Remove transaction type

This basically started with this change :

 /* Transaction */
 struct __pmtrans_t {
-       pmtranstype_t type;
        pmtransflag_t flags;
        pmtransstate_t state;
-       alpm_list_t *packages;      /* list of (pmpkg_t *) */
+       alpm_list_t *add;      /* list of (pmpkg_t *) */
+       alpm_list_t *remove;      /* list of (pmpkg_t *) */

And then I have to modify all the code accordingly.

15 files changed, 355 insertions, 505 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index 86355007..1609c5c3 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ int _alpm_add_loadtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, char *name)
 
 	/* check if an older version of said package is already in transaction
 	 * packages.  if so, replace it in the list */
-	for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+	for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 		pmpkg_t *transpkg = i->data;
 		if(strcmp(transpkg->name, pkgname) == 0) {
 			if(alpm_pkg_vercmp(transpkg->version, pkgver) < 0) {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int _alpm_add_loadtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, char *name)
 	}
 
 	/* add the package to the transaction */
-	trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, pkg);
+	trans->add = alpm_list_add(trans->add, pkg);
 
 	return(0);
 
@@ -99,91 +99,6 @@ error:
 	return(-1);
 }
 
-static int upgrade_remove(pmpkg_t *oldpkg, pmpkg_t *newpkg, pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db) {
-	/* this is kinda odd.  If the old package exists, at this point we make a
-	 * NEW transaction, unrelated to handle->trans, and instantiate a "remove"
-	 * with the type PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVEUPGRADE. TODO: kill this weird
-	 * behavior. */
-	pmtrans_t *tr = _alpm_trans_new();
-
-	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
-
-	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing old package first (%s-%s)\n",
-			oldpkg->name, oldpkg->version);
-
-	if(!tr) {
-		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_ABORT, -1);
-	}
-
-	if(_alpm_trans_init(tr, PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVEUPGRADE, trans->flags,
-				NULL, NULL, NULL) == -1) {
-		_alpm_trans_free(tr);
-		tr = NULL;
-		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_ABORT, -1);
-	}
-
-	if(_alpm_remove_loadtarget(tr, db, newpkg->name) == -1) {
-		_alpm_trans_free(tr);
-		tr = NULL;
-		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_ABORT, -1);
-	}
-
-	/* copy the remove skiplist over */
-	tr->skip_remove = alpm_list_strdup(trans->skip_remove);
-	const alpm_list_t *b;
-
-	/* Add files in the NEW backup array to the NoUpgrade array
-	 * so this removal operation doesn't kill them */
-	alpm_list_t *old_noupgrade = alpm_list_strdup(handle->noupgrade);
-	/* old package backup list */
-	alpm_list_t *filelist = alpm_pkg_get_files(newpkg);
-	for(b = alpm_pkg_get_backup(newpkg); b; b = b->next) {
-		char *backup = _alpm_backup_file(b->data);
-		/* safety check (fix the upgrade026 pactest) */
-		if(!alpm_list_find_str(filelist, backup)) {
-			FREE(backup);
-			continue;
-		}
-		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding %s to the NoUpgrade array temporarily\n",
-				backup);
-		handle->noupgrade = alpm_list_add(handle->noupgrade,
-				backup);
-	}
-
-	/* TODO: we could also add files in the OLD backup array, but this would
-	 * change the backup handling behavior, and break several pactests, and we
-	 * can't do this just before 3.1 release.
-	 * The unlink_file function in remove.c would also need to be reviewed. */
-#if 0
-	/* new package backup list */
-	for(b = alpm_pkg_get_backup(oldpkg); b; b = b->next) {
-		char *backup = _alpm_backup_file(b->data);
-		/* make sure we don't add duplicate entries */
-		if(!alpm_list_find_ptr(handle->noupgrade, backup)) {
-			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding %s to the NoUpgrade array temporarily\n",
-					backup);
-			handle->noupgrade = alpm_list_add(handle->noupgrade,
-					backup);
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-
-	int ret = _alpm_remove_commit(tr, db);
-
-	_alpm_trans_free(tr);
-	tr = NULL;
-
-	/* restore our "NoUpgrade" list to previous state */
-	FREELIST(handle->noupgrade);
-	handle->noupgrade = old_noupgrade;
-
-	if(ret == -1) {
-		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_ABORT, -1);
-	}
-
-	return(0);
-}
-
 static int extract_single_file(struct archive *archive,
 		struct archive_entry *entry, pmpkg_t *newpkg, pmpkg_t *oldpkg,
 		pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
@@ -606,8 +521,9 @@ static int commit_single_pkg(pmpkg_t *newpkg, int pkg_current, int pkg_count,
 
 	if(oldpkg) {
 		/* set up fake remove transaction */
-		int ret = upgrade_remove(oldpkg, newpkg, trans, db);
-		if(ret != 0) {
+		if(_alpm_upgraderemove_package(oldpkg, newpkg, trans) == -1) {
+			pm_errno = PM_ERR_TRANS_ABORT;
+			ret = -1;
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 	}
@@ -783,15 +699,15 @@ int _alpm_upgrade_packages(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_NULL, -1));
 
-	if(trans->packages == NULL) {
+	if(trans->add == NULL) {
 		return(0);
 	}
 
-	pkg_count = alpm_list_count(trans->packages);
+	pkg_count = alpm_list_count(trans->add);
 	pkg_current = 1;
 
 	/* loop through our package list adding/upgrading one at a time */
-	for(targ = trans->packages; targ; targ = targ->next) {
+	for(targ = trans->add; targ; targ = targ->next) {
 		if(handle->trans->state == STATE_INTERRUPTED) {
 			return(0);
 		}
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index a08e2247..661df453 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg);
 alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_replaces(pmpkg_t *pkg);
 alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_files(pmpkg_t *pkg);
 alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_backup(pmpkg_t *pkg);
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_removes(pmpkg_t *pkg);
 pmdb_t *alpm_pkg_get_db(pmpkg_t *pkg);
 void *alpm_pkg_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg);
 size_t alpm_pkg_changelog_read(void *ptr, size_t size,
@@ -263,13 +262,6 @@ pmpkg_t *alpm_sync_newversion(pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync);
  * Transactions
  */
 
-/* Types */
-typedef enum _pmtranstype_t {
-	PM_TRANS_TYPE_UPGRADE = 1,
-	PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVE,
-	PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVEUPGRADE,
-	PM_TRANS_TYPE_SYNC
-} pmtranstype_t;
 
 /* Flags */
 typedef enum _pmtransflag_t {
@@ -403,14 +395,16 @@ typedef void (*alpm_trans_cb_conv)(pmtransconv_t, void *, void *,
 /* Transaction Progress callback */
 typedef void (*alpm_trans_cb_progress)(pmtransprog_t, const char *, int, int, int);
 
