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-rw-r--r--src/libutil/affinity.cc55
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/affinity.hh9
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/archive.cc336
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/archive.hh75
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/hash.cc382
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/hash.hh113
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/local.mk15
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/md32_common.h620
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/md5.c365
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/md5.h82
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/serialise.cc259
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/serialise.hh133
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/sha1.c369
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/sha1.h28
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/sha256.c238
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/sha256.h35
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/types.hh77
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.cc1145
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.hh353
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/xml-writer.cc131
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/xml-writer.hh71
21 files changed, 4891 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/affinity.cc b/src/libutil/affinity.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e21f43a2e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/affinity.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "affinity.hh"
+
+#if HAVE_SCHED_H
+#include <sched.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+#if HAVE_SCHED_SETAFFINITY
+static bool didSaveAffinity = false;
+static cpu_set_t savedAffinity;
+#endif
+
+
+void setAffinityTo(int cpu)
+{
+#if HAVE_SCHED_SETAFFINITY
+    if (sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &savedAffinity) == -1) return;
+    didSaveAffinity = true;
+    printMsg(lvlDebug, format("locking this thread to CPU %1%") % cpu);
+    cpu_set_t newAffinity;
+    CPU_ZERO(&newAffinity);
+    CPU_SET(cpu, &newAffinity);
+    if (sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &newAffinity) == -1)
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("failed to lock thread to CPU %1%") % cpu);
+#endif
+}
+
+
+int lockToCurrentCPU()
+{
+#if HAVE_SCHED_SETAFFINITY
+    int cpu = sched_getcpu();
+    if (cpu != -1) setAffinityTo(cpu);
+    return cpu;
+#else
+    return -1;
+#endif
+}
+
+
+void restoreAffinity()
+{
+#if HAVE_SCHED_SETAFFINITY
+    if (!didSaveAffinity) return;
+    if (sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &savedAffinity) == -1)
+        printMsg(lvlError, "failed to restore affinity %1%");
+#endif
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/affinity.hh b/src/libutil/affinity.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1bd28e1367a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/affinity.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace nix {
+
+void setAffinityTo(int cpu);
+int lockToCurrentCPU();
+void restoreAffinity();
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/archive.cc b/src/libutil/archive.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b19ff4bf99a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/archive.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <vector>
+
+#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#include "archive.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+static string archiveVersion1 = "nix-archive-1";
+
+
+PathFilter defaultPathFilter;
+
+
+static void dump(const string & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter);
+
+
+static void dumpEntries(const Path & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter)
+{
+    Strings names = readDirectory(path);
+    vector<string> names2(names.begin(), names.end());
+    sort(names2.begin(), names2.end());
+
+    for (vector<string>::iterator i = names2.begin();
+         i != names2.end(); ++i)
+    {
+        Path entry = path + "/" + *i;
+        if (filter(entry)) {
+            writeString("entry", sink);
+            writeString("(", sink);
+            writeString("name", sink);
+            writeString(*i, sink);
+            writeString("node", sink);
+            dump(entry, sink, filter);
+            writeString(")", sink);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void dumpContents(const Path & path, size_t size, 
+    Sink & sink)
+{
+    writeString("contents", sink);
+    writeLongLong(size, sink);
+
+    AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd == -1) throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % path);
+    
+    unsigned char buf[65536];
+    size_t left = size;
+
+    while (left > 0) {
+        size_t n = left > sizeof(buf) ? sizeof(buf) : left;
+        readFull(fd, buf, n);
+        left -= n;
+        sink(buf, n);
+    }
+
+    writePadding(size, sink);
+}
+
+
+static void dump(const Path & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path `%1%'") % path);
+
+    writeString("(", sink);
+
+    if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+        writeString("type", sink);
+        writeString("regular", sink);
+        if (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR) {
+            writeString("executable", sink);
+            writeString("", sink);
+        }
+        dumpContents(path, (size_t) st.st_size, sink);
+    } 
+
+    else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        writeString("type", sink);
+        writeString("directory", sink);
+        dumpEntries(path, sink, filter);
+    }
+
+    else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+        writeString("type", sink);
+        writeString("symlink", sink);
+        writeString("target", sink);
+        writeString(readLink(path), sink);
+    }
+
+    else throw Error(format("file `%1%' has an unknown type") % path);
+
+    writeString(")", sink);
+}
+
+
+void dumpPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink, PathFilter & filter)
+{
+    writeString(archiveVersion1, sink);
+    dump(path, sink, filter);
+}
+
+
+static SerialisationError badArchive(string s)
+{
+    return SerialisationError("bad archive: " + s);
+}
+
+
+static void skipGeneric(Source & source)
+{
+    if (readString(source) == "(") {
+        while (readString(source) != ")")
+            skipGeneric(source);
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void parse(ParseSink & sink, Source & source, const Path & path);
+
+
+
+static void parseEntry(ParseSink & sink, Source & source, const Path & path)
+{
+    string s, name;
+
+    s = readString(source);
+    if (s != "(") throw badArchive("expected open tag");
+
+    while (1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+
+        s = readString(source);
+
+        if (s == ")") {
+            break;
+        } else if (s == "name") {
+            name = readString(source);
+        } else if (s == "node") {
+            if (s == "") throw badArchive("entry name missing");
+            parse(sink, source, path + "/" + name);
+        } else {
+            throw badArchive("unknown field " + s);
+            skipGeneric(source);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void parseContents(ParseSink & sink, Source & source, const Path & path)
+{
+    unsigned long long size = readLongLong(source);
+    
+    sink.preallocateContents(size);
+
+    unsigned long long left = size;
+    unsigned char buf[65536];
+
+    while (left) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        unsigned int n = sizeof(buf);
+        if ((unsigned long long) n > left) n = left;
+        source(buf, n);
+        sink.receiveContents(buf, n);
+        left -= n;
+    }
+
+    readPadding(size, source);
+}
+
+
+static void parse(ParseSink & sink, Source & source, const Path & path)
+{
+    string s;
+
+    s = readString(source);
+    if (s != "(") throw badArchive("expected open tag");
+
+    enum { tpUnknown, tpRegular, tpDirectory, tpSymlink } type = tpUnknown;
+
+    while (1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+
+        s = readString(source);
+
+        if (s == ")") {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        else if (s == "type") {
+            if (type != tpUnknown)
+                throw badArchive("multiple type fields");
+            string t = readString(source);
+
+            if (t == "regular") {
+                type = tpRegular;
+                sink.createRegularFile(path);
+            }
+
+            else if (t == "directory") {
+                sink.createDirectory(path);
+                type = tpDirectory;
+            }
+
+            else if (t == "symlink") {
+                type = tpSymlink;
+            }
+            
+            else throw badArchive("unknown file type " + t);
+            
+        }
+
+        else if (s == "contents" && type == tpRegular) {
+            parseContents(sink, source, path);
+        }
+
+        else if (s == "executable" && type == tpRegular) {
+            readString(source);
+            sink.isExecutable();
+        }
+
+        else if (s == "entry" && type == tpDirectory) {
+            parseEntry(sink, source, path);
+        }
+
+        else if (s == "target" && type == tpSymlink) {
+            string target = readString(source);
+            sink.createSymlink(path, target);
+        }
+
+        else {
+            throw badArchive("unknown field " + s);
+            skipGeneric(source);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+void parseDump(ParseSink & sink, Source & source)
+{
+    string version;    
+    try {
+        version = readString(source);
+    } catch (SerialisationError & e) {
+        /* This generally means the integer at the start couldn't be
+           decoded.  Ignore and throw the exception below. */
+    }
+    if (version != archiveVersion1)
+        throw badArchive("input doesn't look like a Nix archive");
+    parse(sink, source, "");
+}
+
+
+struct RestoreSink : ParseSink
+{
+    Path dstPath;
+    AutoCloseFD fd;
+
+    void createDirectory(const Path & path)
+    {
+        Path p = dstPath + path;
+        if (mkdir(p.c_str(), 0777) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("creating directory `%1%'") % p);
+    };
+
+    void createRegularFile(const Path & path)
+    {
+        Path p = dstPath + path;
+        fd.close();
+        fd = open(p.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, 0666);
+        if (fd == -1) throw SysError(format("creating file `%1%'") % p);
+    }
+
+    void isExecutable()
+    {
+        struct stat st;
+        if (fstat(fd, &st) == -1)
+            throw SysError("fstat");
+        if (fchmod(fd, st.st_mode | (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH)) == -1)
+            throw SysError("fchmod");
+    }
+
+    void preallocateContents(unsigned long long len)
+    {
+#if HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE
+        if (len) {
+            errno = posix_fallocate(fd, 0, len);
+            /* Note that EINVAL may indicate that the underlying
+               filesystem doesn't support preallocation (e.g. on
+               OpenSolaris).  Since preallocation is just an
+               optimisation, ignore it. */
+            if (errno && errno != EINVAL)
+                throw SysError(format("preallocating file of %1% bytes") % len);
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+
+    void receiveContents(unsigned char * data, unsigned int len)
+    {
+        writeFull(fd, data, len);
+    }
+
+    void createSymlink(const Path & path, const string & target)
+    {
+        Path p = dstPath + path;
+        if (symlink(target.c_str(), p.c_str()) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("creating symlink `%1%'") % p);
+    }
+};
+
+ 
+void restorePath(const Path & path, Source & source)
+{
+    RestoreSink sink;
+    sink.dstPath = path;
+    parseDump(sink, source);
+}
+
+ 
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/archive.hh b/src/libutil/archive.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ccac92074d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/archive.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "serialise.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+/* dumpPath creates a Nix archive of the specified path.  The format
+   is as follows:
+
+   IF path points to a REGULAR FILE:
+     dump(path) = attrs(
+       [ ("type", "regular")
+       , ("contents", contents(path))
+       ])
+
+   IF path points to a DIRECTORY:
+     dump(path) = attrs(
+       [ ("type", "directory")
+       , ("entries", concat(map(f, sort(entries(path)))))
+       ])
+       where f(fn) = attrs(
+         [ ("name", fn)
+         , ("file", dump(path + "/" + fn))
+         ])
+
+   where:
+
+     attrs(as) = concat(map(attr, as)) + encN(0) 
+     attrs((a, b)) = encS(a) + encS(b)
+
+     encS(s) = encN(len(s)) + s + (padding until next 64-bit boundary)
+
+     encN(n) = 64-bit little-endian encoding of n.
+
+     contents(path) = the contents of a regular file.
+
+     sort(strings) = lexicographic sort by 8-bit value (strcmp).
+
+     entries(path) = the entries of a directory, without `.' and
+     `..'.
+
+     `+' denotes string concatenation. */
+
+struct PathFilter
+{
+    virtual ~PathFilter() { }
+    virtual bool operator () (const Path & path) { return true; }
+};
+
+extern PathFilter defaultPathFilter;
+
+void dumpPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink,
+    PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter);
+
+struct ParseSink
+{
+    virtual void createDirectory(const Path & path) { };
+    
+    virtual void createRegularFile(const Path & path) { };
+    virtual void isExecutable() { };
+    virtual void preallocateContents(unsigned long long size) { };
+    virtual void receiveContents(unsigned char * data, unsigned int len) { };
+
+    virtual void createSymlink(const Path & path, const string & target) { };
+};
+    
+void parseDump(ParseSink & sink, Source & source);
+
+void restorePath(const Path & path, Source & source);
+
+ 
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/hash.cc b/src/libutil/hash.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de2c1ebd724f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/hash.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cstring>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
+#include <openssl/md5.h>
+#include <openssl/sha.h>
+#else
+extern "C" {
+#include "md5.h"
+#include "sha1.h"
+#include "sha256.h"
+}
+#endif
+
+#include "hash.hh"
+#include "archive.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+Hash::Hash()
+{
+    type = htUnknown;
+    hashSize = 0;
+    memset(hash, 0, maxHashSize);
+}
+
+
+Hash::Hash(HashType type)
+{
+    this->type = type;
+    if (type == htMD5) hashSize = md5HashSize;
+    else if (type == htSHA1) hashSize = sha1HashSize;
+    else if (type == htSHA256) hashSize = sha256HashSize;
+    else throw Error("unknown hash type");
+    assert(hashSize <= maxHashSize);
+    memset(hash, 0, maxHashSize);
+}
+
+
+bool Hash::operator == (const Hash & h2) const
+{
+    if (hashSize != h2.hashSize) return false;
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hashSize; i++)
+        if (hash[i] != h2.hash[i]) return false;
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+bool Hash::operator != (const Hash & h2) const
+{
+    return !(*this == h2);
+}
+
+
+bool Hash::operator < (const Hash & h) const
+{
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hashSize; i++) {
+        if (hash[i] < h.hash[i]) return true;
+        if (hash[i] > h.hash[i]) return false;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+const string base16Chars = "0123456789abcdef";
+
+
+string printHash(const Hash & hash)
+{
+    char buf[hash.hashSize * 2];
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hash.hashSize; i++) {
+        buf[i * 2] = base16Chars[hash.hash[i] >> 4];
+        buf[i * 2 + 1] = base16Chars[hash.hash[i] & 0x0f];
+    }
+    return string(buf, hash.hashSize * 2);
+}
+
+    
+Hash parseHash(HashType ht, const string & s)
+{
+    Hash hash(ht);
+    if (s.length() != hash.hashSize * 2)
+        throw Error(format("invalid hash `%1%'") % s);
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hash.hashSize; i++) {
+        string s2(s, i * 2, 2);
+        if (!isxdigit(s2[0]) || !isxdigit(s2[1])) 
+            throw Error(format("invalid hash `%1%'") % s);
+        std::istringstream str(s2);
+        int n;
+        str >> std::hex >> n;
+        hash.hash[i] = n;
+    }
+    return hash;
+}
+
+
+static unsigned char divMod(unsigned char * bytes, unsigned char y)
+{
+    unsigned int borrow = 0;
+
+    int pos = Hash::maxHashSize - 1;
+    while (pos >= 0 && !bytes[pos]) --pos;
+
+    for ( ; pos >= 0; --pos) {
+        unsigned int s = bytes[pos] + (borrow << 8);
+        unsigned int d = s / y;
+        borrow = s % y;
+        bytes[pos] = d;
+    }
+
+    return borrow;
+}
+
+
+unsigned int hashLength32(const Hash & hash)
+{
+    return (hash.hashSize * 8 - 1) / 5 + 1;
+}
+
+
+// omitted: E O U T
+const string base32Chars = "0123456789abcdfghijklmnpqrsvwxyz";
+
+
+string printHash32(const Hash & hash)
+{
+    Hash hash2(hash);
+    unsigned int len = hashLength32(hash);
+
+    const char * chars = base32Chars.data();
+    
+    string s(len, '0');
+
+    int pos = len - 1;
+    while (pos >= 0) {
+        unsigned char digit = divMod(hash2.hash, 32);
+        s[pos--] = chars[digit];
+    }
+
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hash2.maxHashSize; ++i)
+        assert(hash2.hash[i] == 0);
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+string printHash16or32(const Hash & hash)
+{
+    return hash.type == htMD5 ? printHash(hash) : printHash32(hash);
+}
+
+
+static bool mul(unsigned char * bytes, unsigned char y, int maxSize)
+{
+    unsigned char carry = 0;
+
+    for (int pos = 0; pos < maxSize; ++pos) {
+        unsigned int m = bytes[pos] * y + carry;
+        bytes[pos] = m & 0xff;
+        carry = m >> 8;
+    }
+
+    return carry;
+}
+
+
+static bool add(unsigned char * bytes, unsigned char y, int maxSize)
+{
+    unsigned char carry = y;
+
+    for (int pos = 0; pos < maxSize; ++pos) {
+        unsigned int m = bytes[pos] + carry;
+        bytes[pos] = m & 0xff;
+        carry = m >> 8;
+        if (carry == 0) break;
+    }
+
+    return carry;
+}
+
+
+Hash parseHash32(HashType ht, const string & s)
+{
