44 files changed, 918 insertions, 917 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index fd8799b1..b8b1ca18 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@
 #include "handle.h"
 
 /** Add a package to the transaction. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_add_pkg(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_add_pkg(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	const char *pkgname, *pkgver;
-	pmtrans_t *trans;
-	pmpkg_t *local;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans;
+	alpm_pkg_t *local;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_add_pkg(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int perform_extraction(pmhandle_t *handle, struct archive *archive,
+static int perform_extraction(alpm_handle_t *handle, struct archive *archive,
 		struct archive_entry *entry, const char *filename, const char *origname)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ static int perform_extraction(pmhandle_t *handle, struct archive *archive,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int extract_single_file(pmhandle_t *handle, struct archive *archive,
-		struct archive_entry *entry, pmpkg_t *newpkg, pmpkg_t *oldpkg)
+static int extract_single_file(alpm_handle_t *handle, struct archive *archive,
+		struct archive_entry *entry, alpm_pkg_t *newpkg, alpm_pkg_t *oldpkg)
 {
 	const char *entryname;
 	mode_t entrymode;
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static int extract_single_file(pmhandle_t *handle, struct archive *archive,
 			if(alpm_list_find_str(handle->noupgrade, entryname)) {
 				notouch = 1;
 			} else {
-				pmbackup_t *backup;
+				alpm_backup_t *backup;
 				/* go to the backup array and see if our conflict is there */
 				/* check newpkg first, so that adding backup files is retroactive */
 				backup = _alpm_needbackup(entryname, alpm_pkg_get_backup(newpkg));
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static int extract_single_file(pmhandle_t *handle, struct archive *archive,
 		/* update the md5 hash in newpkg's backup (it will be the new orginal) */
 		alpm_list_t *i;
 		for(i = alpm_pkg_get_backup(newpkg); i; i = i->next) {
-			pmbackup_t *backup = i->data;
+			alpm_backup_t *backup = i->data;
 			char *newhash;
 			if(!backup->name || strcmp(backup->name, entryname_orig) != 0) {
 				continue;
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static int extract_single_file(pmhandle_t *handle, struct archive *archive,
 		/* calculate an hash if this is in newpkg's backup */
 		alpm_list_t *i;
 		for(i = alpm_pkg_get_backup(newpkg); i; i = i->next) {
-			pmbackup_t *backup = i->data;
+			alpm_backup_t *backup = i->data;
 			char *newhash;
 			if(!backup->name || strcmp(backup->name, entryname_orig) != 0) {
 				continue;
@@ -450,22 +450,22 @@ static int extract_single_file(pmhandle_t *handle, struct archive *archive,
 	return errors;
 }
 
-static int commit_single_pkg(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *newpkg,
+static int commit_single_pkg(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_pkg_t *newpkg,
 		size_t pkg_current, size_t pkg_count)
 {
 	int i, ret = 0, errors = 0;
 	char scriptlet[PATH_MAX];
 	int is_upgrade = 0;
-	pmpkg_t *oldpkg = NULL;
-	pmdb_t *db = handle->db_local;
-	pmtrans_t *trans = handle->trans;
+	alpm_pkg_t *oldpkg = NULL;
+	alpm_db_t *db = handle->db_local;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
 
 	snprintf(scriptlet, PATH_MAX, "%s%s-%s/install",
 			_alpm_db_path(db), alpm_pkg_get_name(newpkg),
 			alpm_pkg_get_version(newpkg));
 
 	/* see if this is an upgrade. if so, remove the old package first */
-	pmpkg_t *local = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db, newpkg->name);
+	alpm_pkg_t *local = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db, newpkg->name);
 	if(local) {
 		is_upgrade = 1;
 
@@ -684,12 +684,12 @@ cleanup:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int _alpm_upgrade_packages(pmhandle_t *handle)
+int _alpm_upgrade_packages(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	size_t pkg_count, pkg_current;
 	int skip_ldconfig = 0, ret = 0;
 	alpm_list_t *targ;
-	pmtrans_t *trans = handle->trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
 
 	if(trans->add == NULL) {
 		return 0;
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ int _alpm_upgrade_packages(pmhandle_t *handle)
 
 	/* loop through our package list adding/upgrading one at a time */
 	for(targ = trans->add; targ; targ = targ->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *newpkg = targ->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *newpkg = targ->data;
 
 		if(handle->trans->state == STATE_INTERRUPTED) {
 			return ret;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.h b/lib/libalpm/add.h
index 1baab8d4..77a3d22a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "alpm_list.h"
 #include "trans.h"
 
-int _alpm_upgrade_packages(pmhandle_t *handle);
+int _alpm_upgrade_packages(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_ADD_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
index b0bbbe8c..7780c1fd 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
  * @param err an optional variable to hold any error return codes
  * @return a context handle on success, NULL on error, err will be set if provided
  */
-pmhandle_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_initialize(const char *root, const char *dbpath,
-		enum _pmerrno_t *err)
+alpm_handle_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_initialize(const char *root, const char *dbpath,
+		enum _alpm_errno_t *err)
 {
-	enum _pmerrno_t myerr;
+	enum _alpm_errno_t myerr;
 	const char *lf = "db.lck";
 	size_t lockfilelen;
-	pmhandle_t *myhandle = _alpm_handle_new();
+	alpm_handle_t *myhandle = _alpm_handle_new();
 
 	if(myhandle == NULL) {
 		myerr = PM_ERR_MEMORY;
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ cleanup:
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error
  */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_release(pmhandle_t *myhandle)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_release(alpm_handle_t *myhandle)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
-	pmdb_t *db;
+	alpm_db_t *db;
 
 	CHECK_HANDLE(myhandle, return -1);
 
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_release(pmhandle_t *myhandle)
 		ret = -1;
 	}
 
+	_alpm_handle_unlock(myhandle);
 	_alpm_handle_free(myhandle);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index ac352131..33707dd3 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ extern "C" {
  * Install reasons.
  * Why the package was installed.
  */
-typedef enum _pmpkgreason_t {
+typedef enum _alpm_pkgreason_t {
 	/** Explicitly requested by the user. */
 	PM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT = 0,
 	/** Installed as a dependency for another package. */
 	PM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND = 1
-} pmpkgreason_t;
+} alpm_pkgreason_t;
 
 /** Types of version constraints in dependency specs. */
-typedef enum _pmdepmod_t {
+typedef enum _alpm_depmod_t {
   /** No version constraint */
 	PM_DEP_MOD_ANY = 1,
   /** Test version equality (package=x.y.z) */
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ typedef enum _pmdepmod_t {
 	PM_DEP_MOD_GT,
   /** Test for less than some version (package<x.y.z) */
 	PM_DEP_MOD_LT
-} pmdepmod_t;
+} alpm_depmod_t;
 
 /**
  * File conflict type.
  * Whether the conflict results from a file existing on the filesystem, or with
  * another target in the transaction.
  */
-typedef enum _pmfileconflicttype_t {
+typedef enum _alpm_fileconflicttype_t {
 	PM_FILECONFLICT_TARGET = 1,
 	PM_FILECONFLICT_FILESYSTEM
-} pmfileconflicttype_t;
+} alpm_fileconflicttype_t;
 
 /**
  * GPG signature verification options
@@ -100,52 +100,52 @@ typedef enum _pgp_verify_t {
  * Structures
  */
 
-typedef struct __pmhandle_t pmhandle_t;
-typedef struct __pmdb_t pmdb_t;
-typedef struct __pmpkg_t pmpkg_t;
-typedef struct __pmtrans_t pmtrans_t;
+typedef struct __alpm_handle_t alpm_handle_t;
+typedef struct __alpm_db_t alpm_db_t;
+typedef struct __alpm_pkg_t alpm_pkg_t;
+typedef struct __alpm_trans_t alpm_trans_t;
 
 /** Dependency */
-typedef struct _pmdepend_t {
+typedef struct _alpm_depend_t {
 	char *name;
 	char *version;
 	unsigned long name_hash;
-	pmdepmod_t mod;
-} pmdepend_t;
+	alpm_depmod_t mod;
+} alpm_depend_t;
 
 /** Missing dependency */
-typedef struct _pmdepmissing_t {
+typedef struct _alpm_depmissing_t {
 	char *target;
-	pmdepend_t *depend;
+	alpm_depend_t *depend;
 	/* this is used in case of remove dependency error only */
 	char *causingpkg;
-} pmdepmissing_t;
+} alpm_depmissing_t;
 
 /** Conflict */
-typedef struct _pmconflict_t {
+typedef struct _alpm_conflict_t {
 	char *package1;
 	char *package2;
 	char *reason;
-} pmconflict_t;
+} alpm_conflict_t;
 
 /** File conflict */
-typedef struct _pmfileconflict_t {
+typedef struct _alpm_fileconflict_t {
 	char *target;
-	pmfileconflicttype_t type;
+	alpm_fileconflicttype_t type;
 	char *file;
 	char *ctarget;
-} pmfileconflict_t;
+} alpm_fileconflict_t;
 
 /** Package group */
-typedef struct _pmgrp_t {
+typedef struct _alpm_group_t {
 	/** group name */
 	char *name;
-	/** list of pmpkg_t packages */
+	/** list of alpm_pkg_t packages */
 	alpm_list_t *packages;
-} pmgrp_t;
+} alpm_group_t;
 
 /** Package upgrade delta */
-typedef struct _pmdelta_t {
+typedef struct _alpm_delta_t {
 	/** filename of the delta patch */
 	char *delta;
 	/** md5sum of the delta file */
@@ -158,13 +158,13 @@ typedef struct _pmdelta_t {
 	off_t delta_size;
 	/** download filesize of the delta file */
 	off_t download_size;
-} pmdelta_t;
+} alpm_delta_t;
 
 /** Local package or package file backup entry */
-typedef struct _pmbackup_t {
+typedef struct _alpm_backup_t {
 	char *name;
 	char *hash;
-} pmbackup_t;
+} alpm_backup_t;
 
 /*
  * Logging facilities
@@ -173,15 +173,15 @@ typedef struct _pmbackup_t {
 /**
  * Logging Levels
  */
-typedef enum _pmloglevel_t {
+typedef enum _alpm_loglevel_t {
 	PM_LOG_ERROR    = 1,
 	PM_LOG_WARNING  = (1 << 1),
 	PM_LOG_DEBUG    = (1 << 2),
 	PM_LOG_FUNCTION = (1 << 3)
-} pmloglevel_t;
+} alpm_loglevel_t;
 
-typedef void (*alpm_cb_log)(pmloglevel_t, const char *, va_list);
-int alpm_logaction(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *fmt, ...);
+typedef void (*alpm_cb_log)(alpm_loglevel_t, const char *, va_list);
+int alpm_logaction(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /*
  * Downloading
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ typedef int (*alpm_cb_fetch)(const char *url, const char *localpath,
  * @param url URL of the package to download
  * @return the downloaded filepath on success, NULL on error
  */
-char *alpm_fetch_pkgurl(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *url);
+char *alpm_fetch_pkgurl(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *url);
 
 /** @addtogroup alpm_api_options Options
  * Libalpm option getters and setters
@@ -220,67 +220,67 @@ char *alpm_fetch_pkgurl(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *url);
  */
 
 /** Returns the callback used for logging. */
-alpm_cb_log alpm_option_get_logcb(pmhandle_t *handle);
+alpm_cb_log alpm_option_get_logcb(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 /** Sets the callback used for logging. */
-int alpm_option_set_logcb(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_cb_log cb);
+int alpm_option_set_logcb(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_cb_log cb);
 
 /** Returns the callback used to report download progress. */
-alpm_cb_download alpm_option_get_dlcb(pmhandle_t *handle);
+alpm_cb_download alpm_option_get_dlcb(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 /** Sets the callback used to report download progress. */
-int alpm_option_set_dlcb(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_cb_download cb);
+int alpm_option_set_dlcb(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_cb_download cb);
 
 /** Returns the downloading callback. */
-alpm_cb_fetch alpm_option_get_fetchcb(pmhandle_t *handle);
+alpm_cb_fetch alpm_option_get_fetchcb(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 /** Sets the downloading callback. */
-int alpm_option_set_fetchcb(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_cb_fetch cb);
+int alpm_option_set_fetchcb(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_cb_fetch cb);
 
 /** Returns the callback used to report total download size. */
-alpm_cb_totaldl alpm_option_get_totaldlcb(pmhandle_t *handle);
+alpm_cb_totaldl alpm_option_get_totaldlcb(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 /** Sets the callback used to report total download size. */
-int alpm_option_set_totaldlcb(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_cb_totaldl cb);
+int alpm_option_set_totaldlcb(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_cb_totaldl cb);
 
 /** Returns the root of the destination filesystem. Read-only. */
-const char *alpm_option_get_root(pmhandle_t *handle);
+const char *alpm_option_get_root(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 /** Returns the path to the database directory. Read-only. */
-const char *alpm_option_get_dbpath(pmhandle_t *handle);
+const char *alpm_option_get_dbpath(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 /** Get the name of the database lock file. Read-only. */
-const char *alpm_option_get_lockfile(pmhandle_t *handle);
+const char *alpm_option_get_lockfile(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 /** @name Accessors to the list of package cache directories.
  * @{
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_option_get_cachedirs(pmhandle_t *handle);
-int alpm_option_set_cachedirs(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *cachedirs);
-int alpm_option_add_cachedir(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *cachedir);
-int alpm_option_remove_cachedir(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *cachedir);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_option_get_cachedirs(alpm_handle_t *handle);
+int alpm_option_set_cachedirs(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *cachedirs);
+int alpm_option_add_cachedir(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cachedir);
+int alpm_option_remove_cachedir(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cachedir);
 /** @} */
 
 /** Returns the logfile name. */
-const char *alpm_option_get_logfile(pmhandle_t *handle);
+const char *alpm_option_get_logfile(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 /** Sets the logfile name. */
-int alpm_option_set_logfile(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *logfile);
+int alpm_option_set_logfile(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *logfile);
 
 /** Returns the path to libalpm's GnuPG home directory. */
-const char *alpm_option_get_gpgdir(pmhandle_t *handle);
+const char *alpm_option_get_gpgdir(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 /** Sets the path to libalpm's GnuPG home directory. */
-int alpm_option_set_gpgdir(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *gpgdir);
+int alpm_option_set_gpgdir(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *gpgdir);
 
 /** Returns whether to use syslog (0 is FALSE, TRUE otherwise). */
-int alpm_option_get_usesyslog(pmhandle_t *handle);
+int alpm_option_get_usesyslog(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 /** Sets whether to use syslog (0 is FALSE, TRUE otherwise). */
-int alpm_option_set_usesyslog(pmhandle_t *handle, int usesyslog);
+int alpm_option_set_usesyslog(alpm_handle_t *handle, int usesyslog);
 
 /** @name Accessors to the list of no-upgrade files.
  * These functions modify the list of files which should
  * not be updated by package installation.
  * @{
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_option_get_noupgrades(pmhandle_t *handle);
-int alpm_option_add_noupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
-int alpm_option_set_noupgrades(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *noupgrade);
-int alpm_option_remove_noupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_option_get_noupgrades(alpm_handle_t *handle);
+int alpm_option_add_noupgrade(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
+int alpm_option_set_noupgrades(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *noupgrade);
+int alpm_option_remove_noupgrade(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
 /** @} */
 
 /** @name Accessors to the list of no-extract files.
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ int alpm_option_remove_noupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
  * not be upgraded by a sysupgrade operation.
  * @{
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_option_get_noextracts(pmhandle_t *handle);
-int alpm_option_add_noextract(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
-int alpm_option_set_noextracts(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *noextract);
-int alpm_option_remove_noextract(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_option_get_noextracts(alpm_handle_t *handle);
+int alpm_option_add_noextract(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
+int alpm_option_set_noextracts(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *noextract);
+int alpm_option_remove_noextract(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
 /** @} */
 
 /** @name Accessors to the list of ignored packages.
@@ -300,10 +300,10 @@ int alpm_option_remove_noextract(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
  * should be ignored by a sysupgrade.
  * @{
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_option_get_ignorepkgs(pmhandle_t *handle);
-int alpm_option_add_ignorepkg(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
-int alpm_option_set_ignorepkgs(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *ignorepkgs);
-int alpm_option_remove_ignorepkg(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_option_get_ignorepkgs(alpm_handle_t *handle);
+int alpm_option_add_ignorepkg(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
+int alpm_option_set_ignorepkgs(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *ignorepkgs);
+int alpm_option_remove_ignorepkg(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
 /** @} */
 
 /** @name Accessors to the list of ignored groups.
@@ -311,25 +311,25 @@ int alpm_option_remove_ignorepkg(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg);
  * should be ignored by a sysupgrade.
  * @{
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_option_get_ignoregrps(pmhandle_t *handle);
-int alpm_option_add_ignoregrp(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *grp);
-int alpm_option_set_ignoregrps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *ignoregrps);
-int alpm_option_remove_ignoregrp(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *grp);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_option_get_ignoregroups(alpm_handle_t *handle);
+int alpm_option_add_ignoregroup(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *grp);
+int alpm_option_set_ignoregroups(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *ignoregrps);
+int alpm_option_remove_ignoregroup(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *grp);
 /** @} */
 
 /** Returns the targeted architecture. */
-const char *alpm_option_get_arch(pmhandle_t *handle);
+const char *alpm_option_get_arch(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 /** Sets the targeted architecture. */
-int alpm_option_set_arch(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *arch);
+int alpm_option_set_arch(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *arch);
 
-int alpm_option_get_usedelta(pmhandle_t *handle);
-int alpm_option_set_usedelta(pmhandle_t *handle, int usedelta);
+int alpm_option_get_usedelta(alpm_handle_t *handle);
+int alpm_option_set_usedelta(alpm_handle_t *handle, int usedelta);
 
-int alpm_option_get_checkspace(pmhandle_t *handle);
-int alpm_option_set_checkspace(pmhandle_t *handle, int checkspace);
+int alpm_option_get_checkspace(alpm_handle_t *handle);
+int alpm_option_set_checkspace(alpm_handle_t *handle, int checkspace);
 