-pmtranstype_t alpm_trans_get_type();
 unsigned int alpm_trans_get_flags();
-alpm_list_t * alpm_trans_get_pkgs();
-int alpm_trans_init(pmtranstype_t type, pmtransflag_t flags,
+alpm_list_t * alpm_trans_get_add();
+alpm_list_t * alpm_trans_get_remove();
+int alpm_trans_init(pmtransflag_t flags,
                     alpm_trans_cb_event cb_event, alpm_trans_cb_conv conv,
                     alpm_trans_cb_progress cb_progress);
 int alpm_trans_sysupgrade(int enable_downgrade);
-int alpm_trans_addtarget(char *target);
+int alpm_trans_sync(char *target);
+int alpm_trans_add(char *target);
+int alpm_trans_remove(char *target);
 int alpm_trans_prepare(alpm_list_t **data);
 int alpm_trans_commit(alpm_list_t **data);
 int alpm_trans_interrupt(void);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
index 9bb7b3dc..03a14637 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int checkdbdir(pmdb_t *db)
  * pmdb_t *db;
  * int result;
  * db = alpm_list_getdata(alpm_option_get_syncdbs());
- * if(alpm_trans_init(PM_TRANS_TYPE_SYNC, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL) == 0) {
+ * if(alpm_trans_init(0, NULL, NULL, NULL) == 0) {
  *     result = alpm_db_update(0, db);
  *     alpm_trans_release();
  *
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(int force, pmdb_t *db)
 	 */
 	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
 	ASSERT(handle->trans->state == STATE_INITIALIZED, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_INITIALIZED, -1));
-	ASSERT(handle->trans->type == PM_TRANS_TYPE_SYNC, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_TYPE, -1));
 
 	if(!alpm_list_find_ptr(handle->dbs_sync, db)) {
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_NOT_FOUND, -1);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/conflict.c b/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
index be97f004..e934c01e 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(pmdb_t *db, pmtrans_t *trans,
 					/* skip removal of file, but not add. this will prevent a second
 					 * package from removing the file when it was already installed
 					 * by its new owner (whether the file is in backup array or not */
-					trans->skip_remove = alpm_list_add(trans->skip_remove, strdup(path));
+					trans->skip_remove = alpm_list_add(trans->skip_remove, strdup(filestr));
 					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "file changed packages, adding to remove skiplist: %s\n", filestr);
 					resolved_conflict = 1;
 				}
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.c b/lib/libalpm/package.c
index 2e0d0dfd..de171661 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.c
@@ -423,13 +423,6 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_backup(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	return pkg->backup;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_removes(pmpkg_t *pkg)
-{
-	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return(NULL));
-
-	return(pkg->removes);
-}
-
 pmdb_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_db(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index aa6a5cc7..4bebe3e5 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_loadtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, char *name)
 		targ = name;
 	}
 
-	if(_alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, targ)) {
+	if(_alpm_pkg_find(trans->remove, targ)) {
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_DUP_TARGET, -1);
 	}
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_loadtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, char *name)
 	}
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding %s in the targets list\n", info->name);
-	trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, _alpm_pkg_dup(info));
+	trans->remove = alpm_list_add(trans->remove, _alpm_pkg_dup(info));
 
 	return(0);
 }
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ static void remove_prepare_cascade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db,
 			pmdepmissing_t *miss = (pmdepmissing_t *)i->data;
 			pmpkg_t *info = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db, miss->target);
 			if(info) {
-				if(!_alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, alpm_pkg_get_name(info))) {
+				if(!_alpm_pkg_find(trans->remove, alpm_pkg_get_name(info))) {
 					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "pulling %s in the targets list\n",
 							alpm_pkg_get_name(info));
-					trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, _alpm_pkg_dup(info));
+					trans->remove = alpm_list_add(trans->remove, _alpm_pkg_dup(info));
 				}
 			} else {
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not find %s in database -- skipping\n"),
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static void remove_prepare_cascade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db,
 		}
 		alpm_list_free_inner(lp, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_depmiss_free);
 		alpm_list_free(lp);
-		lp = alpm_checkdeps(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db), 1, trans->packages, NULL);
+		lp = alpm_checkdeps(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db), 1, trans->remove, NULL);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ static void remove_prepare_keep_needed(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db,
 		for(i = lp; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmdepmissing_t *miss = (pmdepmissing_t *)i->data;
 			void *vpkg;
-			pmpkg_t *pkg = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, miss->causingpkg);
+			pmpkg_t *pkg = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->remove, miss->causingpkg);
 			if(pkg == NULL) {
 				continue;
 			}
-			trans->packages = alpm_list_remove(trans->packages, pkg, _alpm_pkg_cmp,
+			trans->remove = alpm_list_remove(trans->remove, pkg, _alpm_pkg_cmp,
 					&vpkg);
 			pkg = vpkg;
 			if(pkg) {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void remove_prepare_keep_needed(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db,
 		}
 		alpm_list_free_inner(lp, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_depmiss_free);
 		alpm_list_free(lp);
-		lp = alpm_checkdeps(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db), 1, trans->packages, NULL);
+		lp = alpm_checkdeps(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db), 1, trans->remove, NULL);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -146,21 +146,16 @@ int _alpm_remove_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **data)
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_NULL, -1));
 	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
 
-	/* skip all checks if we are doing this removal as part of an upgrade */
-	if(trans->type == PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVEUPGRADE) {
-		return(0);
-	}
-
 	if((trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSE) && !(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_CASCADE)) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "finding removable dependencies\n");
-		_alpm_recursedeps(db, trans->packages, trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSEALL);
+		_alpm_recursedeps(db, trans->remove, trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSEALL);
 	}
 
 	if(!(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPS)) {
 		EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_CHECKDEPS_START, NULL, NULL);
 
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "looking for unsatisfied dependencies\n");
-		lp = alpm_checkdeps(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db), 1, trans->packages, NULL);
+		lp = alpm_checkdeps(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db), 1, trans->remove, NULL);
 		if(lp != NULL) {
 
 			if(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_CASCADE) {
@@ -183,15 +178,15 @@ int _alpm_remove_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 	/* re-order w.r.t. dependencies */
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "sorting by dependencies\n");
-	lp = _alpm_sortbydeps(trans->packages, 1);
+	lp = _alpm_sortbydeps(trans->remove, 1);
 	/* free the old alltargs */
-	alpm_list_free(trans->packages);
-	trans->packages = lp;
+	alpm_list_free(trans->remove);
+	trans->remove = lp;
 
 	/* -Rcs == -Rc then -Rs */
 	if((trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_CASCADE) && (trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSE)) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "finding removable dependencies\n");
-		_alpm_recursedeps(db, trans->packages, trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSEALL);
+		_alpm_recursedeps(db, trans->remove, trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSEALL);
 	}
 
 	if(!(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPS)) {
@@ -201,13 +196,13 @@ int _alpm_remove_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **data)
 	return(0);
 }
 
-static int can_remove_file(pmtrans_t *trans, const char *path)
+static int can_remove_file(const char *path, alpm_list_t *skip)
 {
 	char file[PATH_MAX+1];
 
 	snprintf(file, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", handle->root, path);
 
-	if(alpm_list_find_str(trans->skip_remove, file)) {
+	if(alpm_list_find_str(skip, file)) {
 		/* return success because we will never actually remove this file */
 		return(1);
 	}
@@ -228,7 +223,7 @@ static int can_remove_file(pmtrans_t *trans, const char *path)
 
 /* Helper function for iterating through a package's file and deleting them
  * Used by _alpm_remove_commit. */
-static void unlink_file(pmpkg_t *info, char *filename, pmtrans_t *trans)
+static void unlink_file(pmpkg_t *info, char *filename, alpm_list_t *skip_remove, int nosave)
 {
 	struct stat buf;
 	char file[PATH_MAX+1];
@@ -237,13 +232,13 @@ static void unlink_file(pmpkg_t *info, char *filename, pmtrans_t *trans)
 
 	snprintf(file, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", handle->root, filename);
 