+    Hash hash(ht);
+
+    const char * chars = base32Chars.data();
+
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) {
+        char c = s[i];
+        unsigned char digit;
+        for (digit = 0; digit < base32Chars.size(); ++digit) /* !!! slow */
+            if (chars[digit] == c) break;
+        if (digit >= 32)
+            throw Error(format("invalid base-32 hash `%1%'") % s);
+        if (mul(hash.hash, 32, hash.hashSize) ||
+            add(hash.hash, digit, hash.hashSize))
+            throw Error(format("base-32 hash `%1%' is too large") % s);
+    }
+
+    return hash;
+}
+
+
+Hash parseHash16or32(HashType ht, const string & s)
+{
+    Hash hash(ht);
+    if (s.size() == hash.hashSize * 2)
+        /* hexadecimal representation */
+        hash = parseHash(ht, s);
+    else if (s.size() == hashLength32(hash))
+        /* base-32 representation */
+        hash = parseHash32(ht, s);
+    else
+        throw Error(format("hash `%1%' has wrong length for hash type `%2%'")
+            % s % printHashType(ht));
+    return hash;
+}
+
+
+bool isHash(const string & s)
+{
+    if (s.length() != 32) return false;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
+        char c = s[i];
+        if (!((c >= '0' && c <= '9') ||
+              (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')))
+            return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+union Ctx
+{
+    MD5_CTX md5;
+    SHA_CTX sha1;
+    SHA256_CTX sha256;
+};
+
+
+static void start(HashType ht, Ctx & ctx)
+{
+    if (ht == htMD5) MD5_Init(&ctx.md5);
+    else if (ht == htSHA1) SHA1_Init(&ctx.sha1);
+    else if (ht == htSHA256) SHA256_Init(&ctx.sha256);
+}
+
+
+static void update(HashType ht, Ctx & ctx,
+    const unsigned char * bytes, unsigned int len)
+{
+    if (ht == htMD5) MD5_Update(&ctx.md5, bytes, len);
+    else if (ht == htSHA1) SHA1_Update(&ctx.sha1, bytes, len);
+    else if (ht == htSHA256) SHA256_Update(&ctx.sha256, bytes, len);
+}
+
+
+static void finish(HashType ht, Ctx & ctx, unsigned char * hash)
+{
+    if (ht == htMD5) MD5_Final(hash, &ctx.md5);
+    else if (ht == htSHA1) SHA1_Final(hash, &ctx.sha1);
+    else if (ht == htSHA256) SHA256_Final(hash, &ctx.sha256);
+}
+
+
+Hash hashString(HashType ht, const string & s)
+{
+    Ctx ctx;
+    Hash hash(ht);
+    start(ht, ctx);
+    update(ht, ctx, (const unsigned char *) s.data(), s.length());
+    finish(ht, ctx, hash.hash);
+    return hash;
+}
+
+
+Hash hashFile(HashType ht, const Path & path)
+{
+    Ctx ctx;
+    Hash hash(ht);
+    start(ht, ctx);
+
+    AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd == -1) throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % path);
+
+    unsigned char buf[8192];
+    ssize_t n;
+    while ((n = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)))) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        if (n == -1) throw SysError(format("reading file `%1%'") % path);
+        update(ht, ctx, buf, n);
+    }
+    
+    finish(ht, ctx, hash.hash);
+    return hash;
+}
+
+
+HashSink::HashSink(HashType ht) : ht(ht)
+{
+    ctx = new Ctx;
+    bytes = 0;
+    start(ht, *ctx);
+}
+    
+HashSink::~HashSink()
+{
+    bufPos = 0;
+    delete ctx;
+}
+
+void HashSink::write(const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    bytes += len;
+    update(ht, *ctx, data, len);
+}
+
+HashResult HashSink::finish()
+{
+    flush();
+    Hash hash(ht);
+    nix::finish(ht, *ctx, hash.hash);
+    return HashResult(hash, bytes);
+}
+
+HashResult HashSink::currentHash()
+{
+    flush();
+    Ctx ctx2 = *ctx;
+    Hash hash(ht);
+    nix::finish(ht, ctx2, hash.hash);
+    return HashResult(hash, bytes);
+}
+
+
+HashResult hashPath(
+    HashType ht, const Path & path, PathFilter & filter)
+{
+    HashSink sink(ht);
+    dumpPath(path, sink, filter);
+    return sink.finish();
+}
+
+
+Hash compressHash(const Hash & hash, unsigned int newSize)
+{
+    Hash h;
+    h.hashSize = newSize;
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hash.hashSize; ++i)
+        h.hash[i % newSize] ^= hash.hash[i];
+    return h;
+}
+
+
+HashType parseHashType(const string & s)
+{
+    if (s == "md5") return htMD5;
+    else if (s == "sha1") return htSHA1;
+    else if (s == "sha256") return htSHA256;
+    else return htUnknown;
+}
+
+ 
+string printHashType(HashType ht)
+{
+    if (ht == htMD5) return "md5";
+    else if (ht == htSHA1) return "sha1";
+    else if (ht == htSHA256) return "sha256";
+    else throw Error("cannot print unknown hash type");
+}
+
+ 
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/hash.hh b/src/libutil/hash.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c6f176ec74c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/hash.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+#include "serialise.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+typedef enum { htUnknown, htMD5, htSHA1, htSHA256 } HashType;
+
+
+const int md5HashSize = 16;
+const int sha1HashSize = 20;
+const int sha256HashSize = 32;
+
+extern const string base32Chars;
+
+
+struct Hash
+{
+    static const unsigned int maxHashSize = 32;
+    unsigned int hashSize;
+    unsigned char hash[maxHashSize];
+
+    HashType type;
+
+    /* Create an unusable hash object. */
+    Hash();
+
+    /* Create a zero-filled hash object. */
+    Hash(HashType type);
+
+    /* Check whether two hash are equal. */
+    bool operator == (const Hash & h2) const;
+
+    /* Check whether two hash are not equal. */
+    bool operator != (const Hash & h2) const;
+
+    /* For sorting. */
+    bool operator < (const Hash & h) const;
+};
+
+
+/* Convert a hash to a hexadecimal representation. */
+string printHash(const Hash & hash);
+
+/* Parse a hexadecimal representation of a hash code. */
+Hash parseHash(HashType ht, const string & s);
+
+/* Returns the length of a base-32 hash representation. */
+unsigned int hashLength32(const Hash & hash);
+
+/* Convert a hash to a base-32 representation. */
+string printHash32(const Hash & hash);
+
+/* Print a hash in base-16 if it's MD5, or base-32 otherwise. */
+string printHash16or32(const Hash & hash);
+
+/* Parse a base-32 representation of a hash code. */
+Hash parseHash32(HashType ht, const string & s);
+
+/* Parse a base-16 or base-32 representation of a hash code. */
+Hash parseHash16or32(HashType ht, const string & s);
+
+/* Verify that the given string is a valid hash code. */
+bool isHash(const string & s);
+
+/* Compute the hash of the given string. */
+Hash hashString(HashType ht, const string & s);
+
+/* Compute the hash of the given file. */
+Hash hashFile(HashType ht, const Path & path);
+
+/* Compute the hash of the given path.  The hash is defined as
+   (essentially) hashString(ht, dumpPath(path)). */
+struct PathFilter;
+extern PathFilter defaultPathFilter;
+typedef std::pair<Hash, unsigned long long> HashResult;
+HashResult hashPath(HashType ht, const Path & path,
+    PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter);
+
+/* Compress a hash to the specified number of bytes by cyclically
+   XORing bytes together. */
+Hash compressHash(const Hash & hash, unsigned int newSize);
+
+/* Parse a string representing a hash type. */
+HashType parseHashType(const string & s);
+
+/* And the reverse. */
+string printHashType(HashType ht);
+
+
+union Ctx;
+
+class HashSink : public BufferedSink
+{
+private:
+    HashType ht;
+    Ctx * ctx;
+    unsigned long long bytes;
+
+public:
+    HashSink(HashType ht);
+    HashSink(const HashSink & h);
+    ~HashSink();
+    void write(const unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+    HashResult finish();
+    HashResult currentHash();
+};
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/local.mk b/src/libutil/local.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8af2e78d9ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/local.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+libraries += libutil
+
+libutil_NAME = libnixutil
+
+libutil_DIR := $(d)
+
+libutil_SOURCES := $(wildcard $(d)/*.cc)
+
+ifeq ($(HAVE_OPENSSL), 1)
+  libutil_LDFLAGS = $(OPENSSL_LIBS)
+else
+  libutil_SOURCES += $(d)/md5.c $(d)/sha1.c $(d)/sha256.c
+endif
+
+libutil_LIBS = libformat
diff --git a/src/libutil/md32_common.h b/src/libutil/md32_common.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0cbcfaf8a20b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/md32_common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,620 @@
+/* crypto/md32_common.h */
+/* ====================================================================
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2002 The OpenSSL Project.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 
+ *
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *    distribution.
+ *
+ * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
+ *    software must display the following acknowledgment:
+ *    "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
+ *    for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.OpenSSL.org/)"
+ *
+ * 4. The names "OpenSSL Toolkit" and "OpenSSL Project" must not be used to
+ *    endorse or promote products derived from this software without
+ *    prior written permission. For written permission, please contact
+ *    licensing@OpenSSL.org.
+ *
+ * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "OpenSSL"
+ *    nor may "OpenSSL" appear in their names without prior written
+ *    permission of the OpenSSL Project.
+ *
+ * 6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following
+ *    acknowledgment:
+ *    "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
+ *    for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.OpenSSL.org/)"
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenSSL PROJECT ``AS IS'' AND ANY
+ * EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR
+ * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+ * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+ * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+ * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
+ * STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
+ * OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young
+ * (eay@cryptsoft.com).  This product includes software written by Tim
+ * Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This is a generic 32 bit "collector" for message digest algorithms.
+ * Whenever needed it collects input character stream into chunks of
+ * 32 bit values and invokes a block function that performs actual hash
+ * calculations.
+ *
+ * Porting guide.
+ *
+ * Obligatory macros:
+ *
+ * DATA_ORDER_IS_BIG_ENDIAN or DATA_ORDER_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+ *	this macro defines byte order of input stream.
+ * HASH_CBLOCK
+ *	size of a unit chunk HASH_BLOCK operates on.
+ * HASH_LONG
+ *	has to be at lest 32 bit wide, if it's wider, then
+ *	HASH_LONG_LOG2 *has to* be defined along
+ * HASH_CTX
+ *	context structure that at least contains following
+ *	members:
+ *		typedef struct {
+ *			...
+ *			HASH_LONG	Nl,Nh;
+ *			HASH_LONG	data[HASH_LBLOCK];
+ *			unsigned int	num;
+ *			...
+ *			} HASH_CTX;
+ * HASH_UPDATE
+ *	name of "Update" function, implemented here.
+ * HASH_TRANSFORM
+ *	name of "Transform" function, implemented here.
+ * HASH_FINAL
+ *	name of "Final" function, implemented here.
+ * HASH_BLOCK_HOST_ORDER
+ *	name of "block" function treating *aligned* input message
+ *	in host byte order, implemented externally.
+ * HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER
+ *	name of "block" function treating *unaligned* input message
+ *	in original (data) byte order, implemented externally (it
+ *	actually is optional if data and host are of the same
+ *	"endianess").
+ * HASH_MAKE_STRING
+ *	macro convering context variables to an ASCII hash string.
+ *
+ * Optional macros:
+ *
+ * B_ENDIAN or L_ENDIAN
+ *	defines host byte-order.
+ * HASH_LONG_LOG2
+ *	defaults to 2 if not states otherwise.
+ * HASH_LBLOCK
+ *	assumed to be HASH_CBLOCK/4 if not stated otherwise.
+ * HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED
+ *	alternative "block" function capable of treating
+ *	aligned input message in original (data) order,
+ *	implemented externally.
+ *
+ * MD5 example:
+ *
+ *	#define DATA_ORDER_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+ *
+ *	#define HASH_LONG		MD5_LONG
+ *	#define HASH_LONG_LOG2		MD5_LONG_LOG2
+ *	#define HASH_CTX		MD5_CTX
+ *	#define HASH_CBLOCK		MD5_CBLOCK
+ *	#define HASH_LBLOCK		MD5_LBLOCK
+ *	#define HASH_UPDATE		MD5_Update
+ *	#define HASH_TRANSFORM		MD5_Transform
+ *	#define HASH_FINAL		MD5_Final
+ *	#define HASH_BLOCK_HOST_ORDER	md5_block_host_order
+ *	#define HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER	md5_block_data_order
+ *
+ *					<appro@fy.chalmers.se>
+ */
+
+#if !defined(DATA_ORDER_IS_BIG_ENDIAN) && !defined(DATA_ORDER_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+#error "DATA_ORDER must be defined!"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HASH_CBLOCK
+#error "HASH_CBLOCK must be defined!"
+#endif
+#ifndef HASH_LONG
+#error "HASH_LONG must be defined!"
+#endif
+#ifndef HASH_CTX
+#error "HASH_CTX must be defined!"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HASH_UPDATE
+#error "HASH_UPDATE must be defined!"
+#endif
+#ifndef HASH_TRANSFORM
+#error "HASH_TRANSFORM must be defined!"
+#endif
+#ifndef HASH_FINAL
+#error "HASH_FINAL must be defined!"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HASH_BLOCK_HOST_ORDER
+#error "HASH_BLOCK_HOST_ORDER must be defined!"
+#endif
+
+#if 0
+/*
+ * Moved below as it's required only if HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED
+ * isn't defined.
+ */
+#ifndef HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER
+#error "HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER must be defined!"
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HASH_LBLOCK
+#define HASH_LBLOCK	(HASH_CBLOCK/4)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HASH_LONG_LOG2
+#define HASH_LONG_LOG2	2
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Engage compiler specific rotate intrinsic function if available.
+ */
+#undef ROTATE
+#ifndef PEDANTIC
+# if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__ICC)
+#  define ROTATE(a,n)	_lrotl(a,n)
+# elif defined(__MWERKS__)
+#  if defined(__POWERPC__)
+#   define ROTATE(a,n)	__rlwinm(a,n,0,31)
+#  elif defined(__MC68K__)
+    /* Motorola specific tweak. <appro@fy.chalmers.se> */
+#   define ROTATE(a,n)	( n<24 ? __rol(a,n) : __ror(a,32-n) )
+#  else
+#   define ROTATE(a,n)	__rol(a,n)
+#  endif
+# elif defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__>=2 && !defined(OPENSSL_NO_ASM) && !defined(OPENSSL_NO_INLINE_ASM)
+  /*
+   * Some GNU C inline assembler templates. Note that these are
+   * rotates by *constant* number of bits! But that's exactly
+   * what we need here...
+   * 					<appro@fy.chalmers.se>
+   */
+#  if defined(__i386) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64) || defined(__x86_64__)
+#   define ROTATE(a,n)	({ register unsigned int ret;	\
+				asm (			\
+				"roll %1,%0"		\
+				: "=r"(ret)		\
+				: "I"(n), "0"(a)	\
+				: "cc");		\
+			   ret;				\
+			})
+#  elif defined(__powerpc) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(__powerpc64__)
+#   define ROTATE(a,n)	({ register unsigned int ret;	\
+				asm (			\
+				"rlwinm %0,%1,%2,0,31"	\
+				: "=r"(ret)		\
+				: "r"(a), "I"(n));	\
+			   ret;				\
+			})
+#  endif
+# endif
+#endif /* PEDANTIC */
+
+#if HASH_LONG_LOG2==2	/* Engage only if sizeof(HASH_LONG)== 4 */
+/* A nice byte order reversal from Wei Dai <weidai@eskimo.com> */
+#ifdef ROTATE
+/* 5 instructions with rotate instruction, else 9 */
+#define REVERSE_FETCH32(a,l)	(					\
+		l=*(const HASH_LONG *)(a),				\
+		((ROTATE(l,8)&0x00FF00FF)|(ROTATE((l&0x00FF00FF),24)))	\
+				)
+#else
+/* 6 instructions with rotate instruction, else 8 */
+#define REVERSE_FETCH32(a,l)	(				\
+		l=*(const HASH_LONG *)(a),			\
+		l=(((l>>8)&0x00FF00FF)|((l&0x00FF00FF)<<8)),	\
+		ROTATE(l,16)					\
+				)
+/*
+ * Originally the middle line started with l=(((l&0xFF00FF00)>>8)|...
+ * It's rewritten as above for two reasons:
+ *	- RISCs aren't good at long constants and have to explicitely
+ *	  compose 'em with several (well, usually 2) instructions in a
+ *	  register before performing the actual operation and (as you
+ *	  already realized:-) having same constant should inspire the
+ *	  compiler to permanently allocate the only register for it;
+ *	- most modern CPUs have two ALUs, but usually only one has
+ *	  circuitry for shifts:-( this minor tweak inspires compiler
+ *	  to schedule shift instructions in a better way...
+ *
+ *				<appro@fy.chalmers.se>
+ */
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ROTATE
+#define ROTATE(a,n)     (((a)<<(n))|(((a)&0xffffffff)>>(32-(n))))
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Make some obvious choices. E.g., HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED
+ * and HASH_BLOCK_HOST_ORDER ought to be the same if input data
+ * and host are of the same "endianess". It's possible to mask
+ * this with blank #define HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER though...
+ *
+ *				<appro@fy.chalmers.se>
+ */
+#if defined(B_ENDIAN)
+#  if defined(DATA_ORDER_IS_BIG_ENDIAN)
+#    if !defined(HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED) && HASH_LONG_LOG2==2
+#      define HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED	HASH_BLOCK_HOST_ORDER
+#    endif
+#  endif
+#elif defined(L_ENDIAN)
+#  if defined(DATA_ORDER_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+#    if !defined(HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED) && HASH_LONG_LOG2==2
+#      define HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED	HASH_BLOCK_HOST_ORDER
+#    endif
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED)
+#ifndef HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER
+#error "HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER must be defined!"
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#if defined(DATA_ORDER_IS_BIG_ENDIAN)
+
+#ifndef PEDANTIC
+# if defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__>=2 && !defined(OPENSSL_NO_ASM) && !defined(OPENSSL_NO_INLINE_ASM)
+#  if defined(__i386) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64) || defined(__x86_64__)
+    /*
+     * This gives ~30-40% performance improvement in SHA-256 compiled
+     * with gcc [on P4]. Well, first macro to be frank. We can pull
+     * this trick on x86* platforms only, because these CPUs can fetch
+     * unaligned data without raising an exception.
