From aee0be0d0605d98c411c4c042be70d66503c6215 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2020 00:24:21 -0400
Subject: ob_validate_section(): New function

---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 42c9f77..162fafe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ libopkbuild:
     format 2.x.
   * The modification time in manual pages is now parsed and formatted
     correctly.
-  * A new function ob_qualify_package_name() has been added.
+  * New functions ob_validate_section() and ob_qualify_package_name()
+    have been added.
 
 opkbuild version 4.1.4
 ----------------------
diff --git a/lib/metadata.sh b/lib/metadata.sh
index 44fc427..dac8105 100644
--- a/lib/metadata.sh
+++ b/lib/metadata.sh
@@ -335,6 +335,23 @@ ob_get_system_path()
 	return 0
 }
 
+## @brief Validate a section name
+## @details \fBob_validate_section\fP() validates a package archive section name
+##          against the list in the metadata plugin selected at libopkbuild's
+##          build time.
+## @operand section req The section name to validate.
+## @return Returns 0 if valid or 1 if invalid.
+## @pure yes This function has no side effects.
+ob_validate_section()
+{
+	local section="${1}"
+	shift 1 || _ob_abort
+
+	_ob_metadata_do 'validate_section' "${section}" || return ${?}
+
+	return 0
+}
+
 ## @brief Get a possibly architecture-qualified package name
 ## @details \fBob_qualify_package_name\fP() qualifies the name of a binary
 ##          package with the host architecture if the package is in a section
diff --git a/lib/metadata/proteanos.sh b/lib/metadata/proteanos.sh
index 66f2ea8..a891e6e 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/proteanos.sh
+++ b/lib/metadata/proteanos.sh
@@ -165,6 +165,21 @@ _ob_get_system_path()
 	return 0
 }
 
+_ob_validate_section()
+{
+	local section="${1}"
+	shift 1 || _ob_abort
+
+	case "${section}" in
+		boot | dbg | dev | doc | lib | libdev | locale | share | util)
+			return 0
+			;;
+		*)
+			return 1
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
 _ob_section_is_coinstallable()
 {
 	local sect="${1}"
diff --git a/man/local.mk b/man/local.mk
index 958967e..28ee816 100644
--- a/man/local.mk
+++ b/man/local.mk
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ man3_MANS = \
 	%reldir%/ob_arch_is_concerned.3 \
 	%reldir%/ob_plat_is_concerned.3 \
 	%reldir%/ob_get_system_path.3 \
+	%reldir%/ob_validate_section.3 \
 	%reldir%/ob_qualify_package_name.3 \
 	%reldir%/ob_parse_control.3 \
 	%reldir%/ob_set_binary_substvar.3 \
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