need to call _prune_plib_registry ourselves.
            # Don't pass in the "unmerge=True" flag here, since that flag
            # is intended to be used _prior_ to unmerge, not after.
            self._prune_plib_registry()

        return os.EX_OK

    def _display_merge(self, msg, level=0, noiselevel=0):
        if not self._verbose and noiselevel >= 0 and level < logging.WARN:
            return
        if self._scheduler is None:
            writemsg_level(msg, level=level, noiselevel=noiselevel)
        else:
            log_path = None
            if self.settings.get("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND") != "subprocess":
                log_path = self.settings.get("PORTAGE_LOG_FILE")
            background = self.settings.get("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND") == "1"

            if background and log_path is None:
                if level >= logging.WARN:
                    writemsg_level(msg, level=level, noiselevel=noiselevel)
            else:
                self._scheduler.output(
                    msg,
                    log_path=log_path,
                    background=background,
                    level=level,
                    noiselevel=noiselevel,
                )

    def _show_unmerge(self, zing, desc, file_type, file_name):
        self._display_merge(f"{zing} {desc.ljust(8)} {file_type} {file_name}\n")

    def _unmerge_pkgfiles(self, pkgfiles, others_in_slot):
        """

        Unmerges the contents of a package from the liveFS
        Removes the VDB entry for self

        @param pkgfiles: typically self.getcontents()
        @type pkgfiles: Dictionary { filename: [ 'type', '?', 'md5sum' ] }
        @param others_in_slot: all dblink instances in this slot, excluding self
        @type others_in_slot: list
        @rtype: None
        """

        os = _os_merge
        perf_md5 = perform_md5
        showMessage = self._display_merge
        show_unmerge = self._show_unmerge
        ignored_unlink_errnos = self._ignored_unlink_errnos
        ignored_rmdir_errnos = self._ignored_rmdir_errnos

        if others_in_slot is None:
            others_in_slot = []
            slot = self.vartree.dbapi._pkg_str(self.mycpv, None).slot
            slot_matches = self.vartree.dbapi.match(
                f"{portage.cpv_getkey(self.mycpv)}:{slot}"
            )
            for cur_cpv in slot_matches:
                if cur_cpv == self.mycpv:
                    continue
                others_in_slot.append(
                    dblink(
                        self.cat,
                        catsplit(cur_cpv)[1],
                        settings=self.settings,
                        vartree=self.vartree,
                        treetype="vartree",
                        pipe=self._pipe,
                    )
                )

        cfgfiledict = grabdict(self.vartree.dbapi._conf_mem_file)
        stale_confmem = []
        protected_symlinks = {}

        unmerge_orphans = "unmerge-orphans" in self.settings.features
        calc_prelink = "prelink-checksums" in self.settings.features

        pkgfiles = pkgfiles if pkgfiles else self.getcontents()
        if pkgfiles:
            self.updateprotect()
            mykeys = list(pkgfiles)
            mykeys.sort()
            mykeys.reverse()

            # process symlinks second-to-last, directories last.
            mydirs = set()

            uninstall_ignore = portage.util.shlex_split(
                self.settings.get("UNINSTALL_IGNORE", "")
            )

            def unlink(file_name, lstatobj):
                if bsd_chflags:
                    if lstatobj.st_flags != 0:
                        bsd_chflags.lchflags(file_name, 0)
                    parent_name = os.path.dirname(file_name)
                    # Use normal stat/chflags for the parent since we want to
                    # follow any symlinks to the real parent directory.
                    pflags = os.stat(parent_name).st_flags
                    if pflags != 0:
                        bsd_chflags.chflags(parent_name, 0)
                try:
                    if not stat.S_ISLNK(lstatobj.st_mode):
                        # Remove permissions to ensure that any hardlinks to
                        # suid/sgid files are rendered harmless.
                        os.chmod(file_name, 0)
                    os.unlink(file_name)
                except OSError as ose:
                    # If the chmod or unlink fails, you are in trouble.
                    # With Prefix this can be because the file is owned
                    # by someone else (a screwup by root?), on a normal
                    # system maybe filesystem corruption.  In any case,
                    # if we backtrace and die here, we leave the system
                    # in a totally undefined state, hence we just bleed
                    # like hell and continue to hopefully finish all our
                    # administrative and pkg_postinst stuff.
                    self._eerror(
                        "postrm",
                        [f"Could not chmod or unlink '{file_name}': {ose}"],
                    )
                else:
                    # Even though the file no longer exists, we log it
                    # here so that _unmerge_dirs can see that we've
                    # removed a file from this device, and will record
                    # the parent directory for a syncfs call.
                    self._merged_path(file_name, lstatobj, exists=False)

                finally:
                    if bsd_chflags and pflags != 0:
                        # Restore the parent flags we saved before unlinking
                        bsd_chflags.chflags(parent_name, pflags)

            unmerge_desc = {}
            unmerge_desc["cfgpro"] = _("cfgpro")
            unmerge_desc["replaced"] = _("replaced")
            unmerge_desc["!dir"] = _("!dir")
            unmerge_desc["!empty"] = _("!empty")
            unmerge_desc["!fif"] = _("!fif")
            unmerge_desc["!found"] = _("!found")
            unmerge_desc["!md5"] = _("!md5")
            unmerge_desc["!mtime"] = _("!mtime")
            unmerge_desc["!obj"] = _("!obj")
            unmerge_desc["!sym"] = _("!sym")
            unmerge_desc["!prefix"] = _("!prefix")

            real_root = self.settings["ROOT"]
            real_root_len = len(real_root) - 1
            eroot = self.settings["EROOT"]

            infodirs = frozenset(
                infodir
                for infodir in chain(
                    self.settings.get("INFOPATH", "").split(":"),
                    self.settings.get("INFODIR", "").split(":"),
                )
                if infodir
            )
            infodirs_inodes = set()
            for infodir in infodirs:
                infodir = os.path.join(real_root, infodir.lstrip(os.sep))
                try:
                    statobj = os.stat(infodir)
                except OSError:
                    pass
                else:
                    infodirs_inodes.add((statobj.st_dev, statobj.st_ino))

            for i, objkey in enumerate(mykeys):
                obj = normalize_path(objkey)
                if os is _os_merge:
                    try:
                        _unicode_encode(
                            obj, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict"
                        )
                    except UnicodeEncodeError:
                        # The package appears to have been merged with a
                        # different value of sys.getfilesystemencoding(),
                        # so fall back to utf_8 if appropriate.
                        try:
                            _unicode_encode(
                                obj, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict"
                            )
                        except UnicodeEncodeError:
                            pass
                        else:
                            os = portage.os
                            perf_md5 = portage.checksum.perform_md5

                file_data = pkgfiles[objkey]
                file_type = file_data[0]

                # don't try to unmerge the prefix offset itself
                if len(obj) <= len(eroot) or not obj.startswith(eroot):
                    show_unmerge("---", unmerge_desc["!prefix"], file_type, obj)
                    continue

                statobj = None
                try:
                    statobj = os.stat(obj)
                except OSError:
                    pass
                lstatobj = None
                try:
                    lstatobj = os.lstat(obj)
                except (OSError, AttributeError):
                    pass
                islink = lstatobj is not None and stat.S_ISLNK(lstatobj.st_mode)
                if lstatobj is None:
                    show_unmerge("---", unmerge_desc["!found"], file_type, obj)
                    continue

                f_match = obj[len(eroot) - 1 :]
                ignore = False
                for pattern in uninstall_ignore:
                    if fnmatch.fnmatch(f_match, pattern):
                        ignore = True
                        break

                if not ignore:
                    if islink and f_match in ("/lib", "/usr/lib", "/usr/local/lib"):
                        # Ignore libdir symlinks for bug #423127.
                        ignore = True

                if ignore:
                    show_unmerge("---", unmerge_desc["cfgpro"], file_type, obj)
                    continue

                # don't use EROOT, CONTENTS entries already contain EPREFIX
                if obj.startswith(real_root):
                    relative_path = obj[real_root_len:]
                    is_owned = False
                    for dblnk in others_in_slot:
                        if dblnk.isowner(relative_path):
                            is_owned = True
                            break

                    if (
                        is_owned
                        and islink
                        and file_type in ("sym", "dir")
                        and statobj
                        and stat.S_ISDIR(statobj.st_mode)
                    ):
                        # A new instance of this package claims the file, so
                        # don't unmerge it. If the file is symlink to a
                        # directory and the unmerging package installed it as
                        # a symlink, but the new owner has it listed as a
                        # directory, then we'll produce a warning since the
                        # symlink is a sort of orphan in this case (see
                        # bug #326685).
                        symlink_orphan = False
                        for dblnk in others_in_slot:
                            parent_contents_key = dblnk._match_contents(relative_path)
                            if not parent_contents_key:
                                continue
                            if not parent_contents_key.startswith(real_root):
                                continue
                            if dblnk.getcontents()[parent_contents_key][0] == "dir":
                                symlink_orphan = True
                                break

                        if symlink_orphan:
                            protected_symlinks.setdefault(
                                (statobj.st_dev, statobj.st_ino), []
                            ).append(relative_path)

                    if is_owned:
                        show_unmerge("---", unmerge_desc["replaced"], file_type, obj)
                        continue
                    elif relative_path in cfgfiledict:
                        stale_confmem.append(relative_path)

                # Don't unlink symlinks to directories here since that can
                # remove /lib and /usr/lib symlinks.
                if (
                    unmerge_orphans
                    and lstatobj
                    and not stat.S_ISDIR(lstatobj.st_mode)
                    and not (islink and statobj and stat.S_ISDIR(statobj.st_mode))
                    and not self.isprotected(obj)
                ):
                    try:
                        unlink(obj, lstatobj)
                    except OSError as e:
                        if e.errno not in ignored_unlink_errnos:
                            raise
                        del e
                    show_unmerge("<<<", "", file_type, obj)
                    continue

                lmtime = str(lstatobj[stat.ST_MTIME])
                if (pkgfiles[objkey][0] not in ("dir", "fif", "dev")) and (
                    lmtime != pkgfiles[objkey][1]
                ):
                    show_unmerge("---", unmerge_desc["!mtime"], file_type, obj)
                    continue

                if file_type == "dir" and not islink:
                    if lstatobj is None or not stat.S_ISDIR(lstatobj.st_mode):
                        show_unmerge("---", unmerge_desc["!dir"], file_type, obj)
                        continue
                    mydirs.add((obj, (lstatobj.st_dev, lstatobj.st_ino)))
                elif file_type == "sym" or (file_type == "dir" and islink):
                    if not islink:
                        show_unmerge("---", unmerge_desc["!sym"], file_type, obj)
                        continue

                    # If this symlink points to a directory then we don't want
                    # to unmerge it if there are any other packages that
                    # installed files into the directory via this symlink
                    # (see bug #326685).
                    # TODO: Resolving a symlink to a directory will require
                    # simulation if $ROOT != / and the link is not relative.
                    if (
                        islink
                        and statobj
                        and stat.S_ISDIR(statobj.st_mode)
                        and obj.startswith(real_root)
                    ):
                        relative_path = obj[real_root_len:]
                        try:
                            target_dir_contents = os.listdir(obj)
                        except OSError:
                            pass
                        else:
                            if target_dir_contents:
                                # If all the children are regular files owned
                                # by this package, then the symlink should be
                                # safe to unmerge.
                                all_owned = True
                                for child in target_dir_contents:
                                    child = os.path.join(relative_path, child)
                                    if not self.isowner(child):
                                        all_owned = False
                                        break
                                    try:
                                        child_lstat = os.lstat(
                                            os.path.join(
                                                real_root, child.lstrip(os.sep)
                                            )
                                        )
                                    except OSError:
                                        continue

                                    if not stat.S_ISREG(child_lstat.st_mode):
                                        # Nested symlinks or directories make
                                        # the issue very complex, so just
                                        # preserve the symlink in order to be
                                        # on the safe side.
                                        all_owned = False
                                        break

                                if not all_owned:
                                    protected_symlinks.setdefault(
                                        (statobj.st_dev, statobj.st_ino), []
                                    ).append(relative_path)
                                    show_unmerge(
                                        "---", unmerge_desc["!empty"], file_type, obj
                                    )
                                    continue

                    # Go ahead and unlink symlinks to directories here when
                    # they're actually recorded as symlinks in the contents.
                    # Normally, symlinks such as /lib -> lib64 are not recorded
                    # as symlinks in the contents of a package.  If a package
                    # installs something into ${D}/lib/, it is recorded in the
                    # contents as a directory even if it happens to correspond
                    # to a symlink when it's merged to the live filesystem.
                    try:
                        unlink(obj, lstatobj)
                        show_unmerge("<<<", "", file_type, obj)
                    except OSError as e:
                        if e.errno not in ignored_unlink_errnos:
                            raise
                        del e
                        show_unmerge("!!!", "", file_type, obj)
                elif pkgfiles[objkey][0] == "obj":
                    if statobj is None or not stat.S_ISREG(statobj.st_mode):
                        show_unmerge("---", unmerge_desc["!obj"], file_type, obj)
                        continue
                    mymd5 = None
                    try:
                        mymd5 = perf_md5(obj, calc_prelink=calc_prelink)
                    except FileNotFound as e:
                        # the file has disappeared between now and our stat call
                        show_unmerge("---", unmerge_desc["!obj"], file_type, obj)
                        continue

                    # string.lower is needed because db entries used to be in upper-case.  The
                    # string.lower allows for backwards compatibility.
                    if mymd5 != pkgfiles[objkey][2].lower():
                        show_unmerge("---", unmerge_desc["!md5"], file_type, obj)
                        continue
                    try:
                        unlink(obj, lstatobj)
                    except OSError as e:
                        if e.errno not in ignored_unlink_errnos:
                            raise
                        del e
                    show_unmerge("<<<", "", file_type, obj)
                elif pkgfiles[objkey][0] == "fif":
                    if not stat.S_ISFIFO(lstatobj[stat.ST_MODE]):
                        show_unmerge("---", unmerge_desc["!fif"], file_type, obj)
                        continue
                    show_unmerge("---", "", file_type, obj)
                elif pkgfiles[objkey][0] == "dev":
                    show_unmerge("---", "", file_type, obj)

            self._unmerge_dirs(
                mydirs, infodirs_inodes, protected_symlinks, unmerge_desc, unlink, os
            )
            mydirs.clear()

        if protected_symlinks:
            self._unmerge_protected_symlinks(
                others_in_slot,
                infodirs_inodes,
                protected_symlinks,
                unmerge_desc,
                unlink,
                os,
            )

        if protected_symlinks:
            msg = (
                "One or more symlinks to directories have been "
                + "preserved in order to ensure that files installed "
                + "via these symlinks remain accessible. "
                + "This indicates that the mentioned symlink(s) may "
                + "be obsolete remnants of an old install, and it "
                + "may be appropriate to replace a given symlink "
                + "with the directory that it points to."
            )
            lines = textwrap.wrap(msg, 72)
            lines.append("")
            flat_list = set()
            flat_list.update(*protected_symlinks.values())
            flat_list = sorted(flat_list)
            for f in flat_list:
                lines.append(f"\t{os.path.join(real_root, f.lstrip(os.sep))}")
            lines.append("")
            self._elog("elog", "postrm", lines)