-	if(trans->type == PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVEUPGRADE) {
-		/* check noupgrade */
-		if(alpm_list_find_str(handle->noupgrade, filename)) {
-			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "Skipping removal of '%s' due to NoUpgrade\n",
-					file);
-			return;
-		}
+	/* check the remove skip list before removing the file.
+	 * see the big comment block in db_find_fileconflicts() for an
+	 * explanation. */
+	if(alpm_list_find_str(skip_remove, filename)) {
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "%s is in skip_remove, skipping removal\n",
+				file);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	/* we want to do a lstat here, and not a _alpm_lstat.
@@ -263,19 +258,10 @@ static void unlink_file(pmpkg_t *info, char *filename, pmtrans_t *trans)
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing directory %s\n", file);
 		}
 	} else {
-		/* check the remove skip list before removing the file.
-		 * see the big comment block in db_find_fileconflicts() for an
-		 * explanation. */
-		if(alpm_list_find_str(trans->skip_remove, file)) {
-			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "%s is in trans->skip_remove, skipping removal\n",
-					file);
-			return;
-		}
-
 		/* if the file needs backup and has been modified, back it up to .pacsave */
 		char *pkghash = _alpm_needbackup(filename, alpm_pkg_get_backup(info));
 		if(pkghash) {
-			if(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOSAVE) {
+			if(nosave) {
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "transaction is set to NOSAVE, not backing up '%s'\n", file);
 				FREE(pkghash);
 			} else {
@@ -303,7 +289,69 @@ static void unlink_file(pmpkg_t *info, char *filename, pmtrans_t *trans)
 	}
 }
 
-int _alpm_remove_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
+int _alpm_upgraderemove_package(pmpkg_t *oldpkg, pmpkg_t *newpkg, pmtrans_t *trans)
+{
+	alpm_list_t *skip_remove, *b;
+	alpm_list_t *newfiles, *lp;
+	alpm_list_t *files = alpm_pkg_get_files(oldpkg);
+	const char *pkgname = alpm_pkg_get_name(oldpkg);
+
+	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
+
+	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing old package first (%s-%s)\n",
+			oldpkg->name, oldpkg->version);
+
+	/* copy the remove skiplist over */
+	skip_remove =
+		alpm_list_join(alpm_list_strdup(trans->skip_remove),alpm_list_strdup(handle->noupgrade));
+	/* Add files in the NEW backup array to the skip_remove array
+	 * so this removal operation doesn't kill them */
+	/* old package backup list */
+	alpm_list_t *filelist = alpm_pkg_get_files(newpkg);
+	for(b = alpm_pkg_get_backup(newpkg); b; b = b->next) {
+		char *backup = _alpm_backup_file(b->data);
+		/* safety check (fix the upgrade026 pactest) */
+		if(!alpm_list_find_str(filelist, backup)) {
+			FREE(backup);
+			continue;
+		}
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding %s to the skip_remove array\n", backup);
+		skip_remove = alpm_list_add(skip_remove, backup);
+	}
+
+	for(lp = files; lp; lp = lp->next) {
+		if(!can_remove_file(lp->data, skip_remove)) {
+			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "not removing package '%s', can't remove all files\n",
+					pkgname);
+			RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_CANT_REMOVE, -1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* iterate through the list backwards, unlinking files */
+	newfiles = alpm_list_reverse(files);
+	for(lp = newfiles; lp; lp = alpm_list_next(lp)) {
+		unlink_file(oldpkg, lp->data, skip_remove, 0);
+	}
+	alpm_list_free(newfiles);
+	FREELIST(skip_remove);
+
+	/* remove the package from the database */
+	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "updating database\n");
+	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing database entry '%s'\n", pkgname);
+	if(_alpm_db_remove(handle->db_local, oldpkg) == -1) {
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not remove database entry %s-%s\n"),
+				pkgname, alpm_pkg_get_version(oldpkg));
+	}
+	/* remove the package from the cache */
+	if(_alpm_db_remove_pkgfromcache(handle->db_local, oldpkg) == -1) {
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not remove entry '%s' from cache\n"),
+				pkgname);
+	}
+
+	return(0);
+}
+
+int _alpm_remove_packages(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 {
 	pmpkg_t *info;
 	alpm_list_t *targ, *lp;
@@ -314,12 +362,11 @@ int _alpm_remove_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_NULL, -1));
 	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
 
-	pkg_count = alpm_list_count(trans->packages);
+	pkg_count = alpm_list_count(trans->remove);
 
-	for(targ = trans->packages; targ; targ = targ->next) {
+	for(targ = trans->remove; targ; targ = targ->next) {
 		int position = 0;
 		char scriptlet[PATH_MAX];
-		alpm_list_t *files;
 		info = (pmpkg_t*)targ->data;
 		const char *pkgname = NULL;
 
@@ -332,23 +379,21 @@ int _alpm_remove_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 		snprintf(scriptlet, PATH_MAX, "%s%s-%s/install", db->path,
 						 pkgname, alpm_pkg_get_version(info));
 
-		if(trans->type != PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVEUPGRADE) {
-			EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_REMOVE_START, info, NULL);
-			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing package %s-%s\n",
-								pkgname, alpm_pkg_get_version(info));
+		EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_REMOVE_START, info, NULL);
+		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing package %s-%s\n",
+				pkgname, alpm_pkg_get_version(info));
 
-			/* run the pre-remove scriptlet if it exists  */
-			if(alpm_pkg_has_scriptlet(info) && !(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOSCRIPTLET)) {
-				_alpm_runscriptlet(handle->root, scriptlet, "pre_remove",
-				                   alpm_pkg_get_version(info), NULL, trans);
-			}
+		/* run the pre-remove scriptlet if it exists  */
+		if(alpm_pkg_has_scriptlet(info) && !(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOSCRIPTLET)) {
+			_alpm_runscriptlet(handle->root, scriptlet, "pre_remove",
+					alpm_pkg_get_version(info), NULL, trans);
 		}
 
-		files = alpm_pkg_get_files(info);
 
 		if(!(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_DBONLY)) {
+			alpm_list_t *files = alpm_pkg_get_files(info);
 			for(lp = files; lp; lp = lp->next) {
-				if(!can_remove_file(trans, lp->data)) {
+				if(!can_remove_file(lp->data, NULL)) {
 					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "not removing package '%s', can't remove all files\n",
 					          pkgname);
 					RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_CANT_REMOVE, -1);
@@ -363,7 +408,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 			/* iterate through the list backwards, unlinking files */
 			newfiles = alpm_list_reverse(files);
 			for(lp = newfiles; lp; lp = alpm_list_next(lp)) {
-				unlink_file(info, lp->data, trans);
+				unlink_file(info, lp->data, NULL, trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOSAVE);
 
 				/* update progress bar after each file */
 				percent = (double)position / (double)filenum;
@@ -379,12 +424,10 @@ int _alpm_remove_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 		PROGRESS(trans, PM_TRANS_PROGRESS_REMOVE_START, pkgname, 100,
 		         pkg_count, (pkg_count - alpm_list_count(targ) + 1));
 
