From 9da07a667a769d30be1841b39e29ae5f8e95d3e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 11:26:17 -0500
Subject: only keep newest packages

---
 wit.go | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/wit.go b/wit.go
index 756b774..ebc3fc5 100644
--- a/wit.go
+++ b/wit.go
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/fhelp"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 func (m *Machine) IsInstalled(name string) bool {
@@ -52,6 +55,22 @@ func (m *Machine) FindVersion(name string) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (m *Machine) FindInstalledPackage(check *Package) *Package {
+	/*
+		for p := range m.Packages.IterByName() {
+			if (check.Name == p.Name) && (check.Version == p.Version) {
+				return p
+			}
+		}
+	*/
+	for p := range m.Wit.IterByName() {
+		if (check.Name == p.Name) && (check.Version == p.Version) {
+			return p
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // looks to see if any package matches a name and version
 // if version == "", return the first name found
 func (m *Machine) FindByVersion(name string, version string) *Package {
@@ -93,6 +112,29 @@ func (m *Machine) InitWitMirrors() error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// adds the package if the name isn't there
+// if it's newer, remove the old package and use the new one
+func (all *Packages) AddIfNewer(p *Package) {
+	check := all.FindByName(p.Name)
+	if check == nil {
+		all.Append(p)
+		return
+	}
+	v1, _ := fhelp.NewDebVersion(check.Version)
+	v2, _ := fhelp.NewDebVersion(p.Version)
+	if v1.Equal(v2) {
+		// log.Info("do nothing", v1, v2)
+		return
+	}
+	if v1.LessThan(v2) {
+		log.Info("removing", v1, "using", v2)
+		all.Delete(check)
+		all.Append(p)
+	} else {
+		log.Info("keeping", v1, "got:", v2)
+	}
+}
+
 // breaks up the apt list file into sections
 // then sends each section to be processed
 // and added to zoopb.Machine.Wit
@@ -108,7 +150,7 @@ func (m *Machine) scanPackageListFile(filename string) error {
 		line := scanner.Text()
 		if line == "" {
 			p := parsePackageInfo(debInfo)
-			m.Wit.Append(p)
+			m.Wit.AddIfNewer(p)
 			debInfo = ""
 		}
 		debInfo += line + "\n"
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