        # Remove stale entries from config memory.
        if stale_confmem:
            for filename in stale_confmem:
                del cfgfiledict[filename]
            writedict(cfgfiledict, self.vartree.dbapi._conf_mem_file)

        # remove self from vartree database so that our own virtual gets zapped if we're the last node
        self.vartree.zap(self.mycpv)

    def _unmerge_protected_symlinks(
        self,
        others_in_slot,
        infodirs_inodes,
        protected_symlinks,
        unmerge_desc,
        unlink,
        os,
    ):
        real_root = self.settings["ROOT"]
        show_unmerge = self._show_unmerge
        ignored_unlink_errnos = self._ignored_unlink_errnos

        flat_list = set()
        flat_list.update(*protected_symlinks.values())
        flat_list = sorted(flat_list)

        for f in flat_list:
            for dblnk in others_in_slot:
                if dblnk.isowner(f):
                    # If another package in the same slot installed
                    # a file via a protected symlink, return early
                    # and don't bother searching for any other owners.
                    return

        msg = []
        msg.append("")
        msg.append(_("Directory symlink(s) may need protection:"))
        msg.append("")

        for f in flat_list:
            msg.append(f"\t{os.path.join(real_root, f.lstrip(os.path.sep))}")

        msg.append("")
        msg.append("Use the UNINSTALL_IGNORE variable to exempt specific symlinks")
        msg.append("from the following search (see the make.conf man page).")
        msg.append("")
        msg.append(
            _(
                "Searching all installed"
                " packages for files installed via above symlink(s)..."
            )
        )
        msg.append("")
        self._elog("elog", "postrm", msg)

        self.lockdb()
        try:
            owners = self.vartree.dbapi._owners.get_owners(flat_list)
            self.vartree.dbapi.flush_cache()
        finally:
            self.unlockdb()

        for owner in list(owners):
            if owner.mycpv == self.mycpv:
                owners.pop(owner, None)

        if not owners:
            msg = []
            msg.append(
                _(
                    "The above directory symlink(s) are all "
                    "safe to remove. Removing them now..."
                )
            )
            msg.append("")
            self._elog("elog", "postrm", msg)
            dirs = set()
            for unmerge_syms in protected_symlinks.values():
                for relative_path in unmerge_syms:
                    obj = os.path.join(real_root, relative_path.lstrip(os.sep))
                    parent = os.path.dirname(obj)
                    while len(parent) > len(self._eroot):
                        try:
                            lstatobj = os.lstat(parent)
                        except OSError:
                            break
                        else:
                            dirs.add((parent, (lstatobj.st_dev, lstatobj.st_ino)))
                            parent = os.path.dirname(parent)
                    try:
                        unlink(obj, os.lstat(obj))
                        show_unmerge("<<<", "", "sym", obj)
                    except OSError as e:
                        if e.errno not in ignored_unlink_errnos:
                            raise
                        del e
                        show_unmerge("!!!", "", "sym", obj)

            protected_symlinks.clear()
            self._unmerge_dirs(
                dirs, infodirs_inodes, protected_symlinks, unmerge_desc, unlink, os
            )
            dirs.clear()

    def _unmerge_dirs(
        self, dirs, infodirs_inodes, protected_symlinks, unmerge_desc, unlink, os
    ):
        show_unmerge = self._show_unmerge
        infodir_cleanup = self._infodir_cleanup
        ignored_unlink_errnos = self._ignored_unlink_errnos
        ignored_rmdir_errnos = self._ignored_rmdir_errnos
        real_root = self.settings["ROOT"]

        dirs = sorted(dirs)
        revisit = {}

        while True:
            try:
                obj, inode_key = dirs.pop()
            except IndexError:
                break
            # Treat any directory named "info" as a candidate here,
            # since it might have been in INFOPATH previously even
            # though it may not be there now.
            if inode_key in infodirs_inodes or os.path.basename(obj) == "info":
                try:
                    remaining = os.listdir(obj)
                except OSError:
                    pass
                else:
                    cleanup_info_dir = ()
                    if remaining and len(remaining) <= len(infodir_cleanup):
                        if not set(remaining).difference(infodir_cleanup):
                            cleanup_info_dir = remaining

                    for child in cleanup_info_dir:
                        child = os.path.join(obj, child)
                        try:
                            lstatobj = os.lstat(child)
                            if stat.S_ISREG(lstatobj.st_mode):
                                unlink(child, lstatobj)
                                show_unmerge("<<<", "", "obj", child)
                        except OSError as e:
                            if e.errno not in ignored_unlink_errnos:
                                raise
                            del e
                            show_unmerge("!!!", "", "obj", child)

            try:
                parent_name = os.path.dirname(obj)
                parent_stat = os.stat(parent_name)

                if bsd_chflags:
                    lstatobj = os.lstat(obj)
                    if lstatobj.st_flags != 0:
                        bsd_chflags.lchflags(obj, 0)

                    # Use normal stat/chflags for the parent since we want to
                    # follow any symlinks to the real parent directory.
                    pflags = parent_stat.st_flags
                    if pflags != 0:
                        bsd_chflags.chflags(parent_name, 0)
                try:
                    os.rmdir(obj)
                finally:
                    if bsd_chflags and pflags != 0:
                        # Restore the parent flags we saved before unlinking
                        bsd_chflags.chflags(parent_name, pflags)

                # Record the parent directory for use in syncfs calls.
                # Note that we use a realpath and a regular stat here, since
                # we want to follow any symlinks back to the real device where
                # the real parent directory resides.
                self._merged_path(os.path.realpath(parent_name), parent_stat)

                show_unmerge("<<<", "", "dir", obj)
            except OSError as e:
                if e.errno not in ignored_rmdir_errnos:
                    raise
                if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                    show_unmerge("---", unmerge_desc["!empty"], "dir", obj)
                    revisit[obj] = inode_key

                # Since we didn't remove this directory, record the directory
                # itself for use in syncfs calls, if we have removed another
                # file from the same device.
                # Note that we use a realpath and a regular stat here, since
                # we want to follow any symlinks back to the real device where
                # the real directory resides.
                try:
                    dir_stat = os.stat(obj)
                except OSError:
                    pass
                else:
                    if dir_stat.st_dev in self._device_path_map:
                        self._merged_path(os.path.realpath(obj), dir_stat)

            else:
                # When a directory is successfully removed, there's
                # no need to protect symlinks that point to it.
                unmerge_syms = protected_symlinks.pop(inode_key, None)
                if unmerge_syms is not None:
                    parents = []
                    for relative_path in unmerge_syms:
                        obj = os.path.join(real_root, relative_path.lstrip(os.sep))
                        try:
                            unlink(obj, os.lstat(obj))
                            show_unmerge("<<<", "", "sym", obj)
                        except OSError as e:
                            if e.errno not in ignored_unlink_errnos:
                                raise
                            del e
                            show_unmerge("!!!", "", "sym", obj)
                        else:
                            parents.append(os.path.dirname(obj))

                    if parents:
                        # Revisit parents recursively (bug 640058).
                        recursive_parents = []
                        for parent in set(parents):
                            while parent in revisit:
                                recursive_parents.append(parent)
                                parent = os.path.dirname(parent)
                                if parent == "/":
                                    break

                        for parent in sorted(set(recursive_parents)):
                            dirs.append((parent, revisit.pop(parent)))

    def isowner(self, filename, destroot=None):
        """
        Check if a file belongs to this package. This may
        result in a stat call for the parent directory of
        every installed file, since the inode numbers are
        used to work around the problem of ambiguous paths
        caused by symlinked directories. The results of
        stat calls are cached to optimize multiple calls
        to this method.

        @param filename:
        @type filename:
        @param destroot:
        @type destroot:
        @rtype: Boolean
        @return:
        1. True if this package owns the file.
        2. False if this package does not own the file.
        """

        if destroot is not None and destroot != self._eroot:
            warnings.warn(
                "The second parameter of the "
                + "portage.dbapi.vartree.dblink.isowner()"
                + " is now unused. Instead "
                + "self.settings['EROOT'] will be used.",
                DeprecationWarning,
                stacklevel=2,
            )

        return bool(self._match_contents(filename))

    def _match_contents(self, filename, destroot=None):
        """
        The matching contents entry is returned, which is useful
        since the path may differ from the one given by the caller,
        due to symlinks.

        @rtype: String
        @return: the contents entry corresponding to the given path, or False
                if the file is not owned by this package.
        """

        filename = _unicode_decode(
            filename, encoding=_encodings["content"], errors="strict"
        )

        if destroot is not None and destroot != self._eroot:
            warnings.warn(
                "The second parameter of the "
                + "portage.dbapi.vartree.dblink._match_contents()"
                + " is now unused. Instead "
                + "self.settings['ROOT'] will be used.",
                DeprecationWarning,
                stacklevel=2,
            )

        # don't use EROOT here, image already contains EPREFIX
        destroot = self.settings["ROOT"]

        # The given filename argument might have a different encoding than the
        # the filenames contained in the contents, so use separate wrapped os
        # modules for each. The basename is more likely to contain non-ascii
        # characters than the directory path, so use os_filename_arg for all
        # operations involving the basename of the filename arg.
        os_filename_arg = _os_merge
        os = _os_merge

        try:
            _unicode_encode(filename, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict")
        except UnicodeEncodeError:
            # The package appears to have been merged with a
            # different value of sys.getfilesystemencoding(),
            # so fall back to utf_8 if appropriate.
            try:
                _unicode_encode(filename, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict")
            except UnicodeEncodeError:
                pass
            else:
                os_filename_arg = portage.os

        destfile = normalize_path(
            os_filename_arg.path.join(
                destroot, filename.lstrip(os_filename_arg.path.sep)
            )
        )

        if "case-insensitive-fs" in self.settings.features:
            destfile = destfile.lower()

        if self._contents.contains(destfile):
            return self._contents.unmap_key(destfile)

        if self.getcontents():
            basename = os_filename_arg.path.basename(destfile)
            if self._contents_basenames is None:
                try:
                    for x in self._contents.keys():
                        _unicode_encode(
                            x, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict"
                        )
                except UnicodeEncodeError:
                    # The package appears to have been merged with a
                    # different value of sys.getfilesystemencoding(),
                    # so fall back to utf_8 if appropriate.
                    try:
                        for x in self._contents.keys():
                            _unicode_encode(
                                x, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict"
                            )
                    except UnicodeEncodeError:
                        pass
                    else:
                        os = portage.os

                self._contents_basenames = {
                    os.path.basename(x) for x in self._contents.keys()
                }
            if basename not in self._contents_basenames:
                # This is a shortcut that, in most cases, allows us to
                # eliminate this package as an owner without the need
                # to examine inode numbers of parent directories.
                return False

            # Use stat rather than lstat since we want to follow
            # any symlinks to the real parent directory.
            parent_path = os_filename_arg.path.dirname(destfile)
            try:
                parent_stat = os_filename_arg.stat(parent_path)
            except OSError as e:
                if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                    raise
                del e
                return False
            if self._contents_inodes is None:
                if os is _os_merge:
                    try:
                        for x in self._contents.keys():
                            _unicode_encode(
                                x, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict"
                            )
                    except UnicodeEncodeError:
                        # The package appears to have been merged with a
                        # different value of sys.getfilesystemencoding(),
                        # so fall back to utf_8 if appropriate.
                        try:
                            for x in self._contents.keys():
                                _unicode_encode(
                                    x, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict"
                                )
                        except UnicodeEncodeError:
                            pass
                        else:
                            os = portage.os

                self._contents_inodes = {}
                parent_paths = set()
                for x in self._contents.keys():
                    p_path = os.path.dirname(x)
                    if p_path in parent_paths:
                        continue
                    parent_paths.add(p_path)
                    try:
                        s = os.stat(p_path)
                    except OSError:
                        pass
                    else:
                        inode_key = (s.st_dev, s.st_ino)
                        # Use lists of paths in case multiple
                        # paths reference the same inode.
                        p_path_list = self._contents_inodes.get(inode_key)
                        if p_path_list is None:
                            p_path_list = []
                            self._contents_inodes[inode_key] = p_path_list
                        if p_path not in p_path_list:
                            p_path_list.append(p_path)

            p_path_list = self._contents_inodes.get(
                (parent_stat.st_dev, parent_stat.st_ino)
            )
            if p_path_list:
                for p_path in p_path_list:
                    x = os_filename_arg.path.join(p_path, basename)
                    if self._contents.contains(x):
                        return self._contents.unmap_key(x)

        return False

    def _linkmap_rebuild(self, **kwargs):
        """
        Rebuild the self._linkmap if it's not broken due to missing
        scanelf binary. Also, return early if preserve-libs is disabled
        and the preserve-libs registry is empty.
        """
        if (
            self._linkmap_broken
            or self.vartree.dbapi._linkmap is None
            or self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry is None
            or (
                "preserve-libs" not in self.settings.features
                and not self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry.hasEntries()
            )
        ):
            return
        try:
            self.vartree.dbapi._linkmap.rebuild(**kwargs)
        except CommandNotFound as e:
            self._linkmap_broken = True
            self._display_merge(
                _(
                    "!!! Disabling preserve-libs "
                    "due to error: Command Not Found: %s\n"
                )
                % (e,),
                level=logging.ERROR,
                noiselevel=-1,
            )

    def _find_libs_to_preserve(self, unmerge=False):
        """
        Get set of relative paths for libraries to be preserved. When
        unmerge is False, file paths to preserve are selected from
        self._installed_instance. Otherwise, paths are selected from
        self.
        """
        if (
            self._linkmap_broken
            or self.vartree.dbapi._linkmap is None
            or self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry is None
            or (not unmerge and self._installed_instance is None)
            or not self._preserve_libs
        ):
            return set()

        os = _os_merge
        linkmap = self.vartree.dbapi._linkmap
        if unmerge:
            installed_instance = self
        else:
            installed_instance = self._installed_instance
        old_contents = installed_instance.getcontents()
        root = self.settings["ROOT"]
        root_len = len(root) - 1
        lib_graph = digraph()
        path_node_map = {}

        def path_to_node(path):
            node = path_node_map.get(path)
            if node is None:
                node = LinkageMap._LibGraphNode(linkmap._obj_key(path))
                alt_path_node = lib_graph.get(node)
                if alt_path_node is not None:
                    node = alt_path_node
                node.alt_paths.add(path)
                path_node_map[path] = node
            return node

        consumer_map = {}
        provider_nodes = set()
        # Create provider nodes and add them to the graph.
        for f_abs in old_contents:
            if os is _os_merge:
                try:
                    _unicode_encode(
                        f_abs, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict"
                    )
                except UnicodeEncodeError:
                    # The package appears to have been merged with a
                    # different value of sys.getfilesystemencoding(),
                    # so fall back to utf_8 if appropriate.
                    try:
                        _unicode_encode(
                            f_abs, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict"
                        )
                    except UnicodeEncodeError:
                        pass
                    else:
                        os = portage.os

            f = f_abs[root_len:]
            try:
                consumers = linkmap.findConsumers(
                    f, exclude_providers=(installed_instance.isowner,)
                )
            except KeyError:
                continue
            if not consumers:
                continue
            provider_node = path_to_node(f)
            lib_graph.add(provider_node, None)
            provider_nodes.add(provider_node)
            consumer_map[provider_node] = consumers