-		if(trans->type != PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVEUPGRADE) {
-			/* run the post-remove script if it exists  */
-			if(alpm_pkg_has_scriptlet(info) && !(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOSCRIPTLET)) {
-				_alpm_runscriptlet(handle->root, scriptlet, "post_remove",
-													 alpm_pkg_get_version(info), NULL, trans);
-			}
+		/* run the post-remove script if it exists  */
+		if(alpm_pkg_has_scriptlet(info) && !(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOSCRIPTLET)) {
+			_alpm_runscriptlet(handle->root, scriptlet, "post_remove",
+					alpm_pkg_get_version(info), NULL, trans);
 		}
 
 		/* remove the package from the database */
@@ -400,16 +443,11 @@ int _alpm_remove_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 			          pkgname);
 		}
 
-		/* call a done event if this isn't an upgrade */
-		if(trans->type != PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVEUPGRADE) {
-			EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_REMOVE_DONE, info, NULL);
-		}
+		EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_REMOVE_DONE, info, NULL);
 	}
 
 	/* run ldconfig if it exists */
-	if(trans->type != PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVEUPGRADE) {
-		_alpm_ldconfig(handle->root);
-	}
+	_alpm_ldconfig(handle->root);
 
 	return(0);
 }
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.h b/lib/libalpm/remove.h
index 716fbf72..9697f8c3 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.h
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
 
 int _alpm_remove_loadtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, char *name);
 int _alpm_remove_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **data);
-int _alpm_remove_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db);
+int _alpm_remove_packages(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db);
+
+int _alpm_upgraderemove_package(pmpkg_t *oldpkg, pmpkg_t *newpkg, pmtrans_t *trans);
+
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_REMOVE_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index a738d1b8..d676778b 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "alpm.h"
 #include "dload.h"
 #include "delta.h"
+#include "remove.h"
 
 /** Check for new version of pkg in sync repos
  * (only the first occurrence is considered in sync)
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_s
 	for(i = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db_local); i; i = i->next) {
 		pmpkg_t *lpkg = i->data;
 
-		if(_alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, lpkg->name)) {
+		if(_alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, lpkg->name)) {
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "%s is already in the target list -- skipping\n", lpkg->name);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_s
 					} else {
 						_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding package %s-%s to the transaction targets\n",
 												spkg->name, spkg->version);
-						trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, spkg);
+						trans->add = alpm_list_add(trans->add, spkg);
 					}
 				} else if(cmp < 0) {
 					if(enable_downgrade) {
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_s
 						} else {
 							_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s: downgrading from version %s to version %s\n"),
 											lpkg->name, lpkg->version, spkg->version);
-							trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, spkg);
+							trans->add = alpm_list_add(trans->add, spkg);
 						}
 					} else {
 						_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s: local (%s) is newer than %s (%s)\n"),
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_s
 						}
 
 						/* If spkg is already in the target list, we append lpkg to spkg's removes list */
-						pmpkg_t *tpkg = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, spkg->name);
+						pmpkg_t *tpkg = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, spkg->name);
 						if(tpkg) {
 							/* sanity check, multiple repos can contain spkg->name */
 							if(tpkg->origin_data.db != sdb) {
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_s
 							spkg->removes = alpm_list_add(NULL, lpkg);
 							_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding package %s-%s to the transaction targets\n",
 													spkg->name, spkg->version);
-							trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, spkg);
+							trans->add = alpm_list_add(trans->add, spkg);
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sy
 		return(-1);
 	}
 
-	if(_alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg))) {
+	if(_alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg))) {
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_DUP_TARGET, -1);
 	}
 
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sy
 	spkg->reason = PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT;
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding package %s-%s to the transaction targets\n",
 						alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg), alpm_pkg_get_version(spkg));
-	trans->packages = alpm_list_add(trans->packages, spkg);
+	trans->add = alpm_list_add(trans->add, spkg);
 
 	return(0);
 }
@@ -329,8 +330,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 	alpm_list_t *deps = NULL;
 	alpm_list_t *preferred = NULL;
 	alpm_list_t *unresolvable = NULL;
-	alpm_list_t *remove = NULL; /* allow checkdeps usage with trans->packages */
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j;
+	alpm_list_t *remove = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "resolving target's dependencies\n");
 
 		/* build remove list and preferred list for resolvedeps */
-		for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+		for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 			for(j = spkg->removes; j; j = j->next) {
 				remove = alpm_list_add(remove, j->data);
@@ -361,7 +362,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 
 		/* Resolve packages in the transaction one at a time, in addtion
 		   building up a list of packages which could not be resolved. */
-		for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+		for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 			if(_alpm_resolvedeps(db_local, dbs_sync, pkg, preferred,
 						&resolved, remove, data) == -1) {
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 		/* Set DEPEND reason for pulled packages */
 		for(i = resolved; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
-			if(!_alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, pkg->name)) {
+			if(!_alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, pkg->name)) {
 				pkg->reason = PM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND;
 			}
 		}
@@ -411,8 +412,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 		alpm_list_free_inner(unresolvable, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_pkg_free_trans);
 
 		/* re-order w.r.t. dependencies */
-		alpm_list_free(trans->packages);
-		trans->packages = _alpm_sortbydeps(resolved, 0);
+		alpm_list_free(trans->add);
+		trans->add = _alpm_sortbydeps(resolved, 0);
 		alpm_list_free(resolved);
 
 		EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_RESOLVEDEPS_DONE, NULL, NULL);
@@ -426,15 +427,15 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 
 		/* 1. check for conflicts in the target list */
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "check targets vs targets\n");
-		deps = _alpm_innerconflicts(trans->packages);
+		deps = _alpm_innerconflicts(trans->add);
 
 		for(i = deps; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmconflict_t *conflict = i->data;
 			pmpkg_t *rsync, *sync, *sync1, *sync2;
 
 			/* have we already removed one of the conflicting targets? */
-			sync1 = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, conflict->package1);
-			sync2 = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, conflict->package2);
+			sync1 = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, conflict->package1);
+			sync2 = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, conflict->package2);
 			if(!sync1 || !sync2) {
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING,
 					_("removing '%s' from target list because it conflicts with '%s'\n"),
 					rsync->name, sync->name);
-			trans->packages = alpm_list_remove(trans->packages, rsync, _alpm_pkg_cmp, NULL);
+			trans->add = alpm_list_remove(trans->add, rsync, _alpm_pkg_cmp, NULL);
 			_alpm_pkg_free_trans(rsync); /* rsync is not transaction target anymore */
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -485,7 +486,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 
 		/* 2. we check for target vs db conflicts (and resolve)*/
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "check targets vs db and db vs targets\n");
-		deps = _alpm_outerconflicts(db_local, trans->packages);
+		deps = _alpm_outerconflicts(db_local, trans->add);
 
 		for(i = deps; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmconflict_t *conflict = i->data;
@@ -493,7 +494,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			/* if conflict->package2 (the local package) is not elected for removal,
 			   we ask the user */
 			int found = 0;
-			for(j = trans->packages; j && !found; j = j->next) {
+			for(j = trans->add; j && !found; j = j->next) {
 				pmpkg_t *spkg = j->data;
 				if(_alpm_pkg_find(spkg->removes, conflict->package2)) {
 					found = 1;
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "package '%s' conflicts with '%s'\n",
 					conflict->package1, conflict->package2);
 