+     */
+#   define HOST_c2l(c,l)	({ unsigned int r=*((const unsigned int *)(c));	\
+				   asm ("bswapl %0":"=r"(r):"0"(r));	\
+				   (c)+=4; (l)=r;			})
+#   define HOST_l2c(l,c)	({ unsigned int r=(l);			\
+				   asm ("bswapl %0":"=r"(r):"0"(r));	\
+				   *((unsigned int *)(c))=r; (c)+=4; r;	})
+#  endif
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HOST_c2l
+#define HOST_c2l(c,l)	(l =(((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<<24),		\
+			 l|=(((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<<16),		\
+			 l|=(((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<< 8),		\
+			 l|=(((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))    ),		\
+			 l)
+#endif
+#define HOST_p_c2l(c,l,n)	{					\
+			switch (n) {					\
+			case 0: l =((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<<24;	\
+			case 1: l|=((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<<16;	\
+			case 2: l|=((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<< 8;	\
+			case 3: l|=((unsigned long)(*((c)++)));		\
+				} }
+#define HOST_p_c2l_p(c,l,sc,len) {					\
+			switch (sc) {					\
+			case 0: l =((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<<24;	\
+				if (--len == 0) break;			\
+			case 1: l|=((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<<16;	\
+				if (--len == 0) break;			\
+			case 2: l|=((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<< 8;	\
+				} }
+/* NOTE the pointer is not incremented at the end of this */
+#define HOST_c2l_p(c,l,n)	{					\
+			l=0; (c)+=n;					\
+			switch (n) {					\
+			case 3: l =((unsigned long)(*(--(c))))<< 8;	\
+			case 2: l|=((unsigned long)(*(--(c))))<<16;	\
+			case 1: l|=((unsigned long)(*(--(c))))<<24;	\
+				} }
+#ifndef HOST_l2c
+#define HOST_l2c(l,c)	(*((c)++)=(unsigned char)(((l)>>24)&0xff),	\
+			 *((c)++)=(unsigned char)(((l)>>16)&0xff),	\
+			 *((c)++)=(unsigned char)(((l)>> 8)&0xff),	\
+			 *((c)++)=(unsigned char)(((l)    )&0xff),	\
+			 l)
+#endif
+
+#elif defined(DATA_ORDER_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+
+#if defined(__i386) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64) || defined(__x86_64__)
+  /* See comment in DATA_ORDER_IS_BIG_ENDIAN section. */
+# define HOST_c2l(c,l)	((l)=*((const unsigned int *)(c)), (c)+=4, l)
+# define HOST_l2c(l,c)	(*((unsigned int *)(c))=(l), (c)+=4, l)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HOST_c2l
+#define HOST_c2l(c,l)	(l =(((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))    ),		\
+			 l|=(((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<< 8),		\
+			 l|=(((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<<16),		\
+			 l|=(((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<<24),		\
+			 l)
+#endif
+#define HOST_p_c2l(c,l,n)	{					\
+			switch (n) {					\
+			case 0: l =((unsigned long)(*((c)++)));		\
+			case 1: l|=((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<< 8;	\
+			case 2: l|=((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<<16;	\
+			case 3: l|=((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<<24;	\
+				} }
+#define HOST_p_c2l_p(c,l,sc,len) {					\
+			switch (sc) {					\
+			case 0: l =((unsigned long)(*((c)++)));		\
+				if (--len == 0) break;			\
+			case 1: l|=((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<< 8;	\
+				if (--len == 0) break;			\
+			case 2: l|=((unsigned long)(*((c)++)))<<16;	\
+				} }
+/* NOTE the pointer is not incremented at the end of this */
+#define HOST_c2l_p(c,l,n)	{					\
+			l=0; (c)+=n;					\
+			switch (n) {					\
+			case 3: l =((unsigned long)(*(--(c))))<<16;	\
+			case 2: l|=((unsigned long)(*(--(c))))<< 8;	\
+			case 1: l|=((unsigned long)(*(--(c))));		\
+				} }
+#ifndef HOST_l2c
+#define HOST_l2c(l,c)	(*((c)++)=(unsigned char)(((l)    )&0xff),	\
+			 *((c)++)=(unsigned char)(((l)>> 8)&0xff),	\
+			 *((c)++)=(unsigned char)(((l)>>16)&0xff),	\
+			 *((c)++)=(unsigned char)(((l)>>24)&0xff),	\
+			 l)
+#endif
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Time for some action:-)
+ */
+
+int HASH_UPDATE (HASH_CTX *c, const void *data_, size_t len)
+	{
+	const unsigned char *data=data_;
+	register HASH_LONG * p;
+	register HASH_LONG l;
+	size_t sw,sc,ew,ec;
+
+	if (len==0) return 1;
+
+	l=(c->Nl+(((HASH_LONG)len)<<3))&0xffffffffUL;
+	/* 95-05-24 eay Fixed a bug with the overflow handling, thanks to
+	 * Wei Dai <weidai@eskimo.com> for pointing it out. */
+	if (l < c->Nl) /* overflow */
+		c->Nh++;
+	c->Nh+=(len>>29);	/* might cause compiler warning on 16-bit */
+	c->Nl=l;
+
+	if (c->num != 0)
+		{
+		p=c->data;
+		sw=c->num>>2;
+		sc=c->num&0x03;
+
+		if ((c->num+len) >= HASH_CBLOCK)
+			{
+			l=p[sw]; HOST_p_c2l(data,l,sc); p[sw++]=l;
+			for (; sw<HASH_LBLOCK; sw++)
+				{
+				HOST_c2l(data,l); p[sw]=l;
+				}
+			HASH_BLOCK_HOST_ORDER (c,p,1);
+			len-=(HASH_CBLOCK-c->num);
+			c->num=0;
+			/* drop through and do the rest */
+			}
+		else
+			{
+			c->num+=(unsigned int)len;
+			if ((sc+len) < 4) /* ugly, add char's to a word */
+				{
+				l=p[sw]; HOST_p_c2l_p(data,l,sc,len); p[sw]=l;
+				}
+			else
+				{
+				ew=(c->num>>2);
+				ec=(c->num&0x03);
+				if (sc)
+					l=p[sw];
+				HOST_p_c2l(data,l,sc);
+				p[sw++]=l;
+				for (; sw < ew; sw++)
+					{
+					HOST_c2l(data,l); p[sw]=l;
+					}
+				if (ec)
+					{
+					HOST_c2l_p(data,l,ec); p[sw]=l;
+					}
+				}
+			return 1;
+			}
+		}
+
+	sw=len/HASH_CBLOCK;
+	if (sw > 0)
+		{
+#if defined(HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED)
+		/*
+		 * Note that HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED gets defined
+		 * only if sizeof(HASH_LONG)==4.
+		 */
+		if ((((size_t)data)%4) == 0)
+			{
+			/* data is properly aligned so that we can cast it: */
+			HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED (c,(const HASH_LONG *)data,sw);
+			sw*=HASH_CBLOCK;
+			data+=sw;
+			len-=sw;
+			}
+		else
+#if !defined(HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER)
+			while (sw--)
+				{
+				memcpy (p=c->data,data,HASH_CBLOCK);
+				HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED(c,p,1);
+				data+=HASH_CBLOCK;
+				len-=HASH_CBLOCK;
+				}
+#endif
+#endif
+#if defined(HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER)
+			{
+			HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER(c,data,sw);
+			sw*=HASH_CBLOCK;
+			data+=sw;
+			len-=sw;
+			}
+#endif
+		}
+
+	if (len!=0)
+		{
+		p = c->data;
+		c->num = len;
+		ew=len>>2;	/* words to copy */
+		ec=len&0x03;
+		for (; ew; ew--,p++)
+			{
+			HOST_c2l(data,l); *p=l;
+			}
+		HOST_c2l_p(data,l,ec);
+		*p=l;
+		}
+	return 1;
+	}
+
+
+void HASH_TRANSFORM (HASH_CTX *c, const unsigned char *data)
+	{
+#if defined(HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED)
+	if ((((size_t)data)%4) == 0)
+		/* data is properly aligned so that we can cast it: */
+		HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED (c,(const HASH_LONG *)data,1);
+	else
+#if !defined(HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER)
+		{
+		memcpy (c->data,data,HASH_CBLOCK);
+		HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER_ALIGNED (c,c->data,1);
+		}
+#endif
+#endif
+#if defined(HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER)
+	HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER (c,data,1);
+#endif
+	}
+
+
+int HASH_FINAL (unsigned char *md, HASH_CTX *c)
+	{
+	register HASH_LONG *p;
+	register unsigned long l;
+	register int i,j;
+	static const unsigned char end[4]={0x80,0x00,0x00,0x00};
+	const unsigned char *cp=end;
+
+	/* c->num should definitly have room for at least one more byte. */
+	p=c->data;
+	i=c->num>>2;
+	j=c->num&0x03;
+
+#if 0
+	/* purify often complains about the following line as an
+	 * Uninitialized Memory Read.  While this can be true, the
+	 * following p_c2l macro will reset l when that case is true.
+	 * This is because j&0x03 contains the number of 'valid' bytes
+	 * already in p[i].  If and only if j&0x03 == 0, the UMR will
+	 * occur but this is also the only time p_c2l will do
+	 * l= *(cp++) instead of l|= *(cp++)
+	 * Many thanks to Alex Tang <altitude@cic.net> for pickup this
+	 * 'potential bug' */
+#ifdef PURIFY
+	if (j==0) p[i]=0; /* Yeah, but that's not the way to fix it:-) */
+#endif
+	l=p[i];
+#else
+	l = (j==0) ? 0 : p[i];
+#endif
+	HOST_p_c2l(cp,l,j); p[i++]=l; /* i is the next 'undefined word' */
+
+	if (i>(HASH_LBLOCK-2)) /* save room for Nl and Nh */
+		{
+		if (i<HASH_LBLOCK) p[i]=0;
+		HASH_BLOCK_HOST_ORDER (c,p,1);
+		i=0;
+		}
+	for (; i<(HASH_LBLOCK-2); i++)
+		p[i]=0;
+
+#if   defined(DATA_ORDER_IS_BIG_ENDIAN)
+	p[HASH_LBLOCK-2]=c->Nh;
+	p[HASH_LBLOCK-1]=c->Nl;
+#elif defined(DATA_ORDER_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+	p[HASH_LBLOCK-2]=c->Nl;
+	p[HASH_LBLOCK-1]=c->Nh;
+#endif
+	HASH_BLOCK_HOST_ORDER (c,p,1);
+
+#ifndef HASH_MAKE_STRING
+#error "HASH_MAKE_STRING must be defined!"
+#else
+	HASH_MAKE_STRING(c,md);
+#endif
+
+	c->num=0;
+	/* clear stuff, HASH_BLOCK may be leaving some stuff on the stack
+	 * but I'm not worried :-)
+	OPENSSL_cleanse((void *)c,sizeof(HASH_CTX));
+	 */
+	return 1;
+	}
+
+#ifndef MD32_REG_T
+#define MD32_REG_T long
+/*
+ * This comment was originaly written for MD5, which is why it
+ * discusses A-D. But it basically applies to all 32-bit digests,
+ * which is why it was moved to common header file.
+ *
+ * In case you wonder why A-D are declared as long and not
+ * as MD5_LONG. Doing so results in slight performance
+ * boost on LP64 architectures. The catch is we don't
+ * really care if 32 MSBs of a 64-bit register get polluted
+ * with eventual overflows as we *save* only 32 LSBs in
+ * *either* case. Now declaring 'em long excuses the compiler
+ * from keeping 32 MSBs zeroed resulting in 13% performance
+ * improvement under SPARC Solaris7/64 and 5% under AlphaLinux.
+ * Well, to be honest it should say that this *prevents* 
+ * performance degradation.
+ *				<appro@fy.chalmers.se>
+ * Apparently there're LP64 compilers that generate better
+ * code if A-D are declared int. Most notably GCC-x86_64
+ * generates better code.
+ *				<appro@fy.chalmers.se>
+ */
+#endif
diff --git a/src/libutil/md5.c b/src/libutil/md5.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b31640cdcced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/md5.c
@@ -0,0 +1,365 @@
+/* Functions to compute MD5 message digest of files or memory blocks.
+   according to the definition of MD5 in RFC 1321 from April 1992.
+   Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1999,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+   02111-1307 USA.  */
+
+/* Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, 1995.  */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "md5.h"
+
+
+static md5_uint32 SWAP(md5_uint32 n)
+{
+  static int checked = 0;
+  static int bigendian = 0;
+  static md5_uint32 test;
+
+  if (!checked) {
+    test = 1;
+    if (* (char *) &test == 0)
+      bigendian = 1;
+    checked = 1;
+  }
+
+  if (bigendian)
+    return (((n) << 24) | (((n) & 0xff00) << 8) | (((n) >> 8) & 0xff00) | ((n) >> 24));
+  else
+    return n;
+}
+
+
+/* This array contains the bytes used to pad the buffer to the next
+   64-byte boundary.  (RFC 1321, 3.1: Step 1)  */
+static const unsigned char fillbuf[64] = { 0x80, 0 /* , 0, 0, ...  */ };
+
+
+/* Initialize structure containing state of computation.
+   (RFC 1321, 3.3: Step 3)  */
+void
+MD5_Init (ctx)
+     struct MD5_CTX *ctx;
+{
+  ctx->A = 0x67452301;
+  ctx->B = 0xefcdab89;
+  ctx->C = 0x98badcfe;
+  ctx->D = 0x10325476;
+
+  ctx->total[0] = ctx->total[1] = 0;
+  ctx->buflen = 0;
+}
+
+/* Put result from CTX in first 16 bytes following RESBUF.  The result
+   must be in little endian byte order.
+
+   IMPORTANT: On some systems it is required that RESBUF is correctly
+   aligned for a 32 bits value.  */
+void *
+md5_read_ctx (ctx, resbuf)
+     const struct MD5_CTX *ctx;
+     void *resbuf;
+{
+  ((md5_uint32 *) resbuf)[0] = SWAP (ctx->A);
+  ((md5_uint32 *) resbuf)[1] = SWAP (ctx->B);
+  ((md5_uint32 *) resbuf)[2] = SWAP (ctx->C);
+  ((md5_uint32 *) resbuf)[3] = SWAP (ctx->D);
+
+  return resbuf;
+}
+
+/* Process the remaining bytes in the internal buffer and the usual
+   prolog according to the standard and write the result to RESBUF.
+
+   IMPORTANT: On some systems it is required that RESBUF is correctly
+   aligned for a 32 bits value.  */
+void *
+MD5_Final (resbuf, ctx)
+     void *resbuf;
+     struct MD5_CTX *ctx;
+{
+  /* Take yet unprocessed bytes into account.  */
+  md5_uint32 bytes = ctx->buflen;
+  size_t pad;
+
+  /* Now count remaining bytes.  */
+  ctx->total[0] += bytes;
+  if (ctx->total[0] < bytes)
+    ++ctx->total[1];
+
+  pad = bytes >= 56 ? 64 + 56 - bytes : 56 - bytes;
+  memcpy (&ctx->buffer[bytes], fillbuf, pad);
+
+  /* Put the 64-bit file length in *bits* at the end of the buffer.  */
+  *(md5_uint32 *) &ctx->buffer[bytes + pad] = SWAP (ctx->total[0] << 3);
+  *(md5_uint32 *) &ctx->buffer[bytes + pad + 4] = SWAP ((ctx->total[1] << 3) |
+							(ctx->total[0] >> 29));
+
+  /* Process last bytes.  */
+  md5_process_block (ctx->buffer, bytes + pad + 8, ctx);
+
+  return md5_read_ctx (ctx, resbuf);
+}
+
+void
+MD5_Update (ctx, buffer, len)
+     struct MD5_CTX *ctx;
+     const void *buffer;
+     size_t len;
+{
+  /* When we already have some bits in our internal buffer concatenate
+     both inputs first.  */
+  if (ctx->buflen != 0)
+    {
+      size_t left_over = ctx->buflen;
+      size_t add = 128 - left_over > len ? len : 128 - left_over;
+
+      memcpy (&ctx->buffer[left_over], buffer, add);
+      ctx->buflen += add;
+
+      if (ctx->buflen > 64)
+	{
+	  md5_process_block (ctx->buffer, ctx->buflen & ~63, ctx);
+
+	  ctx->buflen &= 63;
+	  /* The regions in the following copy operation cannot overlap.  */
+	  memcpy (ctx->buffer, &ctx->buffer[(left_over + add) & ~63],
+		  ctx->buflen);
+	}
+
+      buffer = (const char *) buffer + add;
+      len -= add;
+    }
+
+  /* Process available complete blocks.  */
+  if (len >= 64)
+    {
+#if !_STRING_ARCH_unaligned
+/* To check alignment gcc has an appropriate operator.  Other
+   compilers don't.  */
+# if __GNUC__ >= 2
+#  define UNALIGNED_P(p) (((md5_uintptr) p) % __alignof__ (md5_uint32) != 0)
+# else
+#  define UNALIGNED_P(p) (((md5_uintptr) p) % sizeof (md5_uint32) != 0)
+# endif
+      if (UNALIGNED_P (buffer))
+	while (len > 64)
+	  {
+	    md5_process_block (memcpy (ctx->buffer, buffer, 64), 64, ctx);
+	    buffer = (const char *) buffer + 64;
+	    len -= 64;
+	  }
+      else
+#endif
+	{
+	  md5_process_block (buffer, len & ~63, ctx);
+	  buffer = (const char *) buffer + (len & ~63);
+	  len &= 63;
+	}
+    }
+
+  /* Move remaining bytes in internal buffer.  */
+  if (len > 0)
+    {
+      size_t left_over = ctx->buflen;
+
+      memcpy (&ctx->buffer[left_over], buffer, len);
+      left_over += len;
+      if (left_over >= 64)
+	{
+	  md5_process_block (ctx->buffer, 64, ctx);
+	  left_over -= 64;
+	  memcpy (ctx->buffer, &ctx->buffer[64], left_over);
+	}
+      ctx->buflen = left_over;
+    }
+}
+
+
+/* These are the four functions used in the four steps of the MD5 algorithm
+   and defined in the RFC 1321.  The first function is a little bit optimized
+   (as found in Colin Plumbs public domain implementation).  */
+/* #define FF(b, c, d) ((b & c) | (~b & d)) */
+#define FF(b, c, d) (d ^ (b & (c ^ d)))
+#define FG(b, c, d) FF (d, b, c)
+#define FH(b, c, d) (b ^ c ^ d)
+#define FI(b, c, d) (c ^ (b | ~d))
+
+/* Process LEN bytes of BUFFER, accumulating context into CTX.