        # Create consumer nodes and add them to the graph.
        # Note that consumers can also be providers.
        for provider_node, consumers in consumer_map.items():
            for c in consumers:
                consumer_node = path_to_node(c)
                if (
                    installed_instance.isowner(c)
                    and consumer_node not in provider_nodes
                ):
                    # This is not a provider, so it will be uninstalled.
                    continue
                lib_graph.add(provider_node, consumer_node)

        # Locate nodes which should be preserved. They consist of all
        # providers that are reachable from consumers that are not
        # providers themselves.
        preserve_nodes = set()
        for consumer_node in lib_graph.root_nodes():
            if consumer_node in provider_nodes:
                continue
            # Preserve all providers that are reachable from this consumer.
            node_stack = lib_graph.child_nodes(consumer_node)
            while node_stack:
                provider_node = node_stack.pop()
                if provider_node in preserve_nodes:
                    continue
                preserve_nodes.add(provider_node)
                node_stack.extend(lib_graph.child_nodes(provider_node))

        preserve_paths = set()
        for preserve_node in preserve_nodes:
            # Preserve the library itself, and also preserve the
            # soname symlink which is the only symlink that is
            # strictly required.
            hardlinks = set()
            soname_symlinks = set()
            soname = linkmap.getSoname(next(iter(preserve_node.alt_paths)))
            have_replacement_soname_link = False
            have_replacement_hardlink = False
            for f in preserve_node.alt_paths:
                f_abs = os.path.join(root, f.lstrip(os.sep))
                try:
                    if stat.S_ISREG(os.lstat(f_abs).st_mode):
                        hardlinks.add(f)
                        if not unmerge and self.isowner(f):
                            have_replacement_hardlink = True
                            if os.path.basename(f) == soname:
                                have_replacement_soname_link = True
                    elif os.path.basename(f) == soname:
                        soname_symlinks.add(f)
                        if not unmerge and self.isowner(f):
                            have_replacement_soname_link = True
                except OSError:
                    pass

            if have_replacement_hardlink and have_replacement_soname_link:
                continue

            if hardlinks:
                preserve_paths.update(hardlinks)
                preserve_paths.update(soname_symlinks)

        return preserve_paths

    def _add_preserve_libs_to_contents(self, preserve_paths):
        """
        Preserve libs returned from _find_libs_to_preserve().
        """

        if not preserve_paths:
            return

        os = _os_merge
        showMessage = self._display_merge
        root = self.settings["ROOT"]

        # Copy contents entries from the old package to the new one.
        new_contents = self.getcontents().copy()
        old_contents = self._installed_instance.getcontents()
        for f in sorted(preserve_paths):
            f = _unicode_decode(f, encoding=_encodings["content"], errors="strict")
            f_abs = os.path.join(root, f.lstrip(os.sep))
            contents_entry = old_contents.get(f_abs)
            if contents_entry is None:
                # This will probably never happen, but it might if one of the
                # paths returned from findConsumers() refers to one of the libs
                # that should be preserved yet the path is not listed in the
                # contents. Such a path might belong to some other package, so
                # it shouldn't be preserved here.
                showMessage(
                    _(
                        "!!! File '%s' will not be preserved "
                        "due to missing contents entry\n"
                    )
                    % (f_abs,),
                    level=logging.ERROR,
                    noiselevel=-1,
                )
                preserve_paths.remove(f)
                continue
            new_contents[f_abs] = contents_entry
            obj_type = contents_entry[0]
            showMessage(_(">>> needed    %s %s\n") % (obj_type, f_abs), noiselevel=-1)
            # Add parent directories to contents if necessary.
            parent_dir = os.path.dirname(f_abs)
            while len(parent_dir) > len(root):
                new_contents[parent_dir] = ["dir"]
                prev = parent_dir
                parent_dir = os.path.dirname(parent_dir)
                if prev == parent_dir:
                    break
        outfile = atomic_ofstream(os.path.join(self.dbtmpdir, "CONTENTS"))
        write_contents(new_contents, root, outfile)
        outfile.close()
        self._clear_contents_cache()

    def _find_unused_preserved_libs(self, unmerge_no_replacement):
        """
        Find preserved libraries that don't have any consumers left.
        """

        if (
            self._linkmap_broken
            or self.vartree.dbapi._linkmap is None
            or self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry is None
            or not self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry.hasEntries()
        ):
            return {}

        # Since preserved libraries can be consumers of other preserved
        # libraries, use a graph to track consumer relationships.
        plib_dict = self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry.getPreservedLibs()
        linkmap = self.vartree.dbapi._linkmap
        lib_graph = digraph()
        preserved_nodes = set()
        preserved_paths = set()
        path_cpv_map = {}
        path_node_map = {}
        root = self.settings["ROOT"]

        def path_to_node(path):
            node = path_node_map.get(path)
            if node is None:
                node = LinkageMap._LibGraphNode(linkmap._obj_key(path))
                alt_path_node = lib_graph.get(node)
                if alt_path_node is not None:
                    node = alt_path_node
                node.alt_paths.add(path)
                path_node_map[path] = node
            return node

        for cpv, plibs in plib_dict.items():
            for f in plibs:
                path_cpv_map[f] = cpv
                preserved_node = path_to_node(f)
                if not preserved_node.file_exists():
                    continue
                lib_graph.add(preserved_node, None)
                preserved_paths.add(f)
                preserved_nodes.add(preserved_node)
                for c in self.vartree.dbapi._linkmap.findConsumers(f):
                    consumer_node = path_to_node(c)
                    if not consumer_node.file_exists():
                        continue
                    # Note that consumers may also be providers.
                    lib_graph.add(preserved_node, consumer_node)

        # Eliminate consumers having providers with the same soname as an
        # installed library that is not preserved. This eliminates
        # libraries that are erroneously preserved due to a move from one
        # directory to another.
        # Also eliminate consumers that are going to be unmerged if
        # unmerge_no_replacement is True.
        provider_cache = {}
        for preserved_node in preserved_nodes:
            soname = linkmap.getSoname(preserved_node)
            for consumer_node in lib_graph.parent_nodes(preserved_node):
                if consumer_node in preserved_nodes:
                    continue
                if unmerge_no_replacement:
                    will_be_unmerged = True
                    for path in consumer_node.alt_paths:
                        if not self.isowner(path):
                            will_be_unmerged = False
                            break
                    if will_be_unmerged:
                        # This consumer is not preserved and it is
                        # being unmerged, so drop this edge.
                        lib_graph.remove_edge(preserved_node, consumer_node)
                        continue

                providers = provider_cache.get(consumer_node)
                if providers is None:
                    providers = linkmap.findProviders(consumer_node)
                    provider_cache[consumer_node] = providers
                providers = providers.get(soname)
                if providers is None:
                    continue
                for provider in providers:
                    if provider in preserved_paths:
                        continue
                    provider_node = path_to_node(provider)
                    if not provider_node.file_exists():
                        continue
                    if provider_node in preserved_nodes:
                        continue
                    # An alternative provider seems to be
                    # installed, so drop this edge.
                    lib_graph.remove_edge(preserved_node, consumer_node)
                    break

        cpv_lib_map = {}
        while lib_graph:
            root_nodes = preserved_nodes.intersection(lib_graph.root_nodes())
            if not root_nodes:
                break
            lib_graph.difference_update(root_nodes)
            unlink_list = set()
            for node in root_nodes:
                unlink_list.update(node.alt_paths)
            unlink_list = sorted(unlink_list)
            for obj in unlink_list:
                cpv = path_cpv_map.get(obj)
                if cpv is None:
                    # This means that a symlink is in the preserved libs
                    # registry, but the actual lib it points to is not.
                    self._display_merge(
                        _(
                            "!!! symlink to lib is preserved, "
                            "but not the lib itself:\n!!! '%s'\n"
                        )
                        % (obj,),
                        level=logging.ERROR,
                        noiselevel=-1,
                    )
                    continue
                removed = cpv_lib_map.get(cpv)
                if removed is None:
                    removed = set()
                    cpv_lib_map[cpv] = removed
                removed.add(obj)

        return cpv_lib_map

    def _remove_preserved_libs(self, cpv_lib_map):
        """
        Remove files returned from _find_unused_preserved_libs().
        """

        os = _os_merge

        files_to_remove = set()
        for files in cpv_lib_map.values():
            files_to_remove.update(files)
        files_to_remove = sorted(files_to_remove)
        showMessage = self._display_merge
        root = self.settings["ROOT"]

        parent_dirs = set()
        for obj in files_to_remove:
            obj = os.path.join(root, obj.lstrip(os.sep))
            parent_dirs.add(os.path.dirname(obj))
            if os.path.islink(obj):
                obj_type = _("sym")
            else:
                obj_type = _("obj")
            try:
                os.unlink(obj)
            except OSError as e:
                if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                    raise
                del e
            else:
                showMessage(_("<<< !needed  %s %s\n") % (obj_type, obj), noiselevel=-1)

        # Remove empty parent directories if possible.
        while parent_dirs:
            x = parent_dirs.pop()
            while True:
                try:
                    os.rmdir(x)
                except OSError:
                    break
                prev = x
                x = os.path.dirname(x)
                if x == prev:
                    break

        self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry.pruneNonExisting()

    def _collision_protect(self, srcroot, destroot, mypkglist, file_list, symlink_list):
        os = _os_merge

        real_relative_paths = {}

        collision_ignore = []
        for x in portage.util.shlex_split(self.settings.get("COLLISION_IGNORE", "")):
            if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(self._eroot, x.lstrip(os.sep))):
                x = normalize_path(x)
                x += "/*"
            collision_ignore.append(x)

        # For collisions with preserved libraries, the current package
        # will assume ownership and the libraries will be unregistered.
        if self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry is None:
            # preserve-libs is entirely disabled
            plib_cpv_map = None
            plib_paths = None
            plib_inodes = {}
        else:
            plib_dict = self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry.getPreservedLibs()
            plib_cpv_map = {}
            plib_paths = set()
            for cpv, paths in plib_dict.items():
                plib_paths.update(paths)
                for f in paths:
                    plib_cpv_map[f] = cpv
            plib_inodes = self._lstat_inode_map(plib_paths)

        plib_collisions = {}

        showMessage = self._display_merge
        stopmerge = False
        collisions = []
        dirs = set()
        dirs_ro = set()
        symlink_collisions = []
        destroot = self.settings["ROOT"]
        totfiles = len(file_list) + len(symlink_list)
        previous = time.monotonic()
        progress_shown = False
        report_interval = 1.7  # seconds
        falign = len("%d" % totfiles)
        showMessage(
            _(" %s checking %d files for package collisions\n")
            % (colorize("GOOD", "*"), totfiles)
        )
        for i, (f, f_type) in enumerate(
            chain(((f, "reg") for f in file_list), ((f, "sym") for f in symlink_list))
        ):
            current = time.monotonic()
            if current - previous > report_interval:
                showMessage(
                    _("%3d%% done,  %*d files remaining ...\n")
                    % (i * 100 / totfiles, falign, totfiles - i)
                )
                previous = current
                progress_shown = True

            dest_path = normalize_path(os.path.join(destroot, f.lstrip(os.path.sep)))

            # Relative path with symbolic links resolved only in parent directories
            real_relative_path = os.path.join(
                os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(dest_path)),
                os.path.basename(dest_path),
            )[len(destroot) :]

            real_relative_paths.setdefault(real_relative_path, []).append(
                f.lstrip(os.path.sep)
            )

            parent = os.path.dirname(dest_path)
            if parent not in dirs:
                for x in iter_parents(parent):
                    if x in dirs:
                        break
                    dirs.add(x)
                    if os.path.isdir(x):
                        if not os.access(x, os.W_OK):
                            dirs_ro.add(x)
                        break

            try:
                dest_lstat = os.lstat(dest_path)
            except OSError as e:
                if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
                    del e
                    continue
                elif e.errno == errno.ENOTDIR:
                    del e
                    # A non-directory is in a location where this package
                    # expects to have a directory.
                    dest_lstat = None
                    parent_path = dest_path
                    while len(parent_path) > len(destroot):
                        parent_path = os.path.dirname(parent_path)
                        try:
                            dest_lstat = os.lstat(parent_path)
                            break
                        except OSError as e:
                            if e.errno != errno.ENOTDIR:
                                raise
                            del e
                    if not dest_lstat:
                        raise AssertionError(
                            "unable to find non-directory "
                            + f"parent for '{dest_path}'"
                        )
                    dest_path = parent_path
                    f = os.path.sep + dest_path[len(destroot) :]
                    if f in collisions:
                        continue
                else:
                    raise
            if f[0] != "/":
                f = "/" + f

            if stat.S_ISDIR(dest_lstat.st_mode):
                if f_type == "sym":
                    # This case is explicitly banned
                    # by PMS (see bug #326685).
                    symlink_collisions.append(f)
                    collisions.append(f)
                    continue

            plibs = plib_inodes.get((dest_lstat.st_dev, dest_lstat.st_ino))
            if plibs:
                for path in plibs:
                    cpv = plib_cpv_map[path]
                    paths = plib_collisions.get(cpv)
                    if paths is None:
                        paths = set()
                        plib_collisions[cpv] = paths
                    paths.add(path)
                # The current package will assume ownership and the
                # libraries will be unregistered, so exclude this
                # path from the normal collisions.
                continue

            isowned = False
            full_path = os.path.join(destroot, f.lstrip(os.path.sep))
            for ver in mypkglist:
                if ver.isowner(f):
                    isowned = True
                    break
            if not isowned and self.isprotected(full_path):
                isowned = True
            if not isowned:
                f_match = full_path[len(self._eroot) - 1 :]
                stopmerge = True
                for pattern in collision_ignore:
                    if fnmatch.fnmatch(f_match, pattern):
                        stopmerge = False
                        break
                if stopmerge:
                    collisions.append(f)

        internal_collisions = {}
        for real_relative_path, files in real_relative_paths.items():
            # Detect internal collisions between non-identical files.
            if len(files) >= 2:
                files.sort()
                for i in range(len(files) - 1):
                    file1 = normalize_path(os.path.join(srcroot, files[i]))
                    file2 = normalize_path(os.path.join(srcroot, files[i + 1]))
                    # Compare files, ignoring differences in times.
                    differences = compare_files(
                        file1, file2, skipped_types=("atime", "mtime", "ctime")
                    )
                    if differences:
                        internal_collisions.setdefault(real_relative_path, {})[
                            (files[i], files[i + 1])
                        ] = differences

        if progress_shown:
            showMessage(_("100% done\n"))

        return (
            collisions,
            internal_collisions,
            dirs_ro,
            symlink_collisions,
            plib_collisions,
        )

    def _lstat_inode_map(self, path_iter):
        """
        Use lstat to create a map of the form:
          {(st_dev, st_ino) : set([path1, path2, ...])}
        Multiple paths may reference the same inode due to hardlinks.
        All lstat() calls are relative to self.myroot.
        """