-pgp_verify_t alpm_option_get_default_sigverify(pmhandle_t *handle);
-int alpm_option_set_default_sigverify(pmhandle_t *handle, pgp_verify_t level);
+pgp_verify_t alpm_option_get_default_sigverify(alpm_handle_t *handle);
+int alpm_option_set_default_sigverify(alpm_handle_t *handle, pgp_verify_t level);
 
 /** @} */
 
@@ -344,87 +344,87 @@ int alpm_option_set_default_sigverify(pmhandle_t *handle, pgp_verify_t level);
  * libalpm functions.
  * @return a reference to the local database
  */
-pmdb_t *alpm_option_get_localdb(pmhandle_t *handle);
+alpm_db_t *alpm_option_get_localdb(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 /** Get the list of sync databases.
- * Returns a list of pmdb_t structures, one for each registered
+ * Returns a list of alpm_db_t structures, one for each registered
  * sync database.
  * @param handle the context handle
- * @return a reference to an internal list of pmdb_t structures
+ * @return a reference to an internal list of alpm_db_t structures
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_option_get_syncdbs(pmhandle_t *handle);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_option_get_syncdbs(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 /** Register a sync database of packages.
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @param treename the name of the sync repository
  * @param check_sig what level of signature checking to perform on the
  * database; note that this must be a '.sig' file type verification
- * @return a pmdb_t* on success (the value), NULL on error
+ * @return a alpm_db_t* on success (the value), NULL on error
  */
-pmdb_t *alpm_db_register_sync(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *treename,
+alpm_db_t *alpm_db_register_sync(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *treename,
 		pgp_verify_t check_sig);
 
 /** Unregister a package database.
  * @param db pointer to the package database to unregister
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_db_unregister(pmdb_t *db);
+int alpm_db_unregister(alpm_db_t *db);
 
 /** Unregister all package databases.
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_db_unregister_all(pmhandle_t *handle);
+int alpm_db_unregister_all(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 /** Get the name of a package database.
  * @param db pointer to the package database
  * @return the name of the package database, NULL on error
  */
-const char *alpm_db_get_name(const pmdb_t *db);
+const char *alpm_db_get_name(const alpm_db_t *db);
 
 /** @name Accessors to the list of servers for a database.
  * @{
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_db_get_servers(const pmdb_t *db);
-int alpm_db_set_servers(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *servers);
-int alpm_db_add_server(pmdb_t *db, const char *url);
-int alpm_db_remove_server(pmdb_t *db, const char *url);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_db_get_servers(const alpm_db_t *db);
+int alpm_db_set_servers(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_list_t *servers);
+int alpm_db_add_server(alpm_db_t *db, const char *url);
+int alpm_db_remove_server(alpm_db_t *db, const char *url);
 /** @} */
 
-int alpm_db_update(int level, pmdb_t *db);
+int alpm_db_update(int level, alpm_db_t *db);
 
 /** Get a package entry from a package database.
  * @param db pointer to the package database to get the package from
  * @param name of the package
  * @return the package entry on success, NULL on error
  */
-pmpkg_t *alpm_db_get_pkg(pmdb_t *db, const char *name);
+alpm_pkg_t *alpm_db_get_pkg(alpm_db_t *db, const char *name);
 
 /** Get the package cache of a package database.
  * @param db pointer to the package database to get the package from
  * @return the list of packages on success, NULL on error
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_db_get_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_db_get_pkgcache(alpm_db_t *db);
 
 /** Get a group entry from a package database.
  * @param db pointer to the package database to get the group from
  * @param name of the group
  * @return the groups entry on success, NULL on error
  */
-pmgrp_t *alpm_db_readgrp(pmdb_t *db, const char *name);
+alpm_group_t *alpm_db_readgroup(alpm_db_t *db, const char *name);
 
 /** Get the group cache of a package database.
  * @param db pointer to the package database to get the group from
  * @return the list of groups on success, NULL on error
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_db_get_grpcache(pmdb_t *db);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_db_get_groupcache(alpm_db_t *db);
 
 /** Searches a database with regular expressions.
  * @param db pointer to the package database to search in
  * @param needles a list of regular expressions to search for
  * @return the list of packages matching all regular expressions on success, NULL on error
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t* needles);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_db_search(alpm_db_t *db, const alpm_list_t* needles);
 
 /** Set install reason for a package in db.
  * @param db pointer to the package database
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ alpm_list_t *alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t* needles);
  * @param reason the new install reason
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_db_set_pkgreason(pmdb_t *db, const char *name, pmpkgreason_t reason);
+int alpm_db_set_pkgreason(alpm_db_t *db, const char *name, alpm_pkgreason_t reason);
 
 /** @} */
 
@@ -455,20 +455,20 @@ int alpm_db_set_pkgreason(pmdb_t *db, const char *name, pmpkgreason_t reason);
  * @param pkg address of the package pointer
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_pkg_load(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *filename, int full,
-		pgp_verify_t check_sig, pmpkg_t **pkg);
+int alpm_pkg_load(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *filename, int full,
+		pgp_verify_t check_sig, alpm_pkg_t **pkg);
 
 /** Free a package.
  * @param pkg package pointer to free
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_pkg_free(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+int alpm_pkg_free(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Check the integrity (with md5) of a package from the sync cache.
  * @param pkg package pointer
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_pkg_checkmd5sum(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+int alpm_pkg_checkmd5sum(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Compare two version strings and determine which one is 'newer'. */
 int alpm_pkg_vercmp(const char *a, const char *b);
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ int alpm_pkg_vercmp(const char *a, const char *b);
  * @param pkg a package
  * @return the list of packages requiring pkg
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_compute_requiredby(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_compute_requiredby(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** @name Package Property Accessors
  * Any pointer returned by these functions points to internal structures
@@ -492,13 +492,13 @@ alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_compute_requiredby(pmpkg_t *pkg);
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal string
  */
-const char *alpm_pkg_get_filename(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+const char *alpm_pkg_get_filename(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the package name.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal string
  */
-const char *alpm_pkg_get_name(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+const char *alpm_pkg_get_name(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the package version as a string.
  * This includes all available epoch, version, and pkgrel components. Use
@@ -506,116 +506,116 @@ const char *alpm_pkg_get_name(pmpkg_t *pkg);
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal string
  */
-const char *alpm_pkg_get_version(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+const char *alpm_pkg_get_version(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the package description.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal string
  */
-const char *alpm_pkg_get_desc(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+const char *alpm_pkg_get_desc(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the package URL.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal string
  */
-const char *alpm_pkg_get_url(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+const char *alpm_pkg_get_url(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the build timestamp of the package.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return the timestamp of the build time
  */
-time_t alpm_pkg_get_builddate(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+time_t alpm_pkg_get_builddate(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the install timestamp of the package.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return the timestamp of the install time
  */
-time_t alpm_pkg_get_installdate(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+time_t alpm_pkg_get_installdate(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the packager's name.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal string
  */
-const char *alpm_pkg_get_packager(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+const char *alpm_pkg_get_packager(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the package's MD5 checksum as a string.
  * The returned string is a sequence of lowercase hexadecimal digits.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal string
  */
-const char *alpm_pkg_get_md5sum(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+const char *alpm_pkg_get_md5sum(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the architecture for which the package was built.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal string
  */
-const char *alpm_pkg_get_arch(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+const char *alpm_pkg_get_arch(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the size of the package.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return the size of the package in bytes.
  */
-off_t alpm_pkg_get_size(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+off_t alpm_pkg_get_size(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the installed size of the package.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return the total size of files installed by the package.
  */
-off_t alpm_pkg_get_isize(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+off_t alpm_pkg_get_isize(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the package installation reason.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return an enum member giving the install reason.
  */
-pmpkgreason_t alpm_pkg_get_reason(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_pkgreason_t alpm_pkg_get_reason(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the list of package licenses.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a pointer to an internal list of strings.
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_licenses(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_licenses(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the list of package groups.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a pointer to an internal list of strings.
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_groups(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_groups(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
-/** Returns the list of package dependencies as pmdepend_t.
+/** Returns the list of package dependencies as alpm_depend_t.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
- * @return a reference to an internal list of pmdepend_t structures.
+ * @return a reference to an internal list of alpm_depend_t structures.
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_depends(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_depends(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the list of package optional dependencies.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal list of strings.
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_optdepends(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_optdepends(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the list of package names conflicting with pkg.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal list of strings.
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_conflicts(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_conflicts(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the list of package names provided by pkg.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal list of strings.
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_provides(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_provides(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the list of available deltas for pkg.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal list of strings.
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_deltas(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the list of packages to be replaced by pkg.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal list of strings.
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_replaces(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_replaces(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the list of files installed by pkg.
  * The filenames are relative to the install root,
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_replaces(pmpkg_t *pkg);
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal list of strings.
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_files(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_files(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the list of files backed up when installing pkg.
  * The elements of the returned list have the form
@@ -632,17 +632,17 @@ alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_files(pmpkg_t *pkg);
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a reference to an internal list of strings.
  */
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_backup(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_get_backup(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the database containing pkg.
- * Returns a pointer to the pmdb_t structure the package is
+ * Returns a pointer to the alpm_db_t structure the package is
  * originating from, or NULL if the package was loaded from a file.
  * @param pkg a pointer to package
  * @return a pointer to the DB containing pkg, or NULL.
  */
-pmdb_t *alpm_pkg_get_db(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_db_t *alpm_pkg_get_db(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
-/* End of pmpkg_t accessors */
+/* End of alpm_pkg_t accessors */
 /* @} */
 
 /** Open a package changelog for reading.
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ pmdb_t *alpm_pkg_get_db(pmpkg_t *pkg);
  * @param pkg the package to read the changelog of (either file or db)
  * @return a 'file stream' to the package changelog
  */
-void *alpm_pkg_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+void *alpm_pkg_changelog_open(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Read data from an open changelog 'file stream'.
  * Similar to fread in functionality, this function takes a buffer and
@@ -664,16 +664,16 @@ void *alpm_pkg_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg);
  * error occurred.
  */
 size_t alpm_pkg_changelog_read(void *ptr, size_t size,
-		const pmpkg_t *pkg, const void *fp);
+		const alpm_pkg_t *pkg, const void *fp);
 
-/*int alpm_pkg_changelog_feof(const pmpkg_t *pkg, void *fp);*/
+/*int alpm_pkg_changelog_feof(const alpm_pkg_t *pkg, void *fp);*/
 
-int alpm_pkg_changelog_close(const pmpkg_t *pkg, void *fp);
+int alpm_pkg_changelog_close(const alpm_pkg_t *pkg, void *fp);
 
 /** Returns whether the package has an install scriptlet.
  * @return 0 if FALSE, TRUE otherwise
  */
-int alpm_pkg_has_scriptlet(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+int alpm_pkg_has_scriptlet(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Returns the size of download.
  * Returns the size of the files that will be downloaded to install a
@@ -681,9 +681,9 @@ int alpm_pkg_has_scriptlet(pmpkg_t *pkg);
  * @param newpkg the new package to upgrade to
  * @return the size of the download
  */
-off_t alpm_pkg_download_size(pmpkg_t *newpkg);
+off_t alpm_pkg_download_size(alpm_pkg_t *newpkg);
 
-alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_unused_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_unused_deltas(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /* End of alpm_pkg */
 /** @} */
@@ -692,21 +692,21 @@ alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_unused_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg);
  * Signatures
  */
 
-int alpm_pkg_check_pgp_signature(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+int alpm_pkg_check_pgp_signature(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
-int alpm_db_check_pgp_signature(pmdb_t *db);
+int alpm_db_check_pgp_signature(alpm_db_t *db);
 
 /*
  * Groups
  */
 
-alpm_list_t *alpm_find_grp_pkgs(alpm_list_t *dbs, const char *name);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_find_group_pkgs(alpm_list_t *dbs, const char *name);
 
 /*
  * Sync
  */
 
-pmpkg_t *alpm_sync_newversion(pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync);
+alpm_pkg_t *alpm_sync_newversion(alpm_pkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync);
 
 /** @addtogroup alpm_api_trans Transaction Functions
  * Functions to manipulate libalpm transactions
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ pmpkg_t *alpm_sync_newversion(pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync);
  */
 
 /** Transaction flags */
-typedef enum _pmtransflag_t {
+typedef enum _alpm_transflag_t {
 	/** Ignore dependency checks. */
 	PM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPS = 1,
 	/** Ignore file conflicts and overwrite files. */
@@ -749,12 +749,12 @@ typedef enum _pmtransflag_t {
 	PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSEALL = (1 << 16),
 	/** Do not lock the database during the operation. */
 	PM_TRANS_FLAG_NOLOCK = (1 << 17)
-} pmtransflag_t;
+} alpm_transflag_t;
 
 /** Transaction events.
  * NULL parameters are passed to in all events unless specified otherwise.
  */
-typedef enum _pmtransevt_t {
+typedef enum _alpm_transevt_t {
 	/** Dependencies will be computed for a package. */
 	PM_TRANS_EVT_CHECKDEPS_START = 1,
 	/** Dependencies were computed for a package. */
@@ -829,10 +829,10 @@ typedef enum _pmtransevt_t {
 	PM_TRANS_EVT_DISKSPACE_START,
 	/** Disk space usage was computed for a package */
 	PM_TRANS_EVT_DISKSPACE_DONE,
-} pmtransevt_t;
+} alpm_transevt_t;
 
 /** Transaction Conversations (ie, questions) */
-typedef enum _pmtransconv_t {
+typedef enum _alpm_transconv_t {
 	PM_TRANS_CONV_INSTALL_IGNOREPKG = 1,
 	PM_TRANS_CONV_REPLACE_PKG = (1 << 1),
 	PM_TRANS_CONV_CONFLICT_PKG = (1 << 2),
@@ -840,45 +840,45 @@ typedef enum _pmtransconv_t {
 	PM_TRANS_CONV_LOCAL_NEWER = (1 << 4),
 	PM_TRANS_CONV_REMOVE_PKGS = (1 << 5),
 	PM_TRANS_CONV_SELECT_PROVIDER = (1 << 6),
-} pmtransconv_t;
+} alpm_transconv_t;
 
 /** Transaction Progress */
-typedef enum _pmtransprog_t {
+typedef enum _alpm_transprog_t {
 	PM_TRANS_PROGRESS_ADD_START,
 	PM_TRANS_PROGRESS_UPGRADE_START,
 	PM_TRANS_PROGRESS_REMOVE_START,
 	PM_TRANS_PROGRESS_CONFLICTS_START,
 	PM_TRANS_PROGRESS_DISKSPACE_START,
 	PM_TRANS_PROGRESS_INTEGRITY_START,
-} pmtransprog_t;
+} alpm_transprog_t;
 
 /** Transaction Event callback */
-typedef void (*alpm_trans_cb_event)(pmtransevt_t, void *, void *);
+typedef void (*alpm_trans_cb_event)(alpm_transevt_t, void *, void *);
 
 /** Transaction Conversation callback */
-typedef void (*alpm_trans_cb_conv)(pmtransconv_t, void *, void *,
+typedef void (*alpm_trans_cb_conv)(alpm_transconv_t, void *, void *,
                                    void *, int *);
 
 /** Transaction Progress callback */
-typedef void (*alpm_trans_cb_progress)(pmtransprog_t, const char *, int, size_t, size_t);
+typedef void (*alpm_trans_cb_progress)(alpm_transprog_t, const char *, int, size_t, size_t);
 
 /** Returns the bitfield of flags for the current transaction.
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @return the bitfield of transaction flags
  */
-pmtransflag_t alpm_trans_get_flags(pmhandle_t *handle);
+alpm_transflag_t alpm_trans_get_flags(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 /** Returns a list of packages added by the transaction.
  * @param handle the context handle
- * @return a list of pmpkg_t structures
+ * @return a list of alpm_pkg_t structures
  */
-alpm_list_t * alpm_trans_get_add(pmhandle_t *handle);
+alpm_list_t * alpm_trans_get_add(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 /** Returns the list of packages removed by the transaction.
  * @param handle the context handle
- * @return a list of pmpkg_t structures
+ * @return a list of alpm_pkg_t structures
  */
-alpm_list_t * alpm_trans_get_remove(pmhandle_t *handle);
+alpm_list_t * alpm_trans_get_remove(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 /** Initialize the transaction.
  * @param handle the context handle
@@ -888,17 +888,17 @@ alpm_list_t * alpm_trans_get_remove(pmhandle_t *handle);
  * @param progress progress callback function pointer
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_trans_init(pmhandle_t *handle, pmtransflag_t flags,
+int alpm_trans_init(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_transflag_t flags,
                     alpm_trans_cb_event cb_event, alpm_trans_cb_conv conv,
                     alpm_trans_cb_progress cb_progress);
 
 /** Prepare a transaction.
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @param data the address of an alpm_list where a list
- * of pmdepmissing_t objects is dumped (conflicting packages)
+ * of alpm_depmissing_t objects is dumped (conflicting packages)
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_trans_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data);
+int alpm_trans_prepare(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data);
 
 /** Commit a transaction.
  * @param handle the context handle
@@ -906,19 +906,19 @@ int alpm_trans_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data);
  * of an error can be dumped (ie. list of conflicting files)
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_trans_commit(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data);
+int alpm_trans_commit(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data);
 
 /** Interrupt a transaction.
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_trans_interrupt(pmhandle_t *handle);
+int alpm_trans_interrupt(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 /** Release a transaction.
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_trans_release(pmhandle_t *handle);
+int alpm_trans_release(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 /** @} */
 
 /** @name Common Transactions */
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ int alpm_trans_release(pmhandle_t *handle);
  * @param enable_downgrade allow downgrading of packages if the remote version is lower
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, int enable_downgrade);
+int alpm_sync_sysupgrade(alpm_handle_t *handle, int enable_downgrade);
 
