diff --git a/pactest/tests/database010.py b/pactest/tests/database010.py
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+# TODO: these are labeled as database packages because they sure seem to me to
+# be database-type operations. In their current implementation however they are
+# calling -U and -R rather than -D. Obviously the tests will need to be updated
+# if this changes.
+self.description = "Remove a package with --dbonly, no files touched"
+
+p = pmpkg("dummy")
+p.files = ["bin/dummy",
+            "usr/man/man1/dummy.1"]
+self.addpkg2db("local", p)
+
+self.args = "-R --dbonly %s" % p.name
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=dummy")
+for f in p.files:
+	self.addrule("FILE_EXIST=%s" % f)
diff --git a/pactest/tests/database011.py b/pactest/tests/database011.py
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+# TODO: these are labeled as database packages because they sure seem to me to
+# be database-type operations. In their current implementation however they are
+# calling -U and -R rather than -D. Obviously the tests will need to be updated
+# if this changes.
+self.description = "Install a package with --dbonly, no files touched"
+
+p = pmpkg("dummy")
+p.files = ["bin/dummy",
+           "usr/man/man1/dummy.1"]
+self.addpkg(p)
+
+self.args = "-U --dbonly %s" % p.filename()
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+self.addrule("PKG_EXIST=dummy")
+for f in p.files:
+	self.addrule("!FILE_EXIST=%s" % f)
diff --git a/pactest/tests/database012.py b/pactest/tests/database012.py
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+# TODO: these are labeled as database packages because they sure seem to me to
+# be database-type operations. In their current implementation however they are
+# calling -U and -R rather than -D. Obviously the tests will need to be updated
+# if this changes.
+self.description = "Upgrade a package with --dbonly, no files touched"
+
+lp = pmpkg("dummy")
+lp.files = ["bin/dummy",
+           "usr/man/man1/dummy.1"]
+self.addpkg2db("local", lp)
+
+p = pmpkg("dummy", "2.0-1")
+p.files = ["bin/dummy",
+           "bin/dummy2",
+           "usr/man/man1/dummy.1"]
+self.addpkg(p)
+
+self.args = "-U --dbonly %s" % p.filename()
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+self.addrule("PKG_EXIST=dummy")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=dummy|2.0-1")
+for f in lp.files:
+	self.addrule("!FILE_EXIST=%s" % f)
+# TODO: I honestly think the above should NOT delete the original files, it
+# should upgrade the DB entry without touching anything on the file system.
+# E.g. this test should be the same as:
+#    pacman -R --dbonly dummy && pacman -U --dbonly dummy.pkg.tar.gz
+#for f in lp.files:
+#	self.addrule("FILE_EXIST=%s" % f)
+self.addrule("!FILE_EXIST=bin/dummy2")