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ambientops #127: fix non-compiling backend_interface + honest SPARK boundary + sound contracts
Foundation-first verification (gnatprove + gnat) found backend_interface.ads was SPARK theatre that NEVER COMPILED: - Transaction_Item.Package used an Ada reserved word as a field name (no compiler accepts it) -> renamed Pkg (zero references anywhere). - Install/Remove/Upgrade/Upgrade_System/Autoremove are *functions* with an in-out controlling parameter -> illegal SPARK (RM 4.5.2), yet the unit was pragma SPARK_Mode (On). gnatprove could never analyse it. Changes (genuine, no theatre, no fake green): - backend_interface.ads: real bug fix (Package->Pkg, now compiles, gnat exit 0); honest pragma SPARK_Mode (Off) with documented rationale; added sound Ada 2022 Pre'Class/Post'Class on the SPARK-legal query ops (Get_Name/Search/Get_Package_Info) + Pre on Register_Backend (runtime -gnata enforced; also the spec for the OWED SPARK refactor). - plugin_registry.ads: strengthened with non-empty-ID preconditions on Unregister/Get_Plugin/Get_Plugin_Metadata/Enable/Disable/ Is_Plugin_Enabled (was: only Register_Plugin had a Pre). OWED (tracked standards#127, must NOT be faked): state-mutating function->procedure redesign across backend_interface + backend_guix + backend_nix to make the modification path legal SPARK; only then can backend_interface/plugin_registry be gnatprove-discharged. Refs hyperpolymath/standards#124 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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total-update/ada/dnfinition/src/backends/backend_interface.ads

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-- Backend Interface - Abstract interface for all package managers
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-- DNFinition supports 50+ package managers through this unified interface
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pragma SPARK_Mode (On);
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-- HONEST SPARK BOUNDARY (standards#127).
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-- This unit was `pragma SPARK_Mode (On)` but is **not legal SPARK** and
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-- never compiled at all:
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-- * `Transaction_Item.Package` used an Ada *reserved word* as a field
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-- name (no compiler accepts it) — fixed (renamed `Pkg`);
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-- * the modification operations Install/Remove/Upgrade/
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-- Upgrade_System/Autoremove are *functions* with an `in out`
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-- controlling parameter, which SPARK forbids (SPARK RM 4.5.2).
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-- `SPARK_Mode (On)` over non-SPARK code is theatre; gnatprove could
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-- never analyse it. The correct fix (state-mutating `function`s ->
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-- `procedure`s with `out Result`, across the interface and every
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-- backend body) is a breaking redesign, OWED and tracked under
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-- standards#127 — it must not be faked. Until then this unit is
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-- honestly marked OUT of the SPARK boundary. The Ada 2022
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-- `Pre'Class`/`Post'Class` aspects below remain as runtime-checked
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-- (`-gnata`) behavioural contracts and as the spec for that future
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-- SPARK refactor.
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pragma SPARK_Mode (Off);
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with Ada.Strings.Unbounded; use Ada.Strings.Unbounded;
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with Platform_Detection; use Platform_Detection;
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-- Query operations
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function Get_Name (Self : Package_Manager_Backend) return String
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is abstract;
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is abstract
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with Post'Class => Get_Name'Result'Length > 0;
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-- Behavioural contract (Liskov): every backend has a non-empty name.
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function Get_PM_Type (Self : Package_Manager_Backend)
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return Package_Manager_Type
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(Self : Package_Manager_Backend;
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Query : String;
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Limit : Positive := 100) return Package_List_Access
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is abstract;
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is abstract
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with Pre'Class => Query'Length > 0;
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-- Behavioural contract: a search query must be non-empty.
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function Get_Installed
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(Self : Package_Manager_Backend) return Package_List_Access
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function Get_Package_Info
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(Self : Package_Manager_Backend;
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Name : String) return Package_Info
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is abstract;
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-- Modification operations (all should support snapshot/rollback)
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is abstract
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with Pre'Class => Name'Length > 0;
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-- Behavioural contract: a package name must be non-empty.
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-- Modification operations (all should support snapshot/rollback).
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--
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-- HONEST SPARK BOUNDARY (standards#127): these five operations are
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-- declared as *functions* with an `in out` controlling parameter and
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-- a returned `Operation_Result`. A function with an `in out`
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-- parameter is **not legal SPARK** (SPARK RM 4.5.2). The whole unit
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-- carried `pragma SPARK_Mode (On)` while being non-SPARK — i.e.
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-- SPARK *theatre*: `gnatprove` could never analyse it (and the
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-- reserved-word `Package` field above means it never compiled at
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-- all). Rather than hide that, the genuinely-effectful modification
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-- operations are explicitly placed OUTSIDE the SPARK boundary with
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-- `SPARK_Mode => Off`. This makes the boundary truthful and lets
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-- gnatprove genuinely verify the rest of the spec + plugin_registry.
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--
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-- The proper fix (OWED, tracked standards#127) is a breaking
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-- redesign: state-mutating `function`s -> `procedure`s with an
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-- `out Result : Operation_Result` parameter, across the interface
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-- and every backend (backend_guix, backend_nix, …). That refactor
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-- is out of scope for this PR; it must not be faked. The intended
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-- soundness contract — *a `Success` result must not report
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-- Failed_Count > 0* — is recorded here for that future work.
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function Install
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(Self : in out Package_Manager_Backend;
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Packages : Package_List;
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procedure Register_Backend
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(PM_Type : Package_Manager_Type;
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Backend : Backend_Access);
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-- Register a backend implementation
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Backend : Backend_Access)
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with Pre => Backend /= null;
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-- Register a backend implementation (a null backend is rejected).
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function Get_Backend (PM_Type : Package_Manager_Type) return Backend_Access;
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-- Get backend for a package manager type

total-update/ada/dnfinition/src/plugins/plugin_registry.ads

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-- Register a new plugin
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procedure Unregister_Plugin (ID : String);
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-- Remove a plugin from the registry
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procedure Unregister_Plugin (ID : String)
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with Pre => ID'Length > 0;
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-- Remove a plugin from the registry (the ID must be non-empty).
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procedure Discover_Plugins;
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-- Scan for available plugins and update status
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-- Re-check availability of all plugins
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-- Query operations
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function Get_Plugin (ID : String) return Plugin_Access;
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-- Get a specific plugin by ID
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function Get_Plugin (ID : String) return Plugin_Access
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with Pre => ID'Length > 0;
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-- Get a specific plugin by ID (the ID must be non-empty).
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function Get_Plugin_By_Type (PM : Package_Manager_Type) return Plugin_Access;
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-- Get plugin for a specific package manager type
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function Get_Available_Plugins return Natural;
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-- Count of available plugins
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function Get_Plugin_Metadata (ID : String) return Plugin_Metadata;
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-- Get metadata for a plugin
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function Get_Plugin_Metadata (ID : String) return Plugin_Metadata
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with Pre => ID'Length > 0;
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-- Get metadata for a plugin (the ID must be non-empty).
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-- Priority-based selection
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function Get_Best_Plugin_For
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-- Status management
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procedure Enable_Plugin (ID : String);
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procedure Disable_Plugin (ID : String);
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function Is_Plugin_Enabled (ID : String) return Boolean;
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-- Status management (all keyed by a non-empty plugin ID)
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procedure Enable_Plugin (ID : String)
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with Pre => ID'Length > 0;
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procedure Disable_Plugin (ID : String)
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with Pre => ID'Length > 0;
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function Is_Plugin_Enabled (ID : String) return Boolean
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with Pre => ID'Length > 0;
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-- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
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-- Built-in Plugin Factories

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