-			pmpkg_t *sync = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->packages, conflict->package1);
+			pmpkg_t *sync = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, conflict->package1);
 			pmpkg_t *local = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db_local, conflict->package2);
 			int doremove = 0;
 			QUESTION(trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_CONFLICT_PKG, conflict->package1,
@@ -538,16 +539,16 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 	if(!(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPS)) {
 		/* rebuild remove list */
 		alpm_list_free(remove);
-		remove = NULL;
-		for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+		trans->remove = NULL;
+		for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 			for(j = spkg->removes; j; j = j->next) {
-				remove = alpm_list_add(remove, j->data);
+				trans->remove = alpm_list_add(trans->remove, _alpm_pkg_dup(j->data));
 			}
 		}
 
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "checking dependencies\n");
-		deps = alpm_checkdeps(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db_local), 1, remove, trans->packages);
+		deps = alpm_checkdeps(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db_local), 1, trans->remove, trans->add);
 		if(deps) {
 			pm_errno = PM_ERR_UNSATISFIED_DEPS;
 			ret = -1;
@@ -560,7 +561,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 	}
-	for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+	for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 		/* update download size field */
 		pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 		if(compute_download_size(spkg) != 0) {
@@ -570,7 +571,6 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 	}
 
 cleanup:
-	alpm_list_free(remove);
 	alpm_list_free(unresolvable);
 
 	return(ret);
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int apply_deltas(pmtrans_t *trans)
 	int ret = 0;
 	const char *cachedir = _alpm_filecache_setup();
 
-	for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+	for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 		pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 		alpm_list_t *delta_path = spkg->delta_path;
 		alpm_list_t *dlts = NULL;
@@ -717,7 +717,6 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j, *files = NULL;
 	alpm_list_t *deltas = NULL;
-	pmtrans_t *tr_remove = NULL;
 	int replaces = 0;
 	int errors = 0;
 	const char *cachedir = NULL;
@@ -736,7 +735,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 	if(handle->totaldlcb) {
 		off_t total_size = (off_t)0;
 		/* sum up the download size for each package and store total */
-		for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+		for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 			total_size += spkg->download_size;
 		}
@@ -747,7 +746,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 	for(i = handle->dbs_sync; i; i = i->next) {
 		pmdb_t *current = i->data;
 
-		for(j = trans->packages; j; j = j->next) {
+		for(j = trans->add; j; j = j->next) {
 			pmpkg_t *spkg = j->data;
 
 			if(spkg->origin == PKG_FROM_CACHE && current == spkg->origin_data.db) {
@@ -840,7 +839,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 	EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_INTEGRITY_START, NULL, NULL);
 
 	errors = 0;
-	for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
+	for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 		pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 		if(spkg->origin == PKG_FROM_FILE) {
 			continue; /* pkg_load() has been already called, this package is valid */
@@ -868,7 +867,6 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 		}
 		FREE(filepath);
 		pkgfile->reason = spkg->reason; /* copy over install reason */
-		pkgfile->removes = alpm_list_copy(spkg->removes); /* copy over removes list */
 		i->data = pkgfile;
 		_alpm_pkg_free_trans(spkg); /* spkg has been removed from the target list */
 	}
@@ -883,32 +881,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 	trans->state = STATE_COMMITING;
 
-	/* Create remove transaction */
-	tr_remove = _alpm_trans_new();
-	if(tr_remove == NULL) {
-		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not create removal transaction\n"));
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	if(_alpm_trans_init(tr_remove, PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVE, PM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPS, NULL, NULL, NULL) == -1) {
-		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not initialize the removal transaction\n"));
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	/* adding targets to the remove transaction */
-	for(i = trans->packages; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
-		alpm_list_t *j;
-		for(j = spkg->removes; j; j = j->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *pkg = j->data;
-			if(!_alpm_pkg_find(tr_remove->packages, pkg->name)) {
-				if(_alpm_trans_addtarget(tr_remove, pkg->name) == -1) {
-					goto error;
-				}
-				replaces++;
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	replaces = alpm_list_count(trans->remove);
 
 	/* fileconflict check */
 	if(!(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_FORCE)) {
@@ -916,7 +889,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "looking for file conflicts\n");
 		alpm_list_t *conflict = _alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(db_local, trans,
-								    trans->packages, tr_remove->packages);
+								    trans->add, trans->remove);
 		if(conflict) {
 			pm_errno = PM_ERR_FILE_CONFLICTS;
 			if(data) {
@@ -934,14 +907,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 	/* remove conflicting and to-be-replaced packages */
 	if(replaces) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing conflicting and to-be-replaced packages\n");
-		if(_alpm_trans_prepare(tr_remove, data) == -1) {
-			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not prepare removal transaction\n"));
-			goto error;
-		}
 		/* we want the frontend to be aware of commit details */
-		tr_remove->cb_event = trans->cb_event;
-		tr_remove->cb_progress = trans->cb_progress;
-		if(_alpm_trans_commit(tr_remove, NULL) == -1) {
+		if(_alpm_remove_packages(trans, handle->db_local) == -1) {
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not commit removal transaction\n"));
 			goto error;
 		}
@@ -958,7 +925,6 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t **data)
 error:
 	FREELIST(files);
 	alpm_list_free(deltas);
-	_alpm_trans_free(tr_remove);
 	return(ret);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/trans.c b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
index f913ba9e..74ce418a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/trans.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
@@ -52,17 +52,18 @@
  */
 
 /** Initialize the transaction.
- * @param type type of the transaction
  * @param flags flags of the transaction (like nodeps, etc)
  * @param event event callback function pointer
  * @param conv question callback function pointer
  * @param progress progress callback function pointer
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_init(pmtranstype_t type, pmtransflag_t flags,
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_init(pmtransflag_t flags,
                               alpm_trans_cb_event event, alpm_trans_cb_conv conv,
                               alpm_trans_cb_progress progress)
 {
+	pmtrans_t *trans;
+
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
@@ -78,12 +79,20 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_init(pmtranstype_t type, pmtransflag_t flags,
 		}
 	}
 
-	handle->trans = _alpm_trans_new();
-	if(handle->trans == NULL) {
+	trans = _alpm_trans_new();
+	if(trans == NULL) {
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1);
 	}
 
-	return(_alpm_trans_init(handle->trans, type, flags, event, conv, progress));
+	trans->flags = flags;
+	trans->cb_event = event;
+	trans->cb_conv = conv;
+	trans->cb_progress = progress;
+	trans->state = STATE_INITIALIZED;
+
+	handle->trans = trans;
+
+	return(0);
 }
 
 /** Search for packages to upgrade and add them to the transaction.
@@ -100,16 +109,41 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_sysupgrade(int enable_downgrade)
 	trans = handle->trans;
 	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
 	ASSERT(trans->state == STATE_INITIALIZED, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_INITIALIZED, -1));
-	ASSERT(trans->type == PM_TRANS_TYPE_SYNC, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_TYPE, -1));
 
 	return(_alpm_sync_sysupgrade(trans, handle->db_local, handle->dbs_sync, enable_downgrade));
 }
 