+   It is assumed that LEN % 64 == 0.  */
+
+void
+md5_process_block (buffer, len, ctx)
+     const void *buffer;
+     size_t len;
+     struct MD5_CTX *ctx;
+{
+  md5_uint32 correct_words[16];
+  const md5_uint32 *words = buffer;
+  size_t nwords = len / sizeof (md5_uint32);
+  const md5_uint32 *endp = words + nwords;
+  md5_uint32 A = ctx->A;
+  md5_uint32 B = ctx->B;
+  md5_uint32 C = ctx->C;
+  md5_uint32 D = ctx->D;
+
+  /* First increment the byte count.  RFC 1321 specifies the possible
+     length of the file up to 2^64 bits.  Here we only compute the
+     number of bytes.  Do a double word increment.  */
+  ctx->total[0] += len;
+  if (ctx->total[0] < len)
+    ++ctx->total[1];
+
+  /* Process all bytes in the buffer with 64 bytes in each round of
+     the loop.  */
+  while (words < endp)
+    {
+      md5_uint32 *cwp = correct_words;
+      md5_uint32 A_save = A;
+      md5_uint32 B_save = B;
+      md5_uint32 C_save = C;
+      md5_uint32 D_save = D;
+
+      /* First round: using the given function, the context and a constant
+	 the next context is computed.  Because the algorithms processing
+	 unit is a 32-bit word and it is determined to work on words in
+	 little endian byte order we perhaps have to change the byte order
+	 before the computation.  To reduce the work for the next steps
+	 we store the swapped words in the array CORRECT_WORDS.  */
+
+#define OP(a, b, c, d, s, T)						\
+      do								\
+        {								\
+	  a += FF (b, c, d) + (*cwp++ = SWAP (*words)) + T;		\
+	  ++words;							\
+	  CYCLIC (a, s);						\
+	  a += b;							\
+        }								\
+      while (0)
+
+      /* It is unfortunate that C does not provide an operator for
+	 cyclic rotation.  Hope the C compiler is smart enough.  */
+#define CYCLIC(w, s) (w = (w << s) | (w >> (32 - s)))
+
+      /* Before we start, one word to the strange constants.
+	 They are defined in RFC 1321 as
+
+	 T[i] = (int) (4294967296.0 * fabs (sin (i))), i=1..64
+       */
+
+      /* Round 1.  */
+      OP (A, B, C, D,  7, 0xd76aa478);
+      OP (D, A, B, C, 12, 0xe8c7b756);
+      OP (C, D, A, B, 17, 0x242070db);
+      OP (B, C, D, A, 22, 0xc1bdceee);
+      OP (A, B, C, D,  7, 0xf57c0faf);
+      OP (D, A, B, C, 12, 0x4787c62a);
+      OP (C, D, A, B, 17, 0xa8304613);
+      OP (B, C, D, A, 22, 0xfd469501);
+      OP (A, B, C, D,  7, 0x698098d8);
+      OP (D, A, B, C, 12, 0x8b44f7af);
+      OP (C, D, A, B, 17, 0xffff5bb1);
+      OP (B, C, D, A, 22, 0x895cd7be);
+      OP (A, B, C, D,  7, 0x6b901122);
+      OP (D, A, B, C, 12, 0xfd987193);
+      OP (C, D, A, B, 17, 0xa679438e);
+      OP (B, C, D, A, 22, 0x49b40821);
+
+      /* For the second to fourth round we have the possibly swapped words
+	 in CORRECT_WORDS.  Redefine the macro to take an additional first
+	 argument specifying the function to use.  */
+#undef OP
+#define OP(f, a, b, c, d, k, s, T)					\
+      do 								\
+	{								\
+	  a += f (b, c, d) + correct_words[k] + T;			\
+	  CYCLIC (a, s);						\
+	  a += b;							\
+	}								\
+      while (0)
+
+      /* Round 2.  */
+      OP (FG, A, B, C, D,  1,  5, 0xf61e2562);
+      OP (FG, D, A, B, C,  6,  9, 0xc040b340);
+      OP (FG, C, D, A, B, 11, 14, 0x265e5a51);
+      OP (FG, B, C, D, A,  0, 20, 0xe9b6c7aa);
+      OP (FG, A, B, C, D,  5,  5, 0xd62f105d);
+      OP (FG, D, A, B, C, 10,  9, 0x02441453);
+      OP (FG, C, D, A, B, 15, 14, 0xd8a1e681);
+      OP (FG, B, C, D, A,  4, 20, 0xe7d3fbc8);
+      OP (FG, A, B, C, D,  9,  5, 0x21e1cde6);
+      OP (FG, D, A, B, C, 14,  9, 0xc33707d6);
+      OP (FG, C, D, A, B,  3, 14, 0xf4d50d87);
+      OP (FG, B, C, D, A,  8, 20, 0x455a14ed);
+      OP (FG, A, B, C, D, 13,  5, 0xa9e3e905);
+      OP (FG, D, A, B, C,  2,  9, 0xfcefa3f8);
+      OP (FG, C, D, A, B,  7, 14, 0x676f02d9);
+      OP (FG, B, C, D, A, 12, 20, 0x8d2a4c8a);
+
+      /* Round 3.  */
+      OP (FH, A, B, C, D,  5,  4, 0xfffa3942);
+      OP (FH, D, A, B, C,  8, 11, 0x8771f681);
+      OP (FH, C, D, A, B, 11, 16, 0x6d9d6122);
+      OP (FH, B, C, D, A, 14, 23, 0xfde5380c);
+      OP (FH, A, B, C, D,  1,  4, 0xa4beea44);
+      OP (FH, D, A, B, C,  4, 11, 0x4bdecfa9);
+      OP (FH, C, D, A, B,  7, 16, 0xf6bb4b60);
+      OP (FH, B, C, D, A, 10, 23, 0xbebfbc70);
+      OP (FH, A, B, C, D, 13,  4, 0x289b7ec6);
+      OP (FH, D, A, B, C,  0, 11, 0xeaa127fa);
+      OP (FH, C, D, A, B,  3, 16, 0xd4ef3085);
+      OP (FH, B, C, D, A,  6, 23, 0x04881d05);
+      OP (FH, A, B, C, D,  9,  4, 0xd9d4d039);
+      OP (FH, D, A, B, C, 12, 11, 0xe6db99e5);
+      OP (FH, C, D, A, B, 15, 16, 0x1fa27cf8);
+      OP (FH, B, C, D, A,  2, 23, 0xc4ac5665);
+
+      /* Round 4.  */
+      OP (FI, A, B, C, D,  0,  6, 0xf4292244);
+      OP (FI, D, A, B, C,  7, 10, 0x432aff97);
+      OP (FI, C, D, A, B, 14, 15, 0xab9423a7);
+      OP (FI, B, C, D, A,  5, 21, 0xfc93a039);
+      OP (FI, A, B, C, D, 12,  6, 0x655b59c3);
+      OP (FI, D, A, B, C,  3, 10, 0x8f0ccc92);
+      OP (FI, C, D, A, B, 10, 15, 0xffeff47d);
+      OP (FI, B, C, D, A,  1, 21, 0x85845dd1);
+      OP (FI, A, B, C, D,  8,  6, 0x6fa87e4f);
+      OP (FI, D, A, B, C, 15, 10, 0xfe2ce6e0);
+      OP (FI, C, D, A, B,  6, 15, 0xa3014314);
+      OP (FI, B, C, D, A, 13, 21, 0x4e0811a1);
+      OP (FI, A, B, C, D,  4,  6, 0xf7537e82);
+      OP (FI, D, A, B, C, 11, 10, 0xbd3af235);
+      OP (FI, C, D, A, B,  2, 15, 0x2ad7d2bb);
+      OP (FI, B, C, D, A,  9, 21, 0xeb86d391);
+
+      /* Add the starting values of the context.  */
+      A += A_save;
+      B += B_save;
+      C += C_save;
+      D += D_save;
+    }
+
+  /* Put checksum in context given as argument.  */
+  ctx->A = A;
+  ctx->B = B;
+  ctx->C = C;
+  ctx->D = D;
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/md5.h b/src/libutil/md5.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..228d4972320f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/md5.h
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/* Declaration of functions and data types used for MD5 sum computing
+   library functions.
+   Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1999,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+   02111-1307 USA.  */
+
+#ifndef _MD5_H
+#define _MD5_H 1
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+typedef uint32_t md5_uint32;
+typedef uintptr_t md5_uintptr;
+
+/* Structure to save state of computation between the single steps.  */
+struct MD5_CTX
+{
+  md5_uint32 A;
+  md5_uint32 B;
+  md5_uint32 C;
+  md5_uint32 D;
+
+  md5_uint32 total[2];
+  md5_uint32 buflen;
+  char buffer[128] __attribute__ ((__aligned__ (__alignof__ (md5_uint32))));
+};
+
+/*
+ * The following three functions are build up the low level used in
+ * the functions `md5_stream' and `md5_buffer'.
+ */
+
+/* Initialize structure containing state of computation.
+   (RFC 1321, 3.3: Step 3)  */
+extern void MD5_Init (struct MD5_CTX *ctx);
+
+/* Starting with the result of former calls of this function (or the
+   initialization function update the context for the next LEN bytes
+   starting at BUFFER.
+   It is necessary that LEN is a multiple of 64!!! */
+extern void md5_process_block (const void *buffer, size_t len,
+				      struct MD5_CTX *ctx);
+
+/* Starting with the result of former calls of this function (or the
+   initialization function update the context for the next LEN bytes
+   starting at BUFFER.
+   It is NOT required that LEN is a multiple of 64.  */
+extern void MD5_Update (struct MD5_CTX *ctx, const void *buffer, size_t len);
+
+/* Process the remaining bytes in the buffer and put result from CTX
+   in first 16 bytes following RESBUF.  The result is always in little
+   endian byte order, so that a byte-wise output yields to the wanted
+   ASCII representation of the message digest.
+
+   IMPORTANT: On some systems it is required that RESBUF is correctly
+   aligned for a 32 bits value.  */
+extern void *MD5_Final (void *resbuf, struct MD5_CTX *ctx);
+
+
+/* Put result from CTX in first 16 bytes following RESBUF.  The result is
+   always in little endian byte order, so that a byte-wise output yields
+   to the wanted ASCII representation of the message digest.
+
+   IMPORTANT: On some systems it is required that RESBUF is correctly
+   aligned for a 32 bits value.  */
+extern void *md5_read_ctx (const struct MD5_CTX *ctx, void *resbuf);
+
+
+#endif /* md5.h */
diff --git a/src/libutil/serialise.cc b/src/libutil/serialise.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f817a869539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/serialise.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+#include "serialise.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+
+#include <cstring>
+#include <cerrno>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+BufferedSink::~BufferedSink()
+{
+    /* We can't call flush() here, because C++ for some insane reason
+       doesn't allow you to call virtual methods from a destructor. */
+    assert(!bufPos);
+    if (buffer) delete[] buffer;
+}
+
+    
+void BufferedSink::operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    if (!buffer) buffer = new unsigned char[bufSize];
+    
+    while (len) {
+        /* Optimisation: bypass the buffer if the data exceeds the
+           buffer size. */
+        if (bufPos + len >= bufSize) {
+            flush();
+            write(data, len);
+            break;
+        }
+        /* Otherwise, copy the bytes to the buffer.  Flush the buffer
+           when it's full. */
+        size_t n = bufPos + len > bufSize ? bufSize - bufPos : len;
+        memcpy(buffer + bufPos, data, n);
+        data += n; bufPos += n; len -= n;
+        if (bufPos == bufSize) flush();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void BufferedSink::flush()
+{
+    if (bufPos == 0) return;
+    size_t n = bufPos;
+    bufPos = 0; // don't trigger the assert() in ~BufferedSink()
+    write(buffer, n);
+}
+
+
+FdSink::~FdSink()
+{
+    try { flush(); } catch (...) { ignoreException(); }
+}
+
+
+void FdSink::write(const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    writeFull(fd, data, len);
+}
+
+
+void Source::operator () (unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    while (len) {
+        size_t n = read(data, len);
+        data += n; len -= n;
+    }
+}
+
+
+BufferedSource::~BufferedSource()
+{
+    if (buffer) delete[] buffer;
+}
+
+
+size_t BufferedSource::read(unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    if (!buffer) buffer = new unsigned char[bufSize];
+
+    if (!bufPosIn) bufPosIn = readUnbuffered(buffer, bufSize);
+            
+    /* Copy out the data in the buffer. */
+    size_t n = len > bufPosIn - bufPosOut ? bufPosIn - bufPosOut : len;
+    memcpy(data, buffer + bufPosOut, n);
+    bufPosOut += n;
+    if (bufPosIn == bufPosOut) bufPosIn = bufPosOut = 0;
+    return n;
+}
+
+
+bool BufferedSource::hasData()
+{
+    return bufPosOut < bufPosIn;
+}
+
+
+size_t FdSource::readUnbuffered(unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    ssize_t n;
+    do {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        n = ::read(fd, (char *) data, bufSize);
+    } while (n == -1 && errno == EINTR);
+    if (n == -1) throw SysError("reading from file");
+    if (n == 0) throw EndOfFile("unexpected end-of-file");
+    return n;
+}
+
+
+size_t StringSource::read(unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+{
+    if (pos == s.size()) throw EndOfFile("end of string reached");
+    size_t n = s.copy((char *) data, len, pos);
+    pos += n;
+    return n;
+}
+
+
+void writePadding(size_t len, Sink & sink)
+{
+    if (len % 8) {
+        unsigned char zero[8];
+        memset(zero, 0, sizeof(zero));
+        sink(zero, 8 - (len % 8));
+    }
+}
+
+
+void writeInt(unsigned int n, Sink & sink)
+{
+    unsigned char buf[8];
+    memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+    buf[0] = n & 0xff;
+    buf[1] = (n >> 8) & 0xff;
+    buf[2] = (n >> 16) & 0xff;
+    buf[3] = (n >> 24) & 0xff;
+    sink(buf, sizeof(buf));
+}
+
+
+void writeLongLong(unsigned long long n, Sink & sink)
+{
+    unsigned char buf[8];
+    buf[0] = n & 0xff;
+    buf[1] = (n >> 8) & 0xff;
+    buf[2] = (n >> 16) & 0xff;
+    buf[3] = (n >> 24) & 0xff;
+    buf[4] = (n >> 32) & 0xff;
+    buf[5] = (n >> 40) & 0xff;
+    buf[6] = (n >> 48) & 0xff;
+    buf[7] = (n >> 56) & 0xff;
+    sink(buf, sizeof(buf));
+}
+
+
+void writeString(const unsigned char * buf, size_t len, Sink & sink)
+{
+    writeInt(len, sink);
+    sink(buf, len);
+    writePadding(len, sink);
+}
+
+
+void writeString(const string & s, Sink & sink)
+{
+    writeString((const unsigned char *) s.data(), s.size(), sink);
+}
+
+
+template<class T> void writeStrings(const T & ss, Sink & sink)
+{
+    writeInt(ss.size(), sink);
+    foreach (typename T::const_iterator, i, ss)
+        writeString(*i, sink);
+}
+
+template void writeStrings(const Paths & ss, Sink & sink);
+template void writeStrings(const PathSet & ss, Sink & sink);
+
+
+void readPadding(size_t len, Source & source)
+{
+    if (len % 8) {
+        unsigned char zero[8];
+        size_t n = 8 - (len % 8);
+        source(zero, n);
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+            if (zero[i]) throw SerialisationError("non-zero padding");
+    }
+}
+
+
+unsigned int readInt(Source & source)
+{
+    unsigned char buf[8];
+    source(buf, sizeof(buf));
+    if (buf[4] || buf[5] || buf[6] || buf[7])
+        throw SerialisationError("implementation cannot deal with > 32-bit integers");
+    return
+        buf[0] |
+        (buf[1] << 8) |
+        (buf[2] << 16) |
+        (buf[3] << 24);
+}
+
+
+unsigned long long readLongLong(Source & source)
+{
+    unsigned char buf[8];
+    source(buf, sizeof(buf));
+    return
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[0]) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[1] << 8) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[2] << 16) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[3] << 24) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[4] << 32) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[5] << 40) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[6] << 48) |
+        ((unsigned long long) buf[7] << 56);
+}
+
+
+size_t readString(unsigned char * buf, size_t max, Source & source)
+{
+    size_t len = readInt(source);
+    if (len > max) throw Error("string is too long");
+    source(buf, len);
+    readPadding(len, source);
+    return len;
+}
+
+ 
+string readString(Source & source)
+{
+    size_t len = readInt(source);
+    unsigned char * buf = new unsigned char[len];
+    AutoDeleteArray<unsigned char> d(buf);
+    source(buf, len);
+    readPadding(len, source);
+    return string((char *) buf, len);
+}
+
+ 
+template<class T> T readStrings(Source & source)
+{
+    unsigned int count = readInt(source);
+    T ss;
+    while (count--)
+        ss.insert(ss.end(), readString(source));
+    return ss;
+}
+
+template Paths readStrings(Source & source);
+template PathSet readStrings(Source & source);
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/serialise.hh b/src/libutil/serialise.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e5a9df1d050a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/serialise.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+/* Abstract destination of binary data. */
+struct Sink 
+{
+    virtual ~Sink() { }
+    virtual void operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len) = 0;
+};
+
+
+/* A buffered abstract sink. */
+struct BufferedSink : Sink
+{
+    size_t bufSize, bufPos;
+    unsigned char * buffer;
+
+    BufferedSink(size_t bufSize = 32 * 1024)
+        : bufSize(bufSize), bufPos(0), buffer(0) { }
+    ~BufferedSink();
+
+    void operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+    
+    void flush();
+    
+    virtual void write(const unsigned char * data, size_t len) = 0;
+};
+
+
+/* Abstract source of binary data. */
+struct Source
+{
+    virtual ~Source() { }
+    
+    /* Store exactly โ€˜lenโ€™ bytes in the buffer pointed to by โ€˜dataโ€™.