        os = _os_merge

        root = self.settings["ROOT"]
        inode_map = {}
        for f in path_iter:
            path = os.path.join(root, f.lstrip(os.sep))
            try:
                st = os.lstat(path)
            except OSError as e:
                if e.errno not in (errno.ENOENT, errno.ENOTDIR):
                    raise
                del e
                continue
            key = (st.st_dev, st.st_ino)
            paths = inode_map.get(key)
            if paths is None:
                paths = set()
                inode_map[key] = paths
            paths.add(f)
        return inode_map

    def _security_check(self, installed_instances):
        if not installed_instances:
            return 0

        os = _os_merge

        showMessage = self._display_merge

        file_paths = set()
        for dblnk in installed_instances:
            file_paths.update(dblnk.getcontents())
        inode_map = {}
        real_paths = set()
        for i, path in enumerate(file_paths):
            if os is _os_merge:
                try:
                    _unicode_encode(path, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict")
                except UnicodeEncodeError:
                    # The package appears to have been merged with a
                    # different value of sys.getfilesystemencoding(),
                    # so fall back to utf_8 if appropriate.
                    try:
                        _unicode_encode(
                            path, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict"
                        )
                    except UnicodeEncodeError:
                        pass
                    else:
                        os = portage.os

            try:
                s = os.lstat(path)
            except OSError as e:
                if e.errno not in (errno.ENOENT, errno.ENOTDIR):
                    raise
                del e
                continue
            if not stat.S_ISREG(s.st_mode):
                continue
            path = os.path.realpath(path)
            if path in real_paths:
                continue
            real_paths.add(path)
            if s.st_nlink > 1 and s.st_mode & (stat.S_ISUID | stat.S_ISGID):
                k = (s.st_dev, s.st_ino)
                inode_map.setdefault(k, []).append((path, s))
        suspicious_hardlinks = []
        for path_list in inode_map.values():
            path, s = path_list[0]
            if len(path_list) == s.st_nlink:
                # All hardlinks seem to be owned by this package.
                continue
            suspicious_hardlinks.append(path_list)
        if not suspicious_hardlinks:
            return 0

        msg = []
        msg.append(_("suid/sgid file(s) " "with suspicious hardlink(s):"))
        msg.append("")
        for path_list in suspicious_hardlinks:
            for path, s in path_list:
                msg.append(f"\t{path}")
        msg.append("")
        msg.append(
            _("See the Gentoo Security Handbook " "guide for advice on how to proceed.")
        )

        self._eerror("preinst", msg)

        return 1

    def _eqawarn(self, phase, lines):
        self._elog("eqawarn", phase, lines)

    def _ewarn(self, phase, lines):
        self._elog("ewarn", phase, lines)

    def _eerror(self, phase, lines):
        self._elog("eerror", phase, lines)

    def _elog(self, funcname, phase, lines):
        func = getattr(portage.elog.messages, funcname)
        if self._scheduler is None:
            for l in lines:
                func(l, phase=phase, key=self.mycpv)
        else:
            background = self.settings.get("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND") == "1"
            log_path = None
            if self.settings.get("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND") != "subprocess":
                log_path = self.settings.get("PORTAGE_LOG_FILE")
            out = io.StringIO()
            for line in lines:
                func(line, phase=phase, key=self.mycpv, out=out)
            msg = out.getvalue()
            self._scheduler.output(msg, background=background, log_path=log_path)

    def _elog_process(self, phasefilter=None):
        cpv = self.mycpv
        if self._pipe is None:
            elog_process(cpv, self.settings, phasefilter=phasefilter)
        else:
            logdir = os.path.join(self.settings["T"], "logging")
            ebuild_logentries = collect_ebuild_messages(logdir)
            # phasefilter is irrelevant for the above collect_ebuild_messages
            # call, since this package instance has a private logdir. However,
            # it may be relevant for the following collect_messages call.
            py_logentries = collect_messages(key=cpv, phasefilter=phasefilter).get(
                cpv, {}
            )
            logentries = _merge_logentries(py_logentries, ebuild_logentries)
            funcnames = {
                "INFO": "einfo",
                "LOG": "elog",
                "WARN": "ewarn",
                "QA": "eqawarn",
                "ERROR": "eerror",
            }
            str_buffer = []
            for phase, messages in logentries.items():
                for key, lines in messages:
                    funcname = funcnames[key]
                    if isinstance(lines, str):
                        lines = [lines]
                    for line in lines:
                        for line in line.split("\n"):
                            fields = (funcname, phase, cpv, line)
                            str_buffer.append(" ".join(fields))
                            str_buffer.append("\n")
            if str_buffer:
                str_buffer = _unicode_encode("".join(str_buffer))
                while str_buffer:
                    str_buffer = str_buffer[os.write(self._pipe.fileno(), str_buffer) :]

    def _emerge_log(self, msg):
        emergelog(False, msg)

    def _send_mtimes(self, mtimes):
        if self._mtime_pipe is None:
            return

        self._mtime_pipe.send(mtimes)

    def treewalk(
        self,
        srcroot,
        destroot,
        inforoot,
        myebuild,
        cleanup=0,
        mydbapi=None,
        prev_mtimes=None,
        counter=None,
    ):
        """

        This function does the following:

        calls doebuild(mydo=instprep)
        calls get_ro_checker to retrieve a function for checking whether Portage
        will write to a read-only filesystem, then runs it against the directory list
        calls self._preserve_libs if FEATURES=preserve-libs
        calls self._collision_protect if FEATURES=collision-protect
        calls doebuild(mydo=pkg_preinst)
        Merges the package to the livefs
        unmerges old version (if required)
        calls doebuild(mydo=pkg_postinst)
        calls env_update

        @param srcroot: Typically this is ${D}
        @type srcroot: String (Path)
        @param destroot: ignored, self.settings['ROOT'] is used instead
        @type destroot: String (Path)
        @param inforoot: root of the vardb entry ?
        @type inforoot: String (Path)
        @param myebuild: path to the ebuild that we are processing
        @type myebuild: String (Path)
        @param mydbapi: dbapi which is handed to doebuild.
        @type mydbapi: portdbapi instance
        @param prev_mtimes: { Filename:mtime } mapping for env_update
        @type prev_mtimes: Dictionary
        @rtype: Boolean
        @return:
        1. 0 on success
        2. 1 on failure

        secondhand is a list of symlinks that have been skipped due to their target
        not existing; we will merge these symlinks at a later time.
        """

        os = _os_merge

        srcroot = _unicode_decode(
            srcroot, encoding=_encodings["content"], errors="strict"
        )
        destroot = self.settings["ROOT"]
        inforoot = _unicode_decode(
            inforoot, encoding=_encodings["content"], errors="strict"
        )
        myebuild = _unicode_decode(
            myebuild, encoding=_encodings["content"], errors="strict"
        )

        showMessage = self._display_merge
        srcroot = normalize_path(srcroot).rstrip(os.path.sep) + os.path.sep

        if not os.path.isdir(srcroot):
            showMessage(
                _("!!! Directory Not Found: D='%s'\n") % srcroot,
                level=logging.ERROR,
                noiselevel=-1,
            )
            return 1

        # run instprep internal phase
        doebuild_environment(myebuild, "instprep", settings=self.settings, db=mydbapi)
        phase = EbuildPhase(
            background=False,
            phase="instprep",
            scheduler=self._scheduler,
            settings=self.settings,
        )
        phase.start()
        if phase.wait() != os.EX_OK:
            showMessage(_("!!! instprep failed\n"), level=logging.ERROR, noiselevel=-1)
            return 1

        is_binpkg = self.settings.get("EMERGE_FROM") == "binary"
        slot = ""
        for var_name in ("CHOST", "SLOT"):
            try:
                with open(
                    _unicode_encode(
                        os.path.join(inforoot, var_name),
                        encoding=_encodings["fs"],
                        errors="strict",
                    ),
                    encoding=_encodings["repo.content"],
                    errors="replace",
                ) as f:
                    val = f.readline().strip()
            except OSError as e:
                if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                    raise
                del e
                val = ""

            if var_name == "SLOT":
                slot = val

                if not slot.strip():
                    slot = self.settings.get(var_name, "")
                    if not slot.strip():
                        showMessage(
                            _("!!! SLOT is undefined\n"),
                            level=logging.ERROR,
                            noiselevel=-1,
                        )
                        return 1
                    write_atomic(os.path.join(inforoot, var_name), slot + "\n")

            # This check only applies when built from source, since
            # inforoot values are written just after src_install.
            if not is_binpkg and val != self.settings.get(var_name, ""):
                self._eqawarn(
                    "preinst",
                    [
                        _(
                            "QA Notice: Expected %(var_name)s='%(expected_value)s', got '%(actual_value)s'\n"
                        )
                        % {
                            "var_name": var_name,
                            "expected_value": self.settings.get(var_name, ""),
                            "actual_value": val,
                        }
                    ],
                )

        def ewarn(lines):
            self._ewarn("preinst", lines)

        def eerror(lines):
            self._eerror("preinst", lines)

        if not os.path.exists(self.dbcatdir):
            ensure_dirs(self.dbcatdir)

        # NOTE: We use SLOT obtained from the inforoot
        # 	directory, in order to support USE=multislot.
        # Use _pkg_str discard the sub-slot part if necessary.
        slot = _pkg_str(self.mycpv, slot=slot).slot
        cp = self.mysplit[0]
        slot_atom = f"{cp}:{slot}"

        self.lockdb()
        try:
            # filter any old-style virtual matches
            slot_matches = [
                cpv
                for cpv in self.vartree.dbapi.match(slot_atom)
                if cpv_getkey(cpv) == cp
            ]

            if self.mycpv not in slot_matches and self.vartree.dbapi.cpv_exists(
                self.mycpv
            ):
                # handle multislot or unapplied slotmove
                slot_matches.append(self.mycpv)

            others_in_slot = []
            for cur_cpv in slot_matches:
                # Clone the config in case one of these has to be unmerged,
                # since we need it to have private ${T} etc... for things
                # like elog.
                settings_clone = portage.config(clone=self.settings)
                # This reset ensures that there is no unintended leakage
                # of variables which should not be shared.
                settings_clone.reset()
                settings_clone.setcpv(cur_cpv, mydb=self.vartree.dbapi)
                if (
                    self._preserve_libs
                    and "preserve-libs" in settings_clone["PORTAGE_RESTRICT"].split()
                ):
                    self._preserve_libs = False
                others_in_slot.append(
                    dblink(
                        self.cat,
                        catsplit(cur_cpv)[1],
                        settings=settings_clone,
                        vartree=self.vartree,
                        treetype="vartree",
                        scheduler=self._scheduler,
                        pipe=self._pipe,
                    )
                )
        finally:
            self.unlockdb()

        # If any instance has RESTRICT=preserve-libs, then
        # restrict it for all instances.
        if not self._preserve_libs:
            for dblnk in others_in_slot:
                dblnk._preserve_libs = False

        retval = self._security_check(others_in_slot)
        if retval:
            return retval

        if slot_matches:
            # Used by self.isprotected().
            max_dblnk = None
            max_counter = -1
            for dblnk in others_in_slot:
                cur_counter = self.vartree.dbapi.cpv_counter(dblnk.mycpv)
                if cur_counter > max_counter:
                    max_counter = cur_counter
                    max_dblnk = dblnk
            self._installed_instance = max_dblnk

        # Apply INSTALL_MASK before collision-protect, since it may
        # be useful to avoid collisions in some scenarios.
        # We cannot detect if this is needed or not here as INSTALL_MASK can be
        # modified by bashrc files.
        phase = MiscFunctionsProcess(
            background=False,
            commands=["preinst_mask"],
            phase="preinst",
            scheduler=self._scheduler,
            settings=self.settings,
        )
        phase.start()
        phase.wait()
        try:
            with open(
                _unicode_encode(
                    os.path.join(inforoot, "INSTALL_MASK"),
                    encoding=_encodings["fs"],
                    errors="strict",
                ),
                encoding=_encodings["repo.content"],
                errors="replace",
            ) as f:
                install_mask = InstallMask(f.read())
        except OSError:
            install_mask = None

        if install_mask:
            install_mask_dir(self.settings["ED"], install_mask)
            if any(x in self.settings.features for x in ("nodoc", "noman", "noinfo")):
                try:
                    os.rmdir(os.path.join(self.settings["ED"], "usr", "share"))
                except OSError:
                    pass

        # We check for unicode encoding issues after src_install. However,
        # the check must be repeated here for binary packages (it's
        # inexpensive since we call os.walk() here anyway).
        unicode_errors = []
        line_ending_re = re.compile("[\n\r]")
        srcroot_len = len(srcroot)
        ed_len = len(self.settings["ED"])
        eprefix_len = len(self.settings["EPREFIX"])

        while True:
            unicode_error = False
            eagain_error = False

            filelist = []
            linklist = []
            paths_with_newlines = []

            def onerror(e):
                raise

            walk_iter = os.walk(srcroot, onerror=onerror)
            while True:
                try:
                    parent, dirs, files = next(walk_iter)
                except StopIteration:
                    break
                except OSError as e:
                    if e.errno != errno.EAGAIN:
                        raise
                    # Observed with PyPy 1.8.
                    eagain_error = True
                    break

                if portage.utf8_mode:
                    parent = os.fsencode(parent)
                    dirs = [os.fsencode(value) for value in dirs]
                    files = [os.fsencode(value) for value in files]
                try:
                    parent = _unicode_decode(
                        parent, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict"
                    )
                except UnicodeDecodeError:
                    new_parent = _unicode_decode(
                        parent, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="replace"
                    )
                    new_parent = _unicode_encode(
                        new_parent, encoding="ascii", errors="backslashreplace"
                    )
                    new_parent = _unicode_decode(
                        new_parent, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="replace"
                    )
                    os.rename(parent, new_parent)
                    unicode_error = True
                    unicode_errors.append(new_parent[ed_len:])
                    break

                for fname in files:
                    try:
                        fname = _unicode_decode(
                            fname, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict"
                        )
                    except UnicodeDecodeError:
                        fpath = portage._os.path.join(
                            parent.encode(_encodings["merge"]), fname
                        )
                        new_fname = _unicode_decode(
                            fname, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="replace"
                        )
                        new_fname = _unicode_encode(
                            new_fname, encoding="ascii", errors="backslashreplace"
                        )
                        new_fname = _unicode_decode(
                            new_fname, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="replace"
                        )
                        new_fpath = os.path.join(parent, new_fname)
                        os.rename(fpath, new_fpath)
                        unicode_error = True
                        unicode_errors.append(new_fpath[ed_len:])
                        fname = new_fname
                        fpath = new_fpath
                    else:
                        fpath = os.path.join(parent, fname)

                    relative_path = fpath[srcroot_len:]

                    if line_ending_re.search(relative_path) is not None:
                        paths_with_newlines.append(relative_path)

                    file_mode = os.lstat(fpath).st_mode
                    if stat.S_ISREG(file_mode):
                        filelist.append(relative_path)
                    elif stat.S_ISLNK(file_mode):
                        # Note: os.walk puts symlinks to directories in the "dirs"
                        # list and it does not traverse them since that could lead
                        # to an infinite recursion loop.
                        linklist.append(relative_path)