-/** Add a target to the transaction.
- * @param target the name of the target to add
+/** Add a file target to the transaction.
+ * @param target the name of the file target to add
+ * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
+ */
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_add(char *target)
+{
+	pmtrans_t *trans;
+
+	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
+
+	/* Sanity checks */
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_HANDLE_NULL, -1));
+	ASSERT(target != NULL && strlen(target) != 0, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
+
+	trans = handle->trans;
+	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
+	ASSERT(trans->state == STATE_INITIALIZED, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_INITIALIZED, -1));
+
+	if(_alpm_add_loadtarget(trans, handle->db_local, target) == -1) {
+		/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_add_loadtarget() */
+		return(-1);
+	}
+
+	return(0);
+}
+
+/** Add a sync target to the transaction.
+ * @param target the name of the sync target to add
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_addtarget(char *target)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_sync(char *target)
 {
 	pmtrans_t *trans;
 
@@ -123,7 +157,61 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_addtarget(char *target)
 	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
 	ASSERT(trans->state == STATE_INITIALIZED, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_INITIALIZED, -1));
 
-	return(_alpm_trans_addtarget(trans, target));
+	if(_alpm_sync_addtarget(trans, handle->db_local, handle->dbs_sync, target) == -1) {
+		/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_sync_loadtarget() */
+		return(-1);
+	}
+
+	return(0);
+}
+
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_remove(char *target)
+{
+	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
+
+	pmtrans_t *trans;
+
+	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
+
+	/* Sanity checks */
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_HANDLE_NULL, -1));
+	ASSERT(target != NULL && strlen(target) != 0, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
+
+	trans = handle->trans;
+	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
+	ASSERT(trans->state == STATE_INITIALIZED, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_INITIALIZED, -1));
+
+	if(_alpm_remove_loadtarget(trans, handle->db_local, target) == -1) {
+		/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_remove_loadtarget() */
+		return(-1);
+	}
+
+	return(0);
+}
+
+static alpm_list_t *check_arch(alpm_list_t *pkgs)
+{
+	alpm_list_t *i;
+	alpm_list_t *invalid = NULL;
+
+	const char *arch = alpm_option_get_arch();
+	if(!arch) {
+		return(NULL);
+	}
+	for(i = pkgs; i; i = i->next) {
+		pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
+		const char *pkgarch = alpm_pkg_get_arch(pkg);
+		if(strcmp(pkgarch,arch) && strcmp(pkgarch,"any")) {
+			char *string;
+			const char *pkgname = alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg);
+			const char *pkgver = alpm_pkg_get_version(pkg);
+			size_t len = strlen(pkgname) + strlen(pkgver) + strlen(pkgarch) + 3;
+			MALLOC(string, len, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, invalid));
+			sprintf(string, "%s-%s-%s", pkgname, pkgver, pkgarch);
+			invalid = alpm_list_add(invalid, string);
+		}
+	}
+	return(invalid);
 }
 
 /** Prepare a transaction.
@@ -133,16 +221,47 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_addtarget(char *target)
  */
 int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_prepare(alpm_list_t **data)
 {
+	pmtrans_t *trans;
+
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	ASSERT(handle != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_HANDLE_NULL, -1));
 	ASSERT(data != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
 
-	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
-	ASSERT(handle->trans->state == STATE_INITIALIZED, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_INITIALIZED, -1));
+	trans = handle->trans;
 
-	return(_alpm_trans_prepare(handle->trans, data));
+	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
+	ASSERT(trans->state == STATE_INITIALIZED, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_INITIALIZED, -1));
+
+	/* If there's nothing to do, return without complaining */
+	if(trans->add == NULL && trans->remove == NULL) {
+		return(0);
+	}
+
+	alpm_list_t *invalid = check_arch(trans->add);
+	if(invalid) {
+		if(data) {
+			*data = invalid;
+		}
+		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_ARCH, -1);
+	}
+
+	if(trans->add == NULL) {
+		if(_alpm_remove_prepare(trans, handle->db_local, data) == -1) {
+			/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_remove_prepare() */
+			return(-1);
+		}
+	}	else {
+		if(_alpm_sync_prepare(trans, handle->db_local, handle->dbs_sync, data) == -1) {
+			/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_sync_prepare() */
+			return(-1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	trans->state = STATE_PREPARED;
+
+	return(0);
 }
 
 /** Commit a transaction.
@@ -152,17 +271,42 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_prepare(alpm_list_t **data)
  */
 int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_commit(alpm_list_t **data)
 {
+	pmtrans_t *trans;
+
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	ASSERT(handle != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_HANDLE_NULL, -1));
 
-	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
-	ASSERT(handle->trans->state == STATE_PREPARED, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_PREPARED, -1));
+	trans = handle->trans;
+
+	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
+	ASSERT(trans->state == STATE_PREPARED, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_PREPARED, -1));
+
+	ASSERT(!(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOLOCK), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_LOCKED, -1));
+
+	/* If there's nothing to do, return without complaining */
+	if(trans->add == NULL && trans->remove == NULL) {
+		return(0);
+	}
+
+	trans->state = STATE_COMMITING;
+
+	if(trans->add == NULL) {
+		if(_alpm_remove_packages(trans, handle->db_local) == -1) {
+			/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_remove_commit() */
+			return(-1);
+		}
+	} else {
+		if(_alpm_sync_commit(trans, handle->db_local, data) == -1) {
+			/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_sync_commit() */
+			return(-1);
+		}
+	}
 
-	ASSERT(!(handle->trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOLOCK), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_LOCKED, -1));
+	trans->state = STATE_COMMITED;
 
-	return(_alpm_trans_commit(handle->trans, data));
+	return(0);
 }
 
 /** Interrupt a transaction.
@@ -247,12 +391,10 @@ void _alpm_trans_free(pmtrans_t *trans)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if(trans->type == PM_TRANS_TYPE_SYNC || trans->type == PM_TRANS_TYPE_UPGRADE) {
-		alpm_list_free_inner(trans->packages, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_pkg_free_trans);
-	} else {
-		alpm_list_free_inner(trans->packages, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_pkg_free);
-	}
-	alpm_list_free(trans->packages);
+	alpm_list_free_inner(trans->add, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_pkg_free_trans);
+	alpm_list_free(trans->add);
+	alpm_list_free_inner(trans->remove, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_pkg_free);
+	alpm_list_free(trans->remove);
 
 	FREELIST(trans->skip_add);
 	FREELIST(trans->skip_remove);
@@ -260,173 +402,6 @@ void _alpm_trans_free(pmtrans_t *trans)
 	FREE(trans);
 }
 