+       It blocks until all the requested data is available, or throws
+       an error if it is not going to be available.   */
+    void operator () (unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+
+    /* Store up to โ€˜lenโ€™ in the buffer pointed to by โ€˜dataโ€™, and
+       return the number of bytes stored.  If blocks until at least
+       one byte is available. */
+    virtual size_t read(unsigned char * data, size_t len) = 0;
+};
+
+
+/* A buffered abstract source. */
+struct BufferedSource : Source
+{
+    size_t bufSize, bufPosIn, bufPosOut;
+    unsigned char * buffer;
+
+    BufferedSource(size_t bufSize = 32 * 1024)
+        : bufSize(bufSize), bufPosIn(0), bufPosOut(0), buffer(0) { }
+    ~BufferedSource();
+    
+    size_t read(unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+    
+    /* Underlying read call, to be overridden. */
+    virtual size_t readUnbuffered(unsigned char * data, size_t len) = 0;
+
+    bool hasData();
+};
+
+
+/* A sink that writes data to a file descriptor. */
+struct FdSink : BufferedSink
+{
+    int fd;
+
+    FdSink() : fd(-1) { }
+    FdSink(int fd) : fd(fd) { }
+    ~FdSink();
+    
+    void write(const unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+};
+
+
+/* A source that reads data from a file descriptor. */
+struct FdSource : BufferedSource
+{
+    int fd;
+    FdSource() : fd(-1) { }
+    FdSource(int fd) : fd(fd) { }
+    size_t readUnbuffered(unsigned char * data, size_t len);
+};
+
+
+/* A sink that writes data to a string. */
+struct StringSink : Sink
+{
+    string s;
+    void operator () (const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+    {
+        s.append((const char *) data, len);
+    }
+};
+
+
+/* A source that reads data from a string. */
+struct StringSource : Source
+{
+    const string & s;
+    size_t pos;
+    StringSource(const string & _s) : s(_s), pos(0) { }
+    size_t read(unsigned char * data, size_t len);    
+};
+
+
+void writePadding(size_t len, Sink & sink);
+void writeInt(unsigned int n, Sink & sink);
+void writeLongLong(unsigned long long n, Sink & sink);
+void writeString(const unsigned char * buf, size_t len, Sink & sink);
+void writeString(const string & s, Sink & sink);
+template<class T> void writeStrings(const T & ss, Sink & sink);
+
+void readPadding(size_t len, Source & source);
+unsigned int readInt(Source & source);
+unsigned long long readLongLong(Source & source);
+size_t readString(unsigned char * buf, size_t max, Source & source);
+string readString(Source & source);
+template<class T> T readStrings(Source & source);
+
+
+MakeError(SerialisationError, Error)
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/sha1.c b/src/libutil/sha1.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9d294d15540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/sha1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,369 @@
+/* $Id$ */
+
+/* sha.c - Implementation of the Secure Hash Algorithm
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1995, A.M. Kuchling
+ *
+ * Distribute and use freely; there are no restrictions on further 
+ * dissemination and usage except those imposed by the laws of your 
+ * country of residence.
+ *
+ * Adapted to pike and some cleanup by Niels M๖ller.
+ */
+
+/* $Id$ */
+
+/* SHA: NIST's Secure Hash Algorithm */
+
+/* Based on SHA code originally posted to sci.crypt by Peter Gutmann
+   in message <30ajo5$oe8@ccu2.auckland.ac.nz>.
+   Modified to test for endianness on creation of SHA objects by AMK.
+   Also, the original specification of SHA was found to have a weakness
+   by NSA/NIST.  This code implements the fixed version of SHA.
+*/
+
+/* Here's the first paragraph of Peter Gutmann's posting:
+   
+The following is my SHA (FIPS 180) code updated to allow use of the "fixed"
+SHA, thanks to Jim Gillogly and an anonymous contributor for the information on
+what's changed in the new version.  The fix is a simple change which involves
+adding a single rotate in the initial expansion function.  It is unknown
+whether this is an optimal solution to the problem which was discovered in the
+SHA or whether it's simply a bandaid which fixes the problem with a minimum of
+effort (for example the reengineering of a great many Capstone chips).
+*/
+
+#include "sha1.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+void sha_copy(struct SHA_CTX *dest, struct SHA_CTX *src)
+{
+  unsigned int i;
+
+  dest->count_l=src->count_l;
+  dest->count_h=src->count_h;
+  for(i=0; i<SHA_DIGESTLEN; i++)
+    dest->digest[i]=src->digest[i];
+  for(i=0; i < src->index; i++)
+    dest->block[i] = src->block[i];
+  dest->index = src->index;
+}
+
+
+/* The SHA f()-functions.  The f1 and f3 functions can be optimized to
+   save one boolean operation each - thanks to Rich Schroeppel,
+   rcs@cs.arizona.edu for discovering this */
+
+/*#define f1(x,y,z) ( ( x & y ) | ( ~x & z ) )          // Rounds  0-19 */
+#define f1(x,y,z)   ( z ^ ( x & ( y ^ z ) ) )           /* Rounds  0-19 */
+#define f2(x,y,z)   ( x ^ y ^ z )                       /* Rounds 20-39 */
+/*#define f3(x,y,z) ( ( x & y ) | ( x & z ) | ( y & z ) )   // Rounds 40-59 */
+#define f3(x,y,z)   ( ( x & y ) | ( z & ( x | y ) ) )   /* Rounds 40-59 */
+#define f4(x,y,z)   ( x ^ y ^ z )                       /* Rounds 60-79 */
+
+/* The SHA Mysterious Constants */
+
+#define K1  0x5A827999L                                 /* Rounds  0-19 */
+#define K2  0x6ED9EBA1L                                 /* Rounds 20-39 */
+#define K3  0x8F1BBCDCL                                 /* Rounds 40-59 */
+#define K4  0xCA62C1D6L                                 /* Rounds 60-79 */
+
+/* SHA initial values */
+
+#define h0init  0x67452301L
+#define h1init  0xEFCDAB89L
+#define h2init  0x98BADCFEL
+#define h3init  0x10325476L
+#define h4init  0xC3D2E1F0L
+
+/* 32-bit rotate left - kludged with shifts */
+
+#define ROTL(n,X)  ( ( (X) << (n) ) | ( (X) >> ( 32 - (n) ) ) )
+
+/* The initial expanding function.  The hash function is defined over an
+   80-word expanded input array W, where the first 16 are copies of the input
+   data, and the remaining 64 are defined by
+
+        W[ i ] = W[ i - 16 ] ^ W[ i - 14 ] ^ W[ i - 8 ] ^ W[ i - 3 ]
+
+   This implementation generates these values on the fly in a circular
+   buffer - thanks to Colin Plumb, colin@nyx10.cs.du.edu for this
+   optimization.
+
+   The updated SHA changes the expanding function by adding a rotate of 1
+   bit.  Thanks to Jim Gillogly, jim@rand.org, and an anonymous contributor
+   for this information */
+
+#define expand(W,i) ( W[ i & 15 ] = \
+		      ROTL( 1, ( W[ i & 15 ] ^ W[ (i - 14) & 15 ] ^ \
+				 W[ (i - 8) & 15 ] ^ W[ (i - 3) & 15 ] ) ) )
+
+
+/* The prototype SHA sub-round.  The fundamental sub-round is:
+
+        a' = e + ROTL( 5, a ) + f( b, c, d ) + k + data;
+        b' = a;
+        c' = ROTL( 30, b );
+        d' = c;
+        e' = d;
+
+   but this is implemented by unrolling the loop 5 times and renaming the
+   variables ( e, a, b, c, d ) = ( a', b', c', d', e' ) each iteration.
+   This code is then replicated 20 times for each of the 4 functions, using
+   the next 20 values from the W[] array each time */
+
+#define subRound(a, b, c, d, e, f, k, data) \
+    ( e += ROTL( 5, a ) + f( b, c, d ) + k + data, b = ROTL( 30, b ) )
+
+/* Initialize the SHA values */
+
+void SHA1_Init(struct SHA_CTX *ctx)
+{
+  /* Set the h-vars to their initial values */
+  ctx->digest[ 0 ] = h0init;
+  ctx->digest[ 1 ] = h1init;
+  ctx->digest[ 2 ] = h2init;
+  ctx->digest[ 3 ] = h3init;
+  ctx->digest[ 4 ] = h4init;
+
+  /* Initialize bit count */
+  ctx->count_l = ctx->count_h = 0;
+  
+  /* Initialize buffer */
+  ctx->index = 0;
+}
+
+/* Perform the SHA transformation.  Note that this code, like MD5, seems to
+   break some optimizing compilers due to the complexity of the expressions
+   and the size of the basic block.  It may be necessary to split it into
+   sections, e.g. based on the four subrounds
+
+   Note that this function destroys the data area */
+
+static void sha_transform(struct SHA_CTX *ctx, uint32_t *data )
+{
+  uint32_t A, B, C, D, E;     /* Local vars */
+
+  /* Set up first buffer and local data buffer */
+  A = ctx->digest[0];
+  B = ctx->digest[1];
+  C = ctx->digest[2];
+  D = ctx->digest[3];
+  E = ctx->digest[4];
+
+  /* Heavy mangling, in 4 sub-rounds of 20 interations each. */
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f1, K1, data[ 0] );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f1, K1, data[ 1] );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f1, K1, data[ 2] );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f1, K1, data[ 3] );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f1, K1, data[ 4] );
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f1, K1, data[ 5] );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f1, K1, data[ 6] );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f1, K1, data[ 7] );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f1, K1, data[ 8] );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f1, K1, data[ 9] );
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f1, K1, data[10] );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f1, K1, data[11] );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f1, K1, data[12] );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f1, K1, data[13] );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f1, K1, data[14] );
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f1, K1, data[15] );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f1, K1, expand( data, 16 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f1, K1, expand( data, 17 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f1, K1, expand( data, 18 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f1, K1, expand( data, 19 ) );
+
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f2, K2, expand( data, 20 ) );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f2, K2, expand( data, 21 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f2, K2, expand( data, 22 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f2, K2, expand( data, 23 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f2, K2, expand( data, 24 ) );
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f2, K2, expand( data, 25 ) );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f2, K2, expand( data, 26 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f2, K2, expand( data, 27 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f2, K2, expand( data, 28 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f2, K2, expand( data, 29 ) );
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f2, K2, expand( data, 30 ) );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f2, K2, expand( data, 31 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f2, K2, expand( data, 32 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f2, K2, expand( data, 33 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f2, K2, expand( data, 34 ) );
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f2, K2, expand( data, 35 ) );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f2, K2, expand( data, 36 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f2, K2, expand( data, 37 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f2, K2, expand( data, 38 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f2, K2, expand( data, 39 ) );
+
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f3, K3, expand( data, 40 ) );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f3, K3, expand( data, 41 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f3, K3, expand( data, 42 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f3, K3, expand( data, 43 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f3, K3, expand( data, 44 ) );
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f3, K3, expand( data, 45 ) );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f3, K3, expand( data, 46 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f3, K3, expand( data, 47 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f3, K3, expand( data, 48 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f3, K3, expand( data, 49 ) );
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f3, K3, expand( data, 50 ) );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f3, K3, expand( data, 51 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f3, K3, expand( data, 52 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f3, K3, expand( data, 53 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f3, K3, expand( data, 54 ) );
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f3, K3, expand( data, 55 ) );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f3, K3, expand( data, 56 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f3, K3, expand( data, 57 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f3, K3, expand( data, 58 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f3, K3, expand( data, 59 ) );
+
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f4, K4, expand( data, 60 ) );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f4, K4, expand( data, 61 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f4, K4, expand( data, 62 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f4, K4, expand( data, 63 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f4, K4, expand( data, 64 ) );
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f4, K4, expand( data, 65 ) );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f4, K4, expand( data, 66 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f4, K4, expand( data, 67 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f4, K4, expand( data, 68 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f4, K4, expand( data, 69 ) );
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f4, K4, expand( data, 70 ) );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f4, K4, expand( data, 71 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f4, K4, expand( data, 72 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f4, K4, expand( data, 73 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f4, K4, expand( data, 74 ) );
+  subRound( A, B, C, D, E, f4, K4, expand( data, 75 ) );
+  subRound( E, A, B, C, D, f4, K4, expand( data, 76 ) );
+  subRound( D, E, A, B, C, f4, K4, expand( data, 77 ) );
+  subRound( C, D, E, A, B, f4, K4, expand( data, 78 ) );
+  subRound( B, C, D, E, A, f4, K4, expand( data, 79 ) );
+
+  /* Build message digest */
+  ctx->digest[0] += A;
+  ctx->digest[1] += B;
+  ctx->digest[2] += C;
+  ctx->digest[3] += D;
+  ctx->digest[4] += E;
+}
+
+#if 1
+
+#ifndef EXTRACT_UCHAR
+#define EXTRACT_UCHAR(p)  (*(unsigned char *)(p))
+#endif
+
+#define STRING2INT(s) ((((((EXTRACT_UCHAR(s) << 8)    \
+			 | EXTRACT_UCHAR(s+1)) << 8)  \
+			 | EXTRACT_UCHAR(s+2)) << 8)  \
+			 | EXTRACT_UCHAR(s+3))
+#else
+uint32_t STRING2INT(unsigned char *s)
+{
+  uint32_t r;
+  unsigned int i;
+  
+  for (i = 0, r = 0; i < 4; i++, s++)
+    r = (r << 8) | *s;
+  return r;
+}
+#endif
+
+static void sha_block(struct SHA_CTX *ctx, const unsigned char *block)
+{
+  uint32_t data[SHA_DATALEN];
+  unsigned int i;
+  
+  /* Update block count */
+  if (!++ctx->count_l)
+    ++ctx->count_h;
+
+  /* Endian independent conversion */
+  for (i = 0; i<SHA_DATALEN; i++, block += 4)
+    data[i] = STRING2INT(block);
+
+  sha_transform(ctx, data);
+}
+
+void SHA1_Update(struct SHA_CTX *ctx, const unsigned char *buffer, uint32_t len)
+{
+  if (ctx->index)
+    { /* Try to fill partial block */
+      unsigned left = SHA_DATASIZE - ctx->index;
+      if (len < left)
+	{
+	  memcpy(ctx->block + ctx->index, buffer, len);
+	  ctx->index += len;
+	  return; /* Finished */
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  memcpy(ctx->block + ctx->index, buffer, left);
+	  sha_block(ctx, ctx->block);
+	  buffer += left;
+	  len -= left;
+	}
+    }
+  while (len >= SHA_DATASIZE)
+    {
+      sha_block(ctx, buffer);
+      buffer += SHA_DATASIZE;
+      len -= SHA_DATASIZE;
+    }
+  if ((ctx->index = len))     /* This assignment is intended */
+    /* Buffer leftovers */
+    memcpy(ctx->block, buffer, len);
+}
+	  
+/* Final wrapup - pad to SHA_DATASIZE-byte boundary with the bit pattern
+   1 0* (64-bit count of bits processed, MSB-first) */
+
+void SHA1_Final(unsigned char *s, struct SHA_CTX *ctx)
+{
+  uint32_t data[SHA_DATALEN];
+  unsigned int i;
+  unsigned int words;
+  
+  i = ctx->index;
+  /* Set the first char of padding to 0x80.  This is safe since there is
+     always at least one byte free */
+  ctx->block[i++] = 0x80;
+
+  /* Fill rest of word */
+  for( ; i & 3; i++)
+    ctx->block[i] = 0;
+
+  /* i is now a multiple of the word size 4 */
+  words = i >> 2;
+  for (i = 0; i < words; i++)
+    data[i] = STRING2INT(ctx->block + 4*i);
+  
+  if (words > (SHA_DATALEN-2))
+    { /* No room for length in this block. Process it and
+       * pad with another one */
+      for (i = words ; i < SHA_DATALEN; i++)
+	data[i] = 0;
+      sha_transform(ctx, data);
+      for (i = 0; i < (SHA_DATALEN-2); i++)
+	data[i] = 0;
+    }
+  else
+    for (i = words ; i < SHA_DATALEN - 2; i++)
+      data[i] = 0;
+  /* Theres 512 = 2^9 bits in one block */
+  data[SHA_DATALEN-2] = (ctx->count_h << 9) | (ctx->count_l >> 23);
+  data[SHA_DATALEN-1] = (ctx->count_l << 9) | (ctx->index << 3);
+  sha_transform(ctx, data);
+  sha_digest(ctx, s);
+}
+
+void sha_digest(struct SHA_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *s)
+{
+  unsigned int i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < SHA_DIGESTLEN; i++)
+    {
+      *s++ =         ctx->digest[i] >> 24;
+      *s++ = 0xff & (ctx->digest[i] >> 16);
+      *s++ = 0xff & (ctx->digest[i] >> 8);
+      *s++ = 0xff &  ctx->digest[i];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/sha1.h b/src/libutil/sha1.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..715040dd48df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/sha1.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#ifndef _SHA_H
+#define _SHA_H
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+/* The SHA block size and message digest sizes, in bytes */
+
+#define SHA_DATASIZE    64
+#define SHA_DATALEN     16
+#define SHA_DIGESTSIZE  20
+#define SHA_DIGESTLEN    5
+/* The structure for storing SHA info */
+
+struct SHA_CTX {
+  uint32_t digest[SHA_DIGESTLEN];  /* Message digest */
+  uint32_t count_l, count_h;       /* 64-bit block count */
+  uint8_t block[SHA_DATASIZE];     /* SHA data buffer */
+  unsigned int index;            /* index into buffer */
+};
+
+void SHA1_Init(struct SHA_CTX *ctx);
+void SHA1_Update(struct SHA_CTX *ctx, const unsigned char *buffer, uint32_t len);
+void SHA1_Final(unsigned char *s, struct SHA_CTX *ctx);
+void sha_digest(struct SHA_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *s);
+void sha_copy(struct SHA_CTX *dest, struct SHA_CTX *src);
+
+
+#endif /* !_SHA_H */
diff --git a/src/libutil/sha256.c b/src/libutil/sha256.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63ed0ba43011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/sha256.c
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+/* crypto/sha/sha256.c */
+/* ====================================================================
+ * Copyright (c) 2004 The OpenSSL Project.  All rights reserved
+ * according to the OpenSSL license [found in ./md32_common.h].
