2 files changed, 65 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/test/libapt/makefile b/test/libapt/makefile
index 5e225f240..953e455e0 100644
--- a/test/libapt/makefile
+++ b/test/libapt/makefile
@@ -93,8 +93,15 @@ SLIBS = -lapt-pkg
 SOURCE = cdromreducesourcelist_test.cc
 include $(PROGRAM_H)
 
-# text IndexCopy::ConvertToSourceList
+# test IndexCopy::ConvertToSourceList
 PROGRAM = IndexCopyToSourceList${BASENAME}
 SLIBS = -lapt-pkg
 SOURCE = indexcopytosourcelist_test.cc
 include $(PROGRAM_H)
+
+# test tagfile
+PROGRAM = PkgTagFile${BASENAME}
+SLIBS = -lapt-pkg
+SOURCE = tagfile_test.cc
+include $(PROGRAM_H)
+
diff --git a/test/libapt/tagfile_test.cc b/test/libapt/tagfile_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e2144f99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libapt/tagfile_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include <apt-pkg/fileutl.h>
+#include <apt-pkg/tagfile.h>
+
+#include "assert.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+char *tempfile = NULL;
+int tempfile_fd = -1;
+
+void remove_tmpfile(void)
+{
+   if (tempfile_fd > 0)
+      close(tempfile_fd);
+   if (tempfile != NULL) {
+      unlink(tempfile);
+      free(tempfile);
+   }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+   FileFd fd;
+   const char contents[] = "FieldA-12345678: the value of the field";
+   atexit(remove_tmpfile);
+   tempfile = strdup("apt-test.XXXXXXXX");
+   tempfile_fd = mkstemp(tempfile);
+
+   /* (Re-)Open (as FileFd), write and seek to start of the temp file */
+   equals(fd.OpenDescriptor(tempfile_fd, FileFd::ReadWrite), true);
+   equals(fd.Write(contents, strlen(contents)), true);
+   equals(fd.Seek(0), true);
+
+   pkgTagFile tfile(&fd);
+   pkgTagSection section;
+   equals(tfile.Step(section), true);
+  
+   /* It has one field */
+   equals(section.Count(), 1);
+
+   /* ... and it is called FieldA-12345678 */
+   equals(section.Exists("FieldA-12345678"), true);
+
+   /* its value is correct */
+   equals(section.FindS("FieldA-12345678"), std::string("the value of the field"));
+   /* A non-existent field has an empty string as value */
+   equals(section.FindS("FieldB-12345678"), std::string());
+
+   /* ... and Exists does not lie about missing fields... */
+   equalsNot(section.Exists("FieldB-12345678"), true); 
+
+   /* There is only one section in this tag file */
+   equals(tfile.Step(section), false);
+
+   /* clean up handled by atexit handler, so just return here */
+   return 0;
+}