-int _alpm_trans_init(pmtrans_t *trans, pmtranstype_t type, pmtransflag_t flags,
-                     alpm_trans_cb_event event, alpm_trans_cb_conv conv,
-                     alpm_trans_cb_progress progress)
-{
-	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
-
-	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
-
-	trans->type = type;
-	trans->flags = flags;
-	trans->cb_event = event;
-	trans->cb_conv = conv;
-	trans->cb_progress = progress;
-	trans->state = STATE_INITIALIZED;
-
-	return(0);
-}
-
-/** Add a target to the transaction.
- * @param trans the current transaction
- * @param target the name of the target to add
- * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
- */
-int _alpm_trans_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, char *target)
-{
-	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
-
-	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
-	ASSERT(target != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
-
-	switch(trans->type) {
-		case PM_TRANS_TYPE_UPGRADE:
-			if(_alpm_add_loadtarget(trans, handle->db_local, target) == -1) {
-				/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_add_loadtarget() */
-				return(-1);
-			}
-		break;
-		case PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVE:
-		case PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVEUPGRADE:
-			if(_alpm_remove_loadtarget(trans, handle->db_local, target) == -1) {
-				/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_remove_loadtarget() */
-				return(-1);
-			}
-		break;
-		case PM_TRANS_TYPE_SYNC:
-			if(_alpm_sync_addtarget(trans, handle->db_local, handle->dbs_sync, target) == -1) {
-				/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_sync_loadtarget() */
-				return(-1);
-			}
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return(0);
-}
-
-static alpm_list_t *check_arch(alpm_list_t *pkgs)
-{
-	alpm_list_t *i;
-	alpm_list_t *invalid = NULL;
-
-	const char *arch = alpm_option_get_arch();
-	if(!arch) {
-		return(NULL);
-	}
-	for(i = pkgs; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
-		const char *pkgarch = alpm_pkg_get_arch(pkg);
-		if(strcmp(pkgarch,arch) && strcmp(pkgarch,"any")) {
-			char *string;
-			const char *pkgname = alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg);
-			const char *pkgver = alpm_pkg_get_version(pkg);
-			size_t len = strlen(pkgname) + strlen(pkgver) + strlen(pkgarch) + 3;
-			MALLOC(string, len, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, invalid));
-			sprintf(string, "%s-%s-%s", pkgname, pkgver, pkgarch);
-			invalid = alpm_list_add(invalid, string);
-		}
-	}
-	return(invalid);
-}
-
-int _alpm_trans_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, alpm_list_t **data)
-{
-	if(data) {
-		*data = NULL;
-	}
-
-	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
-
-	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
-
-	/* If there's nothing to do, return without complaining */
-	if(trans->packages == NULL) {
-		return(0);
-	}
-
-	alpm_list_t *invalid = check_arch(trans->packages);
-	if(invalid) {
-		if(data) {
-			*data = invalid;
-		}
-		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_ARCH, -1);
-	}
-
-	switch(trans->type) {
-		case PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVE:
-		case PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVEUPGRADE:
-			if(_alpm_remove_prepare(trans, handle->db_local, data) == -1) {
-				/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_remove_prepare() */
-				return(-1);
-			}
-		break;
-		case PM_TRANS_TYPE_UPGRADE:
-		case PM_TRANS_TYPE_SYNC:
-			if(_alpm_sync_prepare(trans, handle->db_local, handle->dbs_sync, data) == -1) {
-				/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_sync_prepare() */
-				return(-1);
-			}
-		break;
-	}
-
-	trans->state = STATE_PREPARED;
-
-	return(0);
-}
-
-int _alpm_trans_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, alpm_list_t **data)
-{
-	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
-
-	if(data!=NULL)
-		*data = NULL;
-
-	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
-
-	/* If there's nothing to do, return without complaining */
-	if(trans->packages == NULL) {
-		return(0);
-	}
-
-	trans->state = STATE_COMMITING;
-
-	switch(trans->type) {
-		case PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVE:
-		case PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVEUPGRADE:
-			if(_alpm_remove_commit(trans, handle->db_local) == -1) {
-				/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_remove_commit() */
-				return(-1);
-			}
-		break;
-		case PM_TRANS_TYPE_UPGRADE:
-		case PM_TRANS_TYPE_SYNC:
-			if(_alpm_sync_commit(trans, handle->db_local, data) == -1) {
-				/* pm_errno is set by _alpm_sync_commit() */
-				return(-1);
-			}
-		break;
-	}
-
-	trans->state = STATE_COMMITED;
-
-	return(0);
-}
-
 /* A cheap grep for text files, returns 1 if a substring
  * was found in the text file fn, 0 if it wasn't
  */
@@ -526,30 +501,30 @@ cleanup:
 	return(retval);
 }
 
-pmtranstype_t SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_get_type()
+unsigned int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_get_flags()
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(-1));
 	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, return(-1));
 
-	return handle->trans->type;
+	return handle->trans->flags;
 }
 
-unsigned int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_get_flags()
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT * alpm_trans_get_add()
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
-	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(-1));
-	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, return(-1));
+	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
+	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, return(NULL));
 
-	return handle->trans->flags;
+	return handle->trans->add;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT * alpm_trans_get_pkgs()
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT * alpm_trans_get_remove()
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	ASSERT(handle != NULL, return(NULL));
 	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, return(NULL));
 
-	return handle->trans->packages;
+	return handle->trans->remove;
 }
 /* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/trans.h b/lib/libalpm/trans.h
index 0537bc72..ca1e141a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/trans.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/trans.h
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ typedef enum _pmtransstate_t {
 
 /* Transaction */
 struct __pmtrans_t {
-	pmtranstype_t type;
 	pmtransflag_t flags;
 	pmtransstate_t state;
-	alpm_list_t *packages;      /* list of (pmpkg_t *) */
+	alpm_list_t *add;      /* list of (pmpkg_t *) */
+	alpm_list_t *remove;      /* list of (pmpkg_t *) */
 	alpm_list_t *skip_add;      /* list of (char *) */
 	alpm_list_t *skip_remove;   /* list of (char *) */
 	alpm_trans_cb_event cb_event;
@@ -69,12 +69,9 @@ do { \
 
 pmtrans_t *_alpm_trans_new(void);
 void _alpm_trans_free(pmtrans_t *trans);
-int _alpm_trans_init(pmtrans_t *trans, pmtranstype_t type, pmtransflag_t flags,
+int _alpm_trans_init(pmtrans_t *trans, pmtransflag_t flags,
                      alpm_trans_cb_event event, alpm_trans_cb_conv conv,
                      alpm_trans_cb_progress progress);
-int _alpm_trans_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, char *target);
-int _alpm_trans_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, alpm_list_t **data);
-int _alpm_trans_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, alpm_list_t **data);
 int _alpm_runscriptlet(const char *root, const char *installfn,
                        const char *script, const char *ver,
                        const char *oldver, pmtrans_t *trans);
diff --git a/src/pacman/remove.c b/src/pacman/remove.c
index b5119fa5..258460c8 100644
--- a/src/pacman/remove.c
+++ b/src/pacman/remove.c
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ int pacman_remove(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	}
 
 	/* Step 0: create a new transaction */
-	if(trans_init(PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVE, config->flags) == -1) {
+	if(trans_init(config->flags) == -1) {
 		return(1);
 	}
 
 	/* Step 1: add targets to the created transaction */
 	for(i = targets; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
 		char *targ = alpm_list_getdata(i);
-		if(alpm_trans_addtarget(targ) == -1) {
+		if(alpm_trans_remove(targ) == -1) {
 			if(pm_errno == PM_ERR_PKG_NOT_FOUND) {
 				printf(_("%s not found, searching for group...\n"), targ);
 				pmgrp_t *grp = alpm_db_readgrp(db_local, targ);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int pacman_remove(alpm_list_t *targets)
 					for(p = pkgnames; p; p = alpm_list_next(p)) {
 						char *pkgn = alpm_list_getdata(p);
 						if(all || yesno(_(":: Remove %s from group %s?"), pkgn, targ)) {
-							if(alpm_trans_addtarget(pkgn) == -1) {
+							if(alpm_trans_remove(pkgn) == -1) {
 								pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, "'%s': %s\n", targ,
 								           alpm_strerrorlast());
 								retval = 1;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ int pacman_remove(alpm_list_t *targets)
 