                        myto = _unicode_decode(
                            _os.readlink(
                                _unicode_encode(
                                    fpath, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict"
                                )
                            ),
                            encoding=_encodings["merge"],
                            errors="replace",
                        )
                        if line_ending_re.search(myto) is not None:
                            paths_with_newlines.append(relative_path)

                if unicode_error:
                    break

            if not (unicode_error or eagain_error):
                break

        if unicode_errors:
            self._elog("eqawarn", "preinst", _merge_unicode_error(unicode_errors))

        if paths_with_newlines:
            msg = []
            msg.append(
                _(
                    "This package installs one or more files containing line ending characters:"
                )
            )
            msg.append("")
            paths_with_newlines.sort()
            for f in paths_with_newlines:
                msg.append("\t/%s" % (f.replace("\n", "\\n").replace("\r", "\\r")))
            msg.append("")
            msg.append(_("package %s NOT merged") % self.mycpv)
            msg.append("")
            eerror(msg)
            return 1

        # If there are no files to merge, and an installed package in the same
        # slot has files, it probably means that something went wrong.
        if (
            self.settings.get("PORTAGE_PACKAGE_EMPTY_ABORT") == "1"
            and not filelist
            and not linklist
            and others_in_slot
        ):
            installed_files = None
            for other_dblink in others_in_slot:
                installed_files = other_dblink.getcontents()
                if not installed_files:
                    continue
                from textwrap import wrap

                wrap_width = 72
                msg = []
                d = {"new_cpv": self.mycpv, "old_cpv": other_dblink.mycpv}
                msg.extend(
                    wrap(
                        _(
                            "The '%(new_cpv)s' package will not install "
                            "any files, but the currently installed '%(old_cpv)s'"
                            " package has the following files: "
                        )
                        % d,
                        wrap_width,
                    )
                )
                msg.append("")
                msg.extend(sorted(installed_files))
                msg.append("")
                msg.append(_("package %s NOT merged") % self.mycpv)
                msg.append("")
                msg.extend(
                    wrap(
                        _(
                            "Manually run `emerge --unmerge =%s` if you "
                            "really want to remove the above files. Set "
                            'PORTAGE_PACKAGE_EMPTY_ABORT="0" in '
                            "/etc/portage/make.conf if you do not want to "
                            "abort in cases like this."
                        )
                        % other_dblink.mycpv,
                        wrap_width,
                    )
                )
                eerror(msg)
            if installed_files:
                return 1

        # Make sure the ebuild environment is initialized and that ${T}/elog
        # exists for logging of collision-protect eerror messages.
        if myebuild is None:
            myebuild = os.path.join(inforoot, self.pkg + ".ebuild")
        doebuild_environment(myebuild, "preinst", settings=self.settings, db=mydbapi)
        self.settings["REPLACING_VERSIONS"] = " ".join(
            [portage.versions.cpv_getversion(other.mycpv) for other in others_in_slot]
        )
        prepare_build_dirs(settings=self.settings, cleanup=cleanup)

        # check for package collisions
        blockers = []
        for blocker in self._blockers or []:
            blocker = self.vartree.dbapi._dblink(blocker.cpv)
            # It may have been unmerged before lock(s)
            # were acquired.
            if blocker.exists():
                blockers.append(blocker)

        (
            collisions,
            internal_collisions,
            dirs_ro,
            symlink_collisions,
            plib_collisions,
        ) = self._collision_protect(
            srcroot, destroot, others_in_slot + blockers, filelist, linklist
        )

        # Check for read-only filesystems.
        ro_checker = get_ro_checker()
        rofilesystems = ro_checker(dirs_ro)

        if rofilesystems:
            msg = _(
                "One or more files installed to this package are "
                "set to be installed to read-only filesystems. "
                "Please mount the following filesystems as read-write "
                "and retry."
            )
            msg = textwrap.wrap(msg, 70)
            msg.append("")
            for f in rofilesystems:
                msg.append(f"\t{f}")
            msg.append("")
            self._elog("eerror", "preinst", msg)

            msg = (
                _("Package '%s' NOT merged due to read-only file systems.")
                % self.settings.mycpv
            )
            msg += _(
                " If necessary, refer to your elog "
                "messages for the whole content of the above message."
            )
            msg = textwrap.wrap(msg, 70)
            eerror(msg)
            return 1

        if internal_collisions:
            msg = (
                _(
                    "Package '%s' has internal collisions between non-identical files "
                    "(located in separate directories in the installation image (${D}) "
                    "corresponding to merged directories in the target "
                    "filesystem (${ROOT})):"
                )
                % self.settings.mycpv
            )
            msg = textwrap.wrap(msg, 70)
            msg.append("")
            for k, v in sorted(internal_collisions.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(0)):
                msg.append(f"\t{os.path.join(destroot, k.lstrip(os.path.sep))}")
                for (file1, file2), differences in sorted(v.items()):
                    msg.append(
                        f"\t\t{os.path.join(destroot, file1.lstrip(os.path.sep))}"
                    )
                    msg.append(
                        f"\t\t{os.path.join(destroot, file2.lstrip(os.path.sep))}"
                    )
                    msg.append(f"\t\t\tDifferences: {', '.join(differences)}")
                    msg.append("")
            self._elog("eerror", "preinst", msg)

            msg = (
                _(
                    "Package '%s' NOT merged due to internal collisions "
                    "between non-identical files."
                )
                % self.settings.mycpv
            )
            msg += _(
                " If necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole "
                "content of the above message."
            )
            eerror(textwrap.wrap(msg, 70))
            return 1

        if symlink_collisions:
            # Symlink collisions need to be distinguished from other types
            # of collisions, in order to avoid confusion (see bug #409359).
            msg = _(
                "Package '%s' has one or more collisions "
                "between symlinks and directories, which is explicitly "
                "forbidden by PMS section 13.4 (see bug #326685):"
            ) % (self.settings.mycpv,)
            msg = textwrap.wrap(msg, 70)
            msg.append("")
            for f in symlink_collisions:
                msg.append(f"\t{os.path.join(destroot, f.lstrip(os.path.sep))}")
            msg.append("")
            self._elog("eerror", "preinst", msg)

        if collisions:
            collision_protect = "collision-protect" in self.settings.features
            protect_owned = "protect-owned" in self.settings.features
            msg = _(
                "This package will overwrite one or more files that"
                " may belong to other packages (see list below)."
            )
            if not (collision_protect or protect_owned):
                msg += _(
                    ' Add either "collision-protect" or'
                    ' "protect-owned" to FEATURES in'
                    " make.conf if you would like the merge to abort"
                    " in cases like this. See the make.conf man page for"
                    " more information about these features."
                )
            if self.settings.get("PORTAGE_QUIET") != "1":
                msg += _(
                    " You can use a command such as"
                    " `portageq owners / <filename>` to identify the"
                    " installed package that owns a file. If portageq"
                    " reports that only one package owns a file then do NOT"
                    " file a bug report. A bug report is only useful if it"
                    " identifies at least two or more packages that are known"
                    " to install the same file(s)."
                    " If a collision occurs and you"
                    " can not explain where the file came from then you"
                    " should simply ignore the collision since there is not"
                    " enough information to determine if a real problem"
                    " exists. Please do NOT file a bug report at"
                    " https://bugs.gentoo.org/ unless you report exactly which"
                    " two packages install the same file(s). See"
                    " https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Knowledge_Base:Blockers"
                    " for tips on how to solve the problem. And once again,"
                    " please do NOT file a bug report unless you have"
                    " completely understood the above message."
                )

            self.settings["EBUILD_PHASE"] = "preinst"
            from textwrap import wrap

            msg = wrap(msg, 70)
            if collision_protect:
                msg.append("")
                msg.append(_("package %s NOT merged") % self.settings.mycpv)
            msg.append("")
            msg.append(_("Detected file collision(s):"))
            msg.append("")

            for f in collisions:
                msg.append(f"\t{os.path.join(destroot, f.lstrip(os.path.sep))}")

            eerror(msg)

            owners = None
            if collision_protect or protect_owned or symlink_collisions:
                msg = []
                msg.append("")
                msg.append(
                    _("Searching all installed" " packages for file collisions...")
                )
                msg.append("")
                msg.append(_("Press Ctrl-C to Stop"))
                msg.append("")
                eerror(msg)

                if len(collisions) > 20:
                    # get_owners is slow for large numbers of files, so
                    # don't look them all up.
                    collisions = collisions[:20]

                pkg_info_strs = {}
                self.lockdb()
                try:
                    owners = self.vartree.dbapi._owners.get_owners(collisions)
                    self.vartree.dbapi.flush_cache()

                    for pkg in owners:
                        pkg = self.vartree.dbapi._pkg_str(pkg.mycpv, None)
                        pkg_info_str = f"{pkg}{_slot_separator}{pkg.slot}"
                        if pkg.repo != _unknown_repo:
                            pkg_info_str += f"{_repo_separator}{pkg.repo}"
                        pkg_info_strs[pkg] = pkg_info_str

                finally:
                    self.unlockdb()

                collision_message_type = ewarn
                if collision_protect or protect_owned and owners:
                    collision_message_type = eerror

                for pkg, owned_files in owners.items():
                    msg = []
                    msg.append(pkg_info_strs[pkg.mycpv])
                    for f in sorted(owned_files):
                        msg.append(f"\t{os.path.join(destroot, f.lstrip(os.path.sep))}")
                    msg.append("")
                    collision_message_type(msg)

                if not owners:
                    collision_message_type(
                        [_("None of the installed" " packages claim the file(s)."), ""]
                    )

            symlink_abort_msg = _(
                "Package '%s' NOT merged since it has "
                "one or more collisions between symlinks and directories, "
                "which is explicitly forbidden by PMS section 13.4 "
                "(see bug #326685)."
            )

            # The explanation about the collision and how to solve
            # it may not be visible via a scrollback buffer, especially
            # if the number of file collisions is large. Therefore,
            # show a summary at the end.
            abort = False
            if symlink_collisions:
                abort = True
                msg = symlink_abort_msg % (self.settings.mycpv,)
            elif collision_protect:
                abort = True
                msg = (
                    _("Package '%s' NOT merged due to file collisions.")
                    % self.settings.mycpv
                )
            elif protect_owned and owners:
                abort = True
                msg = (
                    _("Package '%s' NOT merged due to file collisions.")
                    % self.settings.mycpv
                )
            else:
                msg = (
                    _("Package '%s' merged despite file collisions.")
                    % self.settings.mycpv
                )
            msg += _(
                " If necessary, refer to your elog "
                "messages for the whole content of the above message."
            )

            if abort:
                eerror(wrap(msg, 70))
                return 1
            else:
                ewarn(wrap(msg, 70))

        # The merge process may move files out of the image directory,
        # which causes invalidation of the .installed flag.
        try:
            os.unlink(
                os.path.join(os.path.dirname(normalize_path(srcroot)), ".installed")
            )
        except OSError as e:
            if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                raise
            del e

        self.dbdir = self.dbtmpdir
        self.delete()
        ensure_dirs(self.dbtmpdir)

        downgrade = False
        if (
            self._installed_instance is not None
            and vercmp(self.mycpv.version, self._installed_instance.mycpv.version) < 0
        ):
            downgrade = True

        if self._installed_instance is not None:
            rval = self._pre_merge_backup(self._installed_instance, downgrade)
            if rval != os.EX_OK:
                showMessage(
                    _("!!! FAILED preinst: ") + f"quickpkg: {rval}\n",
                    level=logging.ERROR,
                    noiselevel=-1,
                )
                return rval

        # run preinst script
        showMessage(
            _(">>> Merging %(cpv)s to %(destroot)s\n")
            % {"cpv": self.mycpv, "destroot": destroot}
        )
        phase = EbuildPhase(
            background=False,
            phase="preinst",
            scheduler=self._scheduler,
            settings=self.settings,
        )
        phase.start()
        a = phase.wait()

        # XXX: Decide how to handle failures here.
        if a != os.EX_OK:
            showMessage(
                _("!!! FAILED preinst: ") + str(a) + "\n",
                level=logging.ERROR,
                noiselevel=-1,
            )
            return a

        # copy "info" files (like SLOT, CFLAGS, etc.) into the database
        for x in os.listdir(inforoot):
            self.copyfile(inforoot + "/" + x)

        # write local package counter for recording
        if counter is None:
            counter = self.vartree.dbapi.counter_tick()
        with open(
            _unicode_encode(
                os.path.join(self.dbtmpdir, "COUNTER"),
                encoding=_encodings["fs"],
                errors="strict",
            ),
            mode="w",
            encoding=_encodings["repo.content"],
            errors="backslashreplace",
        ) as f:
            f.write(f"{counter}")

        self.updateprotect()

        # if we have a file containing previously-merged config file md5sums, grab it.
        self.vartree.dbapi._fs_lock()
        try:
            # This prunes any libraries from the registry that no longer
            # exist on disk, in case they have been manually removed.
            # This has to be done prior to merge, since after merge it
            # is non-trivial to distinguish these files from files
            # that have just been merged.
            plib_registry = self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry
            if plib_registry:
                plib_registry.lock()
                try:
                    plib_registry.load()
                    plib_registry.store()
                finally:
                    plib_registry.unlock()

            # Always behave like --noconfmem is enabled for downgrades
            # so that people who don't know about this option are less
            # likely to get confused when doing upgrade/downgrade cycles.
            cfgfiledict = grabdict(self.vartree.dbapi._conf_mem_file)
            if "NOCONFMEM" in self.settings or downgrade:
                cfgfiledict["IGNORE"] = 1
            else:
                cfgfiledict["IGNORE"] = 0

            rval = self._merge_contents(srcroot, destroot, cfgfiledict)
            if rval != os.EX_OK:
                return rval
        finally:
            self.vartree.dbapi._fs_unlock()

        # These caches are populated during collision-protect and the data
        # they contain is now invalid. It's very important to invalidate
        # the contents_inodes cache so that FEATURES=unmerge-orphans
        # doesn't unmerge anything that belongs to this package that has
        # just been merged.
        for dblnk in others_in_slot:
            dblnk._clear_contents_cache()
        self._clear_contents_cache()

        linkmap = self.vartree.dbapi._linkmap
        plib_registry = self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry
        # We initialize preserve_paths to an empty set rather
        # than None here because it plays an important role
        # in prune_plib_registry logic by serving to indicate
        # that we have a replacement for a package that's
        # being unmerged.

        preserve_paths = set()
        needed = None
        if not (self._linkmap_broken or linkmap is None or plib_registry is None):
            self.vartree.dbapi._fs_lock()
            plib_registry.lock()
            try:
                plib_registry.load()
                needed = os.path.join(inforoot, linkmap._needed_aux_key)
                self._linkmap_rebuild(include_file=needed)