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "sha256.h"
+
+int SHA224_Init (SHA256_CTX *c)
+	{
+	c->h[0]=0xc1059ed8UL;	c->h[1]=0x367cd507UL;
+	c->h[2]=0x3070dd17UL;	c->h[3]=0xf70e5939UL;
+	c->h[4]=0xffc00b31UL;	c->h[5]=0x68581511UL;
+	c->h[6]=0x64f98fa7UL;	c->h[7]=0xbefa4fa4UL;
+	c->Nl=0;	c->Nh=0;
+	c->num=0;	c->md_len=SHA224_DIGEST_LENGTH;
+	return 1;
+	}
+
+int SHA256_Init (SHA256_CTX *c)
+	{
+	c->h[0]=0x6a09e667UL;	c->h[1]=0xbb67ae85UL;
+	c->h[2]=0x3c6ef372UL;	c->h[3]=0xa54ff53aUL;
+	c->h[4]=0x510e527fUL;	c->h[5]=0x9b05688cUL;
+	c->h[6]=0x1f83d9abUL;	c->h[7]=0x5be0cd19UL;
+	c->Nl=0;	c->Nh=0;
+	c->num=0;	c->md_len=SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH;
+	return 1;
+	}
+
+unsigned char *SHA224(const unsigned char *d, size_t n, unsigned char *md)
+	{
+	SHA256_CTX c;
+	static unsigned char m[SHA224_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+
+	if (md == NULL) md=m;
+	SHA224_Init(&c);
+	SHA256_Update(&c,d,n);
+	SHA256_Final(md,&c);
+	return(md);
+	}
+
+unsigned char *SHA256(const unsigned char *d, size_t n, unsigned char *md)
+	{
+	SHA256_CTX c;
+	static unsigned char m[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+
+	if (md == NULL) md=m;
+	SHA256_Init(&c);
+	SHA256_Update(&c,d,n);
+	SHA256_Final(md,&c);
+	return(md);
+	}
+
+int SHA224_Update(SHA256_CTX *c, const void *data, size_t len)
+{   return SHA256_Update (c,data,len);   }
+int SHA224_Final (unsigned char *md, SHA256_CTX *c)
+{   return SHA256_Final (md,c);   }
+
+#define	DATA_ORDER_IS_BIG_ENDIAN
+
+#define	HASH_LONG		uint32_t
+#define	HASH_LONG_LOG2		2
+#define	HASH_CTX		SHA256_CTX
+#define	HASH_CBLOCK		SHA_CBLOCK
+#define	HASH_LBLOCK		SHA_LBLOCK
+/*
+ * Note that FIPS180-2 discusses "Truncation of the Hash Function Output."
+ * default: case below covers for it. It's not clear however if it's
+ * permitted to truncate to amount of bytes not divisible by 4. I bet not,
+ * but if it is, then default: case shall be extended. For reference.
+ * Idea behind separate cases for pre-defined lenghts is to let the
+ * compiler decide if it's appropriate to unroll small loops.
+ */
+#define	HASH_MAKE_STRING(c,s)	do {	\
+	unsigned long ll;		\
+	unsigned int  n;		\
+	switch ((c)->md_len)		\
+	{   case SHA224_DIGEST_LENGTH:	\
+		for (n=0;n<SHA224_DIGEST_LENGTH/4;n++)	\
+		{   ll=(c)->h[n]; HOST_l2c(ll,(s));   }	\
+		break;			\
+	    case SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH:	\
+		for (n=0;n<SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH/4;n++)	\
+		{   ll=(c)->h[n]; HOST_l2c(ll,(s));   }	\
+		break;			\
+	    default:			\
+		if ((c)->md_len > SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH)	\
+		    return 0;				\
+		for (n=0;n<(c)->md_len/4;n++)		\
+		{   ll=(c)->h[n]; HOST_l2c(ll,(s));   }	\
+		break;			\
+	}				\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define	HASH_UPDATE		SHA256_Update
+#define	HASH_TRANSFORM		SHA256_Transform
+#define	HASH_FINAL		SHA256_Final
+#define	HASH_BLOCK_HOST_ORDER	sha256_block_host_order
+#define	HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER	sha256_block_data_order
+void sha256_block_host_order (SHA256_CTX *ctx, const void *in, size_t num);
+void sha256_block_data_order (SHA256_CTX *ctx, const void *in, size_t num);
+
+#include "md32_common.h"
+
+static const uint32_t K256[64] = {
+	0x428a2f98UL,0x71374491UL,0xb5c0fbcfUL,0xe9b5dba5UL,
+	0x3956c25bUL,0x59f111f1UL,0x923f82a4UL,0xab1c5ed5UL,
+	0xd807aa98UL,0x12835b01UL,0x243185beUL,0x550c7dc3UL,
+	0x72be5d74UL,0x80deb1feUL,0x9bdc06a7UL,0xc19bf174UL,
+	0xe49b69c1UL,0xefbe4786UL,0x0fc19dc6UL,0x240ca1ccUL,
+	0x2de92c6fUL,0x4a7484aaUL,0x5cb0a9dcUL,0x76f988daUL,
+	0x983e5152UL,0xa831c66dUL,0xb00327c8UL,0xbf597fc7UL,
+	0xc6e00bf3UL,0xd5a79147UL,0x06ca6351UL,0x14292967UL,
+	0x27b70a85UL,0x2e1b2138UL,0x4d2c6dfcUL,0x53380d13UL,
+	0x650a7354UL,0x766a0abbUL,0x81c2c92eUL,0x92722c85UL,
+	0xa2bfe8a1UL,0xa81a664bUL,0xc24b8b70UL,0xc76c51a3UL,
+	0xd192e819UL,0xd6990624UL,0xf40e3585UL,0x106aa070UL,
+	0x19a4c116UL,0x1e376c08UL,0x2748774cUL,0x34b0bcb5UL,
+	0x391c0cb3UL,0x4ed8aa4aUL,0x5b9cca4fUL,0x682e6ff3UL,
+	0x748f82eeUL,0x78a5636fUL,0x84c87814UL,0x8cc70208UL,
+	0x90befffaUL,0xa4506cebUL,0xbef9a3f7UL,0xc67178f2UL };
+
+/*
+ * FIPS specification refers to right rotations, while our ROTATE macro
+ * is left one. This is why you might notice that rotation coefficients
+ * differ from those observed in FIPS document by 32-N...
+ */
+#define Sigma0(x)	(ROTATE((x),30) ^ ROTATE((x),19) ^ ROTATE((x),10))
+#define Sigma1(x)	(ROTATE((x),26) ^ ROTATE((x),21) ^ ROTATE((x),7))
+#define sigma0(x)	(ROTATE((x),25) ^ ROTATE((x),14) ^ ((x)>>3))
+#define sigma1(x)	(ROTATE((x),15) ^ ROTATE((x),13) ^ ((x)>>10))
+
+#define Ch(x,y,z)	(((x) & (y)) ^ ((~(x)) & (z)))
+#define Maj(x,y,z)	(((x) & (y)) ^ ((x) & (z)) ^ ((y) & (z)))
+
+#define	ROUND_00_15(i,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)		do {	\
+	T1 += h + Sigma1(e) + Ch(e,f,g) + K256[i];	\
+	h = Sigma0(a) + Maj(a,b,c);			\
+	d += T1;	h += T1;		} while (0)
+
+#define	ROUND_16_63(i,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,X)	do {	\
+	s0 = X[(i+1)&0x0f];	s0 = sigma0(s0);	\
+	s1 = X[(i+14)&0x0f];	s1 = sigma1(s1);	\
+	T1 = X[(i)&0x0f] += s0 + s1 + X[(i+9)&0x0f];	\
+	ROUND_00_15(i,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h);		} while (0)
+
+static void sha256_block (SHA256_CTX *ctx, const void *in, size_t num, int host)
+	{
+	uint32_t a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,s0,s1,T1;
+	uint32_t	X[16];
+	int i;
+	const unsigned char *data=in;
+
+			while (num--) {
+
+	a = ctx->h[0];	b = ctx->h[1];	c = ctx->h[2];	d = ctx->h[3];
+	e = ctx->h[4];	f = ctx->h[5];	g = ctx->h[6];	h = ctx->h[7];
+
+	if (host)
+		{
+		const uint32_t *W=(const uint32_t *)data;
+
+		T1 = X[0] = W[0];	ROUND_00_15(0,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h);
+		T1 = X[1] = W[1];	ROUND_00_15(1,h,a,b,c,d,e,f,g);
+		T1 = X[2] = W[2];	ROUND_00_15(2,g,h,a,b,c,d,e,f);
+		T1 = X[3] = W[3];	ROUND_00_15(3,f,g,h,a,b,c,d,e);
+		T1 = X[4] = W[4];	ROUND_00_15(4,e,f,g,h,a,b,c,d);
+		T1 = X[5] = W[5];	ROUND_00_15(5,d,e,f,g,h,a,b,c);
+		T1 = X[6] = W[6];	ROUND_00_15(6,c,d,e,f,g,h,a,b);
+		T1 = X[7] = W[7];	ROUND_00_15(7,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,a);
+		T1 = X[8] = W[8];	ROUND_00_15(8,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h);
+		T1 = X[9] = W[9];	ROUND_00_15(9,h,a,b,c,d,e,f,g);
+		T1 = X[10] = W[10];	ROUND_00_15(10,g,h,a,b,c,d,e,f);
+		T1 = X[11] = W[11];	ROUND_00_15(11,f,g,h,a,b,c,d,e);
+		T1 = X[12] = W[12];	ROUND_00_15(12,e,f,g,h,a,b,c,d);
+		T1 = X[13] = W[13];	ROUND_00_15(13,d,e,f,g,h,a,b,c);
+		T1 = X[14] = W[14];	ROUND_00_15(14,c,d,e,f,g,h,a,b);
+		T1 = X[15] = W[15];	ROUND_00_15(15,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,a);
+
+		data += SHA256_CBLOCK;
+		}
+	else
+		{
+		uint32_t l;
+
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[0] = l;  ROUND_00_15(0,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[1] = l;  ROUND_00_15(1,h,a,b,c,d,e,f,g);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[2] = l;  ROUND_00_15(2,g,h,a,b,c,d,e,f);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[3] = l;  ROUND_00_15(3,f,g,h,a,b,c,d,e);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[4] = l;  ROUND_00_15(4,e,f,g,h,a,b,c,d);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[5] = l;  ROUND_00_15(5,d,e,f,g,h,a,b,c);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[6] = l;  ROUND_00_15(6,c,d,e,f,g,h,a,b);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[7] = l;  ROUND_00_15(7,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,a);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[8] = l;  ROUND_00_15(8,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[9] = l;  ROUND_00_15(9,h,a,b,c,d,e,f,g);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[10] = l; ROUND_00_15(10,g,h,a,b,c,d,e,f);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[11] = l; ROUND_00_15(11,f,g,h,a,b,c,d,e);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[12] = l; ROUND_00_15(12,e,f,g,h,a,b,c,d);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[13] = l; ROUND_00_15(13,d,e,f,g,h,a,b,c);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[14] = l; ROUND_00_15(14,c,d,e,f,g,h,a,b);
+		HOST_c2l(data,l); T1 = X[15] = l; ROUND_00_15(15,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,a);
+		}
+
+	for (i=16;i<64;i+=8)
+		{
+		ROUND_16_63(i+0,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,X);
+		ROUND_16_63(i+1,h,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,X);
+		ROUND_16_63(i+2,g,h,a,b,c,d,e,f,X);
+		ROUND_16_63(i+3,f,g,h,a,b,c,d,e,X);
+		ROUND_16_63(i+4,e,f,g,h,a,b,c,d,X);
+		ROUND_16_63(i+5,d,e,f,g,h,a,b,c,X);
+		ROUND_16_63(i+6,c,d,e,f,g,h,a,b,X);
+		ROUND_16_63(i+7,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,a,X);
+		}
+
+	ctx->h[0] += a;	ctx->h[1] += b;	ctx->h[2] += c;	ctx->h[3] += d;
+	ctx->h[4] += e;	ctx->h[5] += f;	ctx->h[6] += g;	ctx->h[7] += h;
+
+			}
+	}
+
+/*
+ * Idea is to trade couple of cycles for some space. On IA-32 we save
+ * about 4K in "big footprint" case. In "small footprint" case any gain
+ * is appreciated:-)
+ */
+void HASH_BLOCK_HOST_ORDER (SHA256_CTX *ctx, const void *in, size_t num)
+{   sha256_block (ctx,in,num,1);   }
+
+void HASH_BLOCK_DATA_ORDER (SHA256_CTX *ctx, const void *in, size_t num)
+{   sha256_block (ctx,in,num,0);   }
+
+
diff --git a/src/libutil/sha256.h b/src/libutil/sha256.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0686b84f0e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/sha256.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#ifndef _SHA256_H
+#define _SHA256_H 1
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#define SHA_LBLOCK	16
+#define SHA_CBLOCK	(SHA_LBLOCK*4)	/* SHA treats input data as a
+					 * contiguous array of 32 bit
+					 * wide big-endian values. */
+
+#define SHA256_CBLOCK	(SHA_LBLOCK*4)	/* SHA-256 treats input data as a
+					 * contiguous array of 32 bit
+					 * wide big-endian values. */
+#define SHA224_DIGEST_LENGTH	28
+#define SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH	32
+
+typedef struct SHA256state_st
+	{
+	uint32_t h[8];
+	uint32_t Nl,Nh;
+	uint32_t data[SHA_LBLOCK];
+	unsigned int num,md_len;
+	} SHA256_CTX;
+
+int SHA224_Init(SHA256_CTX *c);
+int SHA224_Update(SHA256_CTX *c, const void *data, size_t len);
+int SHA224_Final(unsigned char *md, SHA256_CTX *c);
+unsigned char *SHA224(const unsigned char *d, size_t n,unsigned char *md);
+int SHA256_Init(SHA256_CTX *c);
+int SHA256_Update(SHA256_CTX *c, const void *data, size_t len);
+int SHA256_Final(unsigned char *md, SHA256_CTX *c);
+unsigned char *SHA256(const unsigned char *d, size_t n,unsigned char *md);
+void SHA256_Transform(SHA256_CTX *c, const unsigned char *data);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/libutil/types.hh b/src/libutil/types.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a2ab1cc0ee83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/types.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <list>
+#include <set>
+
+#include <boost/format.hpp>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+/* Inherit some names from other namespaces for convenience. */
+using std::string;
+using std::list;
+using std::set;
+using std::vector;
+using boost::format;
+
+
+/* BaseError should generally not be caught, as it has Interrupted as
+   a subclass. Catch Error instead. */
+class BaseError : public std::exception 
+{
+protected:
+    string prefix_; // used for location traces etc.
