Add an alpm_db_get_valid() public function

This allows one to check if a database is valid or invalid.

Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index 33707dd3..b702c030 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -382,6 +382,14 @@ int alpm_db_unregister_all(alpm_handle_t *handle);
  */
 const char *alpm_db_get_name(const alpm_db_t *db);
 
+/** Check the validity of a database.
+ * This is most useful for sync databases and verifying signature status.
+ * If invalid, the handle error code will be set accordingly.
+ * @param db pointer to the package database
+ * @return 0 if valid, -1 if invalid (pm_errno is set accordingly)
+ */
+int alpm_db_get_valid(alpm_db_t *db);
+
 /** @name Accessors to the list of servers for a database.
  * @{
  */