                # Preserve old libs if they are still in use
                # TODO: Handle cases where the previous instance
                # has already been uninstalled but it still has some
                # preserved libraries in the registry that we may
                # want to preserve here.
                preserve_paths = self._find_libs_to_preserve()
            finally:
                plib_registry.unlock()
                self.vartree.dbapi._fs_unlock()

            if preserve_paths:
                self._add_preserve_libs_to_contents(preserve_paths)

        # If portage is reinstalling itself, remove the old
        # version now since we want to use the temporary
        # PORTAGE_BIN_PATH that will be removed when we return.
        reinstall_self = False
        if self.myroot == "/" and match_from_list(PORTAGE_PACKAGE_ATOM, [self.mycpv]):
            reinstall_self = True

        emerge_log = self._emerge_log

        # We always autoclean now for the current package-case for simplicity.
        # If it were conditional, we'd always need to do it when any preserved-libs,
        # so that preserve-libs logic doesn't have
        # to account for the additional complexity of the
        # AUTOCLEAN=no mode.
        emerge_log(_(" >>> AUTOCLEAN: %s") % (slot_atom,))

        others_in_slot.append(self)  # self has just been merged
        for dblnk in list(others_in_slot):
            if dblnk is self:
                continue

            showMessage(_(">>> Safely unmerging already-installed instance...\n"))
            emerge_log(_(" === Unmerging... (%s)") % (dblnk.mycpv,))
            others_in_slot.remove(dblnk)  # dblnk will unmerge itself now
            dblnk._linkmap_broken = self._linkmap_broken
            dblnk.settings["REPLACED_BY_VERSION"] = portage.versions.cpv_getversion(
                self.mycpv
            )
            dblnk.settings.backup_changes("REPLACED_BY_VERSION")
            unmerge_rval = dblnk.unmerge(
                ldpath_mtimes=prev_mtimes,
                others_in_slot=others_in_slot,
                needed=needed,
                preserve_paths=preserve_paths,
            )
            dblnk.settings.pop("REPLACED_BY_VERSION", None)

            if unmerge_rval == os.EX_OK:
                emerge_log(_(" >>> unmerge success: %s") % (dblnk.mycpv,))
            else:
                emerge_log(_(" !!! unmerge FAILURE: %s") % (dblnk.mycpv,))

            self.lockdb()
            try:
                # TODO: Check status and abort if necessary.
                dblnk.delete()
            finally:
                self.unlockdb()
            showMessage(_(">>> Original instance of package unmerged safely.\n"))

        # We hold both directory locks.
        self.dbdir = self.dbpkgdir
        self.lockdb()
        try:
            self.delete()
            _movefile(self.dbtmpdir, self.dbpkgdir, mysettings=self.settings)
            self._merged_path(self.dbpkgdir, os.lstat(self.dbpkgdir))
            self.vartree.dbapi._cache_delta.recordEvent(
                "add", self.mycpv, slot, counter
            )
        finally:
            self.unlockdb()

        # Check for file collisions with blocking packages
        # and remove any colliding files from their CONTENTS
        # since they now belong to this package.
        self._clear_contents_cache()
        contents = self.getcontents()
        destroot_len = len(destroot) - 1

        # Avoid lock contention if we aren't going to do any work.
        if blockers:
            self.lockdb()
            try:
                for blocker in blockers:
                    self.vartree.dbapi.removeFromContents(
                        blocker, iter(contents), relative_paths=False
                    )
            finally:
                self.unlockdb()

        plib_registry = self.vartree.dbapi._plib_registry
        if plib_registry:
            self.vartree.dbapi._fs_lock()
            plib_registry.lock()
            try:
                plib_registry.load()

                if preserve_paths:
                    # keep track of the libs we preserved
                    plib_registry.register(
                        self.mycpv, slot, counter, sorted(preserve_paths)
                    )

                # Unregister any preserved libs that this package has overwritten
                # and update the contents of the packages that owned them.
                plib_dict = plib_registry.getPreservedLibs()
                for cpv, paths in plib_collisions.items():
                    if cpv not in plib_dict:
                        continue
                    has_vdb_entry = False
                    if cpv != self.mycpv:
                        # If we've replaced another instance with the
                        # same cpv then the vdb entry no longer belongs
                        # to it, so we'll have to get the slot and counter
                        # from plib_registry._data instead.
                        self.vartree.dbapi.lock()
                        try:
                            try:
                                slot = self.vartree.dbapi._pkg_str(cpv, None).slot
                                counter = self.vartree.dbapi.cpv_counter(cpv)
                            except (KeyError, InvalidData):
                                pass
                            else:
                                has_vdb_entry = True
                                self.vartree.dbapi.removeFromContents(cpv, paths)
                        finally:
                            self.vartree.dbapi.unlock()

                    if not has_vdb_entry:
                        # It's possible for previously unmerged packages
                        # to have preserved libs in the registry, so try
                        # to retrieve the slot and counter from there.
                        has_registry_entry = False
                        for plib_cps, (
                            plib_cpv,
                            plib_counter,
                            plib_paths,
                        ) in plib_registry._data.items():
                            if plib_cpv != cpv:
                                continue
                            try:
                                cp, slot = plib_cps.split(":", 1)
                            except ValueError:
                                continue
                            counter = plib_counter
                            has_registry_entry = True
                            break

                        if not has_registry_entry:
                            continue

                    remaining = [f for f in plib_dict[cpv] if f not in paths]
                    plib_registry.register(cpv, slot, counter, remaining)

                plib_registry.store()
            finally:
                plib_registry.unlock()
                self.vartree.dbapi._fs_unlock()

        self.vartree.dbapi._add(self)
        contents = self.getcontents()

        # do postinst script
        self.settings["PORTAGE_UPDATE_ENV"] = os.path.join(
            self.dbpkgdir, "environment.bz2"
        )
        self.settings.backup_changes("PORTAGE_UPDATE_ENV")
        try:
            phase = EbuildPhase(
                background=False,
                phase="postinst",
                scheduler=self._scheduler,
                settings=self.settings,
            )
            phase.start()
            a = phase.wait()
            if a == os.EX_OK:
                showMessage(_(">>> %s merged.\n") % self.mycpv)
        finally:
            self.settings.pop("PORTAGE_UPDATE_ENV", None)

        if a != os.EX_OK:
            # It's stupid to bail out here, so keep going regardless of
            # phase return code.
            self._postinst_failure = True
            self._elog(
                "eerror",
                "postinst",
                [
                    _("FAILED postinst: %s") % (a,),
                ],
            )

        # Update environment settings, library paths. DO NOT change symlinks.
        # Only do this if we actually installed something.
        if contents:
            env_update(
                target_root=self.settings["ROOT"],
                prev_mtimes=prev_mtimes,
                contents=contents,
                env=self.settings,
                writemsg_level=self._display_merge,
                vardbapi=self.vartree.dbapi,
            )
            self._send_mtimes(prev_mtimes)

        # For gcc upgrades, preserved libs have to be removed after the
        # the library path has been updated.
        self._prune_plib_registry()
        self._post_merge_sync()

        return os.EX_OK

    def _new_backup_path(self, p):
        """
        The works for any type path, such as a regular file, symlink,
        or directory. The parent directory is assumed to exist.
        The returned filename is of the form p + '.backup.' + x, where
        x guarantees that the returned path does not exist yet.
        """
        os = _os_merge

        x = -1
        while True:
            x += 1
            backup_p = "%s.backup.%04d" % (p, x)
            try:
                os.lstat(backup_p)
            except OSError:
                break

        return backup_p

    def _merge_contents(self, srcroot, destroot, cfgfiledict):
        cfgfiledict_orig = cfgfiledict.copy()

        # open CONTENTS file (possibly overwriting old one) for recording
        # Use atomic_ofstream for automatic coercion of raw bytes to
        # unicode, in order to prevent TypeError when writing raw bytes
        # to TextIOWrapper with python2.
        contents_tmp_path = os.path.join(self.dbtmpdir, "CONTENTS")
        outfile = atomic_ofstream(
            contents_tmp_path
            if portage.utf8_mode
            else _unicode_encode(
                contents_tmp_path,
                encoding=_encodings["fs"],
                errors="strict",
            ),
            mode="w",
            encoding=_encodings["repo.content"],
            errors="backslashreplace",
        )

        # Don't bump mtimes on merge since some application require
        # preservation of timestamps.  This means that the unmerge phase must
        # check to see if file belongs to an installed instance in the same
        # slot.
        mymtime = None

        # set umask to 0 for merging; back up umask, save old one in prevmask (since this is a global change)
        prevmask = os.umask(0)
        secondhand = []

        # we do a first merge; this will recurse through all files in our srcroot but also build up a
        # "second hand" of symlinks to merge later
        if self.mergeme(
            srcroot,
            destroot,
            outfile,
            secondhand,
            self.settings["EPREFIX"].lstrip(os.sep),
            cfgfiledict,
            mymtime,
        ):
            return 1

        # now, it's time for dealing our second hand; we'll loop until we can't merge anymore.	The rest are
        # broken symlinks.  We'll merge them too.
        lastlen = 0
        while len(secondhand) and len(secondhand) != lastlen:
            # clear the thirdhand.	Anything from our second hand that
            # couldn't get merged will be added to thirdhand.

            thirdhand = []
            if self.mergeme(
                srcroot, destroot, outfile, thirdhand, secondhand, cfgfiledict, mymtime
            ):
                return 1

            # swap hands
            lastlen = len(secondhand)

            # our thirdhand now becomes our secondhand.  It's ok to throw
            # away secondhand since thirdhand contains all the stuff that
            # couldn't be merged.
            secondhand = thirdhand

        if len(secondhand):
            # force merge of remaining symlinks (broken or circular; oh well)
            if self.mergeme(
                srcroot, destroot, outfile, None, secondhand, cfgfiledict, mymtime
            ):
                return 1

        # restore umask
        os.umask(prevmask)

        # if we opened it, close it
        outfile.flush()
        outfile.close()

        # write out our collection of md5sums
        if cfgfiledict != cfgfiledict_orig:
            cfgfiledict.pop("IGNORE", None)
            try:
                writedict(cfgfiledict, self.vartree.dbapi._conf_mem_file)
            except InvalidLocation:
                self.settings._init_dirs()
                writedict(cfgfiledict, self.vartree.dbapi._conf_mem_file)

        return os.EX_OK

    def mergeme(
        self,
        srcroot,
        destroot,
        outfile,
        secondhand,
        stufftomerge,
        cfgfiledict,
        thismtime,
    ):
        """

        This function handles actual merging of the package contents to the livefs.
        It also handles config protection.

        @param srcroot: Where are we copying files from (usually ${D})
        @type srcroot: String (Path)
        @param destroot: Typically ${ROOT}
        @type destroot: String (Path)
        @param outfile: File to log operations to
        @type outfile: File Object
        @param secondhand: A set of items to merge in pass two (usually
        or symlinks that point to non-existing files that may get merged later)
        @type secondhand: List
        @param stufftomerge: Either a directory to merge, or a list of items.
        @type stufftomerge: String or List
        @param cfgfiledict: { File:mtime } mapping for config_protected files
        @type cfgfiledict: Dictionary
        @param thismtime: None or new mtime for merged files (expressed in seconds
        in Python <3.3 and nanoseconds in Python >=3.3)
        @type thismtime: None or Int
        @rtype: None or Boolean
        @return:
        1. True on failure
        2. None otherwise

        """

        showMessage = self._display_merge
        writemsg = self._display_merge

        os = _os_merge
        sep = os.sep
        join = os.path.join
        srcroot = normalize_path(srcroot).rstrip(sep) + sep
        destroot = normalize_path(destroot).rstrip(sep) + sep
        calc_prelink = "prelink-checksums" in self.settings.features

        protect_if_modified = (
            "config-protect-if-modified" in self.settings.features
            and self._installed_instance is not None
        )

        # this is supposed to merge a list of files.  There will be 2 forms of argument passing.
        if isinstance(stufftomerge, str):
            # A directory is specified.  Figure out protection paths, listdir() it and process it.
            mergelist = [
                join(stufftomerge, child)
                for child in os.listdir(join(srcroot, stufftomerge))
            ]
        else:
            mergelist = stufftomerge[:]

        while mergelist:
            relative_path = mergelist.pop()
            mysrc = join(srcroot, relative_path)
            mydest = join(destroot, relative_path)
            # myrealdest is mydest without the $ROOT prefix (makes a difference if ROOT!="/")
            myrealdest = join(sep, relative_path)
            # stat file once, test using S_* macros many times (faster that way)
            mystat = os.lstat(mysrc)
            mymode = mystat[stat.ST_MODE]
            mymd5 = None
            myto = None

            mymtime = mystat.st_mtime_ns

            if stat.S_ISREG(mymode):
                mymd5 = perform_md5(mysrc, calc_prelink=calc_prelink)
            elif stat.S_ISLNK(mymode):
                # The file name of mysrc and the actual file that it points to
                # will have earlier been forcefully converted to the 'merge'
                # encoding if necessary, but the content of the symbolic link
                # may need to be forcefully converted here.
                myto = _os.readlink(
                    _unicode_encode(
                        mysrc, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict"
                    )
                )
                try:
                    myto = _unicode_decode(
                        myto, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict"
                    )
                except UnicodeDecodeError:
                    myto = _unicode_decode(
                        myto, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="replace"
                    )
                    myto = _unicode_encode(
                        myto, encoding="ascii", errors="backslashreplace"
                    )
                    myto = _unicode_decode(
                        myto, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="replace"
                    )
                    os.unlink(mysrc)
                    os.symlink(myto, mysrc)

                mymd5 = md5(_unicode_encode(myto)).hexdigest()

            protected = False
            if stat.S_ISLNK(mymode) or stat.S_ISREG(mymode):
                protected = self.isprotected(mydest)

                if (
                    stat.S_ISREG(mymode)
                    and mystat.st_size == 0
                    and os.path.basename(mydest).startswith(".keep")
                ):
                    protected = False

            destmd5 = None
            mydest_link = None
            # handy variables; mydest is the target object on the live filesystems;
            # mysrc is the source object in the temporary install dir
            try:
                mydstat = os.lstat(mydest)
                mydmode = mydstat.st_mode
                if protected:
                    if stat.S_ISLNK(mydmode):
                        # Read symlink target as bytes, in case the
                        # target path has a bad encoding.
                        mydest_link = _os.readlink(
                            _unicode_encode(
                                mydest, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict"
                            )
                        )
                        mydest_link = _unicode_decode(
                            mydest_link, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="replace"
                        )