 /** Add a package to the transaction.
  * If the package was loaded by alpm_pkg_load(), it will be freed upon
@@ -938,14 +938,14 @@ int alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, int enable_downgrade);
  * @param pkg the package to add
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_add_pkg(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *pkg);
+int alpm_add_pkg(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** Add a package removal action to the transaction.
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @param pkg the package to uninstall
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int alpm_remove_pkg(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *pkg);
+int alpm_remove_pkg(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 /** @} */
 
@@ -955,19 +955,19 @@ int alpm_remove_pkg(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *pkg);
  * @{
  */
 
-alpm_list_t *alpm_checkdeps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkglist,
+alpm_list_t *alpm_checkdeps(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkglist,
 		alpm_list_t *remove, alpm_list_t *upgrade, int reversedeps);
-pmpkg_t *alpm_find_satisfier(alpm_list_t *pkgs, const char *depstring);
-pmpkg_t *alpm_find_dbs_satisfier(pmhandle_t *handle,
+alpm_pkg_t *alpm_find_satisfier(alpm_list_t *pkgs, const char *depstring);
+alpm_pkg_t *alpm_find_dbs_satisfier(alpm_handle_t *handle,
 		alpm_list_t *dbs, const char *depstring);
 
-alpm_list_t *alpm_checkconflicts(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkglist);
+alpm_list_t *alpm_checkconflicts(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkglist);
 
 /** Returns a newly allocated string representing the dependency information.
  * @param dep a dependency info structure
  * @return a formatted string, e.g. "glibc>=2.12"
  */
-char *alpm_dep_compute_string(const pmdepend_t *dep);
+char *alpm_dep_compute_string(const alpm_depend_t *dep);
 
 /** @} */
 
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ char *alpm_compute_md5sum(const char *name);
 /** @addtogroup alpm_api_errors Error Codes
  * @{
  */
-enum _pmerrno_t {
+enum _alpm_errno_t {
 	PM_ERR_MEMORY = 1,
 	PM_ERR_SYSTEM,
 	PM_ERR_BADPERMS,
@@ -1048,17 +1048,17 @@ enum _pmerrno_t {
 };
 
 /** Returns the current error code from the handle. */
-enum _pmerrno_t alpm_errno(pmhandle_t *handle);
+enum _alpm_errno_t alpm_errno(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 /** Returns the string corresponding to an error number. */
-const char *alpm_strerror(enum _pmerrno_t err);
+const char *alpm_strerror(enum _alpm_errno_t err);
 
 /* End of alpm_api_errors */
 /** @} */
 
-pmhandle_t *alpm_initialize(const char *root, const char *dbpath,
-		enum _pmerrno_t *err);
-int alpm_release(pmhandle_t *handle);
+alpm_handle_t *alpm_initialize(const char *root, const char *dbpath,
+		enum _alpm_errno_t *err);
+int alpm_release(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 const char *alpm_version(void);
 
 /* End of alpm_api */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/backup.c b/lib/libalpm/backup.c
index dc0c5674..0334042c 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/backup.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/backup.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 
 /* split a backup string "file\thash" into the relevant components */
-int _alpm_split_backup(const char *string, pmbackup_t **backup)
+int _alpm_split_backup(const char *string, alpm_backup_t **backup)
 {
 	char *str, *ptr;
 
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ int _alpm_split_backup(const char *string, pmbackup_t **backup)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Look for a filename in a pmpkg_t.backup list. If we find it,
+/* Look for a filename in a alpm_pkg_t.backup list. If we find it,
  * then we return the full backup entry.
  */
-pmbackup_t *_alpm_needbackup(const char *file, const alpm_list_t *backup_list)
+alpm_backup_t *_alpm_needbackup(const char *file, const alpm_list_t *backup_list)
 {
 	const alpm_list_t *lp;
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pmbackup_t *_alpm_needbackup(const char *file, const alpm_list_t *backup_list)
 
 	/* run through the backup list and parse out the hash for our file */
 	for(lp = backup_list; lp; lp = lp->next) {
-		pmbackup_t *backup = lp->data;
+		alpm_backup_t *backup = lp->data;
 
 		if(strcmp(file, backup->name) == 0) {
 			return backup;
@@ -78,17 +78,17 @@ pmbackup_t *_alpm_needbackup(const char *file, const alpm_list_t *backup_list)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void _alpm_backup_free(pmbackup_t *backup)
+void _alpm_backup_free(alpm_backup_t *backup)
 {
 	free(backup->name);
 	free(backup->hash);
 	free(backup);
 }
 
-pmbackup_t *_alpm_backup_dup(const pmbackup_t *backup)
+alpm_backup_t *_alpm_backup_dup(const alpm_backup_t *backup)
 {
-	pmbackup_t *newbackup;
-	CALLOC(newbackup, 1, sizeof(pmbackup_t), return NULL);
+	alpm_backup_t *newbackup;
+	CALLOC(newbackup, 1, sizeof(alpm_backup_t), return NULL);
 
 	STRDUP(newbackup->name, backup->name, return NULL);
 	STRDUP(newbackup->hash, backup->hash, return NULL);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/backup.h b/lib/libalpm/backup.h
index be8de97a..39c01a6d 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/backup.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/backup.h
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 #include "alpm_list.h"
 #include "alpm.h"
 
-int _alpm_split_backup(const char *string, pmbackup_t **backup);
-pmbackup_t *_alpm_needbackup(const char *file, const alpm_list_t *backup_list);
-void _alpm_backup_free(pmbackup_t *backup);
-pmbackup_t *_alpm_backup_dup(const pmbackup_t *backup);
+int _alpm_split_backup(const char *string, alpm_backup_t **backup);
+alpm_backup_t *_alpm_needbackup(const char *file, const alpm_list_t *backup_list);
+void _alpm_backup_free(alpm_backup_t *backup);
+alpm_backup_t *_alpm_backup_dup(const alpm_backup_t *backup);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_BACKUP_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
index 50066883..2ee71cc0 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
@@ -55,85 +55,85 @@
  * initialized.
  */
 
-static const char *_cache_get_filename(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static const char *_cache_get_filename(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->filename;
 }
 
-static const char *_cache_get_desc(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static const char *_cache_get_desc(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->desc;
 }
 
-static const char *_cache_get_url(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static const char *_cache_get_url(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->url;
 }
 
-static time_t _cache_get_builddate(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static time_t _cache_get_builddate(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, 0);
 	return pkg->builddate;
 }
 
-static time_t _cache_get_installdate(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static time_t _cache_get_installdate(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, 0);
 	return pkg->installdate;
 }
 
-static const char *_cache_get_packager(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static const char *_cache_get_packager(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->packager;
 }
 
-static const char *_cache_get_md5sum(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static const char *_cache_get_md5sum(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->md5sum;
 }
 
-static const char *_cache_get_arch(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static const char *_cache_get_arch(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->arch;
 }
 
-static off_t _cache_get_size(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static off_t _cache_get_size(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, -1);
 	return pkg->size;
 }
 
-static off_t _cache_get_isize(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static off_t _cache_get_isize(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, -1);
 	return pkg->isize;
 }
 
-static pmpkgreason_t _cache_get_reason(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static alpm_pkgreason_t _cache_get_reason(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, -1);
 	return pkg->reason;
 }
 
-static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_licenses(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_licenses(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->licenses;
 }
 
-static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_groups(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_groups(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->groups;
 }
 
-static int _cache_has_scriptlet(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static int _cache_has_scriptlet(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	if(!(pkg->infolevel & INFRQ_SCRIPTLET)) {
 		_alpm_local_db_read(pkg->origin_data.db, pkg, INFRQ_SCRIPTLET);
@@ -141,43 +141,43 @@ static int _cache_has_scriptlet(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	return pkg->scriptlet;
 }
 
-static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_depends(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_depends(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->depends;
 }
 
-static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_optdepends(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_optdepends(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->optdepends;
 }
 
-static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_conflicts(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_conflicts(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->conflicts;
 }
 
-static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_provides(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_provides(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->provides;
 }
 
-static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_replaces(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_replaces(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	LAZY_LOAD(INFRQ_DESC, NULL);
 	return pkg->replaces;
 }
 
 /* local packages can not have deltas */
-static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_deltas(pmpkg_t UNUSED *pkg)
+static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_deltas(alpm_pkg_t UNUSED *pkg)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_files(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_files(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	if(pkg->origin == PKG_FROM_LOCALDB
 		 && !(pkg->infolevel & INFRQ_FILES)) {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_files(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	return pkg->files;
 }
 
-static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_backup(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_backup(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	if(pkg->origin == PKG_FROM_LOCALDB
 		 && !(pkg->infolevel & INFRQ_FILES)) {
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *_cache_get_backup(pmpkg_t *pkg)
  * @param pkg the package (from db) to read the changelog
  * @return a 'file stream' to the package changelog
  */
-static void *_cache_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static void *_cache_changelog_open(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	char clfile[PATH_MAX];
 	snprintf(clfile, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s/%s-%s/changelog",
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static void *_cache_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg)
  * @return the number of characters read, or 0 if there is no more data
  */
 static size_t _cache_changelog_read(void *ptr, size_t size,
-		const pmpkg_t UNUSED *pkg, const void *fp)
+		const alpm_pkg_t UNUSED *pkg, const void *fp)
 {
 	return fread(ptr, 1, size, (FILE *)fp);
 }
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static size_t _cache_changelog_read(void *ptr, size_t size,
  * @param fp a 'file stream' to the package changelog
  * @return whether closing the package changelog stream was successful
  */
-static int _cache_changelog_close(const pmpkg_t UNUSED *pkg, void *fp)
+static int _cache_changelog_close(const alpm_pkg_t UNUSED *pkg, void *fp)
 {
 	return fclose((FILE *)fp);
 }
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static struct pkg_operations local_pkg_ops = {
 	.changelog_close = _cache_changelog_close,
 };
 
-static int checkdbdir(pmdb_t *db)
+static int checkdbdir(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	struct stat buf;
 	const char *path = _alpm_db_path(db);
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static int is_dir(const char *path, struct dirent *entry)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int local_db_validate(pmdb_t *db)
+static int local_db_validate(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	struct dirent *ent = NULL;
 	const char *dbpath;
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ done:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int local_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
+static int local_db_populate(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	size_t est_count;
 	int count = 0;
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static int local_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 	while((ent = readdir(dbdir)) != NULL) {
 		const char *name = ent->d_name;
 
-		pmpkg_t *pkg;
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkg;
 
 		if(strcmp(name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(name, "..") == 0) {
 			continue;
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static int local_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 }
 
 /* Note: the return value must be freed by the caller */
-static char *get_pkgpath(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
+static char *get_pkgpath(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *info)
 {
 	size_t len;
 	char *pkgpath;
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static char *get_pkgpath(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
 }
 
 
-int _alpm_local_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
+int _alpm_local_db_read(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *info, alpm_dbinfrq_t inforeq)
 {
 	FILE *fp = NULL;
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ int _alpm_local_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 				if(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
-				info->reason = (pmpkgreason_t)atol(_alpm_strtrim(line));
+				info->reason = (alpm_pkgreason_t)atol(_alpm_strtrim(line));
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%SIZE%") == 0) {
 				/* NOTE: the CSIZE and SIZE fields both share the "size" field
 				 *       in the pkginfo_t struct.  This can be done b/c CSIZE
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ int _alpm_local_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%DEPENDS%") == 0) {
 				while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
-					pmdepend_t *dep = _alpm_splitdep(line);
+					alpm_depend_t *dep = _alpm_splitdep(line);
 					info->depends = alpm_list_add(info->depends, dep);
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%OPTDEPENDS%") == 0) {
@@ -683,8 +683,8 @@ int _alpm_local_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 				}
 			} else if(strcmp(line, "%BACKUP%") == 0) {
 				while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) && strlen(_alpm_strtrim(line))) {
-					pmbackup_t *backup;
-					CALLOC(backup, 1, sizeof(pmbackup_t), goto error);
+					alpm_backup_t *backup;
+					CALLOC(backup, 1, sizeof(alpm_backup_t), goto error);
 					if(_alpm_split_backup(line, &backup)) {
 						goto error;
 					}
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ error:
 	return -1;
 }
 
-int _alpm_local_db_prepare(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
+int _alpm_local_db_prepare(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *info)
 {
 	mode_t oldmask;
 	int retval = 0;
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ int _alpm_local_db_prepare(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
 	return retval;
 }
 
-int _alpm_local_db_write(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
+int _alpm_local_db_write(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *info, alpm_dbinfrq_t inforeq)
 {
 	FILE *fp = NULL;
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ int _alpm_local_db_write(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 		if(info->backup) {
 			fprintf(fp, "%%BACKUP%%\n");
 			for(lp = info->backup; lp; lp = lp->next) {
-				pmbackup_t *backup = lp->data;
+				alpm_backup_t *backup = lp->data;
 				fprintf(fp, "%s\t%s\n", backup->name, backup->hash);
 			}
 			fprintf(fp, "\n");
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ cleanup:
 	return retval;
 }
 
-int _alpm_local_db_remove(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
+int _alpm_local_db_remove(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *info)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	char *pkgpath = NULL;
@@ -930,9 +930,9 @@ struct db_operations local_db_ops = {
 	.unregister       = _alpm_db_unregister,
 };
 
-pmdb_t *_alpm_db_register_local(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_db_t *_alpm_db_register_local(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
-	pmdb_t *db;
+	alpm_db_t *db;
 
 	_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "registering local database\n");
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_package.c b/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
index 748f27a0..a4c6c559 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  * @param pkg the package (file) to read the changelog
  * @return a 'file stream' to the package changelog
  */
-static void *_package_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static void *_package_changelog_open(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static void *_package_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg)
  * @return the number of characters read, or 0 if there is no more data
  */
 static size_t _package_changelog_read(void *ptr, size_t size,
-		const pmpkg_t UNUSED *pkg, const void *fp)
+		const alpm_pkg_t UNUSED *pkg, const void *fp)
 {
 	ssize_t sret = archive_read_data((struct archive *)fp, ptr, size);
 	/* Report error (negative values) */
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static size_t _package_changelog_read(void *ptr, size_t size,
  * @param fp a 'file stream' to the package changelog
  * @return whether closing the package changelog stream was successful
  */
-static int _package_changelog_close(const pmpkg_t UNUSED *pkg, void *fp)
+static int _package_changelog_close(const alpm_pkg_t UNUSED *pkg, void *fp)
 {
 	return archive_read_finish((struct archive *)fp);
 }
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ static struct pkg_operations *get_file_pkg_ops(void)
 }
 
 /**
- * Parses the package description file for a package into a pmpkg_t struct.
+ * Parses the package description file for a package into a alpm_pkg_t struct.
  * @param archive the archive to read from, pointed at the .PKGINFO entry
- * @param newpkg an empty pmpkg_t struct to fill with package info
+ * @param newpkg an empty alpm_pkg_t struct to fill with package info
  *
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error
  */
-static int parse_descfile(pmhandle_t *handle, struct archive *a, pmpkg_t *newpkg)
+static int parse_descfile(alpm_handle_t *handle, struct archive *a, alpm_pkg_t *newpkg)
 {
 	char *ptr = NULL;
 	char *key = NULL;
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int parse_descfile(pmhandle_t *handle, struct archive *a, pmpkg_t *newpkg
 				/* size in the raw package is uncompressed (installed) size */
 				newpkg->isize = atol(ptr);
 			} else if(strcmp(key, "depend") == 0) {
-				pmdepend_t *dep = _alpm_splitdep(ptr);
+				alpm_depend_t *dep = _alpm_splitdep(ptr);
 				newpkg->depends = alpm_list_add(newpkg->depends, dep);
 			} else if(strcmp(key, "optdepend") == 0) {
 				newpkg->optdepends = alpm_list_add(newpkg->optdepends, strdup(ptr));
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ static int parse_descfile(pmhandle_t *handle, struct archive *a, pmpkg_t *newpkg
 			} else if(strcmp(key, "provides") == 0) {
 				newpkg->provides = alpm_list_add(newpkg->provides, strdup(ptr));
 			} else if(strcmp(key, "backup") == 0) {
-				pmbackup_t *backup;
-				CALLOC(backup, 1, sizeof(pmbackup_t), return -1);
+				alpm_backup_t *backup;
+				CALLOC(backup, 1, sizeof(alpm_backup_t), return -1);
 				STRDUP(backup->name, ptr, return -1);
 				newpkg->backup = alpm_list_add(newpkg->backup, backup);
 			} else if(strcmp(key, "force") == 0) {
@@ -224,14 +224,14 @@ static int parse_descfile(pmhandle_t *handle, struct archive *a, pmpkg_t *newpkg
 }
 
 /**
- * Load a package and create the corresponding pmpkg_t struct.
+ * Load a package and create the corresponding alpm_pkg_t struct.
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @param pkgfile path to the package file
  * @param full whether to stop the load after metadata is read or continue
  *             through the full archive
- * @return An information filled pmpkg_t struct
+ * @return An information filled alpm_pkg_t struct
  */
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_load_internal(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkgfile,
+alpm_pkg_t *_alpm_pkg_load_internal(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkgfile,
 		int full, const char *md5sum, const char *base64_sig,
 		pgp_verify_t check_sig)
 {
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_load_internal(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkgfile,
 	int config = 0;
 	struct archive *archive;
 	struct archive_entry *entry;
-	pmpkg_t *newpkg = NULL;
+	alpm_pkg_t *newpkg = NULL;
 	struct stat st;
 	size_t files_count = 0;
 
@@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ error:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_load(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *filename, int full,
-		pgp_verify_t check_sig, pmpkg_t **pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_load(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *filename, int full,
+		pgp_verify_t check_sig, alpm_pkg_t **pkg)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, RET_ERR(handle, PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
index 2bf37dab..9d3646c8 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include "deps.h"
 #include "dload.h"
 
-static char *get_sync_dir(pmhandle_t *handle)
+static char *get_sync_dir(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	const char *dbpath = alpm_option_get_dbpath(handle);
 	size_t len = strlen(dbpath) + 6;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static char *get_sync_dir(pmhandle_t *handle)
 	return syncpath;
 }
 
