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|  * @brief Binary package file unpacking routines | ||||
|  * @defgroup unpack Binary package file unpacking functions | ||||
|  * | ||||
|  * The following image shows a proplib dictionary returned in a transaction, | ||||
|  * by xbps_repository_get_transaction_dict(): | ||||
|  * Unpacking a binary package involves the following steps: | ||||
|  *  - Its <b>pre-install</b> target in the INSTALL script is executed | ||||
|  *    (if available). | ||||
|  *  - Metadata files are extracted. | ||||
|  *  - All other kind of files on archive are extracted. | ||||
|  *  - Handles configuration files by taking care of updating them with | ||||
|  *    new versions if necessary and to not overwrite modified ones. | ||||
|  *  - If it's an <b>essential</b> package, files from installed package are | ||||
|  *    compared with new package and obsolete files are removed. | ||||
|  *  - Finally its state is set to XBPS_PKG_STATE_UNPACKED. | ||||
|  * | ||||
|  * The following image shown below represents a transaction dictionary | ||||
|  * returned by xbps_repository_get_transaction_dict(): | ||||
|  * | ||||
|  * @image html images/xbps_transaction_dictionary.png | ||||
|  * | ||||
|  * Legend: | ||||
|  *   - <b>Salmon bg box</b>: The transaction dictionary. | ||||
|  *   - <b>White bg box</b>: mandatory objects. | ||||
|  *   - <b>Grey bg box</b>: optional objects. | ||||
|  *   - <b>Green bg box</b>: possible value set in the object, only one of them | ||||
|  *     will be set. | ||||
|  *   - <b>Salmon filled box</b>: The transaction dictionary. | ||||
|  *   - <b>White filled box</b>: mandatory objects. | ||||
|  *   - <b>Grey filled box</b>: optional objects. | ||||
|  *   - <b>Green filled box</b>: possible value set in the object, only one of | ||||
|  *     them is set. | ||||
|  * | ||||
|  * Text inside of white boxes are the key associated with the object, its | ||||
|  * data type is specified on its edge, i.e string, array, integer, dictionary. | ||||
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