+    string err;
+public:
+    unsigned int status; // exit status
+    BaseError(const format & f, unsigned int status = 1);
+    ~BaseError() throw () { };
+    const char * what() const throw () { return err.c_str(); }
+    const string & msg() const throw () { return err; }
+    const string & prefix() const throw () { return prefix_; }
+    BaseError & addPrefix(const format & f);
+};
+
+#define MakeError(newClass, superClass) \
+    class newClass : public superClass                  \
+    {                                                   \
+    public:                                             \
+        newClass(const format & f, unsigned int status = 1) : superClass(f, status) { }; \
+    };
+
+MakeError(Error, BaseError)
+
+class SysError : public Error
+{
+public:
+    int errNo;
+    SysError(const format & f);
+};
+
+
+typedef list<string> Strings;
+typedef set<string> StringSet;
+
+
+/* Paths are just strings. */
+typedef string Path;
+typedef list<Path> Paths;
+typedef set<Path> PathSet;
+
+ 
+typedef enum { 
+    lvlError = 0,
+    lvlInfo,
+    lvlTalkative,
+    lvlChatty,
+    lvlDebug,
+    lvlVomit
+} Verbosity;
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9437a2f99a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,1145 @@
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <cstring>
+
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "util.hh"
+
+
+extern char * * environ;
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+BaseError::BaseError(const format & f, unsigned int status)
+    : status(status)
+{
+    err = f.str();
+}
+
+
+BaseError & BaseError::addPrefix(const format & f)
+{
+    prefix_ = f.str() + prefix_;
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
+SysError::SysError(const format & f)
+    : Error(format("%1%: %2%") % f.str() % strerror(errno))
+    , errNo(errno)
+{
+}
+
+
+string getEnv(const string & key, const string & def)
+{
+    char * value = getenv(key.c_str());
+    return value ? string(value) : def;
+}
+
+
+Path absPath(Path path, Path dir)
+{
+    if (path[0] != '/') {
+        if (dir == "") {
+#ifdef __GNU__
+            /* GNU (aka. GNU/Hurd) doesn't have any limitation on path
+               lengths and doesn't define `PATH_MAX'.  */
+            char *buf = getcwd(NULL, 0);
+            if (buf == NULL)
+#else
+            char buf[PATH_MAX];
+            if (!getcwd(buf, sizeof(buf)))
+#endif
+                throw SysError("cannot get cwd");
+            dir = buf;
+#ifdef __GNU__
+            free(buf);
+#endif
+        }
+        path = dir + "/" + path;
+    }
+    return canonPath(path);
+}
+
+
+Path canonPath(const Path & path, bool resolveSymlinks)
+{
+    string s;
+
+    if (path[0] != '/')
+        throw Error(format("not an absolute path: `%1%'") % path);
+
+    string::const_iterator i = path.begin(), end = path.end();
+    string temp;
+
+    /* Count the number of times we follow a symlink and stop at some
+       arbitrary (but high) limit to prevent infinite loops. */
+    unsigned int followCount = 0, maxFollow = 1024;
+
+    while (1) {
+
+        /* Skip slashes. */
+        while (i != end && *i == '/') i++;
+        if (i == end) break;
+
+        /* Ignore `.'. */
+        if (*i == '.' && (i + 1 == end || i[1] == '/'))
+            i++;
+
+        /* If `..', delete the last component. */
+        else if (*i == '.' && i + 1 < end && i[1] == '.' &&
+            (i + 2 == end || i[2] == '/'))
+        {
+            if (!s.empty()) s.erase(s.rfind('/'));
+            i += 2;
+        }
+
+        /* Normal component; copy it. */
+        else {
+            s += '/';
+            while (i != end && *i != '/') s += *i++;
+
+            /* If s points to a symlink, resolve it and restart (since
+               the symlink target might contain new symlinks). */
+            if (resolveSymlinks && isLink(s)) {
+                if (++followCount >= maxFollow)
+                    throw Error(format("infinite symlink recursion in path `%1%'") % path);
+                temp = absPath(readLink(s), dirOf(s))
+                    + string(i, end);
+                i = temp.begin(); /* restart */
+                end = temp.end();
+                s = "";
+                /* !!! potential for infinite loop */
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return s.empty() ? "/" : s;
+}
+
+
+Path dirOf(const Path & path)
+{
+    Path::size_type pos = path.rfind('/');
+    if (pos == string::npos)
+        throw Error(format("invalid file name `%1%'") % path);
+    return pos == 0 ? "/" : Path(path, 0, pos);
+}
+
+
+string baseNameOf(const Path & path)
+{
+    Path::size_type pos = path.rfind('/');
+    if (pos == string::npos)
+        throw Error(format("invalid file name `%1%'") % path);
+    return string(path, pos + 1);
+}
+
+
+bool isInDir(const Path & path, const Path & dir)
+{
+    return path[0] == '/'
+        && string(path, 0, dir.size()) == dir
+        && path.size() >= dir.size() + 2
+        && path[dir.size()] == '/';
+}
+
+
+struct stat lstat(const Path & path)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
+        throw SysError(format("getting status of `%1%'") % path);
+    return st;
+}
+
+
+bool pathExists(const Path & path)
+{
+    int res;
+    struct stat st;
+    res = lstat(path.c_str(), &st);
+    if (!res) return true;
+    if (errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOTDIR)
+        throw SysError(format("getting status of %1%") % path);
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+Path readLink(const Path & path)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+    struct stat st = lstat(path);
+    if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
+        throw Error(format("`%1%' is not a symlink") % path);
+    char buf[st.st_size];
+    if (readlink(path.c_str(), buf, st.st_size) != st.st_size)
+        throw SysError(format("reading symbolic link `%1%'") % path);
+    return string(buf, st.st_size);
+}
+
+
+bool isLink(const Path & path)
+{
+    struct stat st = lstat(path);
+    return S_ISLNK(st.st_mode);
+}
+
+
+Strings readDirectory(const Path & path)
+{
+    Strings names;
+
+    AutoCloseDir dir = opendir(path.c_str());
+    if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory `%1%'") % path);
+
+    struct dirent * dirent;
+    while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir)) { /* sic */
+        checkInterrupt();
+        string name = dirent->d_name;
+        if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
+        names.push_back(name);
+    }
+    if (errno) throw SysError(format("reading directory `%1%'") % path);
+
+    return names;
+}
+
+
+string readFile(int fd)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    if (fstat(fd, &st) == -1)
+        throw SysError("statting file");
+
+    unsigned char * buf = new unsigned char[st.st_size];
+    AutoDeleteArray<unsigned char> d(buf);
+    readFull(fd, buf, st.st_size);
+
+    return string((char *) buf, st.st_size);
+}
+
+
+string readFile(const Path & path, bool drain)
+{
+    AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % path);
+    return drain ? drainFD(fd) : readFile(fd);
+}
+
+
+void writeFile(const Path & path, const string & s)
+{
+    AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0666);
+    if (fd == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % path);
+    writeFull(fd, (unsigned char *) s.data(), s.size());
+}
+
+
+string readLine(int fd)
+{
+    string s;
+    while (1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        char ch;
+        ssize_t rd = read(fd, &ch, 1);
+        if (rd == -1) {
+            if (errno != EINTR)
+                throw SysError("reading a line");
+        } else if (rd == 0)
+            throw EndOfFile("unexpected EOF reading a line");
+        else {
+            if (ch == '\n') return s;
+            s += ch;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+void writeLine(int fd, string s)
+{
+    s += '\n';
+    writeFull(fd, (const unsigned char *) s.data(), s.size());
+}
+
+
+static void _computePathSize(const Path & path,
+    unsigned long long & bytes, unsigned long long & blocks)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    struct stat st = lstat(path);
+
+    bytes += st.st_size;
+    blocks += st.st_blocks;
+
+    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        Strings names = readDirectory(path);
+
+        for (Strings::iterator i = names.begin(); i != names.end(); ++i)
+            _computePathSize(path + "/" + *i, bytes, blocks);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void computePathSize(const Path & path,
+    unsigned long long & bytes, unsigned long long & blocks)
+{
+    bytes = 0;
+    blocks = 0;
+    _computePathSize(path, bytes, blocks);
+}
+
+
+static void _deletePath(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    printMsg(lvlVomit, format("%1%") % path);
+
+    struct stat st = lstat(path);
+
+    if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) && st.st_nlink == 1)
+        bytesFreed += st.st_blocks * 512;
+
+    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        Strings names = readDirectory(path);
+
+        /* Make the directory writable. */
+        if (!(st.st_mode & S_IWUSR)) {
+            if (chmod(path.c_str(), st.st_mode | S_IWUSR) == -1)
+                throw SysError(format("making `%1%' writable") % path);
+        }
+
+        for (Strings::iterator i = names.begin(); i != names.end(); ++i)
+            _deletePath(path + "/" + *i, bytesFreed);
+    }
+
+    if (remove(path.c_str()) == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("cannot unlink `%1%'") % path);
+}
+
+
+void deletePath(const Path & path)
+{
+    unsigned long long dummy;
+    deletePath(path, dummy);
+}
+
+
+void deletePath(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed)
+{
+    startNest(nest, lvlDebug,
+        format("recursively deleting path `%1%'") % path);
+    bytesFreed = 0;
+    _deletePath(path, bytesFreed);
+}
+
+
+void makePathReadOnly(const Path & path)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    struct stat st = lstat(path);
+
+    if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && (st.st_mode & S_IWUSR)) {
+        if (chmod(path.c_str(), st.st_mode & ~S_IWUSR) == -1)
+            throw SysError(format("making `%1%' read-only") % path);
+    }
+
+    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        Strings names = readDirectory(path);
+        for (Strings::iterator i = names.begin(); i != names.end(); ++i)
+            makePathReadOnly(path + "/" + *i);
+    }
+}
+
+
+static Path tempName(Path tmpRoot, const Path & prefix, bool includePid,
+    int & counter)
+{
+    tmpRoot = canonPath(tmpRoot.empty() ? getEnv("TMPDIR", "/tmp") : tmpRoot, true);
+    if (includePid)
+        return (format("%1%/%2%-%3%-%4%") % tmpRoot % prefix % getpid() % counter++).str();
+    else
+        return (format("%1%/%2%-%3%") % tmpRoot % prefix % counter++).str();
+}
+
+
+Path createTempDir(const Path & tmpRoot, const Path & prefix,
+    bool includePid, bool useGlobalCounter, mode_t mode)
+{
+    static int globalCounter = 0;
+    int localCounter = 0;
+    int & counter(useGlobalCounter ? globalCounter : localCounter);
+
+    while (1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        Path tmpDir = tempName(tmpRoot, prefix, includePid, counter);
+        if (mkdir(tmpDir.c_str(), mode) == 0) {
+            /* Explicitly set the group of the directory.  This is to
+               work around around problems caused by BSD's group
+               ownership semantics (directories inherit the group of
+               the parent).  For instance, the group of /tmp on
+               FreeBSD is "wheel", so all directories created in /tmp
+               will be owned by "wheel"; but if the user is not in
+               "wheel", then "tar" will fail to unpack archives that
+               have the setgid bit set on directories. */
+            if (chown(tmpDir.c_str(), (uid_t) -1, getegid()) != 0)
+                throw SysError(format("setting group of directory `%1%'") % tmpDir);
+            return tmpDir;
+        }
+        if (errno != EEXIST)
+            throw SysError(format("creating directory `%1%'") % tmpDir);
+    }
+}
+
+
+Paths createDirs(const Path & path)
+{
+    Paths created;
+    if (path == "/") return created;
+
+    struct stat st;
+    if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st) == -1) {
+        created = createDirs(dirOf(path));
+        if (mkdir(path.c_str(), 0777) == -1 && errno != EEXIST)
+            throw SysError(format("creating directory `%1%'") % path);
+        st = lstat(path);
+        created.push_back(path);
+    }
+
+    if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) throw Error(format("`%1%' is not a directory") % path);
+
+    return created;
+}
+
+
+LogType logType = ltPretty;
+Verbosity verbosity = lvlInfo;
+
+static int nestingLevel = 0;
+
+
+Nest::Nest()
+{
+    nest = false;
+}
+
+
+Nest::~Nest()
+{
+    close();
+}
+
+
+static string escVerbosity(Verbosity level)
+{
+    return int2String((int) level);
+}
+
+
+void Nest::open(Verbosity level, const format & f)
+{
+    if (level <= verbosity) {
+        if (logType == ltEscapes)
+            std::cerr << "\033[" << escVerbosity(level) << "p"
+                      << f.str() << "\n";
+        else
+            printMsg_(level, f);
+        nest = true;
+        nestingLevel++;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void Nest::close()
+{
+    if (nest) {
+        nestingLevel--;
+        if (logType == ltEscapes)
+            std::cerr << "\033[q";
+        nest = false;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void printMsg_(Verbosity level, const format & f)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+    if (level > verbosity) return;
+    string prefix;
+    if (logType == ltPretty)
+        for (int i = 0; i < nestingLevel; i++)
+            prefix += "|   ";
+    else if (logType == ltEscapes && level != lvlInfo)
+        prefix = "\033[" + escVerbosity(level) + "s";
+    string s = (format("%1%%2%\n") % prefix % f.str()).str();
+    writeToStderr(s);
+}
+
+
+void warnOnce(bool & haveWarned, const format & f)
+{
+    if (!haveWarned) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("warning: %1%") % f.str());
+        haveWarned = true;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void writeToStderr(const string & s)
+{
+    try {
+        _writeToStderr((const unsigned char *) s.data(), s.size());
+    } catch (SysError & e) {
+        /* Ignore failing writes to stderr if we're in an exception
+           handler, otherwise throw an exception.  We need to ignore
+           write errors in exception handlers to ensure that cleanup
+           code runs to completion if the other side of stderr has
+           been closed unexpectedly. */
+        if (!std::uncaught_exception()) throw;
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void defaultWriteToStderr(const unsigned char * buf, size_t count)
+{
+    writeFull(STDERR_FILENO, buf, count);
+}
+
+
+void (*_writeToStderr) (const unsigned char * buf, size_t count) = defaultWriteToStderr;
+
+
+void readFull(int fd, unsigned char * buf, size_t count)
+{
+    while (count) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        ssize_t res = read(fd, (char *) buf, count);
+        if (res == -1) {
+            if (errno == EINTR) continue;
+            throw SysError("reading from file");
+        }
+        if (res == 0) throw EndOfFile("unexpected end-of-file");
+        count -= res;
+        buf += res;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void writeFull(int fd, const unsigned char * buf, size_t count)
+{
+    while (count) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        ssize_t res = write(fd, (char *) buf, count);
+        if (res == -1) {
+            if (errno == EINTR) continue;
+            throw SysError("writing to file");
+        }
+        count -= res;
+        buf += res;
+    }
+}
+
+
+string drainFD(int fd)
+{
+    string result;
+    unsigned char buffer[4096];
+    while (1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        ssize_t rd = read(fd, buffer, sizeof buffer);
+        if (rd == -1) {
+            if (errno != EINTR)
+                throw SysError("reading from file");
+        }
+        else if (rd == 0) break;
+        else result.append((char *) buffer, rd);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+AutoDelete::AutoDelete(const string & p, bool recursive) : path(p)
+{
+    del = true;
+    this->recursive = recursive;
+}
+
+AutoDelete::~AutoDelete()
+{
+    try {
+        if (del) {
+            if (recursive)
+                deletePath(path);
+            else {
+                if (remove(path.c_str()) == -1)
+                    throw SysError(format("cannot unlink `%1%'") % path);
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+void AutoDelete::cancel()
+{
+    del = false;
+}
+
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+AutoCloseFD::AutoCloseFD()
+{
+    fd = -1;
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseFD::AutoCloseFD(int fd)
+{
+    this->fd = fd;
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseFD::AutoCloseFD(const AutoCloseFD & fd)
+{
+    /* Copying an AutoCloseFD isn't allowed (who should get to close
+       it?).  But as an edge case, allow copying of closed
+       AutoCloseFDs.  This is necessary due to tiresome reasons
+       involving copy constructor use on default object values in STL
+       containers (like when you do `map[value]' where value isn't in
+       the map yet). */
+    this->fd = fd.fd;
+    if (this->fd != -1) abort();
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseFD::~AutoCloseFD()
+{
+    try {
+        close();
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void AutoCloseFD::operator =(int fd)
+{
+    if (this->fd != fd) close();
+    this->fd = fd;
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseFD::operator int() const
+{
+    return fd;
+}
+
+
+void AutoCloseFD::close()
+{
+    if (fd != -1) {
+        if (::close(fd) == -1)
+            /* This should never happen. */
+            throw SysError(format("closing file descriptor %1%") % fd);
+        fd = -1;
+    }
+}
+
+
+bool AutoCloseFD::isOpen()
+{
+    return fd != -1;
+}
+
+
+/* Pass responsibility for closing this fd to the caller. */
+int AutoCloseFD::borrow()
+{
+    int oldFD = fd;
+    fd = -1;
+    return oldFD;
+}
+
+
+void Pipe::create()
+{
+    int fds[2];
+    if (pipe(fds) != 0) throw SysError("creating pipe");
+    readSide = fds[0];
+    writeSide = fds[1];
+    closeOnExec(readSide);
+    closeOnExec(writeSide);
+}
+
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+AutoCloseDir::AutoCloseDir()
+{
+    dir = 0;
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseDir::AutoCloseDir(DIR * dir)
+{
+    this->dir = dir;
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseDir::~AutoCloseDir()
+{
+    close();
+}
+
+
+void AutoCloseDir::operator =(DIR * dir)
+{
+    this->dir = dir;
+}
+
+
+AutoCloseDir::operator DIR *()
+{
+    return dir;
+}
+
+
+void AutoCloseDir::close()
+{
+    if (dir) {
+        closedir(dir);
+        dir = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+Pid::Pid()
+{
+    pid = -1;
+    separatePG = false;
+    killSignal = SIGKILL;
+}
+
+
+Pid::~Pid()
+{
+    kill();
+}
+
+
+void Pid::operator =(pid_t pid)
+{
+    if (this->pid != pid) kill();
+    this->pid = pid;
+    killSignal = SIGKILL; // reset signal to default
+}
+
+
+Pid::operator pid_t()
+{
+    return pid;
+}
+
+
+void Pid::kill()
+{
+    if (pid == -1 || pid == 0) return;
+
+    printMsg(lvlError, format("killing process %1%") % pid);
+
+    /* Send the requested signal to the child.  If it has its own
+       process group, send the signal to every process in the child
+       process group (which hopefully includes *all* its children). */
+    if (::kill(separatePG ? -pid : pid, killSignal) != 0)
+        printMsg(lvlError, (SysError(format("killing process %1%") % pid).msg()));
+
+    /* Wait until the child dies, disregarding the exit status. */
+    int status;
+    while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) == -1) {
+        checkInterrupt();
+        if (errno != EINTR) {
+            printMsg(lvlError,
+                (SysError(format("waiting for process %1%") % pid).msg()));
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    pid = -1;
+}
+
+
+int Pid::wait(bool block)
+{
+    assert(pid != -1);
+    while (1) {
+        int status;
+        int res = waitpid(pid, &status, block ? 0 : WNOHANG);
+        if (res == pid) {
+            pid = -1;
+            return status;
+        }
+        if (res == 0 && !block) return -1;
+        if (errno != EINTR)
+            throw SysError("cannot get child exit status");
+        checkInterrupt();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void Pid::setSeparatePG(bool separatePG)
+{
+    this->separatePG = separatePG;
+}
+
+
+void Pid::setKillSignal(int signal)
+{
+    this->killSignal = signal;
+}
+
+
+void killUser(uid_t uid)
+{
+    debug(format("killing all processes running under uid `%1%'") % uid);
+
+    assert(uid != 0); /* just to be safe... */
+
+    /* The system call kill(-1, sig) sends the signal `sig' to all
+       users to which the current process can send signals.  So we
+       fork a process, switch to uid, and send a mass kill. */
+
+    Pid pid;
+    pid = fork();
+    switch (pid) {
+
+    case -1:
+        throw SysError("unable to fork");
+
+    case 0:
+        try { /* child */
+
+            if (setuid(uid) == -1)
+                throw SysError("setting uid");
+
+            while (true) {
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+                /* OSX's kill syscall takes a third parameter that, among other
+                   things, determines if kill(-1, signo) affects the calling
+                   process. In the OSX libc, it's set to true, which means
+                   "follow POSIX", which we don't want here
+                 */
+                if (syscall(SYS_kill, -1, SIGKILL, false) == 0) break;
+#else
+                if (kill(-1, SIGKILL) == 0) break;
+#endif
+                if (errno == ESRCH) break; /* no more processes */
+                if (errno != EINTR)
+                    throw SysError(format("cannot kill processes for uid `%1%'") % uid);
+            }
+
+        } catch (std::exception & e) {
+            writeToStderr((format("killing processes belonging to uid `%1%': %2%\n") % uid % e.what()).str());
+            _exit(1);
+        }
+        _exit(0);
+    }
+
+    /* parent */
+    int status = pid.wait(true);
+    if (status != 0)
+        throw Error(format("cannot kill processes for uid `%1%': %2%") % uid % statusToString(status));
+
+    /* !!! We should really do some check to make sure that there are
+       no processes left running under `uid', but there is no portable
+       way to do so (I think).  The most reliable way may be `ps -eo
+       uid | grep -q $uid'. */
+}
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath, const Strings & args)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    std::vector<const char *> cargs; /* careful with c_str()! */
+    cargs.push_back(program.c_str());
+    for (Strings::const_iterator i = args.begin(); i != args.end(); ++i)
+        cargs.push_back(i->c_str());
+    cargs.push_back(0);
+
+    /* Create a pipe. */
+    Pipe pipe;
+    pipe.create();
+
+    /* Fork. */
+    Pid pid;
+    pid = maybeVfork();
+
+    switch (pid) {
+
+    case -1:
+        throw SysError("unable to fork");
+
+    case 0: /* child */
+        try {
+            if (dup2(pipe.writeSide, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
+                throw SysError("dupping stdout");
+
+            if (searchPath)
+                execvp(program.c_str(), (char * *) &cargs[0]);
+            else
+                execv(program.c_str(), (char * *) &cargs[0]);
+            throw SysError(format("executing `%1%'") % program);
+
+        } catch (std::exception & e) {
+            writeToStderr("error: " + string(e.what()) + "\n");
+        }
+        _exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* Parent. */
+
+    pipe.writeSide.close();
+
+    string result = drainFD(pipe.readSide);
+
+    /* Wait for the child to finish. */
+    int status = pid.wait(true);
+    if (!statusOk(status))
+        throw Error(format("program `%1%' %2%")
+            % program % statusToString(status));
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+void closeMostFDs(const set<int> & exceptions)
+{
+    int maxFD = 0;
+    maxFD = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
+    for (int fd = 0; fd < maxFD; ++fd)
+        if (fd != STDIN_FILENO && fd != STDOUT_FILENO && fd != STDERR_FILENO
+            && exceptions.find(fd) == exceptions.end())
+            close(fd); /* ignore result */
+}
+
+
+void closeOnExec(int fd)
+{
+    int prev;
+    if ((prev = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD, 0)) == -1 ||
+        fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, prev | FD_CLOEXEC) == -1)
+        throw SysError("setting close-on-exec flag");
+}
+
+
+#if HAVE_VFORK
+pid_t (*maybeVfork)() = vfork;
+#else
+pid_t (*maybeVfork)() = fork;
+#endif
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+volatile sig_atomic_t _isInterrupted = 0;
+
+void _interrupted()
+{
+    /* Block user interrupts while an exception is being handled.