                        # For protection of symlinks, the md5
                        # of the link target path string is used
                        # for cfgfiledict (symlinks are
                        # protected since bug #485598).
                        destmd5 = md5(_unicode_encode(mydest_link)).hexdigest()

                    elif stat.S_ISREG(mydmode):
                        destmd5 = perform_md5(mydest, calc_prelink=calc_prelink)
            except (FileNotFound, OSError) as e:
                if isinstance(e, OSError) and e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                    raise
                # dest file doesn't exist
                mydstat = None
                mydmode = None
                mydest_link = None
                destmd5 = None

            moveme = True
            if protected:
                mydest, protected, moveme = self._protect(
                    cfgfiledict,
                    protect_if_modified,
                    mymd5,
                    myto,
                    mydest,
                    myrealdest,
                    mydmode,
                    destmd5,
                    mydest_link,
                )
                if protected and moveme:
                    mydmode = None

            zing = "!!!"
            if not moveme:
                # confmem rejected this update
                zing = "---"

            if stat.S_ISLNK(mymode):
                # we are merging a symbolic link
                # Pass in the symlink target in order to bypass the
                # os.readlink() call inside abssymlink(), since that
                # call is unsafe if the merge encoding is not ascii
                # or utf_8 (see bug #382021).
                myabsto = abssymlink(mysrc, target=myto)

                if myabsto.startswith(srcroot):
                    myabsto = myabsto[len(srcroot) :]
                myabsto = myabsto.lstrip(sep)
                if self.settings and self.settings["D"]:
                    if myto.startswith(self.settings["D"]):
                        myto = myto[len(self.settings["D"]) - 1 :]
                # myrealto contains the path of the real file to which this symlink points.
                # we can simply test for existence of this file to see if the target has been merged yet
                myrealto = normalize_path(os.path.join(destroot, myabsto))
                if mydmode is not None and stat.S_ISDIR(mydmode):
                    if not protected:
                        # we can't merge a symlink over a directory
                        newdest = self._new_backup_path(mydest)
                        msg = []
                        msg.append("")
                        msg.append(
                            _("Installation of a symlink is blocked by a directory:")
                        )
                        msg.append(f"  '{mydest}'")
                        msg.append(
                            _("This symlink will be merged with a different name:")
                        )
                        msg.append(f"  '{newdest}'")
                        msg.append("")
                        self._eerror("preinst", msg)
                        mydest = newdest
                        mydmode = None

                # if secondhand is None it means we're operating in "force" mode and should not create a second hand.
                if (secondhand is not None) and (not os.path.exists(myrealto)):
                    # either the target directory doesn't exist yet or the target file doesn't exist -- or
                    # the target is a broken symlink.  We will add this file to our "second hand" and merge
                    # it later.
                    secondhand.append(mysrc[len(srcroot) :])
                    continue
                # unlinking no longer necessary; "movefile" will overwrite symlinks atomically and correctly
                if moveme:
                    zing = ">>>"
                    mymtime = movefile(
                        mysrc,
                        mydest,
                        newmtime=thismtime,
                        sstat=mystat,
                        mysettings=self.settings,
                        encoding=_encodings["merge"],
                    )

                try:
                    self._merged_path(mydest, os.lstat(mydest))
                except OSError:
                    pass

                if mymtime is not None:
                    # Use lexists, since if the target happens to be a broken
                    # symlink then that should trigger an independent warning.
                    if not (
                        os.path.lexists(myrealto)
                        or os.path.lexists(join(srcroot, myabsto))
                    ):
                        self._eqawarn(
                            "preinst",
                            [
                                _(
                                    "QA Notice: Symbolic link /%s points to /%s which does not exist."
                                )
                                % (relative_path, myabsto)
                            ],
                        )

                    showMessage(f"{zing} {mydest} -> {myto}\n")
                    outfile.write(
                        self._format_contents_line(
                            node_type="sym",
                            abs_path=myrealdest,
                            symlink_target=myto,
                            mtime_ns=mymtime,
                        )
                    )
                else:
                    showMessage(
                        _("!!! Failed to move file.\n"),
                        level=logging.ERROR,
                        noiselevel=-1,
                    )
                    showMessage(
                        f"!!! {mydest} -> {myto}\n",
                        level=logging.ERROR,
                        noiselevel=-1,
                    )
                    return 1
            elif stat.S_ISDIR(mymode):
                # we are merging a directory
                if mydmode is not None:
                    # destination exists

                    if bsd_chflags:
                        # Save then clear flags on dest.
                        dflags = mydstat.st_flags
                        if dflags != 0:
                            bsd_chflags.lchflags(mydest, 0)

                    if not stat.S_ISLNK(mydmode) and not os.access(mydest, os.W_OK):
                        pkgstuff = pkgsplit(self.pkg)
                        writemsg(
                            _("\n!!! Cannot write to '%s'.\n") % mydest, noiselevel=-1
                        )
                        writemsg(
                            _(
                                "!!! Please check permissions and directories for broken symlinks.\n"
                            )
                        )
                        writemsg(
                            _(
                                "!!! You may start the merge process again by using ebuild:\n"
                            )
                        )
                        writemsg(
                            "!!! ebuild "
                            + self.settings["PORTDIR"]
                            + "/"
                            + self.cat
                            + "/"
                            + pkgstuff[0]
                            + "/"
                            + self.pkg
                            + ".ebuild merge\n"
                        )
                        writemsg(_("!!! And finish by running this: env-update\n\n"))
                        return 1

                    if stat.S_ISDIR(mydmode) or (
                        stat.S_ISLNK(mydmode) and os.path.isdir(mydest)
                    ):
                        # a symlink to an existing directory will work for us; keep it:
                        showMessage(f"--- {mydest}/\n")
                        if bsd_chflags:
                            bsd_chflags.lchflags(mydest, dflags)
                    else:
                        # a non-directory and non-symlink-to-directory.  Won't work for us.  Move out of the way.
                        backup_dest = self._new_backup_path(mydest)
                        msg = []
                        msg.append("")
                        msg.append(
                            _("Installation of a directory is blocked by a file:")
                        )
                        msg.append(f"  '{mydest}'")
                        msg.append(_("This file will be renamed to a different name:"))
                        msg.append(f"  '{backup_dest}'")
                        msg.append("")
                        self._eerror("preinst", msg)
                        if (
                            movefile(
                                mydest,
                                backup_dest,
                                mysettings=self.settings,
                                encoding=_encodings["merge"],
                            )
                            is None
                        ):
                            return 1
                        showMessage(
                            _("bak %s %s.backup\n") % (mydest, mydest),
                            level=logging.ERROR,
                            noiselevel=-1,
                        )
                        # now create our directory
                        try:
                            if self.settings.selinux_enabled():
                                _selinux_merge.mkdir(mydest, mysrc)
                            else:
                                os.mkdir(mydest)
                        except OSError as e:
                            # Error handling should be equivalent to
                            # portage.util.ensure_dirs() for cases
                            # like bug #187518.
                            if e.errno in (errno.EEXIST,):
                                pass
                            elif os.path.isdir(mydest):
                                pass
                            else:
                                raise
                            del e

                        if bsd_chflags:
                            bsd_chflags.lchflags(mydest, dflags)
                        os.chmod(mydest, mystat[0])
                        os.chown(mydest, mystat[4], mystat[5])
                        showMessage(f">>> {mydest}/\n")
                else:
                    try:
                        # destination doesn't exist
                        if self.settings.selinux_enabled():
                            _selinux_merge.mkdir(mydest, mysrc)
                        else:
                            os.mkdir(mydest)
                    except OSError as e:
                        # Error handling should be equivalent to
                        # portage.util.ensure_dirs() for cases
                        # like bug #187518.
                        if e.errno in (errno.EEXIST,):
                            pass
                        elif os.path.isdir(mydest):
                            pass
                        else:
                            raise
                        del e
                    os.chmod(mydest, mystat[0])
                    os.chown(mydest, mystat[4], mystat[5])
                    showMessage(f">>> {mydest}/\n")

                try:
                    self._merged_path(mydest, os.lstat(mydest))
                except OSError:
                    pass

                outfile.write(
                    self._format_contents_line(node_type="dir", abs_path=myrealdest)
                )
                # recurse and merge this directory
                mergelist.extend(
                    join(relative_path, child)
                    for child in os.listdir(join(srcroot, relative_path))
                )

            elif stat.S_ISREG(mymode):
                # we are merging a regular file
                if not protected and mydmode is not None and stat.S_ISDIR(mydmode):
                    # install of destination is blocked by an existing directory with the same name
                    newdest = self._new_backup_path(mydest)
                    msg = []
                    msg.append("")
                    msg.append(
                        _("Installation of a regular file is blocked by a directory:")
                    )
                    msg.append(f"  '{mydest}'")
                    msg.append(_("This file will be merged with a different name:"))
                    msg.append(f"  '{newdest}'")
                    msg.append("")
                    self._eerror("preinst", msg)
                    mydest = newdest
                    mydmode = None

                # whether config protection or not, we merge the new file the
                # same way.  Unless moveme=0 (blocking directory)
                if moveme:
                    # only replace the existing file if it differs, see #722270
                    if self._needs_move(mysrc, mydest, mymode, mydmode):
                        # Create hardlinks only for source files that already exist
                        # as hardlinks (having identical st_dev and st_ino).
                        hardlink_key = (mystat.st_dev, mystat.st_ino)

                        hardlink_candidates = self._hardlink_merge_map.get(hardlink_key)
                        if hardlink_candidates is None:
                            hardlink_candidates = []
                            self._hardlink_merge_map[hardlink_key] = hardlink_candidates

                        mymtime = movefile(
                            mysrc,
                            mydest,
                            newmtime=thismtime,
                            sstat=mystat,
                            mysettings=self.settings,
                            hardlink_candidates=hardlink_candidates,
                            encoding=_encodings["merge"],
                        )
                        if mymtime is None:
                            return 1
                        hardlink_candidates.append(mydest)
                        zing = ">>>"
                    else:
                        mymtime = thismtime if thismtime is not None else mymtime
                        try:
                            os.utime(mydest, ns=(mymtime, mymtime))
                        except OSError:
                            # utime can fail here with EPERM
                            pass
                        zing = "==="

                    try:
                        self._merged_path(mydest, os.lstat(mydest))
                    except OSError:
                        pass

                if mymtime is not None:
                    outfile.write(
                        self._format_contents_line(
                            node_type="obj",
                            abs_path=myrealdest,
                            md5_digest=mymd5,
                            mtime_ns=mymtime,
                        )
                    )
                showMessage(f"{zing} {mydest}\n")
            else:
                # we are merging a fifo or device node
                zing = "!!!"
                if mydmode is None:
                    # destination doesn't exist
                    if (
                        movefile(
                            mysrc,
                            mydest,
                            newmtime=thismtime,
                            sstat=mystat,
                            mysettings=self.settings,
                            encoding=_encodings["merge"],
                        )
                        is not None
                    ):
                        zing = ">>>"

                        try:
                            self._merged_path(mydest, os.lstat(mydest))
                        except OSError:
                            pass

                    else:
                        return 1
                if stat.S_ISFIFO(mymode):
                    outfile.write(
                        self._format_contents_line(node_type="fif", abs_path=myrealdest)
                    )
                else:
                    outfile.write(
                        self._format_contents_line(node_type="dev", abs_path=myrealdest)
                    )
                showMessage(zing + " " + mydest + "\n")

    def _protect(
        self,
        cfgfiledict,
        protect_if_modified,
        src_md5,
        src_link,
        dest,
        dest_real,
        dest_mode,
        dest_md5,
        dest_link,
    ):
        move_me = True
        protected = True
        force = False
        k = False
        if self._installed_instance is not None:
            k = self._installed_instance._match_contents(dest_real)
        if k is not False:
            if dest_mode is None:
                # If the file doesn't exist, then it may
                # have been deleted or renamed by the
                # admin. Therefore, force the file to be
                # merged with a ._cfg name, so that the
                # admin will be prompted for this update
                # (see bug #523684).
                force = True

            elif protect_if_modified:
                data = self._installed_instance.getcontents()[k]
                if data[0] == "obj" and data[2] == dest_md5:
                    protected = False
                elif data[0] == "sym" and data[2] == dest_link:
                    protected = False

        if protected and dest_mode is not None:
            # we have a protection path; enable config file management.
            if src_md5 == dest_md5:
                protected = False

            elif src_md5 == cfgfiledict.get(dest_real, [None])[0]:
                # An identical update has previously been
                # merged.  Skip it unless the user has chosen
                # --noconfmem.
                move_me = protected = bool(cfgfiledict["IGNORE"])

            if (
                protected
                and (dest_link is not None or src_link is not None)
                and dest_link != src_link
            ):
                # If either one is a symlink, and they are not
                # identical symlinks, then force config protection.
                force = True

            if move_me:
                # Merging a new file, so update confmem.
                cfgfiledict[dest_real] = [src_md5]
            elif dest_md5 == cfgfiledict.get(dest_real, [None])[0]:
                # A previously remembered update has been
                # accepted, so it is removed from confmem.
                del cfgfiledict[dest_real]

        if protected and move_me:
            dest = new_protect_filename(
                dest, newmd5=(dest_link or src_md5), force=force
            )

        return dest, protected, move_me

    def _format_contents_line(
        self, node_type, abs_path, md5_digest=None, symlink_target=None, mtime_ns=None
    ):
        fields = [node_type, abs_path]
        if md5_digest is not None:
            fields.append(md5_digest)
        elif symlink_target is not None:
            fields.append(f"-> {symlink_target}")
        if mtime_ns is not None:
            fields.append(str(mtime_ns // 1000000000))
        return f"{' '.join(fields)}\n"

    def _merged_path(self, path, lstatobj, exists=True):
        previous_path = self._device_path_map.get(lstatobj.st_dev)
        if (
            previous_path is None
            or previous_path is False
            or (exists and len(path) < len(previous_path))
        ):
            if exists:
                self._device_path_map[lstatobj.st_dev] = path
            else:
                # This entry is used to indicate that we've unmerged
                # a file from this device, and later, this entry is
                # replaced by a parent directory.
                self._device_path_map[lstatobj.st_dev] = False

    def _post_merge_sync(self):
        """
        Call this after merge or unmerge, in order to sync relevant files to
        disk and avoid data-loss in the event of a power failure. This method
        does nothing if FEATURES=merge-sync is disabled.
        """
        if not self._device_path_map or "merge-sync" not in self.settings.features:
            return

        returncode = None
        if platform.system() == "Linux":
            paths = []
            for path in self._device_path_map.values():
                if path is not False:
                    paths.append(path)
            paths = tuple(paths)

            proc = SyncfsProcess(
                paths=paths, scheduler=(self._scheduler or asyncio._safe_loop())
            )
            proc.start()
            returncode = proc.wait()

        if returncode is None or returncode != os.EX_OK:
            try:
                proc = subprocess.Popen(["sync"])
            except OSError:
                pass
            else:
                proc.wait()

    @_slot_locked
    def merge(
        self,
        mergeroot,
        inforoot,
        myroot=None,
        myebuild=None,
        cleanup=0,
        mydbapi=None,
        prev_mtimes=None,
        counter=None,
    ):
        """
        @param myroot: ignored, self._eroot is used instead
        """
        myroot = None
        retval = -1
        parallel_install = "parallel-install" in self.settings.features
        if not parallel_install:
            self.lockdb()
        self.vartree.dbapi._bump_mtime(self.mycpv)
        if self._scheduler is None:
            self._scheduler = SchedulerInterface(asyncio._safe_loop())
        try:
            retval = self.treewalk(
                mergeroot,
                myroot,
                inforoot,
                myebuild,
                cleanup=cleanup,
                mydbapi=mydbapi,
                prev_mtimes=prev_mtimes,
                counter=counter,
            )

