Added "install-date" object to pkg's pkgdb dictionary, make xbps-bin(8) print it.

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+xbps-0.16.5 (???):
+
+ * libxbps: at package register time a new string object in pkgdb is added
+   "install-date" that records the package installation date with the following
+   strftime(3) format: "%F %R %Z".
+
+ * xbps-bin(8): the 'show' target now prints some objects from pkgdb if found:
+   "install-date" and "automatic-install".
+
 xbps-0.16.4 (2012-07-10):
 
  * Imported proplib 0.6.1 from http://code.google.com/p/portableproplib.

bin/xbps-bin/show-info-files.c

@@ -39,12 +39,27 @@ show_pkg_info_from_metadir(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 			   const char *pkgname,
 			   const char *option)
 {
-	prop_dictionary_t d;
+	prop_dictionary_t d, pkgdb_d;
+	const char *instdate;
+	bool autoinst;
 
 	d = xbps_dictionary_from_metadata_plist(xhp, pkgname, XBPS_PKGPROPS);
 	if (d == NULL)
 		return EINVAL;
 
+	pkgdb_d = xbps_pkgdb_get_pkgd(xhp, pkgname, false);
+	if (pkgdb_d == NULL) {
+		prop_object_release(d);
+		return EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(pkgdb_d,
+	    "install-date", &instdate))
+		prop_dictionary_set_cstring_nocopy(d, "install-date",
+		    instdate);
+
+	if (prop_dictionary_get_bool(pkgdb_d, "automatic-install", &autoinst))
+		prop_dictionary_set_bool(d, "automatic-install", autoinst);
+
 	if (option == NULL)
 		show_pkg_info(d);
 	else

include/xbps_api.h

@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
  */
 #define XBPS_PKGINDEX_VERSION	"1.5"
 
-#define XBPS_API_VERSION	"20120710"
-#define XBPS_VERSION		"0.16.4"
+#define XBPS_API_VERSION	"20120711"
+#define XBPS_VERSION		"0.16.5"
 
 /**
  * @def XBPS_RELVER

lib/package_register.c

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "xbps_api_impl.h"
 
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ xbps_register_pkg(struct xbps_handle *xhp, prop_dictionary_t pkgrd, bool flush)
 {
 	prop_dictionary_t pkgd = NULL;
 	prop_array_t provides, reqby;
+	char outstr[64];
+	time_t t;
+	struct tm *tmp;
 	const char *pkgname, *version, *desc, *pkgver;
 	int rv = 0;
 	bool autoinst = false;
@@ -110,6 +114,28 @@ xbps_register_pkg(struct xbps_handle *xhp, prop_dictionary_t pkgrd, bool flush)
 		rv = EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
+	/*
+	 * Set the "install-date" object to know the pkg installation date.
+	 */
+	t = time(NULL);
+	if ((tmp = localtime(&t)) == NULL) {
+		xbps_dbg_printf(xhp, "%s: localtime failed: %s\n",
+		    pkgname, strerror(errno));
+		rv = EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	if (strftime(outstr, sizeof(outstr)-1, "%F %R %Z", tmp) == 0) {
+		xbps_dbg_printf(xhp, "%s: strftime failed: %s\n",
+		    pkgname, strerror(errno));
+		rv = EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	if (!prop_dictionary_set_cstring(pkgd, "install-date", outstr)) {
+		xbps_dbg_printf(xhp, "%s: install-date set failed!\n", pkgname);
+		rv = EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (provides) {
 		if (!prop_dictionary_set(pkgd, "provides", provides)) {
 			xbps_dbg_printf(xhp,