-static int sync_db_validate(pmdb_t *db)
+static int sync_db_validate(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	pgp_verify_t check_sig;
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ valid:
  * @code
  * alpm_list_t *syncs = alpm_option_get_syncdbs();
  * for(i = syncs; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
- *     pmdb_t *db = alpm_list_getdata(i);
+ *     alpm_db_t *db = alpm_list_getdata(i);
  *     result = alpm_db_update(0, db);
  *
  *     if(result < 0) {
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ valid:
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly), 1 if up to
  * to date
  */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(int force, pmdb_t *db)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(int force, alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	char *syncpath;
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 	int ret = -1;
 	mode_t oldmask;
-	pmhandle_t *handle;
+	alpm_handle_t *handle;
 	pgp_verify_t check_sig;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
@@ -244,15 +244,15 @@ cleanup:
 }
 
 /* Forward decl so I don't reorganize the whole file right now */
-static int sync_db_read(pmdb_t *db, struct archive *archive,
-		struct archive_entry *entry, pmpkg_t **likely_pkg);
+static int sync_db_read(alpm_db_t *db, struct archive *archive,
+		struct archive_entry *entry, alpm_pkg_t **likely_pkg);
 
-static pmpkg_t *load_pkg_for_entry(pmdb_t *db, const char *entryname,
-		const char **entry_filename, pmpkg_t *likely_pkg)
+static alpm_pkg_t *load_pkg_for_entry(alpm_db_t *db, const char *entryname,
+		const char **entry_filename, alpm_pkg_t *likely_pkg)
 {
 	char *pkgname = NULL, *pkgver = NULL;
 	unsigned long pkgname_hash;
-	pmpkg_t *pkg;
+	alpm_pkg_t *pkg;
 
 	/* get package and db file names */
 	if(entry_filename) {
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static size_t estimate_package_count(struct stat *st, struct archive *archive)
 	return (size_t)((st->st_size / per_package) + 1);
 }
 
-static int sync_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
+static int sync_db_populate(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	const char *dbpath;
 	size_t est_count;
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static int sync_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 	struct stat buf;
 	struct archive *archive;
 	struct archive_entry *entry;
-	pmpkg_t *pkg = NULL;
+	alpm_pkg_t *pkg = NULL;
 
 	if((archive = archive_read_new()) == NULL) {
 		RET_ERR(db->handle, PM_ERR_LIBARCHIVE, -1);
@@ -451,11 +451,11 @@ static int sync_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 	f = alpm_list_add(f, linedup); \
 } while(1) /* note the while(1) and not (0) */
 
-static int sync_db_read(pmdb_t *db, struct archive *archive,
-		struct archive_entry *entry, pmpkg_t **likely_pkg)
+static int sync_db_read(alpm_db_t *db, struct archive *archive,
+		struct archive_entry *entry, alpm_pkg_t **likely_pkg)
 {
 	const char *entryname, *filename;
-	pmpkg_t *pkg;
+	alpm_pkg_t *pkg;
 	struct archive_read_buffer buf;
 
 	entryname = archive_entry_pathname(entry);
@@ -584,10 +584,10 @@ struct db_operations sync_db_ops = {
 	.unregister       = _alpm_db_unregister,
 };
 
-pmdb_t *_alpm_db_register_sync(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *treename,
+alpm_db_t *_alpm_db_register_sync(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *treename,
 		pgp_verify_t level)
 {
-	pmdb_t *db;
+	alpm_db_t *db;
 
 	_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "registering sync database '%s'\n", treename);
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/conflict.c b/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
index 94d82dd9..e54c7147 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "deps.h"
 
-static pmconflict_t *conflict_new(const char *package1, const char *package2,
+static alpm_conflict_t *conflict_new(const char *package1, const char *package2,
 		const char *reason)
 {
-	pmconflict_t *conflict;
+	alpm_conflict_t *conflict;
 
-	MALLOC(conflict, sizeof(pmconflict_t), return NULL);
+	MALLOC(conflict, sizeof(alpm_conflict_t), return NULL);
 
 	STRDUP(conflict->package1, package1, return NULL);
 	STRDUP(conflict->package2, package2, return NULL);
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static pmconflict_t *conflict_new(const char *package1, const char *package2,
 	return conflict;
 }
 
-void _alpm_conflict_free(pmconflict_t *conflict)
+void _alpm_conflict_free(alpm_conflict_t *conflict)
 {
 	FREE(conflict->package2);
 	FREE(conflict->package1);
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ void _alpm_conflict_free(pmconflict_t *conflict)
 	FREE(conflict);
 }
 
-pmconflict_t *_alpm_conflict_dup(const pmconflict_t *conflict)
+alpm_conflict_t *_alpm_conflict_dup(const alpm_conflict_t *conflict)
 {
-	pmconflict_t *newconflict;
-	CALLOC(newconflict, 1, sizeof(pmconflict_t), );
+	alpm_conflict_t *newconflict;
+	CALLOC(newconflict, 1, sizeof(alpm_conflict_t), );
 
 	STRDUP(newconflict->package1, conflict->package1, return NULL);
 	STRDUP(newconflict->package2, conflict->package2, return NULL);
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ pmconflict_t *_alpm_conflict_dup(const pmconflict_t *conflict)
 	return newconflict;
 }
 
-static int conflict_isin(pmconflict_t *needle, alpm_list_t *haystack)
+static int conflict_isin(alpm_conflict_t *needle, alpm_list_t *haystack)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 	const char *npkg1 = needle->package1;
 	const char *npkg2 = needle->package2;
 
 	for(i = haystack; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmconflict_t *conflict = i->data;
+		alpm_conflict_t *conflict = i->data;
 		const char *cpkg1 = conflict->package1;
 		const char *cpkg2 = conflict->package2;
 		if((strcmp(cpkg1, npkg1) == 0  && strcmp(cpkg2, npkg2) == 0)
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ static int conflict_isin(pmconflict_t *needle, alpm_list_t *haystack)
  * @param pkg2 package causing conflict
  * @param reason reason for this conflict
  */
-static int add_conflict(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **baddeps,
+static int add_conflict(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **baddeps,
 		const char *pkg1, const char *pkg2, const char *reason)
 {
-	pmconflict_t *conflict = conflict_new(pkg1, pkg2, reason);
+	alpm_conflict_t *conflict = conflict_new(pkg1, pkg2, reason);
 	if(!conflict) {
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int add_conflict(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **baddeps,
  * @param baddeps list to store conflicts
  * @param order if >= 0 the conflict order is preserved, if < 0 it's reversed
  */
-static void check_conflict(pmhandle_t *handle,
+static void check_conflict(alpm_handle_t *handle,
 		alpm_list_t *list1, alpm_list_t *list2,
 		alpm_list_t **baddeps, int order) {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
@@ -138,17 +138,17 @@ static void check_conflict(pmhandle_t *handle,
 		return;
 	}
 	for(i = list1; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *pkg1 = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkg1 = i->data;
 		const char *pkg1name = alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg1);
 		alpm_list_t *j;
 
 		for(j = alpm_pkg_get_conflicts(pkg1); j; j = j->next) {
 			const char *conflict = j->data;
 			alpm_list_t *k;
-			pmdepend_t *parsed_conflict = _alpm_splitdep(conflict);
+			alpm_depend_t *parsed_conflict = _alpm_splitdep(conflict);
 
 			for(k = list2; k; k = k->next) {
-				pmpkg_t *pkg2 = k->data;
+				alpm_pkg_t *pkg2 = k->data;
 				const char *pkg2name = alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg2);
 
 				if(strcmp(pkg1name, pkg2name) == 0) {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static void check_conflict(pmhandle_t *handle,
 }
 
 /* Check for inter-conflicts */
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_innerconflicts(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *packages)
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_innerconflicts(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *packages)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *baddeps = NULL;
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_innerconflicts(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *packages)
  * In case of conflict the package1 field of pmdepconflict_t contains
  * the target package, package2 field contains the local package
  */
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_outerconflicts(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *packages)
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_outerconflicts(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_list_t *packages)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *baddeps = NULL;
 
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_outerconflicts(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *packages)
  *
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @param pkglist the list of packages to check
- * @return an alpm_list_t of pmconflict_t
+ * @return an alpm_list_t of alpm_conflict_t
  */
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_checkconflicts(pmhandle_t *handle,
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_checkconflicts(alpm_handle_t *handle,
 		alpm_list_t *pkglist)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
@@ -275,17 +275,17 @@ static alpm_list_t *filelist_operation(alpm_list_t *filesA, alpm_list_t *filesB,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* Adds pmfileconflict_t to a conflicts list. Pass the conflicts list, type
+/* Adds alpm_fileconflict_t to a conflicts list. Pass the conflicts list, type
  * (either PM_FILECONFLICT_TARGET or PM_FILECONFLICT_FILESYSTEM), a file
  * string, and either two package names or one package name and NULL. This is
  * a wrapper for former functionality that was done inline.
  */
-static alpm_list_t *add_fileconflict(pmhandle_t *handle,
-		alpm_list_t *conflicts, pmfileconflicttype_t type, const char *filestr,
+static alpm_list_t *add_fileconflict(alpm_handle_t *handle,
+		alpm_list_t *conflicts, alpm_fileconflicttype_t type, const char *filestr,
 		const char *name1, const char *name2)
 {
-	pmfileconflict_t *conflict;
-	MALLOC(conflict, sizeof(pmfileconflict_t), goto error);
+	alpm_fileconflict_t *conflict;
+	MALLOC(conflict, sizeof(alpm_fileconflict_t), goto error);
 
 	conflict->type = type;
 	STRDUP(conflict->target, name1, goto error);
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ error:
 	RET_ERR(handle, PM_ERR_MEMORY, conflicts);
 }
 
-void _alpm_fileconflict_free(pmfileconflict_t *conflict)
+void _alpm_fileconflict_free(alpm_fileconflict_t *conflict)
 {
 	FREE(conflict->ctarget);
 	FREE(conflict->file);
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ void _alpm_fileconflict_free(pmfileconflict_t *conflict)
 }
 
 static int dir_belongsto_pkg(const char *root, const char *dirpath,
-		pmpkg_t *pkg)
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	struct dirent *ent = NULL;
 	struct stat sbuf;
@@ -362,13 +362,13 @@ static int dir_belongsto_pkg(const char *root, const char *dirpath,
 /* Find file conflicts that may occur during the transaction with two checks:
  * 1: check every target against every target
  * 2: check every target against the filesystem */
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(pmhandle_t *handle,
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(alpm_handle_t *handle,
 		alpm_list_t *upgrade, alpm_list_t *remove)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j, *conflicts = NULL;
 	size_t numtargs = alpm_list_count(upgrade);
 	size_t current;
-	pmtrans_t *trans = handle->trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
 
 	if(!upgrade) {
 		return NULL;
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(pmhandle_t *handle,
 	 * different cases. */
 	for(current = 0, i = upgrade; i; i = i->next, current++) {
 		alpm_list_t *k, *tmpfiles;
-		pmpkg_t *p1, *p2, *dbpkg;
+		alpm_pkg_t *p1, *p2, *dbpkg;
 		char path[PATH_MAX];
 
 		p1 = i->data;
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(pmhandle_t *handle,
 
 			/* Check remove list (will we remove the conflicting local file?) */
 			for(k = remove; k && !resolved_conflict; k = k->next) {
-				pmpkg_t *rempkg = k->data;
+				alpm_pkg_t *rempkg = k->data;
 				if(alpm_list_find_str(alpm_pkg_get_files(rempkg), relative_path)) {
 					_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG,
 							"local file will be removed, not a conflict: %s\n",
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(pmhandle_t *handle,
 				if(!p2 || strcmp(p1->name, p2->name) == 0) {
 					continue;
 				}
-				pmpkg_t *localp2 = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(handle->db_local, p2->name);
+				alpm_pkg_t *localp2 = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(handle->db_local, p2->name);
 
 				/* localp2->files will be removed (target conflicts are handled by CHECK 1) */
 				if(localp2 && alpm_list_find_str(alpm_pkg_get_files(localp2), filestr)) {
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/conflict.h b/lib/libalpm/conflict.h
index 546a2820..6c13cb28 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/conflict.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/conflict.h
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@
 #include "db.h"
 #include "package.h"
 
-pmconflict_t *_alpm_conflict_dup(const pmconflict_t *conflict);
-void _alpm_conflict_free(pmconflict_t *conflict);
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_innerconflicts(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *packages);
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_outerconflicts(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *packages);
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(pmhandle_t *handle,
+alpm_conflict_t *_alpm_conflict_dup(const alpm_conflict_t *conflict);
+void _alpm_conflict_free(alpm_conflict_t *conflict);
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_innerconflicts(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *packages);
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_outerconflicts(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_list_t *packages);
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(alpm_handle_t *handle,
 		alpm_list_t *upgrade, alpm_list_t *remove);
 
-void _alpm_fileconflict_free(pmfileconflict_t *conflict);
+void _alpm_fileconflict_free(alpm_fileconflict_t *conflict);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_CONFLICT_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/db.c b/lib/libalpm/db.c
index 9f37f80b..f6f810c0 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/db.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/db.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  */
 
 /** Register a sync database of packages. */
-pmdb_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_register_sync(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *treename,
+alpm_db_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_register_sync(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *treename,
 		pgp_verify_t check_sig)
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pmdb_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_register_sync(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *treename
 }
 
 /* Helper function for alpm_db_unregister{_all} */
-void _alpm_db_unregister(pmdb_t *db)
+void _alpm_db_unregister(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	if(db == NULL) {
 		return;
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ void _alpm_db_unregister(pmdb_t *db)
 }
 
 /** Unregister all package databases. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_unregister_all(pmhandle_t *handle)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_unregister_all(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
-	pmdb_t *db;
+	alpm_db_t *db;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_unregister_all(pmhandle_t *handle)
 }
 
 /** Unregister a package database. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_unregister(pmdb_t *db)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_unregister(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	int found = 0;
-	pmhandle_t *handle;
+	alpm_handle_t *handle;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, return -1);
@@ -128,14 +128,14 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_unregister(pmdb_t *db)
 }
 
 /** Get the serverlist of a database. */
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_servers(const pmdb_t *db)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_servers(const alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
 	return db->servers;
 }
 
 /** Set the serverlist of a database. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_set_servers(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *servers)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_set_servers(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_list_t *servers)
 {
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, return -1);
 	if(db->servers) FREELIST(db->servers);
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static char *sanitize_url(const char *url)
  * @param url url of the server
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_add_server(pmdb_t *db, const char *url)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_add_server(alpm_db_t *db, const char *url)
 {
 	char *newurl;
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_add_server(pmdb_t *db, const char *url)
  * @return 0 on success, 1 on server not present,
  * -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_remove_server(pmdb_t *db, const char *url)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_remove_server(alpm_db_t *db, const char *url)
 {
 	char *newurl, *vdata = NULL;
 
@@ -213,14 +213,14 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_remove_server(pmdb_t *db, const char *url)
 }
 
 /** Get the name of a package database. */
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_name(const pmdb_t *db)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_name(const alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
 	return db->treename;
 }
 
 /** Get a package entry from a package database. */
-pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_pkg(pmdb_t *db, const char *name)
+alpm_pkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_pkg(alpm_db_t *db, const char *name)
 {
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
 	db->handle->pm_errno = 0;
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_pkg(pmdb_t *db, const char *name)
 }
 
 /** Get the package cache of a package database. */
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_pkgcache(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
 	db->handle->pm_errno = 0;
@@ -239,27 +239,27 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
 }
 
 /** Get a group entry from a package database. */
-pmgrp_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_readgrp(pmdb_t *db, const char *name)
+alpm_group_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_readgroup(alpm_db_t *db, const char *name)
 {
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
 	db->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	ASSERT(name != NULL && strlen(name) != 0,
 			RET_ERR(db->handle, PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, NULL));
 
-	return _alpm_db_get_grpfromcache(db, name);
+	return _alpm_db_get_groupfromcache(db, name);
 }
 
 /** Get the group cache of a package database. */
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_groupcache(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
 	db->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 
-	return _alpm_db_get_grpcache(db);
+	return _alpm_db_get_groupcache(db);
 }
 
 /** Searches a database. */
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t* needles)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_search(alpm_db_t *db, const alpm_list_t* needles)
 {
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, return NULL);
 	db->handle->pm_errno = 0;
@@ -268,14 +268,14 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t* needles)
 }
 
 /** Set install reason for a package in db. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_set_pkgreason(pmdb_t *db, const char *name, pmpkgreason_t reason)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_set_pkgreason(alpm_db_t *db, const char *name, alpm_pkgreason_t reason)
 {
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, return -1);
 	db->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	/* TODO assert db == db_local ? shouldn't need a db param at all here... */
 	ASSERT(name != NULL, RET_ERR(db->handle, PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
 
-	pmpkg_t *pkg = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db, name);
+	alpm_pkg_t *pkg = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db, name);
 	if(pkg == NULL) {
 		RET_ERR(db->handle, PM_ERR_PKG_NOT_FOUND, -1);
 	}
@@ -297,11 +297,11 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_set_pkgreason(pmdb_t *db, const char *name, pmpkgreason_t
 
 /** @} */
 
-pmdb_t *_alpm_db_new(const char *treename, int is_local)
+alpm_db_t *_alpm_db_new(const char *treename, int is_local)
 {
-	pmdb_t *db;
+	alpm_db_t *db;
 
-	CALLOC(db, 1, sizeof(pmdb_t), return NULL);
+	CALLOC(db, 1, sizeof(alpm_db_t), return NULL);
 	STRDUP(db->treename, treename, return NULL);
 	db->is_local = is_local;
 	db->pgp_verify = PM_PGP_VERIFY_UNKNOWN;
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ pmdb_t *_alpm_db_new(const char *treename, int is_local)
 	return db;
 }
 
