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+#!/bin/sh
+
+export $PATH=$PATH:.
+set -x # xtrace
+set -e # errexit
+
+echo "beta functionality test script for testing remote repos"
+echo "working directory:" `pwd`
+echo "cleaning destination dir: tmp"
+rm -rf tmp
+#echo "*** repository tests"
+pisi-cli add-repo pardus ftp://ftp.uludag.org.tr/pub/pisi/binary/system/base/pisi-index.xml 
+pisi-cli update-repo pardus
+pisi-cli list-repo
+
+#echo "*** package ops"
+pisi-cli list-available
+pisi-cli info python
+pisi-cli install python
+
+echo "*** database contents"
+for x in `find tmp -iname '*.bdb'`; do
+    echo "contents of database " $x;
+    tools/cat-db.py $x;
+done