 	/* Search for holdpkg in target list */
 	int holdpkg = 0;
-	for(i = alpm_trans_get_pkgs(); i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
+	for(i = alpm_trans_get_remove(); i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
 		pmpkg_t *pkg = alpm_list_getdata(i);
 		if(alpm_list_find_str(config->holdpkg, alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg))) {
 			pm_printf(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s is designated as a HoldPkg.\n"),
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ int pacman_remove(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	if(config->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSE ||
 	   config->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_CASCADE) {
 		/* list transaction targets */
-		alpm_list_t *pkglist = alpm_trans_get_pkgs();
+		alpm_list_t *pkglist = alpm_trans_get_remove();
 
 		display_targets(pkglist, 0);
 		printf("\n");
diff --git a/src/pacman/sync.c b/src/pacman/sync.c
index a1d407c0..180fbb40 100644
--- a/src/pacman/sync.c
+++ b/src/pacman/sync.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static int sync_synctree(int level, alpm_list_t *syncs)
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 	int success = 0, ret;
 
-	if(trans_init(PM_TRANS_TYPE_SYNC, 0) == -1) {
+	if(trans_init(0) == -1) {
 		return(0);
 	}
 
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static int process_target(char *targ, alpm_list_t *targets)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *sync_dbs = alpm_option_get_syncdbs();
 
-	if(alpm_trans_addtarget(targ) == -1) {
+	if(alpm_trans_sync(targ) == -1) {
 		pmgrp_t *grp = NULL;
 		int found = 0;
 		alpm_list_t *j;
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static int sync_trans(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 
 	/* Step 1: create a new transaction... */
-	if(trans_init(PM_TRANS_TYPE_SYNC, config->flags) == -1) {
+	if(trans_init(config->flags) == -1) {
 		return(1);
 	}
 
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ static int sync_trans(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	packages = alpm_trans_get_pkgs();
+	packages = alpm_trans_get_add();
 	if(packages == NULL) {
 		/* nothing to do: just exit without complaining */
 		printf(_(" local database is up to date\n"));
@@ -711,7 +711,8 @@ static int sync_trans(alpm_list_t *targets)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	display_synctargets(packages);
+	display_targets(alpm_trans_get_remove(), 0);
+	display_targets(alpm_trans_get_add(), 1);
 	printf("\n");
 
 	int confirm;
@@ -788,7 +789,7 @@ int pacman_sync(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	if(config->op_s_clean) {
 		int ret = 0;
 
-		if(trans_init(PM_TRANS_TYPE_SYNC, 0) == -1) {
+		if(trans_init(0) == -1) {
 			return(1);
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/pacman/upgrade.c b/src/pacman/upgrade.c
index dc82e4de..936e2592 100644
--- a/src/pacman/upgrade.c
+++ b/src/pacman/upgrade.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *data = NULL;
-	pmtranstype_t transtype = PM_TRANS_TYPE_UPGRADE;
 	int retval = 0;
 
 	if(targets == NULL) {
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	}
 
 	/* Step 1: create a new transaction */
-	if(trans_init(transtype, config->flags) == -1) {
+	if(trans_init(config->flags) == -1) {
 		return(1);
 	}
 
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	printf(_("loading package data...\n"));
 	for(i = targets; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
 		char *targ = alpm_list_getdata(i);
-		if(alpm_trans_addtarget(targ) == -1) {
+		if(alpm_trans_add(targ) == -1) {
 			pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, "'%s': %s\n",
 					targ, alpm_strerrorlast());
 			trans_release();
@@ -131,12 +130,13 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets)
 
 	/* Step 3: perform the installation */
 	/* print targets and ask user confirmation */
-	alpm_list_t *packages = alpm_trans_get_pkgs();
+	alpm_list_t *packages = alpm_trans_get_add();
 	if(packages == NULL) { /* we are done */
 		trans_release();
 		return(retval);
 	}
-	display_synctargets(packages);
+	display_targets(alpm_trans_get_remove(), 0);
+	display_targets(alpm_trans_get_add(), 1);
 	printf("\n");
 	int confirm = yesno(_("Proceed with installation?"));
 	if(!confirm) {
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.c b/src/pacman/util.c
index 1e8515c6..353aae3a 100644
--- a/src/pacman/util.c
+++ b/src/pacman/util.c
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 #include "callback.h"
 
 
-int trans_init(pmtranstype_t type, pmtransflag_t flags)
+int trans_init(pmtransflag_t flags)
 {
-	if(alpm_trans_init(type, flags, cb_trans_evt,
+	if(alpm_trans_init(flags, cb_trans_evt,
 				cb_trans_conv, cb_trans_progress) == -1) {
 		pm_fprintf(stderr, PM_LOG_ERROR, _("failed to init transaction (%s)\n"),
 				alpm_strerrorlast());
@@ -584,37 +584,6 @@ void display_targets(const alpm_list_t *pkgs, int install)
 	FREELIST(targets);
 }
 
-/* Display a list of transaction targets.
- * `pkgs` should be a list of pmpkg_t's,
- * retrieved from a transaction object
- */
-void display_synctargets(const alpm_list_t *syncpkgs)
-{
-	const alpm_list_t *i, *j;
-	alpm_list_t *pkglist = NULL, *rpkglist = NULL;
-
-	for(i = syncpkgs; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
-		pmpkg_t *pkg = alpm_list_getdata(i);
-		pkglist = alpm_list_add(pkglist, pkg);
-
-		/* The removes member contains a list of packages to be removed
-		 * due to the package that is being installed. */
-		alpm_list_t *to_replace = alpm_pkg_get_removes(pkg);
-
-		for(j = to_replace; j; j = alpm_list_next(j)) {
-			pmpkg_t *rp = alpm_list_getdata(j);
-			rpkglist = alpm_list_add(rpkglist, rp);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* start displaying information */
-	display_targets(rpkglist, 0);
-	display_targets(pkglist, 1);
-
-	alpm_list_free(pkglist);
-	alpm_list_free(rpkglist);
-}
-
 /* Helper function for comparing strings using the
  * alpm "compare func" signature */
 int str_cmp(const void *s1, const void *s2)
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.h b/src/pacman/util.h
index 12824221..a71de2d7 100644
--- a/src/pacman/util.h
+++ b/src/pacman/util.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 /* update speed for the fill_progress based functions */
 #define UPDATE_SPEED_SEC 0.2f
 
-int trans_init(pmtranstype_t type, pmtransflag_t flags);
+int trans_init(pmtransflag_t flags);
 int trans_release(void);
 int needs_root(void);
 int getcols(void);
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ void string_display(const char *title, const char *string);
 void list_display(const char *title, const alpm_list_t *list);
 void list_display_linebreak(const char *title, const alpm_list_t *list);
 void display_targets(const alpm_list_t *pkgs, int install);
-void display_synctargets(const alpm_list_t *syncpkgs);
 void display_new_optdepends(pmpkg_t *oldpkg, pmpkg_t *newpkg);
 void display_optdepends(pmpkg_t *pkg);
 int yesno(char *fmt, ...);