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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SSTATE_DIR=""
+BB_HASHCLIENT=""
+BB_HASHSERVER=""
+
+ALIVE_DB_MARK="alive"
+CLEAN_DB="false"
+
+function help() {
+ cat <<HELP_TEXT
+Usage: $0 --sstate-dir path --hashclient path --hashserver-address address [--mark value] [--clean-db]
+
+Auxiliary script remove unused or no longer relevant entries from the hashequivalence database, based
+on the files available on the sstate directory.
+
+ -h | --help) Show this help message and exit
+ -s | --sstate-dir) Path to the sstate dir
+ -c | --hashclient) Path to bitbake-hashclient
+ -a | --hashserver-adress) bitbake-hashserver address
+ -m | --mark) Marker string to mark database entries
+ --clean-db) Remove all unmarked and unused entries from the database
+HELP_TEXT
+}
+
+function argument_parser() {
+ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+ case "$1" in
+ -h | --help) help; exit 0 ;;
+ -s | --sstate-dir) SSTATE_DIR="$2"; shift ;;
+ -c | --hashclient) BB_HASHCLIENT="$2"; shift ;;
+ -a | --hashserver-address) BB_HASHSERVER="$2"; shift ;;
+ -m | --mark) ALIVE_DB_MARK="$2"; shift ;;
+ --clean-db) CLEAN_DB="true";;
+ *)
+ echo "Argument '$1' is not supported" >&2
+ help >&2
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+ shift
+ done
+
+ function validate_mandatory_argument() {
+ local var_value="$1"
+ local error_message="$2"
+
+ if [ -z "$var_value" ]; then
+ echo "$error_message"
+ help >&2
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ }
+
+ validate_mandatory_argument "$SSTATE_DIR" "Please provide the path to the sstate dir."
+ validate_mandatory_argument "$BB_HASHCLIENT" "Please provide the path to bitbake-hashclient."
+ validate_mandatory_argument "$BB_HASHSERVER" "Please provide the address of bitbake-hashserver."
+}
+
+# -- main code --
+argument_parser $@
+
+# Mark all db sstate hashes
+find "$SSTATE_DIR" -name "*.tar.zst" | \
+sed 's/.*:\([^_]*\)_.*/unihash \1/' | \
+$BB_HASHCLIENT --address "$BB_HASHSERVER" gc-mark-stream "${ALIVE_DB_MARK}"
+
+# Remove unmarked and unused entries
+if [ "$CLEAN_DB" = "true" ]; then
+ $BB_HASHCLIENT --address "$BB_HASHSERVER" gc-sweep "${ALIVE_DB_MARK}"
+ $BB_HASHCLIENT --address "$BB_HASHSERVER" clean-unused 0
+fi
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