+       Throwing an exception while another exception is being handled
+       kills the program! */
+    if (!std::uncaught_exception()) {
+        _isInterrupted = 0;
+        throw Interrupted("interrupted by the user");
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+template<class C> C tokenizeString(const string & s, const string & separators)
+{
+    C result;
+    string::size_type pos = s.find_first_not_of(separators, 0);
+    while (pos != string::npos) {
+        string::size_type end = s.find_first_of(separators, pos + 1);
+        if (end == string::npos) end = s.size();
+        string token(s, pos, end - pos);
+        result.insert(result.end(), token);
+        pos = s.find_first_not_of(separators, end);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+template Strings tokenizeString(const string & s, const string & separators);
+template StringSet tokenizeString(const string & s, const string & separators);
+template vector<string> tokenizeString(const string & s, const string & separators);
+
+
+string concatStringsSep(const string & sep, const Strings & ss)
+{
+    string s;
+    foreach (Strings::const_iterator, i, ss) {
+        if (s.size() != 0) s += sep;
+        s += *i;
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+string concatStringsSep(const string & sep, const StringSet & ss)
+{
+    string s;
+    foreach (StringSet::const_iterator, i, ss) {
+        if (s.size() != 0) s += sep;
+        s += *i;
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+string chomp(const string & s)
+{
+    size_t i = s.find_last_not_of(" \n\r\t");
+    return i == string::npos ? "" : string(s, 0, i + 1);
+}
+
+
+string statusToString(int status)
+{
+    if (!WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
+        if (WIFEXITED(status))
+            return (format("failed with exit code %1%") % WEXITSTATUS(status)).str();
+        else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+            int sig = WTERMSIG(status);
+#if HAVE_STRSIGNAL
+            const char * description = strsignal(sig);
+            return (format("failed due to signal %1% (%2%)") % sig % description).str();
+#else
+            return (format("failed due to signal %1%") % sig).str();
+#endif
+        }
+        else
+            return "died abnormally";
+    } else return "succeeded";
+}
+
+
+bool statusOk(int status)
+{
+    return WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0;
+}
+
+
+bool hasSuffix(const string & s, const string & suffix)
+{
+    return s.size() >= suffix.size() && string(s, s.size() - suffix.size()) == suffix;
+}
+
+
+void expect(std::istream & str, const string & s)
+{
+    char s2[s.size()];
+    str.read(s2, s.size());
+    if (string(s2, s.size()) != s)
+        throw Error(format("expected string `%1%'") % s);
+}
+
+
+string parseString(std::istream & str)
+{
+    string res;
+    expect(str, "\"");
+    int c;
+    while ((c = str.get()) != '"')
+        if (c == '\\') {
+            c = str.get();
+            if (c == 'n') res += '\n';
+            else if (c == 'r') res += '\r';
+            else if (c == 't') res += '\t';
+            else res += c;
+        }
+        else res += c;
+    return res;
+}
+
+
+bool endOfList(std::istream & str)
+{
+    if (str.peek() == ',') {
+        str.get();
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (str.peek() == ']') {
+        str.get();
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+string decodeOctalEscaped(const string & s)
+{
+    string r;
+    for (string::const_iterator i = s.begin(); i != s.end(); ) {
+        if (*i != '\\') { r += *i++; continue; }
+        unsigned char c = 0;
+        ++i;
+        while (i != s.end() && *i >= '0' && *i < '8')
+            c = c * 8 + (*i++ - '0');
+        r += c;
+    }
+    return r;
+}
+
+
+void ignoreException()
+{
+    try {
+        throw;
+    } catch (std::exception & e) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, format("error (ignored): %1%") % e.what());
+    }
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2335cbf98820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,353 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "types.hh"
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+#include <cstdio>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+#define foreach(it_type, it, collection)                                \
+    for (it_type it = (collection).begin(); it != (collection).end(); ++it)
+
+#define foreach_reverse(it_type, it, collection)                                \
+    for (it_type it = (collection).rbegin(); it != (collection).rend(); ++it)
+
+
+/* Return an environment variable. */
+string getEnv(const string & key, const string & def = "");
+
+/* Return an absolutized path, resolving paths relative to the
+   specified directory, or the current directory otherwise.  The path
+   is also canonicalised. */
+Path absPath(Path path, Path dir = "");
+
+/* Canonicalise a path by removing all `.' or `..' components and
+   double or trailing slashes.  Optionally resolves all symlink
+   components such that each component of the resulting path is *not*
+   a symbolic link. */
+Path canonPath(const Path & path, bool resolveSymlinks = false);
+
+/* Return the directory part of the given canonical path, i.e.,
+   everything before the final `/'.  If the path is the root or an
+   immediate child thereof (e.g., `/foo'), this means an empty string
+   is returned. */
+Path dirOf(const Path & path);
+
+/* Return the base name of the given canonical path, i.e., everything
+   following the final `/'. */
+string baseNameOf(const Path & path);
+
+/* Check whether a given path is a descendant of the given
+   directory. */
+bool isInDir(const Path & path, const Path & dir);
+
+/* Get status of `path'. */
+struct stat lstat(const Path & path);
+
+/* Return true iff the given path exists. */
+bool pathExists(const Path & path);
+
+/* Read the contents (target) of a symbolic link.  The result is not
+   in any way canonicalised. */
+Path readLink(const Path & path);
+
+bool isLink(const Path & path);
+
+/* Read the contents of a directory.  The entries `.' and `..' are
+   removed. */
+Strings readDirectory(const Path & path);
+
+/* Read the contents of a file into a string. */
+string readFile(int fd);
+string readFile(const Path & path, bool drain = false);
+
+/* Write a string to a file. */
+void writeFile(const Path & path, const string & s);
+
+/* Read a line from a file descriptor. */
+string readLine(int fd);
+
+/* Write a line to a file descriptor. */
+void writeLine(int fd, string s);
+
+/* Compute the sum of the sizes of all files in `path'. */
+void computePathSize(const Path & path,
+    unsigned long long & bytes, unsigned long long & blocks);
+
+/* Delete a path; i.e., in the case of a directory, it is deleted
+   recursively.  Don't use this at home, kids.  The second variant
+   returns the number of bytes and blocks freed. */
+void deletePath(const Path & path);
+
+void deletePath(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed);
+
+/* Make a path read-only recursively. */
+void makePathReadOnly(const Path & path);
+
+/* Create a temporary directory. */
+Path createTempDir(const Path & tmpRoot = "", const Path & prefix = "nix",
+    bool includePid = true, bool useGlobalCounter = true, mode_t mode = 0755);
+
+/* Create a directory and all its parents, if necessary.  Returns the
+   list of created directories, in order of creation. */
+Paths createDirs(const Path & path);
+
+
+template<class T, class A>
+T singleton(const A & a)
+{
+    T t;
+    t.insert(a);
+    return t;
+}
+
+
+/* Messages. */
+
+
+typedef enum {
+    ltPretty,   /* nice, nested output */
+    ltEscapes,  /* nesting indicated using escape codes (for log2xml) */
+    ltFlat      /* no nesting */
+} LogType;
+
+extern LogType logType;
+extern Verbosity verbosity; /* suppress msgs > this */
+
+class Nest
+{
+private:
+    bool nest;
+public:
+    Nest();
+    ~Nest();
+    void open(Verbosity level, const format & f);
+    void close();
+};
+
+void printMsg_(Verbosity level, const format & f);
+
+#define startNest(varName, level, f) \
+    Nest varName; \
+    if (level <= verbosity) { \
+      varName.open(level, (f)); \
+    }
+
+#define printMsg(level, f) \
+    do { \
+        if (level <= verbosity) { \
+            printMsg_(level, (f)); \
+        } \
+    } while (0)
+
+#define debug(f) printMsg(lvlDebug, f)
+
+void warnOnce(bool & haveWarned, const format & f);
+
+void writeToStderr(const string & s);
+
+extern void (*_writeToStderr) (const unsigned char * buf, size_t count);
+
+
+/* Wrappers arount read()/write() that read/write exactly the
+   requested number of bytes. */
+void readFull(int fd, unsigned char * buf, size_t count);
+void writeFull(int fd, const unsigned char * buf, size_t count);
+
+MakeError(EndOfFile, Error)
+
+
+/* Read a file descriptor until EOF occurs. */
+string drainFD(int fd);
+
+
+
+/* Automatic cleanup of resources. */
+
+
+template <class T>
+struct AutoDeleteArray
+{
+    T * p;
+    AutoDeleteArray(T * p) : p(p) { }
+    ~AutoDeleteArray()
+    {
+        delete [] p;
+    }
+};
+
+
+class AutoDelete
+{
+    Path path;
+    bool del;
+    bool recursive;
+public:
+    AutoDelete(const Path & p, bool recursive = true);
+    ~AutoDelete();
+    void cancel();
+};
+
+
+class AutoCloseFD
+{
+    int fd;
+public:
+    AutoCloseFD();
+    AutoCloseFD(int fd);
+    AutoCloseFD(const AutoCloseFD & fd);
+    ~AutoCloseFD();
+    void operator =(int fd);
+    operator int() const;
+    void close();
+    bool isOpen();
+    int borrow();
+};
+
+
+class Pipe
+{
+public:
+    AutoCloseFD readSide, writeSide;
+    void create();
+};
+
+
+class AutoCloseDir
+{
+    DIR * dir;
+public:
+    AutoCloseDir();
+    AutoCloseDir(DIR * dir);
+    ~AutoCloseDir();
+    void operator =(DIR * dir);
+    operator DIR *();
+    void close();
+};
+
+
+class Pid
+{
+    pid_t pid;
+    bool separatePG;
+    int killSignal;
+public:
+    Pid();
+    ~Pid();
+    void operator =(pid_t pid);
+    operator pid_t();
+    void kill();
+    int wait(bool block);
+    void setSeparatePG(bool separatePG);
+    void setKillSignal(int signal);
+};
+
+
+/* Kill all processes running under the specified uid by sending them
+   a SIGKILL. */
+void killUser(uid_t uid);
+
+
+/* Run a program and return its stdout in a string (i.e., like the
+   shell backtick operator). */
+string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath = false,
+    const Strings & args = Strings());
+
+/* Close all file descriptors except stdin, stdout, stderr, and those
+   listed in the given set.  Good practice in child processes. */
+void closeMostFDs(const set<int> & exceptions);
+
+/* Set the close-on-exec flag for the given file descriptor. */
+void closeOnExec(int fd);
+
+/* Call vfork() if available, otherwise fork(). */
+extern pid_t (*maybeVfork)();
+
+
+/* User interruption. */
+
+extern volatile sig_atomic_t _isInterrupted;
+
+void _interrupted();
+
+void inline checkInterrupt()
+{
+    if (_isInterrupted) _interrupted();
+}
+
+MakeError(Interrupted, BaseError)
+
+
+/* String tokenizer. */
+template<class C> C tokenizeString(const string & s, const string & separators = " \t\n\r");
+
+
+/* Concatenate the given strings with a separator between the
+   elements. */
+string concatStringsSep(const string & sep, const Strings & ss);
+string concatStringsSep(const string & sep, const StringSet & ss);
+
+
+/* Remove trailing whitespace from a string. */
+string chomp(const string & s);
+
+
+/* Convert the exit status of a child as returned by wait() into an
+   error string. */
+string statusToString(int status);
+
+bool statusOk(int status);
+
+
+/* Parse a string into an integer. */
+template<class N> bool string2Int(const string & s, N & n)
+{
+    std::istringstream str(s);
+    str >> n;
+    return str && str.get() == EOF;
+}
+
+template<class N> string int2String(N n)
+{
+    std::ostringstream str;
+    str << n;
+    return str.str();
+}
+
+
+/* Return true iff `s' ends in `suffix'. */
+bool hasSuffix(const string & s, const string & suffix);
+
+
+/* Read string `s' from stream `str'. */
+void expect(std::istream & str, const string & s);
+
+
+/* Read a C-style string from stream `str'. */
+string parseString(std::istream & str);
+
+
+/* Utility function used to parse legacy ATerms. */
+bool endOfList(std::istream & str);
+
+
+/* Escape a string that contains octal-encoded escape codes such as
+   used in /etc/fstab and /proc/mounts (e.g. "foo\040bar" decodes to
+   "foo bar"). */
+string decodeOctalEscaped(const string & s);
+
+
+/* Exception handling in destructors: print an error message, then
+   ignore the exception. */
+void ignoreException();
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/xml-writer.cc b/src/libutil/xml-writer.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16dfb6ddc903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/xml-writer.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include "xml-writer.hh"
+
+
+namespace nix {
+    
+
+XMLWriter::XMLWriter(bool indent, std::ostream & output)
+    : output(output), indent(indent)
+{
+    output << "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>" << std::endl;
+    closed = false;
+}
+
+
+XMLWriter::~XMLWriter()
+{
+    close();
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::close()
+{
+    if (closed) return;
+    while (!pendingElems.empty()) closeElement();
+    closed = true;
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::indent_(unsigned int depth)
+{
+    if (!indent) return;
+    output << string(depth * 2, ' ');
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::openElement(const string & name,
+    const XMLAttrs & attrs)
+{
+    assert(!closed);
+    indent_(pendingElems.size());
+    output << "<" << name;
+    writeAttrs(attrs);
+    output << ">";
+    if (indent) output << std::endl;
+    pendingElems.push_back(name);
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::closeElement()
+{
+    assert(!pendingElems.empty());
+    indent_(pendingElems.size() - 1);
+    output << "</" << pendingElems.back() << ">";
+    if (indent) output << std::endl;
+    pendingElems.pop_back();
+    if (pendingElems.empty()) closed = true;
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::writeEmptyElement(const string & name,
+    const XMLAttrs & attrs)
+{
+    assert(!closed);
+    indent_(pendingElems.size());
+    output << "<" << name;
+    writeAttrs(attrs);
+    output << " />";
+    if (indent) output << std::endl;
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::writeCharData(const string & data)
+{
+    assert(!pendingElems.empty());
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < data.size(); ++i) {
+        char c = data[i];
+        if (c == '<') output << "&lt;";
+        else if (c == '&') output << "&amp;";
+        else output << c;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void XMLWriter::writeAttrs(const XMLAttrs & attrs)
+{
+    for (XMLAttrs::const_iterator i = attrs.begin(); i != attrs.end(); ++i) {
+        output << " " << i->first << "=\"";
+        for (unsigned int j = 0; j < i->second.size(); ++j) {
+            char c = i->second[j];
+            if (c == '"') output << "&quot;";
+            else if (c == '<') output << "&lt;";
+            else if (c == '>') output << "&gt;";
+            else if (c == '&') output << "&amp;";
+            /* Escape newlines to prevent attribute normalisation (see
+               XML spec, section 3.3.3. */
+            else if (c == '\n') output << "&#xA;";
+            else output << c;
+        }
+        output << "\"";
+    }
+}
+
+
+#if 0
+int main(int argc, char * * argv)
+{
+    XMLWriter doc(cout);
+    
+    //    OpenElement e(doc, "foo");
+
+    doc.openElement("foo");
+
+    doc.writeCharData("dit is een test &\n");
+    doc.writeCharData("<foo>\n");
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+        XMLAttrs attrs;
+        attrs["a"] = "b";
+        attrs["bla"] = "<foo>'&\">";
+        XMLOpenElement e(doc, "item", attrs);
+        doc.writeCharData("x");
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+ 
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/xml-writer.hh b/src/libutil/xml-writer.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fee2eb495eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/xml-writer.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <list>
+#include <map>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+using std::string;
+using std::map;
+using std::list;
+
+
+typedef map<string, string> XMLAttrs;
+
+
+class XMLWriter
+{
+private:
+    
+    std::ostream & output;
+
+    bool indent;
+    bool closed;
+
+    list<string> pendingElems;
+
+public:
+
+    XMLWriter(bool indent, std::ostream & output);
+    ~XMLWriter();
+
+    void close();
+
+    void openElement(const string & name,
+        const XMLAttrs & attrs = XMLAttrs());
+    void closeElement();
+
+    void writeEmptyElement(const string & name,
+        const XMLAttrs & attrs = XMLAttrs());
+    
+    void writeCharData(const string & data);
+
+private:
+    void writeAttrs(const XMLAttrs & attrs);
+
+    void indent_(unsigned int depth);
+};
+
+
+class XMLOpenElement
+{
+private:
+    XMLWriter & writer;
+public:
+    XMLOpenElement(XMLWriter & writer, const string & name,
+        const XMLAttrs & attrs = XMLAttrs())
+        : writer(writer)
+    {
+        writer.openElement(name, attrs);
+    }
+    ~XMLOpenElement()
+    {
+        writer.closeElement();
+    }
+};
+
+ 
+}