-void _alpm_db_free(pmdb_t *db)
+void _alpm_db_free(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	/* cleanup pkgcache */
 	_alpm_db_free_pkgcache(db);
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ void _alpm_db_free(pmdb_t *db)
 	return;
 }
 
-const char *_alpm_db_path(pmdb_t *db)
+const char *_alpm_db_path(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	if(!db) {
 		return NULL;
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ const char *_alpm_db_path(pmdb_t *db)
 	return db->_path;
 }
 
-char *_alpm_db_sig_path(pmdb_t *db)
+char *_alpm_db_sig_path(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	char *sigpath;
 	size_t len;
@@ -369,12 +369,12 @@ char *_alpm_db_sig_path(pmdb_t *db)
 
 int _alpm_db_cmp(const void *d1, const void *d2)
 {
-	pmdb_t *db1 = (pmdb_t *)d1;
-	pmdb_t *db2 = (pmdb_t *)d2;
+	alpm_db_t *db1 = (alpm_db_t *)d1;
+	alpm_db_t *db2 = (alpm_db_t *)d2;
 	return strcmp(db1->treename, db2->treename);
 }
 
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t *needles)
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_search(alpm_db_t *db, const alpm_list_t *needles)
 {
 	const alpm_list_t *i, *j, *k;
 	alpm_list_t *ret = NULL;
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t *needles)
 		}
 
 		for(j = list; j; j = j->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *pkg = j->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *pkg = j->data;
 			const char *matched = NULL;
 			const char *name = alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg);
 			const char *desc = alpm_pkg_get_desc(pkg);
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t *needles)
 /* Returns a new package cache from db.
  * It frees the cache if it already exists.
  */
-static int load_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
+static int load_pkgcache(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	_alpm_db_free_pkgcache(db);
 
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static int load_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void _alpm_db_free_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
+void _alpm_db_free_pkgcache(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	if(db == NULL || !(db->status & DB_STATUS_PKGCACHE)) {
 		return;
@@ -481,10 +481,10 @@ void _alpm_db_free_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
 	_alpm_pkghash_free(db->pkgcache);
 	db->status &= ~DB_STATUS_PKGCACHE;
 
-	_alpm_db_free_grpcache(db);
+	_alpm_db_free_groupcache(db);
 }
 
-pmpkghash_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(pmdb_t *db)
+alpm_pkghash_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	if(db == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
@@ -501,9 +501,9 @@ pmpkghash_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(pmdb_t *db)
 	return db->pkgcache;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
-	pmpkghash_t *hash = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(db);
+	alpm_pkghash_t *hash = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(db);
 
 	if(hash == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
@@ -513,9 +513,9 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db)
 }
 
 /* "duplicate" pkg then add it to pkgcache */
-int _alpm_db_add_pkgincache(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg)
+int _alpm_db_add_pkgincache(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
-	pmpkg_t *newpkg;
+	alpm_pkg_t *newpkg;
 
 	if(db == NULL || pkg == NULL || !(db->status & DB_STATUS_PKGCACHE)) {
 		return -1;
@@ -530,14 +530,14 @@ int _alpm_db_add_pkgincache(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 						alpm_pkg_get_name(newpkg), db->treename);
 	db->pkgcache = _alpm_pkghash_add_sorted(db->pkgcache, newpkg);
 
-	_alpm_db_free_grpcache(db);
+	_alpm_db_free_groupcache(db);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int _alpm_db_remove_pkgfromcache(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg)
+int _alpm_db_remove_pkgfromcache(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
-	pmpkg_t *data = NULL;
+	alpm_pkg_t *data = NULL;
 
 	if(db == NULL || pkg == NULL || !(db->status & DB_STATUS_PKGCACHE)) {
 		return -1;
@@ -556,18 +556,18 @@ int _alpm_db_remove_pkgfromcache(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 
 	_alpm_pkg_free(data);
 
-	_alpm_db_free_grpcache(db);
+	_alpm_db_free_groupcache(db);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(pmdb_t *db, const char *target)
+alpm_pkg_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(alpm_db_t *db, const char *target)
 {
 	if(db == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	pmpkghash_t *pkgcache = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(db);
+	alpm_pkghash_t *pkgcache = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(db);
 	if(!pkgcache) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(pmdb_t *db, const char *target)
 
 /* Returns a new group cache from db.
  */
-static int load_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
+static int load_grpcache(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *lp;
 
@@ -590,12 +590,12 @@ static int load_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
 
 	for(lp = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db); lp; lp = lp->next) {
 		const alpm_list_t *i;
-		pmpkg_t *pkg = lp->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkg = lp->data;
 
 		for(i = alpm_pkg_get_groups(pkg); i; i = i->next) {
 			const char *grpname = i->data;
 			alpm_list_t *j;
-			pmgrp_t *grp = NULL;
+			alpm_group_t *grp = NULL;
 			int found = 0;
 
 			/* first look through the group cache for a group with this name */
@@ -613,9 +613,9 @@ static int load_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
 				continue;
 			}
 			/* we didn't find the group, so create a new one with this name */
-			grp = _alpm_grp_new(grpname);
+			grp = _alpm_group_new(grpname);
 			if(!grp) {
-				_alpm_db_free_grpcache(db);
+				_alpm_db_free_groupcache(db);
 				return -1;
 			}
 			grp->packages = alpm_list_add(grp->packages, pkg);
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static int load_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void _alpm_db_free_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
+void _alpm_db_free_groupcache(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *lg;
 
@@ -639,14 +639,14 @@ void _alpm_db_free_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
 			"freeing group cache for repository '%s'\n", db->treename);
 
 	for(lg = db->grpcache; lg; lg = lg->next) {
-		_alpm_grp_free(lg->data);
+		_alpm_group_free(lg->data);
 		lg->data = NULL;
 	}
 	FREELIST(db->grpcache);
 	db->status &= ~DB_STATUS_GRPCACHE;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_groupcache(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	if(db == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_grpcache(pmdb_t *db)
 	return db->grpcache;
 }
 
-pmgrp_t *_alpm_db_get_grpfromcache(pmdb_t *db, const char *target)
+alpm_group_t *_alpm_db_get_groupfromcache(alpm_db_t *db, const char *target)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 
@@ -671,8 +671,8 @@ pmgrp_t *_alpm_db_get_grpfromcache(pmdb_t *db, const char *target)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	for(i = _alpm_db_get_grpcache(db); i; i = i->next) {
-		pmgrp_t *info = i->data;
+	for(i = _alpm_db_get_groupcache(db); i; i = i->next) {
+		alpm_group_t *info = i->data;
 
 		if(strcmp(info->name, target) == 0) {
 			return info;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/db.h b/lib/libalpm/db.h
index 03187342..7055abd8 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/db.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/db.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include "signing.h"
 
 /* Database entries */
-typedef enum _pmdbinfrq_t {
+typedef enum _alpm_dbinfrq_t {
 	INFRQ_BASE = 1,
 	INFRQ_DESC = (1 << 1),
 	INFRQ_FILES = (1 << 2),
@@ -41,31 +41,31 @@ typedef enum _pmdbinfrq_t {
 	INFRQ_DSIZE = (1 << 4),
 	/* ALL should be info stored in the package or database */
 	INFRQ_ALL = 0x1F
-} pmdbinfrq_t;
+} alpm_dbinfrq_t;
 
 /** Database status. Bitflags. */
-enum _pmdbstatus_t {
+enum _alpm_dbstatus_t {
 	DB_STATUS_VALID = (1 << 0),
 	DB_STATUS_PKGCACHE = (1 << 1),
 	DB_STATUS_GRPCACHE = (1 << 2)
 };
 
 struct db_operations {
-	int (*populate) (pmdb_t *);
-	void (*unregister) (pmdb_t *);
+	int (*populate) (alpm_db_t *);
+	void (*unregister) (alpm_db_t *);
 };
 
 /* Database */
-struct __pmdb_t {
-	pmhandle_t *handle;
+struct __alpm_db_t {
+	alpm_handle_t *handle;
 	char *treename;
 	/* do not access directly, use _alpm_db_path(db) for lazy access */
 	char *_path;
 	/* also indicates whether we are RO or RW */
 	int is_local;
 	/* flags determining validity, loaded caches, etc. */
-	enum _pmdbstatus_t status;
-	pmpkghash_t *pkgcache;
+	enum _alpm_dbstatus_t status;
+	alpm_pkghash_t *pkgcache;
 	alpm_list_t *grpcache;
 	alpm_list_t *servers;
 	pgp_verify_t pgp_verify;
@@ -75,36 +75,36 @@ struct __pmdb_t {
 
 
 /* db.c, database general calls */
-pmdb_t *_alpm_db_new(const char *treename, int is_local);
-void _alpm_db_free(pmdb_t *db);
-const char *_alpm_db_path(pmdb_t *db);
-char *_alpm_db_sig_path(pmdb_t *db);
+alpm_db_t *_alpm_db_new(const char *treename, int is_local);
+void _alpm_db_free(alpm_db_t *db);
+const char *_alpm_db_path(alpm_db_t *db);
+char *_alpm_db_sig_path(alpm_db_t *db);
 int _alpm_db_cmp(const void *d1, const void *d2);
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t *needles);
-pmdb_t *_alpm_db_register_local(pmhandle_t *handle);
-pmdb_t *_alpm_db_register_sync(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *treename,
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_search(alpm_db_t *db, const alpm_list_t *needles);
+alpm_db_t *_alpm_db_register_local(alpm_handle_t *handle);
+alpm_db_t *_alpm_db_register_sync(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *treename,
 		pgp_verify_t level);
-void _alpm_db_unregister(pmdb_t *db);
+void _alpm_db_unregister(alpm_db_t *db);
 
 /* be_*.c, backend specific calls */
-int _alpm_local_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq);
-int _alpm_local_db_prepare(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info);
-int _alpm_local_db_write(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq);
-int _alpm_local_db_remove(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info);
+int _alpm_local_db_read(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *info, alpm_dbinfrq_t inforeq);
+int _alpm_local_db_prepare(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *info);
+int _alpm_local_db_write(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *info, alpm_dbinfrq_t inforeq);
+int _alpm_local_db_remove(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *info);
 
 /* cache bullshit */
 /* packages */
-void _alpm_db_free_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db);
-int _alpm_db_add_pkgincache(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg);
-int _alpm_db_remove_pkgfromcache(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg);
-pmpkghash_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(pmdb_t *db);
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db);
-int _alpm_db_ensure_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db, pmdbinfrq_t infolevel);
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(pmdb_t *db, const char *target);
+void _alpm_db_free_pkgcache(alpm_db_t *db);
+int _alpm_db_add_pkgincache(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
+int _alpm_db_remove_pkgfromcache(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_pkghash_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(alpm_db_t *db);
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgcache(alpm_db_t *db);
+int _alpm_db_ensure_pkgcache(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_dbinfrq_t infolevel);
+alpm_pkg_t *_alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(alpm_db_t *db, const char *target);
 /* groups */
-void _alpm_db_free_grpcache(pmdb_t *db);
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_grpcache(pmdb_t *db);
-pmgrp_t *_alpm_db_get_grpfromcache(pmdb_t *db, const char *target);
+void _alpm_db_free_groupcache(alpm_db_t *db);
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_get_groupcache(alpm_db_t *db);
+alpm_group_t *_alpm_db_get_groupfromcache(alpm_db_t *db, const char *target);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_DB_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/delta.c b/lib/libalpm/delta.c
index fc7a0f75..d2c2fe80 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/delta.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/delta.c
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ static alpm_list_t *graph_init(alpm_list_t *deltas, int reverse)
 	alpm_list_t *vertices = NULL;
 	/* create the vertices */
 	for(i = deltas; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmgraph_t *v = _alpm_graph_new();
+		alpm_graph_t *v = _alpm_graph_new();
 		if(!v) {
 			alpm_list_free(vertices);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		pmdelta_t *vdelta = i->data;
+		alpm_delta_t *vdelta = i->data;
 		vdelta->download_size = vdelta->delta_size;
 		v->weight = LONG_MAX;
 		v->data = vdelta;
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ static alpm_list_t *graph_init(alpm_list_t *deltas, int reverse)
 
 	/* compute the edges */
 	for(i = vertices; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmgraph_t *v_i = i->data;
-		pmdelta_t *d_i = v_i->data;
+		alpm_graph_t *v_i = i->data;
+		alpm_delta_t *d_i = v_i->data;
 		/* loop a second time so we make all possible comparisons */
 		for(j = vertices; j; j = j->next) {
-			pmgraph_t *v_j = j->data;
-			pmdelta_t *d_j = v_j->data;
+			alpm_graph_t *v_j = j->data;
+			alpm_delta_t *d_j = v_j->data;
 			/* We want to create a delta tree like the following:
 			 *          1_to_2
 			 *            |
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ static alpm_list_t *graph_init(alpm_list_t *deltas, int reverse)
 	return vertices;
 }
 
-static void graph_init_size(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *vertices)
+static void graph_init_size(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *vertices)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 
 	for(i = vertices; i; i = i->next) {
 		char *fpath, *md5sum;
-		pmgraph_t *v = i->data;
-		pmdelta_t *vdelta = v->data;
+		alpm_graph_t *v = i->data;
+		alpm_delta_t *vdelta = v->data;
 
 		/* determine whether the delta file already exists */
 		fpath = _alpm_filecache_find(handle, vdelta->delta);
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ static void graph_init_size(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *vertices)
 static void dijkstra(alpm_list_t *vertices)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
-	pmgraph_t *v;
+	alpm_graph_t *v;
 	while(1) {
 		v = NULL;
 		/* find the smallest vertice not visited yet */
 		for(i = vertices; i; i = i->next) {
-			pmgraph_t *v_i = i->data;
+			alpm_graph_t *v_i = i->data;
 
 			if(v_i->state == -1) {
 				continue;
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ static void dijkstra(alpm_list_t *vertices)
 
 		v->childptr = v->children;
 		while(v->childptr) {
-			pmgraph_t *v_c = v->childptr->data;
-			pmdelta_t *d_c = v_c->data;
+			alpm_graph_t *v_c = v->childptr->data;
+			alpm_delta_t *d_c = v_c->data;
 			if(v_c->weight > v->weight + d_c->download_size) {
 				v_c->weight = v->weight + d_c->download_size;
 				v_c->parent = v;
@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@ static void dijkstra(alpm_list_t *vertices)
 static off_t shortest_path(alpm_list_t *vertices, const char *to, alpm_list_t **path)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
-	pmgraph_t *v = NULL;
+	alpm_graph_t *v = NULL;
 	off_t bestsize = 0;
 	alpm_list_t *rpath = NULL;
 
 	for(i = vertices; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmgraph_t *v_i = i->data;
-		pmdelta_t *d_i = v_i->data;
+		alpm_graph_t *v_i = i->data;
+		alpm_delta_t *d_i = v_i->data;
 
 		if(strcmp(d_i->to, to) == 0) {
 			if(v == NULL || v_i->weight < v->weight) {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static off_t shortest_path(alpm_list_t *vertices, const char *to, alpm_list_t **
 	}
 
 	while(v != NULL) {
-		pmdelta_t *vdelta = v->data;
+		alpm_delta_t *vdelta = v->data;
 		rpath = alpm_list_add(rpath, vdelta);
 		v = v->parent;
 	}
@@ -179,14 +179,14 @@ static off_t shortest_path(alpm_list_t *vertices, const char *to, alpm_list_t **
  * The shortest path is defined as the path with the smallest combined
  * size, not the length of the path.
  * @param handle the context handle
- * @param deltas the list of pmdelta_t * objects that a file has
+ * @param deltas the list of alpm_delta_t * objects that a file has
  * @param to the file to start the search at
- * @param path the pointer to a list location where pmdelta_t * objects that
+ * @param path the pointer to a list location where alpm_delta_t * objects that
  * have the smallest size are placed. NULL is set if there is no path
  * possible with the files available.
  * @return the size of the path stored, or LONG_MAX if path is unfindable
  */
-off_t _alpm_shortest_delta_path(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *deltas,
+off_t _alpm_shortest_delta_path(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *deltas,
 		const char *to, alpm_list_t **path)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *bestpath = NULL;
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ static alpm_list_t *find_unused(alpm_list_t *deltas, const char *to, off_t quota
 	vertices = graph_init(deltas, 1);
 
 	for(i = vertices; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmgraph_t *v = i->data;
-		pmdelta_t *vdelta = v->data;
+		alpm_graph_t *v = i->data;
+		alpm_delta_t *vdelta = v->data;
 		if(strcmp(vdelta->to, to) == 0)
 		{
 			v->weight = vdelta->download_size;
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ static alpm_list_t *find_unused(alpm_list_t *deltas, const char *to, off_t quota
 	}
 	dijkstra(vertices);
 	for(i = vertices; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmgraph_t *v = i->data;
-		pmdelta_t *vdelta = v->data;
+		alpm_graph_t *v = i->data;
+		alpm_delta_t *vdelta = v->data;
 		if(v->weight > quota) {
 			unused = alpm_list_add(unused, vdelta->delta);
 		}
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *find_unused(alpm_list_t *deltas, const char *to, off_t quota
  * @{
  */
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_unused_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_unused_deltas(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	off_t pkgsize = alpm_pkg_get_size(pkg);
 	alpm_list_t *unused = find_unused(
@@ -259,17 +259,17 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_unused_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 
 /** @} */
 
-/** Parses the string representation of a pmdelta_t object.
+/** Parses the string representation of a alpm_delta_t object.
  * This function assumes that the string is in the correct format.
  * This format is as follows:
  * $deltafile $deltamd5 $deltasize $oldfile $newfile
  * @param line the string to parse
- * @return A pointer to the new pmdelta_t object
+ * @return A pointer to the new alpm_delta_t object
  */
 /* TODO this does not really belong here, but in a parsing lib */
-pmdelta_t *_alpm_delta_parse(char *line)
+alpm_delta_t *_alpm_delta_parse(char *line)
 {
-	pmdelta_t *delta;
+	alpm_delta_t *delta;
 	char *tmp = line, *tmp2;
 	regex_t reg;
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ pmdelta_t *_alpm_delta_parse(char *line)
 	}
 	regfree(&reg);
 