            # If PORTAGE_BUILDDIR doesn't exist, then it probably means
            # fail-clean is enabled, and the success/die hooks have
            # already been called by EbuildPhase.
            if os.path.isdir(self.settings["PORTAGE_BUILDDIR"]):
                if retval == os.EX_OK:
                    phase = "success_hooks"
                else:
                    phase = "die_hooks"

                ebuild_phase = MiscFunctionsProcess(
                    background=False,
                    commands=[phase],
                    scheduler=self._scheduler,
                    settings=self.settings,
                )
                ebuild_phase.start()
                ebuild_phase.wait()
                self._elog_process()

                # Keep the build dir around if postinst fails (bug #704866)
                if (
                    not self._postinst_failure
                    and "noclean" not in self.settings.features
                    and (retval == os.EX_OK or "fail-clean" in self.settings.features)
                ):
                    if myebuild is None:
                        myebuild = os.path.join(inforoot, self.pkg + ".ebuild")

                    doebuild_environment(
                        myebuild, "clean", settings=self.settings, db=mydbapi
                    )
                    phase = EbuildPhase(
                        background=False,
                        phase="clean",
                        scheduler=self._scheduler,
                        settings=self.settings,
                    )
                    phase.start()
                    phase.wait()
        finally:
            self.settings.pop("REPLACING_VERSIONS", None)
            if self.vartree.dbapi._linkmap is None:
                # preserve-libs is entirely disabled
                pass
            else:
                self.vartree.dbapi._linkmap._clear_cache()
            self.vartree.dbapi._bump_mtime(self.mycpv)
            if not parallel_install:
                self.unlockdb()

        if retval == os.EX_OK and self._postinst_failure:
            retval = portage.const.RETURNCODE_POSTINST_FAILURE

        return retval

    def getstring(self, name):
        "returns contents of a file with whitespace converted to spaces"
        if not os.path.exists(self.dbdir + "/" + name):
            return ""
        with open(
            _unicode_encode(
                os.path.join(self.dbdir, name),
                encoding=_encodings["fs"],
                errors="strict",
            ),
            encoding=_encodings["repo.content"],
            errors="replace",
        ) as f:
            mydata = f.read().split()
        return " ".join(mydata)

    def copyfile(self, fname):
        shutil.copyfile(fname, self.dbdir + "/" + os.path.basename(fname))

    def getfile(self, fname):
        if not os.path.exists(self.dbdir + "/" + fname):
            return ""
        with open(
            _unicode_encode(
                os.path.join(self.dbdir, fname),
                encoding=_encodings["fs"],
                errors="strict",
            ),
            encoding=_encodings["repo.content"],
            errors="replace",
        ) as f:
            return f.read()

    def setfile(self, fname, data):
        kwargs = {}
        if fname == "environment.bz2" or not isinstance(data, str):
            kwargs["mode"] = "wb"
        else:
            kwargs["mode"] = "w"
            kwargs["encoding"] = _encodings["repo.content"]
        write_atomic(os.path.join(self.dbdir, fname), data, **kwargs)

    def getelements(self, ename):
        if not os.path.exists(self.dbdir + "/" + ename):
            return []
        with open(
            _unicode_encode(
                os.path.join(self.dbdir, ename),
                encoding=_encodings["fs"],
                errors="strict",
            ),
            encoding=_encodings["repo.content"],
            errors="replace",
        ) as f:
            mylines = f.readlines()
        myreturn = []
        for x in mylines:
            for y in x[:-1].split():
                myreturn.append(y)
        return myreturn

    def setelements(self, mylist, ename):
        with open(
            _unicode_encode(
                os.path.join(self.dbdir, ename),
                encoding=_encodings["fs"],
                errors="strict",
            ),
            mode="w",
            encoding=_encodings["repo.content"],
            errors="backslashreplace",
        ) as f:
            for x in mylist:
                f.write(f"{x}\n")

    def isregular(self):
        "Is this a regular package (does it have a CATEGORY file?  A dblink can be virtual *and* regular)"
        return os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.dbdir, "CATEGORY"))

    def _pre_merge_backup(self, backup_dblink, downgrade):
        if "unmerge-backup" in self.settings.features or (
            downgrade and "downgrade-backup" in self.settings.features
        ):
            return self._quickpkg_dblink(backup_dblink, False, None)

        return os.EX_OK

    def _pre_unmerge_backup(self, background):
        if "unmerge-backup" in self.settings.features:
            logfile = None
            if self.settings.get("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND") != "subprocess":
                logfile = self.settings.get("PORTAGE_LOG_FILE")
            return self._quickpkg_dblink(self, background, logfile)

        return os.EX_OK

    def _quickpkg_dblink(self, backup_dblink, background, logfile):
        build_time = backup_dblink.getfile("BUILD_TIME")
        try:
            build_time = int(build_time.strip())
        except ValueError:
            build_time = 0

        trees = QueryCommand.get_db()[self.settings["EROOT"]]
        bintree = trees["bintree"]

        for binpkg in reversed(bintree.dbapi.match(f"={backup_dblink.mycpv}")):
            if binpkg.build_time == build_time:
                return os.EX_OK

        self.lockdb()
        try:
            if not backup_dblink.exists():
                # It got unmerged by a concurrent process.
                return os.EX_OK

            # Call quickpkg for support of QUICKPKG_DEFAULT_OPTS and stuff.
            quickpkg_binary = os.path.join(
                self.settings["PORTAGE_BIN_PATH"], "quickpkg"
            )

            if not os.access(quickpkg_binary, os.X_OK):
                # If not running from the source tree, use PATH.
                quickpkg_binary = find_binary("quickpkg")
                if quickpkg_binary is None:
                    self._display_merge(
                        _("%s: command not found") % "quickpkg",
                        level=logging.ERROR,
                        noiselevel=-1,
                    )
                    return 127

            # Let quickpkg inherit the global vartree config's env.
            env = dict(self.vartree.settings.items())
            env["__PORTAGE_INHERIT_VARDB_LOCK"] = "1"

            pythonpath = [x for x in env.get("PYTHONPATH", "").split(":") if x]
            if not pythonpath or not os.path.samefile(pythonpath[0], portage._pym_path):
                pythonpath.insert(0, portage._pym_path)
            env["PYTHONPATH"] = ":".join(pythonpath)

            quickpkg_proc = SpawnProcess(
                args=[
                    portage._python_interpreter,
                    quickpkg_binary,
                    f"={backup_dblink.mycpv}",
                ],
                background=background,
                env=env,
                scheduler=self._scheduler,
                logfile=logfile,
            )
            quickpkg_proc.start()

            return quickpkg_proc.wait()

        finally:
            self.unlockdb()

    def _needs_move(self, mysrc, mydest, mymode, mydmode):
        """
        Checks whether the given file at |mysrc| needs to be moved to |mydest| or if
        they are identical.

        Takes file mode and extended attributes into account.
        Should only be used for regular files.
        """
        if mydmode is None or not stat.S_ISREG(mydmode) or mymode != mydmode:
            return True

        src_bytes = _unicode_encode(mysrc, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict")
        dest_bytes = _unicode_encode(mydest, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict")

        if "xattr" in self.settings.features:
            excluded_xattrs = self.settings.get("PORTAGE_XATTR_EXCLUDE", "")
            if not _cmpxattr(src_bytes, dest_bytes, exclude=excluded_xattrs):
                return True

        return not filecmp.cmp(src_bytes, dest_bytes, shallow=False)


def merge(
    mycat,
    mypkg,
    pkgloc,
    infloc,
    myroot=None,
    settings=None,
    myebuild=None,
    mytree=None,
    mydbapi=None,
    vartree=None,
    prev_mtimes=None,
    blockers=None,
    scheduler=None,
    fd_pipes=None,
):
    """
    @param myroot: ignored, settings['EROOT'] is used instead
    """
    myroot = None
    if settings is None:
        raise TypeError("settings argument is required")
    if not os.access(settings["EROOT"], os.W_OK):
        writemsg(
            _("Permission denied: access('%s', W_OK)\n") % settings["EROOT"],
            noiselevel=-1,
        )
        return errno.EACCES
    background = settings.get("PORTAGE_BACKGROUND") == "1"
    merge_task = MergeProcess(
        mycat=mycat,
        mypkg=mypkg,
        settings=settings,
        treetype=mytree,
        vartree=vartree,
        scheduler=(scheduler or asyncio._safe_loop()),
        background=background,
        blockers=blockers,
        pkgloc=pkgloc,
        infloc=infloc,
        myebuild=myebuild,
        mydbapi=mydbapi,
        prev_mtimes=prev_mtimes,
        logfile=settings.get("PORTAGE_LOG_FILE"),
        fd_pipes=fd_pipes,
    )
    merge_task.start()
    retcode = merge_task.wait()
    return retcode


def unmerge(
    cat,
    pkg,
    myroot=None,
    settings=None,
    mytrimworld=None,
    vartree=None,
    ldpath_mtimes=None,
    scheduler=None,
):
    """
    @param myroot: ignored, settings['EROOT'] is used instead
    @param mytrimworld: ignored
    """
    myroot = None
    if settings is None:
        raise TypeError("settings argument is required")
    mylink = dblink(
        cat,
        pkg,
        settings=settings,
        treetype="vartree",
        vartree=vartree,
        scheduler=scheduler,
    )
    vartree = mylink.vartree
    parallel_install = "parallel-install" in settings.features
    if not parallel_install:
        mylink.lockdb()
    try:
        if mylink.exists():
            retval = mylink.unmerge(ldpath_mtimes=ldpath_mtimes)
            if retval == os.EX_OK:
                mylink.lockdb()
                try:
                    mylink.delete()
                finally:
                    mylink.unlockdb()
            return retval
        return os.EX_OK
    finally:
        if vartree.dbapi._linkmap is None:
            # preserve-libs is entirely disabled
            pass
        else:
            vartree.dbapi._linkmap._clear_cache()
        if not parallel_install:
            mylink.unlockdb()


def write_contents(contents, root, f):
    """
    Write contents to any file like object. The file will be left open.
    """
    root_len = len(root) - 1
    for filename in sorted(contents):
        entry_data = contents[filename]
        entry_type = entry_data[0]
        relative_filename = filename[root_len:]
        if entry_type == "obj":
            entry_type, mtime, md5sum = entry_data
            line = f"{entry_type} {relative_filename} {md5sum} {mtime}\n"
        elif entry_type == "sym":
            entry_type, mtime, link = entry_data
            line = f"{entry_type} {relative_filename} -> {link} {mtime}\n"
        else:  # dir, dev, fif
            line = f"{entry_type} {relative_filename}\n"
        f.write(line)


def tar_contents(contents, root, tar, protect=None, onProgress=None, xattrs=False):
    os = _os_merge
    encoding = _encodings["merge"]

    try:
        for x in contents:
            _unicode_encode(x, encoding=_encodings["merge"], errors="strict")
    except UnicodeEncodeError:
        # The package appears to have been merged with a
        # different value of sys.getfilesystemencoding(),
        # so fall back to utf_8 if appropriate.
        try:
            for x in contents:
                _unicode_encode(x, encoding=_encodings["fs"], errors="strict")
        except UnicodeEncodeError:
            pass
        else:
            os = portage.os
            encoding = _encodings["fs"]

    tar.encoding = encoding
    root = normalize_path(root).rstrip(os.path.sep) + os.path.sep
    id_strings = {}
    maxval = len(contents)
    curval = 0
    if onProgress:
        onProgress(maxval, 0)
    paths = list(contents)
    paths.sort()
    for path in paths:
        curval += 1
        try:
            lst = os.lstat(path)
        except OSError as e:
            if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                raise
            del e
            if onProgress:
                onProgress(maxval, curval)
            continue
        contents_type = contents[path][0]
        if path.startswith(root):
            arcname = "./" + path[len(root) :]
        else:
            raise ValueError(f"invalid root argument: '{root}'")
        live_path = path
        if (
            "dir" == contents_type
            and not stat.S_ISDIR(lst.st_mode)
            and os.path.isdir(live_path)
        ):
            # Even though this was a directory in the original ${D}, it exists
            # as a symlink to a directory in the live filesystem.  It must be
            # recorded as a real directory in the tar file to ensure that tar
            # can properly extract it's children.
            live_path = os.path.realpath(live_path)
            lst = os.lstat(live_path)

        # Since os.lstat() inside TarFile.gettarinfo() can trigger a
        # UnicodeEncodeError when python has something other than utf_8
        # return from sys.getfilesystemencoding() (as in bug #388773),
        # we implement the needed functionality here, using the result
        # of our successful lstat call. An alternative to this would be
        # to pass in the fileobj argument to TarFile.gettarinfo(), so
        # that it could use fstat instead of lstat. However, that would
        # have the unwanted effect of dereferencing symlinks.

        tarinfo = tar.tarinfo()
        tarinfo.name = arcname
        tarinfo.mode = lst.st_mode
        tarinfo.uid = lst.st_uid
        tarinfo.gid = lst.st_gid
        tarinfo.size = 0
        tarinfo.mtime = lst.st_mtime
        tarinfo.linkname = ""
        if stat.S_ISREG(lst.st_mode):
            inode = (lst.st_ino, lst.st_dev)
            if (
                lst.st_nlink > 1
                and inode in tar.inodes
                and arcname != tar.inodes[inode]
            ):
                tarinfo.type = tarfile.LNKTYPE
                tarinfo.linkname = tar.inodes[inode]
            else:
                tar.inodes[inode] = arcname
                tarinfo.type = tarfile.REGTYPE
                tarinfo.size = lst.st_size
        elif stat.S_ISDIR(lst.st_mode):
            tarinfo.type = tarfile.DIRTYPE
        elif stat.S_ISLNK(lst.st_mode):
            tarinfo.type = tarfile.SYMTYPE
            tarinfo.linkname = os.readlink(live_path)
        else:
            continue
        try:
            tarinfo.uname = pwd.getpwuid(tarinfo.uid)[0]
        except KeyError:
            pass
        try:
            tarinfo.gname = grp.getgrgid(tarinfo.gid)[0]
        except KeyError:
            pass

        if stat.S_ISREG(lst.st_mode):
            if protect and protect(path):
                # Create an empty file as a place holder in order to avoid
                # potential collision-protect issues.
                f = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
                f.write(
                    _unicode_encode(
                        "# empty file because --include-config=n "
                        + "when `quickpkg` was used\n"
                    )
                )
                f.flush()
                f.seek(0)
                tarinfo.size = os.fstat(f.fileno()).st_size
                tar.addfile(tarinfo, f)
                f.close()
            else:
                path_bytes = _unicode_encode(path, encoding=encoding, errors="strict")

                if xattrs:
                    # Compatible with GNU tar, which saves the xattrs
                    # under the SCHILY.xattr namespace.
                    for k in xattr.list(path_bytes):
                        tarinfo.pax_headers[
                            "SCHILY.xattr." + _unicode_decode(k)
                        ] = _unicode_decode(xattr.get(path_bytes, _unicode_encode(k)))

                with open(path_bytes, "rb") as f:
                    tar.addfile(tarinfo, f)

        else:
            tar.addfile(tarinfo)
        if onProgress:
            onProgress(maxval, curval)
