apk: add --force-reinstall option
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Allow reinstalling already-installed packages without a version change.
Only the named packages are reinstalled, not their dependencies.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
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Felix Fietkau 2026-03-08 15:32:00 +00:00
parent 56bf67d474
commit 91cff1a6d3
2 changed files with 49 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
PKG_NAME:=apk
PKG_RELEASE:=1
PKG_RELEASE:=2
PKG_SOURCE_URL=https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/apk-tools.git
PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git

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@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 13:41:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add: add --force-reinstall option
Allow reinstalling already-installed packages without a version change.
Only the named packages are reinstalled, not their dependencies.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
---
--- a/src/app_add.c
+++ b/src/app_add.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct add_ctx {
OPT(OPT_ADD_initdb, "initdb") \
OPT(OPT_ADD_latest, APK_OPT_SH("l") "latest") \
OPT(OPT_ADD_no_chown, "no-chown") \
+ OPT(OPT_ADD_reinstall, "force-reinstall") \
OPT(OPT_ADD_upgrade, APK_OPT_SH("u") "upgrade") \
OPT(OPT_ADD_usermode, "usermode") \
OPT(OPT_ADD_virtual, APK_OPT_ARG APK_OPT_SH("t") "virtual")
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ static int add_parse_option(void *ctx, s
case OPT_ADD_latest:
actx->solver_flags |= APK_SOLVERF_LATEST;
break;
+ case OPT_ADD_reinstall:
+ actx->solver_flags |= APK_SOLVERF_REINSTALL;
+ break;
case OPT_ADD_upgrade:
actx->solver_flags |= APK_SOLVERF_UPGRADE;
break;
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ static int add_main(void *ctx, struct ap
apk_deps_add(&world, &dep);
apk_solver_set_name_flags(dep.name,
actx->solver_flags,
- actx->solver_flags);
+ actx->solver_flags & ~APK_SOLVERF_REINSTALL);
}
}
if (actx->virtpkg) {
@@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ static int add_main(void *ctx, struct ap
apk_deps_add(&world, &virtdep);
apk_solver_set_name_flags(virtdep.name,
actx->solver_flags,
- actx->solver_flags);
+ actx->solver_flags & ~APK_SOLVERF_REINSTALL);
}
r = apk_solver_commit(db, 0, world);