-	CALLOC(delta, 1, sizeof(pmdelta_t), return NULL);
+	CALLOC(delta, 1, sizeof(alpm_delta_t), return NULL);
 
 	tmp2 = tmp;
 	tmp = strchr(tmp, ' ');
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ pmdelta_t *_alpm_delta_parse(char *line)
 	return delta;
 }
 
-void _alpm_delta_free(pmdelta_t *delta)
+void _alpm_delta_free(alpm_delta_t *delta)
 {
 	FREE(delta->delta);
 	FREE(delta->delta_md5);
@@ -321,10 +321,10 @@ void _alpm_delta_free(pmdelta_t *delta)
 	FREE(delta);
 }
 
-pmdelta_t *_alpm_delta_dup(const pmdelta_t *delta)
+alpm_delta_t *_alpm_delta_dup(const alpm_delta_t *delta)
 {
-	pmdelta_t *newdelta;
-	CALLOC(newdelta, 1, sizeof(pmdelta_t), return NULL);
+	alpm_delta_t *newdelta;
+	CALLOC(newdelta, 1, sizeof(alpm_delta_t), return NULL);
 	STRDUP(newdelta->delta, delta->delta, return NULL);
 	STRDUP(newdelta->delta_md5, delta->delta_md5, return NULL);
 	STRDUP(newdelta->from, delta->from, return NULL);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/delta.h b/lib/libalpm/delta.h
index 6ac54139..05df4207 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/delta.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/delta.h
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 
 #include "alpm.h"
 
-pmdelta_t *_alpm_delta_parse(char *line);
-void _alpm_delta_free(pmdelta_t *delta);
-pmdelta_t *_alpm_delta_dup(const pmdelta_t *delta);
-off_t _alpm_shortest_delta_path(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *deltas,
+alpm_delta_t *_alpm_delta_parse(char *line);
+void _alpm_delta_free(alpm_delta_t *delta);
+alpm_delta_t *_alpm_delta_dup(const alpm_delta_t *delta);
+off_t _alpm_shortest_delta_path(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *deltas,
 		const char *to, alpm_list_t **path);
 
 /* max percent of package size to download deltas */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.c b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
index 085e6ca9..6ca79c34 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@
 #include "handle.h"
 #include "trans.h"
 
-void _alpm_dep_free(pmdepend_t *dep)
+void _alpm_dep_free(alpm_depend_t *dep)
 {
 	FREE(dep->name);
 	FREE(dep->version);
 	FREE(dep);
 }
 
-static pmdepmissing_t *depmiss_new(const char *target, pmdepend_t *dep,
+static alpm_depmissing_t *depmiss_new(const char *target, alpm_depend_t *dep,
 		const char *causingpkg)
 {
-	pmdepmissing_t *miss;
+	alpm_depmissing_t *miss;
 
-	MALLOC(miss, sizeof(pmdepmissing_t), return NULL);
+	MALLOC(miss, sizeof(alpm_depmissing_t), return NULL);
 
 	STRDUP(miss->target, target, return NULL);
 	miss->depend = _alpm_dep_dup(dep);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static pmdepmissing_t *depmiss_new(const char *target, pmdepend_t *dep,
 	return miss;
 }
 
-void _alpm_depmiss_free(pmdepmissing_t *miss)
+void _alpm_depmiss_free(alpm_depmissing_t *miss)
 {
 	_alpm_dep_free(miss->depend);
 	FREE(miss->target);
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void _alpm_depmiss_free(pmdepmissing_t *miss)
 }
 
 /* Does pkg1 depend on pkg2, ie. does pkg2 satisfy a dependency of pkg1? */
-static int _alpm_dep_edge(pmpkg_t *pkg1, pmpkg_t *pkg2)
+static int _alpm_dep_edge(alpm_pkg_t *pkg1, alpm_pkg_t *pkg2)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 	for(i = alpm_pkg_get_depends(pkg1); i; i = i->next) {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int _alpm_dep_edge(pmpkg_t *pkg1, pmpkg_t *pkg2)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Convert a list of pmpkg_t * to a graph structure,
+/* Convert a list of alpm_pkg_t * to a graph structure,
  * with a edge for each dependency.
  * Returns a list of vertices (one vertex = one package)
  * (used by alpm_sortbydeps)
@@ -89,19 +89,19 @@ static alpm_list_t *dep_graph_init(alpm_list_t *targets)
 	alpm_list_t *vertices = NULL;
 	/* We create the vertices */
 	for(i = targets; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmgraph_t *vertex = _alpm_graph_new();
+		alpm_graph_t *vertex = _alpm_graph_new();
 		vertex->data = (void *)i->data;
 		vertices = alpm_list_add(vertices, vertex);
 	}
 
 	/* We compute the edges */
 	for(i = vertices; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmgraph_t *vertex_i = i->data;
-		pmpkg_t *p_i = vertex_i->data;
+		alpm_graph_t *vertex_i = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *p_i = vertex_i->data;
 		/* TODO this should be somehow combined with alpm_checkdeps */
 		for(j = vertices; j; j = j->next) {
-			pmgraph_t *vertex_j = j->data;
-			pmpkg_t *p_j = vertex_j->data;
+			alpm_graph_t *vertex_j = j->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *p_j = vertex_j->data;
 			if(_alpm_dep_edge(p_i, p_j)) {
 				vertex_i->children =
 					alpm_list_add(vertex_i->children, vertex_j);
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ static alpm_list_t *dep_graph_init(alpm_list_t *targets)
  * This function returns the new alpm_list_t* target list.
  *
  */
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(pmhandle_t *handle,
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(alpm_handle_t *handle,
 		alpm_list_t *targets, int reverse)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *newtargs = NULL;
 	alpm_list_t *vertices = NULL;
 	alpm_list_t *vptr;
-	pmgraph_t *vertex;
+	alpm_graph_t *vertex;
 
 	if(targets == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(pmhandle_t *handle,
 		vertex->state = -1;
 		int found = 0;
 		while(vertex->childptr && !found) {
-			pmgraph_t *nextchild = vertex->childptr->data;
+			alpm_graph_t *nextchild = vertex->childptr->data;
 			vertex->childptr = vertex->childptr->next;
 			if(nextchild->state == 0) {
 				found = 1;
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(pmhandle_t *handle,
 				vertex = nextchild;
 			}
 			else if(nextchild->state == -1) {
-				pmpkg_t *vertexpkg = vertex->data;
-				pmpkg_t *childpkg = nextchild->data;
+				alpm_pkg_t *vertexpkg = vertex->data;
+				alpm_pkg_t *childpkg = nextchild->data;
 				const char *message;
 
 				_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_WARNING, _("dependency cycle detected:\n"));
@@ -202,16 +202,16 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(pmhandle_t *handle,
 	return newtargs;
 }
 
-static int no_dep_version(pmhandle_t *handle)
+static int no_dep_version(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	int flags = alpm_trans_get_flags(handle);
 	return flags != -1 && (flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPVERSION);
 }
 
-static pmdepend_t *filtered_depend(pmdepend_t *dep, int nodepversion)
+static alpm_depend_t *filtered_depend(alpm_depend_t *dep, int nodepversion)
 {
 	if(nodepversion) {
-		pmdepend_t *newdep = _alpm_dep_dup(dep);
+		alpm_depend_t *newdep = _alpm_dep_dup(dep);
 		ASSERT(newdep, return dep);
 		newdep->mod = PM_DEP_MOD_ANY;
 		dep = newdep;
@@ -219,19 +219,19 @@ static pmdepend_t *filtered_depend(pmdepend_t *dep, int nodepversion)
 	return dep;
 }
 
-static void release_filtered_depend(pmdepend_t *dep, int nodepversion)
+static void release_filtered_depend(alpm_depend_t *dep, int nodepversion)
 {
 	if(nodepversion) {
 		free(dep);
 	}
 }
 
-static pmpkg_t *find_dep_satisfier(alpm_list_t *pkgs, pmdepend_t *dep)
+static alpm_pkg_t *find_dep_satisfier(alpm_list_t *pkgs, alpm_depend_t *dep)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 
 	for(i = pkgs; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
-		pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 		if(_alpm_depcmp(pkg, dep)) {
 			return pkg;
 		}
@@ -241,17 +241,17 @@ static pmpkg_t *find_dep_satisfier(alpm_list_t *pkgs, pmdepend_t *dep)
 
 /** Find a package satisfying a specified dependency.
  * The dependency can include versions with depmod operators.
- * @param pkgs an alpm_list_t* of pmpkg_t where the satisfier will be searched
+ * @param pkgs an alpm_list_t* of alpm_pkg_t where the satisfier will be searched
  * @param depstring package or provision name, versioned or not
- * @return a pmpkg_t* satisfying depstring
+ * @return a alpm_pkg_t* satisfying depstring
  */
-pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_find_satisfier(alpm_list_t *pkgs, const char *depstring)
+alpm_pkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_find_satisfier(alpm_list_t *pkgs, const char *depstring)
 {
-	pmdepend_t *dep = _alpm_splitdep(depstring);
+	alpm_depend_t *dep = _alpm_splitdep(depstring);
 	if(!dep) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	pmpkg_t *pkg = find_dep_satisfier(pkgs, dep);
+	alpm_pkg_t *pkg = find_dep_satisfier(pkgs, dep);
 	_alpm_dep_free(dep);
 	return pkg;
 }
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_find_satisfier(alpm_list_t *pkgs, const char *depstring)
  * @param remove an alpm_list_t* of packages to be removed
  * @param upgrade an alpm_list_t* of packages to be upgraded (remove-then-upgrade)
  * @param reversedeps handles the backward dependencies
- * @return an alpm_list_t* of pmdepmissing_t pointers.
+ * @return an alpm_list_t* of alpm_depmissing_t pointers.
  */
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_checkdeps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkglist,
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_checkdeps(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkglist,
 		alpm_list_t *remove, alpm_list_t *upgrade, int reversedeps)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j;
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_checkdeps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkglist,
 
 	targets = alpm_list_join(alpm_list_copy(remove), alpm_list_copy(upgrade));
 	for(i = pkglist; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 		if(_alpm_pkg_find(targets, pkg->name)) {
 			modified = alpm_list_add(modified, pkg);
 		} else {
@@ -290,19 +290,19 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_checkdeps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkglist,
 
 	/* look for unsatisfied dependencies of the upgrade list */
 	for(i = upgrade; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *tp = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *tp = i->data;
 		_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "checkdeps: package %s-%s\n",
 				alpm_pkg_get_name(tp), alpm_pkg_get_version(tp));
 
 		for(j = alpm_pkg_get_depends(tp); j; j = j->next) {
-			pmdepend_t *depend = j->data;
+			alpm_depend_t *depend = j->data;
 			depend = filtered_depend(depend, nodepversion);
 			/* 1. we check the upgrade list */
 			/* 2. we check database for untouched satisfying packages */
 			if(!find_dep_satisfier(upgrade, depend) &&
 			   !find_dep_satisfier(dblist, depend)) {
 				/* Unsatisfied dependency in the upgrade list */
-				pmdepmissing_t *miss;
+				alpm_depmissing_t *miss;
 				char *missdepstring = alpm_dep_compute_string(depend);
 				_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "checkdeps: missing dependency '%s' for package '%s'\n",
 						missdepstring, alpm_pkg_get_name(tp));
@@ -318,18 +318,18 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_checkdeps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkglist,
 		/* reversedeps handles the backwards dependencies, ie,
 		 * the packages listed in the requiredby field. */
 		for(i = dblist; i; i = i->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *lp = i->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *lp = i->data;
 			for(j = alpm_pkg_get_depends(lp); j; j = j->next) {
-				pmdepend_t *depend = j->data;
+				alpm_depend_t *depend = j->data;
 				depend = filtered_depend(depend, nodepversion);
-				pmpkg_t *causingpkg = find_dep_satisfier(modified, depend);
+				alpm_pkg_t *causingpkg = find_dep_satisfier(modified, depend);
 				/* we won't break this depend, if it is already broken, we ignore it */
 				/* 1. check upgrade list for satisfiers */
 				/* 2. check dblist for satisfiers */
 				if(causingpkg &&
 				   !find_dep_satisfier(upgrade, depend) &&
 				   !find_dep_satisfier(dblist, depend)) {
-					pmdepmissing_t *miss;
+					alpm_depmissing_t *miss;
 					char *missdepstring = alpm_dep_compute_string(depend);
 					_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "checkdeps: transaction would break '%s' dependency of '%s'\n",
 							missdepstring, alpm_pkg_get_name(lp));
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_checkdeps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkglist,
 	return baddeps;
 }
 
-static int dep_vercmp(const char *version1, pmdepmod_t mod,
+static int dep_vercmp(const char *version1, alpm_depmod_t mod,
 		const char *version2)
 {
 	int equal = 0;
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static int dep_vercmp(const char *version1, pmdepmod_t mod,
 	return equal;
 }
 
-int _alpm_depcmp(pmpkg_t *pkg, pmdepend_t *dep)
+int _alpm_depcmp(alpm_pkg_t *pkg, alpm_depend_t *dep)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 	int satisfy = 0;
@@ -411,16 +411,16 @@ int _alpm_depcmp(pmpkg_t *pkg, pmdepend_t *dep)
 	return satisfy;
 }
 
-pmdepend_t *_alpm_splitdep(const char *depstring)
+alpm_depend_t *_alpm_splitdep(const char *depstring)
 {
-	pmdepend_t *depend;
+	alpm_depend_t *depend;
 	const char *ptr, *version = NULL;
 
 	if(depstring == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	CALLOC(depend, 1, sizeof(pmdepend_t), return NULL);
+	CALLOC(depend, 1, sizeof(alpm_depend_t), return NULL);
 
 	/* Find a version comparator if one exists. If it does, set the type and
 	 * increment the ptr accordingly so we can copy the right strings. */
@@ -455,10 +455,10 @@ pmdepend_t *_alpm_splitdep(const char *depstring)
 	return depend;
 }
 
-pmdepend_t *_alpm_dep_dup(const pmdepend_t *dep)
+alpm_depend_t *_alpm_dep_dup(const alpm_depend_t *dep)
 {
-	pmdepend_t *newdep;
-	CALLOC(newdep, 1, sizeof(pmdepend_t), return NULL);
+	alpm_depend_t *newdep;
+	CALLOC(newdep, 1, sizeof(alpm_depend_t), return NULL);
 
 	STRDUP(newdep->name, dep->name, return NULL);
 	newdep->name_hash = dep->name_hash;
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ pmdepend_t *_alpm_dep_dup(const pmdepend_t *dep)
  * targets and a db is safe to remove. We do NOT remove it if it is in the
  * target list, or if if the package was explictly installed and
  * include_explicit == 0 */
-static int can_remove_package(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *targets,
+static int can_remove_package(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_pkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *targets,
 		int include_explicit)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static int can_remove_package(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *targets,
 
 	/* see if other packages need it */
 	for(i = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db); i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *lpkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *lpkg = i->data;
 		if(_alpm_dep_edge(lpkg, pkg) && !_alpm_pkg_find(targets, lpkg->name)) {
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ static int can_remove_package(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *targets,
  * @param *targs pointer to a list of packages
  * @param include_explicit if 0, explicitly installed packages are not included
  */
-void _alpm_recursedeps(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *targs, int include_explicit)
+void _alpm_recursedeps(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_list_t *targs, int include_explicit)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j;
 
@@ -527,9 +527,9 @@ void _alpm_recursedeps(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *targs, int include_explicit)
 	}
 
 	for(i = targs; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 		for(j = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db); j; j = j->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *deppkg = j->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *deppkg = j->data;
 			if(_alpm_dep_edge(pkg, deppkg)
 					&& can_remove_package(db, deppkg, targs, include_explicit)) {
 				_alpm_log(db->handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding '%s' to the targets\n",
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ void _alpm_recursedeps(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *targs, int include_explicit)
  *        an error code without prompting
  * @return the resolved package
  **/
-static pmpkg_t *resolvedep(pmhandle_t *handle, pmdepend_t *dep,
+static alpm_pkg_t *resolvedep(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_depend_t *dep,
 		alpm_list_t *dbs, alpm_list_t *excluding, int prompt)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j;
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static pmpkg_t *resolvedep(pmhandle_t *handle, pmdepend_t *dep,
 
 	/* 1. literals */
 	for(i = dbs; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *pkg = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(i->data, dep->name);
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkg = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(i->data, dep->name);
 		if(pkg && _alpm_depcmp(pkg, dep) && !_alpm_pkg_find(excluding, pkg->name)) {
 			if(_alpm_pkg_should_ignore(handle, pkg)) {
 				int install = 0;
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static pmpkg_t *resolvedep(pmhandle_t *handle, pmdepend_t *dep,
 	/* 2. satisfiers (skip literals here) */
 	for(i = dbs; i; i = i->next) {
 		for(j = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache(i->data); j; j = j->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *pkg = j->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *pkg = j->data;
 			if(_alpm_depcmp(pkg, dep) && strcmp(pkg->name, dep->name) != 0 &&
 			             !_alpm_pkg_find(excluding, pkg->name)) {
 				if(_alpm_pkg_should_ignore(handle, pkg)) {
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ static pmpkg_t *resolvedep(pmhandle_t *handle, pmdepend_t *dep,
 
