Use APT syntax for name version delimitation and not a colon.

install_and_cache_pkgs.sh

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ manifest_main=""
 log "Package list:"
 for package in ${packages}; do
   read package_name package_ver < <(get_package_name_ver "${package}")
-  manifest_main="${manifest_main}${package_name}:${package_ver},"  
+  manifest_main="${manifest_main}${package_name}=${package_ver},"  
-  log "- ${package_name}:${package_ver}"
+  log "- ${package_name} (${package_ver})"
 done
 write_manifest "main" "${manifest_main}" "${cache_dir}/manifest_main.log"
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ log_empty_line
 
 log "Installing apt-fast for optimized installs..."
 # Install apt-fast for optimized installs.
-/bin/bash -c "$(curl -sL https://git.io/vokNn)"
+# /bin/bash -c "$(curl -sL https://git.io/vokNn)"
 log "done"
 
 log_empty_line
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ manifest_all=""
 install_log_filepath="${cache_dir}/install.log"
 
 log "Clean installing ${package_count} packages..."
-apt_syntax_packages="$(convert_action_to_apt_syntax_packages "${packages}")"
 # Zero interaction while installing or upgrading the system via apt.
-sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-fast --yes install ${apt_syntax_packages} > "${install_log_filepath}"
+sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-fast --yes install ${packages} > "${install_log_filepath}"
 log "done"
 log "Installation log written to ${install_log_filepath}"
 
@@ -77,7 +76,8 @@ log_empty_line
 installed_packages=$(get_installed_packages "${install_log_filepath}")
 log "Installed package list:"
 for installed_package in ${installed_packages}; do
-  log "- ${installed_package}"
+  # Reformat for human friendly reading.  
+  log "- $(echo ${installed_package} | awk -F\= '{print $1" ("$2")"}')"
 done
 
 log_empty_line
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ for installed_package in ${installed_packages}; do
   fi
 
   # Comma delimited name:ver pairs in the all packages manifest.
-  manifest_all="${manifest_all}${package_name}:${package_ver},"
+  manifest_all="${manifest_all}${package_name}=${package_ver},"
 done
 log "done (total cache size $(du -h ${cache_dir} | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}'))"
 

lib.sh

@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-###############################################################################
-# Convert the APT syntax package (= delimited) to action syntax package
-# (: delimited).
-# Arguments:
-#   APT syntax package, with or without version.
-# Returns:
-#   Action syntax package, with or without version.
-###############################################################################
-function convert_action_to_apt_syntax_packages() {
-  echo ${1} | sed 's/:/=/g'
-}
-
 ###############################################################################
 # Execute the Debian install script.
 # Arguments:
@@ -23,7 +11,7 @@ function convert_action_to_apt_syntax_packages() {
 #   Filepath of the install script, otherwise an empty string.
 ###############################################################################
 function execute_install_script {
-  local package_name=$(basename ${2} | awk -F\: '{print $1}')  
+  local package_name=$(basename ${2} | awk -F\= '{print $1}')  
   local install_script_filepath=$(\
     get_install_script_filepath "${1}" "${package_name}" "${3}")
   if test ! -z "${install_script_filepath}"; then
@@ -67,7 +55,7 @@ function get_installed_packages {
   while read -r line; do
     # ${regex} should be unquoted since it isn't a literal.
     if [[ "${line}" =~ ${regex} ]]; then
-      dep_packages="${dep_packages}${BASH_REMATCH[1]}:${BASH_REMATCH[4]} "      
+      dep_packages="${dep_packages}${BASH_REMATCH[1]}=${BASH_REMATCH[4]} "      
     else
       log_err "Unable to parse package name and version from \"${line}\""
       exit 2
@@ -89,13 +77,13 @@ function get_installed_packages {
 ###############################################################################
 function get_package_name_ver {
   local ORIG_IFS="${IFS}"
-  IFS=\: read name ver <<< "${1}"
+  IFS=\= read name ver <<< "${1}"
+  IFS="${ORIG_IFS}"
   # If version not found in the fully qualified package value.
   if test -z "${ver}"; then
     ver="$(grep "Version:" <<< "$(apt-cache show ${name})" | awk '{print $2}')"
   fi
-  echo "${name}" "${ver}"
+  echo "${name}" "${ver}"  
-  IFS="${ORIG_IFS}"
 }
 
 ###############################################################################

pre_cache_action.sh

@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ log_empty_line
 versioned_packages=""
 log "Verifying packages..."
 for package in ${packages}; do
-  apt_syntax_package=$(convert_action_to_apt_syntax_packages ${package})
+  if test ! "$(apt-cache show ${package})"; then
-  if test ! "$(apt-cache show ${apt_syntax_package})"; then
     echo "aborted"
     log "Package '${package}' not found." >&2
     exit 5
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ log "- Normalized package list is '${normalized_versioned_packages}'."
 
 # Forces an update in cases where an accidental breaking change was introduced
 # and a global cache reset is required.
-force_update_inc="0"
+force_update_inc="1"
 
 value="${normalized_versioned_packages} @ ${version} ${force_update_inc}"
 log "- Value to hash is '${value}'."