Add a --comment option to record Comment: in history

Suggested-by: mhoye on IRC

5 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
index ecedb8cd5..8cadd2712 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
@@ -1087,6 +1087,8 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::OpenLog()
       std::string RequestingUser = AptHistoryRequestingUser();
       if (RequestingUser != "")
          WriteHistoryTag("Requested-By", RequestingUser);
+      if (auto comment = _config->Find("APT::History::Comment"); not comment.empty())
+	 WriteHistoryTag("Comment", comment);
       WriteHistoryTag("Install", install);
       WriteHistoryTag("Reinstall", reinstall);
       WriteHistoryTag("Upgrade", upgrade);
diff --git a/apt-private/private-cmndline.cc b/apt-private/private-cmndline.cc
index 3a8cc6b1d..5d4eeb5cb 100644
--- a/apt-private/private-cmndline.cc
+++ b/apt-private/private-cmndline.cc
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ static bool addArgumentsAPTGet(std::vector<CommandLine::Args> &Args, char const
       addArg(0, "solver", "APT::Solver", CommandLine::HasArg);
       addArg(0, "strict-pinning", "APT::Solver::Strict-Pinning", 0);
       addArg(0, "planner", "APT::Planner", CommandLine::HasArg);
+      addArg(0, "comment", "APT::History::Comment", CommandLine::HasArg);
       addArg('U', "update", "APT::Update", 0);
       if (CmdMatches("upgrade"))
       {
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index f1089f5d6..7d0ccece7 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -416,6 +416,11 @@
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::List-Columns</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry><term><option>--comment</option></term>
+         <listitem><para>Add the given value to the <literal>Comment:</literal> field in history.log
+     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::History::Comment</literal>.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term>
                    <term><option>--host-architecture</option></term>
      <listitem><para>This option controls the architecture packages are built for
diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index feadca8d2..6723a48da 100644
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -903,3 +903,5 @@ APT::Color::Show::Package "<STRING>";
 
 update-manager::always-include-phased-updates "<BOOL>";
 update-manager::never-include-phased-updates "<BOOL>";
+
+apt::history::comment "<STRING>";
diff --git a/test/integration/test-history b/test/integration/test-history
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..47829e162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/test-history
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+TESTDIR="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$0")")"
+. "$TESTDIR/framework"
+setupenvironment
+configarchitecture 'amd64'
+
+buildsimplenativepackage 'pkg1' 'amd64' '1' 'stable'
+buildsimplenativepackage 'pkg2' 'amd64' '1' 'stable'
+
+
+setupaptarchive
+
+cathistory() {
+    sed rootdir/var/log/apt/history.log -re 's/^(Commandline|Start-Date|End-Date):.*/\1: dummy/'
+}
+
+
+testsuccess aptget install pkg1
+
+testequal "
+Start-Date: dummy
+Commandline: dummy
+Install: pkg1:amd64 (1)
+End-Date: dummy" cathistory
+
+testsuccess aptget install pkg2 --comment="A test comment"
+
+testequal "
+Start-Date: dummy
+Commandline: dummy
+Install: pkg1:amd64 (1)
+End-Date: dummy
+
+Start-Date: dummy
+Commandline: dummy
+Comment: A test comment
+Install: pkg2:amd64 (1)
+End-Date: dummy" cathistory