 	/* first check if one provider is already installed locally */
 	for(i = providers; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 		if(_alpm_pkghash_find(_alpm_db_get_pkgcache_hash(handle->db_local), pkg->name)) {
 			alpm_list_free(providers);
 			return pkg;
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ static pmpkg_t *resolvedep(pmhandle_t *handle, pmdepend_t *dep,
 					providers, dep, NULL, &index);
 		}
 		if(index >= 0 && index < count) {
-			pmpkg_t *pkg = alpm_list_getdata(alpm_list_nth(providers, index));
+			alpm_pkg_t *pkg = alpm_list_getdata(alpm_list_nth(providers, index));
 			alpm_list_free(providers);
 			return pkg;
 		}
@@ -649,15 +649,15 @@ static pmpkg_t *resolvedep(pmhandle_t *handle, pmdepend_t *dep,
  * providers. The first satisfier found is returned.
  * The dependency can include versions with depmod operators.
  * @param handle the context handle
- * @param dbs an alpm_list_t* of pmdb_t where the satisfier will be searched
+ * @param dbs an alpm_list_t* of alpm_db_t where the satisfier will be searched
  * @param depstring package or provision name, versioned or not
- * @return a pmpkg_t* satisfying depstring
+ * @return a alpm_pkg_t* satisfying depstring
  */
-pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_find_dbs_satisfier(pmhandle_t *handle,
+alpm_pkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_find_dbs_satisfier(alpm_handle_t *handle,
 		alpm_list_t *dbs, const char *depstring)
 {
-	pmdepend_t *dep;
-	pmpkg_t *pkg;
+	alpm_depend_t *dep;
+	alpm_pkg_t *pkg;
 
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	ASSERT(dbs, RET_ERR(handle, PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, NULL));
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_find_dbs_satisfier(pmhandle_t *handle,
  *         unresolvable dependency, in which case the [*packages] list will be
  *         unmodified by this function
  */
-int _alpm_resolvedeps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *localpkgs, pmpkg_t *pkg,
+int _alpm_resolvedeps(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *localpkgs, alpm_pkg_t *pkg,
                       alpm_list_t *preferred, alpm_list_t **packages,
                       alpm_list_t *remove, alpm_list_t **data)
 {
@@ -712,14 +712,14 @@ int _alpm_resolvedeps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *localpkgs, pmpkg_t *pkg,
 
 	_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "started resolving dependencies\n");
 	for(i = alpm_list_last(*packages); i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *tpkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *tpkg = i->data;
 		targ = alpm_list_add(NULL, tpkg);
 		deps = alpm_checkdeps(handle, localpkgs, remove, targ, 0);
 		alpm_list_free(targ);
 
 		for(j = deps; j; j = j->next) {
-			pmdepmissing_t *miss = j->data;
-			pmdepend_t *missdep = miss->depend;
+			alpm_depmissing_t *miss = j->data;
+			alpm_depend_t *missdep = miss->depend;
 			/* check if one of the packages in the [*packages] list already satisfies
 			 * this dependency */
 			if(find_dep_satisfier(*packages, missdep)) {
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ int _alpm_resolvedeps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *localpkgs, pmpkg_t *pkg,
 			}
 			/* check if one of the packages in the [preferred] list already satisfies
 			 * this dependency */
-			pmpkg_t *spkg = find_dep_satisfier(preferred, missdep);
+			alpm_pkg_t *spkg = find_dep_satisfier(preferred, missdep);
 			if(!spkg) {
 				/* find a satisfier package in the given repositories */
 				spkg = resolvedep(handle, missdep, handle->dbs_sync, *packages, 0);
@@ -764,12 +764,12 @@ int _alpm_resolvedeps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *localpkgs, pmpkg_t *pkg,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/** Reverse of splitdep; make a dep string from a pmdepend_t struct.
+/** Reverse of splitdep; make a dep string from a alpm_depend_t struct.
  * The string must be freed!
  * @param dep the depend to turn into a string
  * @return a string-formatted dependency with operator if necessary
  */
-char SYMEXPORT *alpm_dep_compute_string(const pmdepend_t *dep)
+char SYMEXPORT *alpm_dep_compute_string(const alpm_depend_t *dep)
 {
 	const char *name, *opr, *ver;
 	char *str;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.h b/lib/libalpm/deps.h
index ecc3b92c..6ef4cbbe 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.h
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@
 #include "package.h"
 #include "alpm.h"
 
-void _alpm_dep_free(pmdepend_t *dep);
-pmdepend_t *_alpm_dep_dup(const pmdepend_t *dep);
-void _alpm_depmiss_free(pmdepmissing_t *miss);
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *targets, int reverse);
-void _alpm_recursedeps(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *targs, int include_explicit);
-int _alpm_resolvedeps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *localpkgs, pmpkg_t *pkg,
+void _alpm_dep_free(alpm_depend_t *dep);
+alpm_depend_t *_alpm_dep_dup(const alpm_depend_t *dep);
+void _alpm_depmiss_free(alpm_depmissing_t *miss);
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *targets, int reverse);
+void _alpm_recursedeps(alpm_db_t *db, alpm_list_t *targs, int include_explicit);
+int _alpm_resolvedeps(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *localpkgs, alpm_pkg_t *pkg,
 		alpm_list_t *preferred, alpm_list_t **packages, alpm_list_t *remove,
 		alpm_list_t **data);
-pmdepend_t *_alpm_splitdep(const char *depstring);
-int _alpm_depcmp(pmpkg_t *pkg, pmdepend_t *dep);
+alpm_depend_t *_alpm_splitdep(const char *depstring);
+int _alpm_depcmp(alpm_pkg_t *pkg, alpm_depend_t *dep);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_DEPS_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c b/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c
index 51aa47f2..7ca72c3c 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int mount_point_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
 	return -strcmp(mp1->mount_dir, mp2->mount_dir);
 }
 
-static alpm_list_t *mount_point_list(pmhandle_t *handle)
+static alpm_list_t *mount_point_list(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *mount_points = NULL, *ptr;
 	alpm_mountpoint_t *mp;
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ static alpm_mountpoint_t *match_mount_point(const alpm_list_t *mount_points,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int calculate_removed_size(pmhandle_t *handle,
-		const alpm_list_t *mount_points, pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static int calculate_removed_size(alpm_handle_t *handle,
+		const alpm_list_t *mount_points, alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *file;
 
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ static int calculate_removed_size(pmhandle_t *handle,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int calculate_installed_size(pmhandle_t *handle,
-		const alpm_list_t *mount_points, pmpkg_t *pkg)
+static int calculate_installed_size(alpm_handle_t *handle,
+		const alpm_list_t *mount_points, alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	int ret=0;
 	struct archive *archive;
@@ -257,14 +257,14 @@ cleanup:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int _alpm_check_diskspace(pmhandle_t *handle)
+int _alpm_check_diskspace(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *mount_points, *i;
 	alpm_mountpoint_t *root_mp;
 	size_t replaces = 0, current = 0, numtargs;
 	int error = 0;
 	alpm_list_t *targ;
-	pmtrans_t *trans = handle->trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
 
 	numtargs = alpm_list_count(trans->add);
 	mount_points = mount_point_list(handle);
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int _alpm_check_diskspace(pmhandle_t *handle)
 	if(replaces) {
 		numtargs += replaces;
 		for(targ = trans->remove; targ; targ = targ->next, current++) {
-			pmpkg_t *local_pkg;
+			alpm_pkg_t *local_pkg;
 			int percent = (current * 100) / numtargs;
 			PROGRESS(trans, PM_TRANS_PROGRESS_DISKSPACE_START, "", percent,
 					numtargs, current);
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ int _alpm_check_diskspace(pmhandle_t *handle)
 	}
 
 	for(targ = trans->add; targ; targ = targ->next, current++) {
-		pmpkg_t *pkg, *local_pkg;
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkg, *local_pkg;
 		int percent = (current * 100) / numtargs;
 		PROGRESS(trans, PM_TRANS_PROGRESS_DISKSPACE_START, "", percent,
 				numtargs, current);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/diskspace.h b/lib/libalpm/diskspace.h
index 28aca7e9..79e16772 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/diskspace.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/diskspace.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ typedef struct __alpm_mountpoint_t {
 	FSSTATSTYPE fsp;
 } alpm_mountpoint_t;
 
-int _alpm_check_diskspace(pmhandle_t *handle);
+int _alpm_check_diskspace(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_DISKSPACE_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/dload.c b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
index c7903ff0..73f75144 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/dload.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static int utimes_long(const char *path, long seconds)
 }
 
 
-static int curl_download_internal(pmhandle_t *handle,
+static int curl_download_internal(alpm_handle_t *handle,
 		const char *url, const char *localpath,
 		int force, int allow_resume, int errors_ok)
 {
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ cleanup:
  * @param errors_ok do not log errors (but still return them)
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly if errors_ok == 0)
  */
-int _alpm_download(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *url, const char *localpath,
+int _alpm_download(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *url, const char *localpath,
 		int force, int allow_resume, int errors_ok)
 {
 	if(handle->fetchcb == NULL) {
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ int _alpm_download(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *url, const char *localpath,
 }
 
 /** Fetch a remote pkg. */
-char SYMEXPORT *alpm_fetch_pkgurl(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *url)
+char SYMEXPORT *alpm_fetch_pkgurl(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *url)
 {
 	char *filepath;
 	const char *filename, *cachedir;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/dload.h b/lib/libalpm/dload.h
index e409c32b..0cdd9001 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/dload.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/dload.h
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 
 /* internal structure for communicating with curl progress callback */
 struct fileinfo {
-	pmhandle_t *handle;
+	alpm_handle_t *handle;
 	const char *filename;
 	double initial_size;
 };
 
-int _alpm_download(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *url, const char *localpath,
+int _alpm_download(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *url, const char *localpath,
 		int force, int allow_resume, int errors_ok);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_DLOAD_H */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/error.c b/lib/libalpm/error.c
index 1e4e705b..225d8859 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/error.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/error.c
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
 #include "alpm.h"
 #include "handle.h"
 
-enum _pmerrno_t SYMEXPORT alpm_errno(pmhandle_t *handle)
+enum _alpm_errno_t SYMEXPORT alpm_errno(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	return handle->pm_errno;
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_strerror(enum _pmerrno_t err)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_strerror(enum _alpm_errno_t err)
 {
 	switch(err) {
 		/* System */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/graph.c b/lib/libalpm/graph.c
index fc2c9e16..3a7f24b8 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/graph.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/graph.c
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "log.h"
 
-pmgraph_t *_alpm_graph_new(void)
+alpm_graph_t *_alpm_graph_new(void)
 {
-	pmgraph_t *graph = NULL;
+	alpm_graph_t *graph = NULL;
 
-	CALLOC(graph, 1, sizeof(pmgraph_t), return NULL);
+	CALLOC(graph, 1, sizeof(alpm_graph_t), return NULL);
 	return graph;
 }
 
 void _alpm_graph_free(void *data)
 {
-	pmgraph_t *graph = data;
+	alpm_graph_t *graph = data;
 	alpm_list_free(graph->children);
 	free(graph);
 }
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/graph.h b/lib/libalpm/graph.h
index f76c6004..d4d134b5 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/graph.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/graph.h
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@
 
 #include "alpm_list.h"
 
-typedef struct __pmgraph_t {
+typedef struct __alpm_graph_t {
 	char state; /* 0: untouched, -1: entered, other: leaving time */
 	off_t weight; /* weight of the node */
 	void *data;
-	struct __pmgraph_t *parent; /* where did we come from? */
+	struct __alpm_graph_t *parent; /* where did we come from? */
 	alpm_list_t *children;
 	alpm_list_t *childptr; /* points to a child in children list */
-} pmgraph_t;
+} alpm_graph_t;
 
-pmgraph_t *_alpm_graph_new(void);
+alpm_graph_t *_alpm_graph_new(void);
 void _alpm_graph_free(void *data);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_GRAPH_H */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/group.c b/lib/libalpm/group.c
index 07acfa89..47458df2 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/group.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/group.c
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "alpm.h"
 
-pmgrp_t *_alpm_grp_new(const char *name)
+alpm_group_t *_alpm_group_new(const char *name)
 {
-	pmgrp_t* grp;
+	alpm_group_t* grp;
 
-	CALLOC(grp, 1, sizeof(pmgrp_t), return NULL);
+	CALLOC(grp, 1, sizeof(alpm_group_t), return NULL);
 	STRDUP(grp->name, name, free(grp); return NULL);
 
 	return grp;
 }
 
-void _alpm_grp_free(pmgrp_t *grp)
+void _alpm_group_free(alpm_group_t *grp)
 {
 	if(grp == NULL) {
 		return;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/group.h b/lib/libalpm/group.h
index f2a67ca9..078c9af7 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/group.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/group.h
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 
 #include "alpm.h"
 
-pmgrp_t *_alpm_grp_new(const char *name);
-void _alpm_grp_free(pmgrp_t *grp);
+alpm_group_t *_alpm_group_new(const char *name);
+void _alpm_group_free(alpm_group_t *grp);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_GROUP_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/handle.c b/lib/libalpm/handle.c
index acd35409..8486851f 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/handle.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/handle.c
@@ -39,18 +39,18 @@
 #include "trans.h"
 #include "alpm.h"
 
-pmhandle_t *_alpm_handle_new()
+alpm_handle_t *_alpm_handle_new()
 {
-	pmhandle_t *handle;
+	alpm_handle_t *handle;
 
-	CALLOC(handle, 1, sizeof(pmhandle_t), return NULL);
+	CALLOC(handle, 1, sizeof(alpm_handle_t), return NULL);
 
 	handle->sigverify = PM_PGP_VERIFY_OPTIONAL;
 
 	return handle;
 }
 
-void _alpm_handle_free(pmhandle_t *handle)
+void _alpm_handle_free(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	if(handle == NULL) {
 		return;
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ void _alpm_handle_free(pmhandle_t *handle)
 	FREELIST(handle->noupgrade);
 	FREELIST(handle->noextract);
 	FREELIST(handle->ignorepkg);
-	FREELIST(handle->ignoregrp);
+	FREELIST(handle->ignoregroup);
 	FREE(handle);
 }
 
 /** Lock the database */
-int _alpm_handle_lock(pmhandle_t *handle)
+int _alpm_handle_lock(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	int fd;
 	char *dir, *ptr;
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ int _alpm_handle_lock(pmhandle_t *handle)
 }
 
 /** Remove a lock file */
-int _alpm_handle_unlock(pmhandle_t *handle)
+int _alpm_handle_unlock(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	ASSERT(handle->lockfile != NULL, return -1);
 	ASSERT(handle->lckstream != NULL, return 0);
@@ -140,148 +140,148 @@ int _alpm_handle_unlock(pmhandle_t *handle)
 }
 
 
-alpm_cb_log SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_logcb(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_cb_log SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_logcb(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->logcb;
 }
 
-alpm_cb_download SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_dlcb(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_cb_download SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_dlcb(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->dlcb;
 }
 
-alpm_cb_fetch SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_fetchcb(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_cb_fetch SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_fetchcb(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->fetchcb;
 }
 
-alpm_cb_totaldl SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_totaldlcb(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_cb_totaldl SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_totaldlcb(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->totaldlcb;
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_root(pmhandle_t *handle)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_root(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->root;
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_dbpath(pmhandle_t *handle)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_dbpath(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->dbpath;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_cachedirs(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_cachedirs(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->cachedirs;
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_logfile(pmhandle_t *handle)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_logfile(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->logfile;
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_lockfile(pmhandle_t *handle)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_lockfile(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->lockfile;
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_gpgdir(pmhandle_t *handle)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_gpgdir(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->gpgdir;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_usesyslog(pmhandle_t *handle)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_usesyslog(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	return handle->usesyslog;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_noupgrades(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_noupgrades(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->noupgrade;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_noextracts(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_noextracts(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->noextract;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_ignorepkgs(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_ignorepkgs(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->ignorepkg;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_ignoregrps(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_ignoregroups(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
-	return handle->ignoregrp;
+	return handle->ignoregroup;
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_arch(pmhandle_t *handle)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_arch(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->arch;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_usedelta(pmhandle_t *handle)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_usedelta(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	return handle->usedelta;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_checkspace(pmhandle_t *handle)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_checkspace(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	return handle->checkspace;
 }
 
-pmdb_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_localdb(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_db_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_localdb(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->db_local;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_syncdbs(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_option_get_syncdbs(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
 	return handle->dbs_sync;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_logcb(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_cb_log cb)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_logcb(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_cb_log cb)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	handle->logcb = cb;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_dlcb(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_cb_download cb)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_dlcb(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_cb_download cb)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	handle->dlcb = cb;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_fetchcb(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_cb_fetch cb)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_fetchcb(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_cb_fetch cb)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	handle->fetchcb = cb;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_totaldlcb(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_cb_totaldl cb)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_totaldlcb(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_cb_totaldl cb)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	handle->totaldlcb = cb;
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static char *canonicalize_path(const char *path) {
 	return new_path;
 }
 
-enum _pmerrno_t _alpm_set_directory_option(const char *value,
+enum _alpm_errno_t _alpm_set_directory_option(const char *value,
 		char **storage, int must_exist)
  {
 	struct stat st;
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ enum _pmerrno_t _alpm_set_directory_option(const char *value,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_cachedir(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *cachedir)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_cachedir(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cachedir)
 {
 	char *newcachedir;
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_cachedir(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *cachedir)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_cachedirs(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *cachedirs)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_cachedirs(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *cachedirs)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_cachedirs(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *cachedi
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_cachedir(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *cachedir)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_cachedir(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *cachedir)
 {
 	char *vdata = NULL;
 	char *newcachedir;
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_cachedir(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *cached
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_logfile(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *logfile)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_logfile(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *logfile)
 {
 	char *oldlogfile = handle->logfile;
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_logfile(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *logfile)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_gpgdir(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *gpgdir)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_gpgdir(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *gpgdir)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	if(!gpgdir) {
@@ -433,21 +433,21 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_gpgdir(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *gpgdir)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_usesyslog(pmhandle_t *handle, int usesyslog)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_usesyslog(alpm_handle_t *handle, int usesyslog)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	handle->usesyslog = usesyslog;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_noupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_noupgrade(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	handle->noupgrade = alpm_list_add(handle->noupgrade, strdup(pkg));
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_noupgrades(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *noupgrade)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_noupgrades(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *noupgrade)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	if(handle->noupgrade) FREELIST(handle->noupgrade);
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_noupgrades(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *noupgr
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_noupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_noupgrade(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
 {
 	char *vdata = NULL;
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -467,14 +467,14 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_noupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_noextract(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_noextract(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	handle->noextract = alpm_list_add(handle->noextract, strdup(pkg));
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_noextracts(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *noextract)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_noextracts(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *noextract)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	if(handle->noextract) FREELIST(handle->noextract);
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_noextracts(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *noextr
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_noextract(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_noextract(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
 {
 	char *vdata = NULL;
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -494,14 +494,14 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_noextract(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_ignorepkg(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_ignorepkg(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	handle->ignorepkg = alpm_list_add(handle->ignorepkg, strdup(pkg));
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_ignorepkgs(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *ignorepkgs)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_ignorepkgs(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *ignorepkgs)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	if(handle->ignorepkg) FREELIST(handle->ignorepkg);
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_ignorepkgs(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *ignore
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_ignorepkg(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_ignorepkg(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
 {
 	char *vdata = NULL;
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -521,26 +521,26 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_ignorepkg(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_ignoregrp(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *grp)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_add_ignoregroup(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *grp)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
-	handle->ignoregrp = alpm_list_add(handle->ignoregrp, strdup(grp));
+	handle->ignoregroup = alpm_list_add(handle->ignoregroup, strdup(grp));
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_ignoregrps(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *ignoregrps)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_ignoregroups(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *ignoregrps)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
-	if(handle->ignoregrp) FREELIST(handle->ignoregrp);
-	handle->ignoregrp = alpm_list_strdup(ignoregrps);
+	if(handle->ignoregroup) FREELIST(handle->ignoregroup);
+	handle->ignoregroup = alpm_list_strdup(ignoregrps);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_ignoregrp(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *grp)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_ignoregroup(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *grp)
 {
 	char *vdata = NULL;
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
-	handle->ignoregrp = alpm_list_remove_str(handle->ignoregrp, grp, &vdata);
+	handle->ignoregroup = alpm_list_remove_str(handle->ignoregroup, grp, &vdata);
 	if(vdata != NULL) {
 		FREE(vdata);
 		return 1;
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_remove_ignoregrp(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *grp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_arch(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *arch)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_arch(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *arch)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	if(handle->arch) FREE(handle->arch);
@@ -560,21 +560,21 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_arch(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *arch)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_usedelta(pmhandle_t *handle, int usedelta)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_usedelta(alpm_handle_t *handle, int usedelta)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	handle->usedelta = usedelta;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_checkspace(pmhandle_t *handle, int checkspace)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_checkspace(alpm_handle_t *handle, int checkspace)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	handle->checkspace = checkspace;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_default_sigverify(pmhandle_t *handle, pgp_verify_t level)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_default_sigverify(alpm_handle_t *handle, pgp_verify_t level)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
 	ASSERT(level != PM_PGP_VERIFY_UNKNOWN, RET_ERR(handle, PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_option_set_default_sigverify(pmhandle_t *handle, pgp_verify_t
 	return 0;
 }
 
-pgp_verify_t SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_default_sigverify(pmhandle_t *handle)
+pgp_verify_t SYMEXPORT alpm_option_get_default_sigverify(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return PM_PGP_VERIFY_UNKNOWN);
 	return handle->sigverify;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/handle.h b/lib/libalpm/handle.h
index 4ffd00c4..ae8c7c8d 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/handle.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/handle.h
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 #endif
 
-struct __pmhandle_t {
+struct __alpm_handle_t {
 	/* internal usage */
-	pmdb_t *db_local;       /* local db pointer */
-	alpm_list_t *dbs_sync;  /* List of (pmdb_t *) */
+	alpm_db_t *db_local;       /* local db pointer */
+	alpm_list_t *dbs_sync;  /* List of (alpm_db_t *) */
 	FILE *logstream;        /* log file stream pointer */
 	FILE *lckstream;        /* lock file stream pointer if one exists */
-	pmtrans_t *trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL
 	/* libcurl handle */
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct __pmhandle_t {
 	alpm_list_t *noupgrade;   /* List of packages NOT to be upgraded */
 	alpm_list_t *noextract;   /* List of files NOT to extract */
 	alpm_list_t *ignorepkg;   /* List of packages to ignore */
-	alpm_list_t *ignoregrp;   /* List of groups to ignore */
+	alpm_list_t *ignoregroup; /* List of groups to ignore */
 
 	/* options */
 	int usesyslog;           /* Use syslog instead of logfile? */ /* TODO move to frontend */
@@ -72,16 +72,16 @@ struct __pmhandle_t {
 	pgp_verify_t sigverify;  /* Default signature verification level */
 
 	/* error code */
-	enum _pmerrno_t pm_errno;
+	enum _alpm_errno_t pm_errno;
 };
 
-pmhandle_t *_alpm_handle_new(void);
-void _alpm_handle_free(pmhandle_t *handle);
+alpm_handle_t *_alpm_handle_new(void);
+void _alpm_handle_free(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
-int _alpm_handle_lock(pmhandle_t *handle);
-int _alpm_handle_unlock(pmhandle_t *handle);
+int _alpm_handle_lock(alpm_handle_t *handle);
+int _alpm_handle_unlock(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
-enum _pmerrno_t _alpm_set_directory_option(const char *value,
+enum _alpm_errno_t _alpm_set_directory_option(const char *value,
 		char **storage, int must_exist);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_HANDLE_H */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/log.c b/lib/libalpm/log.c
index 8bb88117..eeeaef3c 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/log.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/log.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  * @param fmt output format
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on error (pm_errno is set accordingly)
  */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_logaction(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *fmt, ...)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_logaction(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	int ret;
 	va_list args;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_logaction(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 /** @} */
 
-void _alpm_log(pmhandle_t *handle, pmloglevel_t flag, const char *fmt, ...)
+void _alpm_log(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_loglevel_t flag, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/log.h b/lib/libalpm/log.h
index 105430c4..a43290d8 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/log.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/log.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "alpm.h"
 
-void _alpm_log(pmhandle_t *handle, pmloglevel_t flag,
+void _alpm_log(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_loglevel_t flag,
 		const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf,3,4)));
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_LOG_H */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.c b/lib/libalpm/package.c
index 75ac94c7..31f07325 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  */
 
 /** Free a package. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_free(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_free(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return -1);
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_free(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 }
 
 /** Check the integrity (with md5) of a package from the sync cache. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_checkmd5sum(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_checkmd5sum(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	char *fpath;
 	int retval;
@@ -85,42 +85,42 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_checkmd5sum(pmpkg_t *pkg)
  * backend logic that needs lazy access, such as the local database through
  * a lazy-load cache. However, the defaults will work just fine for fully-
  * populated package structures. */
-static const char *_pkg_get_filename(pmpkg_t *pkg)    { return pkg->filename; }
-static const char *_pkg_get_desc(pmpkg_t *pkg)        { return pkg->desc; }
-static const char *_pkg_get_url(pmpkg_t *pkg)         { return pkg->url; }
-static time_t _pkg_get_builddate(pmpkg_t *pkg)        { return pkg->builddate; }
-static time_t _pkg_get_installdate(pmpkg_t *pkg)      { return pkg->installdate; }
-static const char *_pkg_get_packager(pmpkg_t *pkg)    { return pkg->packager; }
-static const char *_pkg_get_md5sum(pmpkg_t *pkg)      { return pkg->md5sum; }
-static const char *_pkg_get_arch(pmpkg_t *pkg)        { return pkg->arch; }
-static off_t _pkg_get_size(pmpkg_t *pkg)              { return pkg->size; }
-static off_t _pkg_get_isize(pmpkg_t *pkg)             { return pkg->isize; }
-static pmpkgreason_t _pkg_get_reason(pmpkg_t *pkg)    { return pkg->reason; }
-static int _pkg_has_scriptlet(pmpkg_t *pkg)           { return pkg->scriptlet; }
-
-static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_licenses(pmpkg_t *pkg)   { return pkg->licenses; }
-static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_groups(pmpkg_t *pkg)     { return pkg->groups; }
-static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_depends(pmpkg_t *pkg)    { return pkg->depends; }
-static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_optdepends(pmpkg_t *pkg) { return pkg->optdepends; }
-static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_conflicts(pmpkg_t *pkg)  { return pkg->conflicts; }
-static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_provides(pmpkg_t *pkg)   { return pkg->provides; }
-static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_replaces(pmpkg_t *pkg)   { return pkg->replaces; }
-static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg)     { return pkg->deltas; }
-static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_files(pmpkg_t *pkg)      { return pkg->files; }
-static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_backup(pmpkg_t *pkg)     { return pkg->backup; }
-
-static void *_pkg_changelog_open(pmpkg_t UNUSED *pkg)
+static const char *_pkg_get_filename(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)    { return pkg->filename; }
+static const char *_pkg_get_desc(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)        { return pkg->desc; }
+static const char *_pkg_get_url(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)         { return pkg->url; }
+static time_t _pkg_get_builddate(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)        { return pkg->builddate; }
+static time_t _pkg_get_installdate(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)      { return pkg->installdate; }
+static const char *_pkg_get_packager(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)    { return pkg->packager; }
+static const char *_pkg_get_md5sum(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)      { return pkg->md5sum; }
+static const char *_pkg_get_arch(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)        { return pkg->arch; }
+static off_t _pkg_get_size(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)              { return pkg->size; }
+static off_t _pkg_get_isize(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)             { return pkg->isize; }
+static alpm_pkgreason_t _pkg_get_reason(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)    { return pkg->reason; }
+static int _pkg_has_scriptlet(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)           { return pkg->scriptlet; }
+
+static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_licenses(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)   { return pkg->licenses; }
+static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_groups(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)     { return pkg->groups; }
+static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_depends(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)    { return pkg->depends; }
+static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_optdepends(alpm_pkg_t *pkg) { return pkg->optdepends; }
+static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_conflicts(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)  { return pkg->conflicts; }
+static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_provides(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)   { return pkg->provides; }
+static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_replaces(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)   { return pkg->replaces; }
+static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_deltas(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)     { return pkg->deltas; }
+static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_files(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)      { return pkg->files; }
+static alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_backup(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)     { return pkg->backup; }
+
+static void *_pkg_changelog_open(alpm_pkg_t UNUSED *pkg)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
 
 static size_t _pkg_changelog_read(void UNUSED *ptr, size_t UNUSED size,
-		const pmpkg_t UNUSED *pkg, const UNUSED void *fp)
+		const alpm_pkg_t UNUSED *pkg, const UNUSED void *fp)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int _pkg_changelog_close(const pmpkg_t UNUSED *pkg,
+static int _pkg_changelog_close(const alpm_pkg_t UNUSED *pkg,
 		void UNUSED *fp)
 {
 	return EOF;
@@ -162,168 +162,168 @@ struct pkg_operations default_pkg_ops = {
 /* Public functions for getting package information. These functions
  * delegate the hard work to the function callbacks attached to each
  * package, which depend on where the package was loaded from. */
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_filename(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_filename(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_filename(pkg);
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_name(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_name(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->name;
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_version(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_version(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->version;
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_desc(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_desc(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_desc(pkg);
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_url(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_url(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_url(pkg);
 }
 
-time_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_get_builddate(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+time_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_get_builddate(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return -1);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_builddate(pkg);
 }
 
-time_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_get_installdate(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+time_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_get_installdate(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return -1);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_installdate(pkg);
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_packager(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_packager(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_packager(pkg);
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_md5sum(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_md5sum(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_md5sum(pkg);
 }
 
-const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_arch(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_arch(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_arch(pkg);
 }
 
-off_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_get_size(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+off_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_get_size(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return -1);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_size(pkg);
 }
 
-off_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_get_isize(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+off_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_get_isize(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return -1);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_isize(pkg);
 }
 
-pmpkgreason_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_get_reason(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_pkgreason_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_get_reason(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return -1);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_reason(pkg);
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_licenses(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_licenses(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_licenses(pkg);
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_groups(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_groups(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_groups(pkg);
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_depends(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_depends(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_depends(pkg);
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_optdepends(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_optdepends(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_optdepends(pkg);
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_conflicts(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_conflicts(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_conflicts(pkg);
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_provides(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_provides(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_provides(pkg);
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_replaces(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_replaces(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_replaces(pkg);
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_deltas(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_deltas(pkg);
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_files(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_files(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_files(pkg);
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_backup(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_backup(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->get_backup(pkg);
 }
 
-pmdb_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_db(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_db_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_db(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ pmdb_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_get_db(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 }
 
 /** Open a package changelog for reading. */
-void SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+void SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_changelog_open(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_changelog_open(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 
 /** Read data from an open changelog 'file stream'. */
 size_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_changelog_read(void *ptr, size_t size,
-		const pmpkg_t *pkg, const void *fp)
+		const alpm_pkg_t *pkg, const void *fp)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return 0);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
@@ -351,34 +351,34 @@ size_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_changelog_read(void *ptr, size_t size,
 }
 
 /*
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_changelog_feof(const pmpkg_t *pkg, void *fp)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_changelog_feof(const alpm_pkg_t *pkg, void *fp)
 {
 	return pkg->ops->changelog_feof(pkg, fp);
 }
 */
 
 /** Close a package changelog for reading. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_changelog_close(const pmpkg_t *pkg, void *fp)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_changelog_close(const alpm_pkg_t *pkg, void *fp)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return -1);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->changelog_close(pkg, fp);
 }
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_has_scriptlet(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_has_scriptlet(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return -1);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 	return pkg->ops->has_scriptlet(pkg);
 }
 
-static void find_requiredby(pmpkg_t *pkg, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **reqs)
+static void find_requiredby(alpm_pkg_t *pkg, alpm_db_t *db, alpm_list_t **reqs)
 {
 	const alpm_list_t *i;
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
 
 	for(i = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db); i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *cachepkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *cachepkg = i->data;
 		alpm_list_t *j;
 		for(j = alpm_pkg_get_depends(cachepkg); j; j = j->next) {
 			if(_alpm_depcmp(pkg, j->data)) {
@@ -392,11 +392,11 @@ static void find_requiredby(pmpkg_t *pkg, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **reqs)
 }
 
 /** Compute the packages requiring a given package. */
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_compute_requiredby(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_compute_requiredby(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	const alpm_list_t *i;
 	alpm_list_t *reqs = NULL;
-	pmdb_t *db;
+	alpm_db_t *db;
 
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
@@ -423,21 +423,21 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_pkg_compute_requiredby(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 
 /** @} */
 
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_new(void)
+alpm_pkg_t *_alpm_pkg_new(void)
 {
-	pmpkg_t* pkg;
+	alpm_pkg_t* pkg;
 
-	CALLOC(pkg, 1, sizeof(pmpkg_t), return NULL);
+	CALLOC(pkg, 1, sizeof(alpm_pkg_t), return NULL);
 
 	return pkg;
 }
 
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_dup(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_pkg_t *_alpm_pkg_dup(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
-	pmpkg_t *newpkg;
+	alpm_pkg_t *newpkg;
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 
-	CALLOC(newpkg, 1, sizeof(pmpkg_t), goto cleanup);
+	CALLOC(newpkg, 1, sizeof(alpm_pkg_t), goto cleanup);
 
 	newpkg->name_hash = pkg->name_hash;
 	STRDUP(newpkg->filename, pkg->filename, goto cleanup);
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ cleanup:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void _alpm_pkg_free(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+void _alpm_pkg_free(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	if(pkg == NULL) {
 		return;
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ void _alpm_pkg_free(pmpkg_t *pkg)
  * Case 2: If pkg is a pkgcache entry (PKG_FROM_CACHE), it won't be freed,
  *         only the transaction specific fields of pkg will be freed.
  */
-void _alpm_pkg_free_trans(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+void _alpm_pkg_free_trans(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	if(pkg == NULL) {
 		return;
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ void _alpm_pkg_free_trans(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 }
 
 /* Is spkg an upgrade for localpkg? */
-int _alpm_pkg_compare_versions(pmpkg_t *spkg, pmpkg_t *localpkg)
+int _alpm_pkg_compare_versions(alpm_pkg_t *spkg, alpm_pkg_t *localpkg)
 {
 	return alpm_pkg_vercmp(alpm_pkg_get_version(spkg),
 			alpm_pkg_get_version(localpkg));
@@ -558,15 +558,15 @@ int _alpm_pkg_compare_versions(pmpkg_t *spkg, pmpkg_t *localpkg)
  */
 int _alpm_pkg_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
 {
-	pmpkg_t *pkg1 = (pmpkg_t *)p1;
-	pmpkg_t *pkg2 = (pmpkg_t *)p2;
+	alpm_pkg_t *pkg1 = (alpm_pkg_t *)p1;
+	alpm_pkg_t *pkg2 = (alpm_pkg_t *)p2;
 	return strcoll(pkg1->name, pkg2->name);
 }
 
 /* Test for existence of a package in a alpm_list_t*
- * of pmpkg_t*
+ * of alpm_pkg_t*
  */
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_find(alpm_list_t *haystack, const char *needle)
+alpm_pkg_t *_alpm_pkg_find(alpm_list_t *haystack, const char *needle)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *lp;
 	unsigned long needle_hash;
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_find(alpm_list_t *haystack, const char *needle)
 	needle_hash = _alpm_hash_sdbm(needle);
 
 	for(lp = haystack; lp; lp = lp->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *info = lp->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *info = lp->data;
 
 		if(info) {
 			/* a zero hash will cause a fall-through just in case */
@@ -598,14 +598,14 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_find(alpm_list_t *haystack, const char *needle)
 /** Test if a package should be ignored.
  *
  * Checks if the package is ignored via IgnorePkg, or if the package is
- * in a group ignored via IgnoreGrp.
+ * in a group ignored via IgnoreGroup.
  *
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @param pkg the package to test
  *
  * @return 1 if the package should be ignored, 0 otherwise
  */
-int _alpm_pkg_should_ignore(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *pkg)
+int _alpm_pkg_should_ignore(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *groups = NULL;
 
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ int _alpm_pkg_should_ignore(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	}
 
 	/* next see if the package is in a group that is ignored */
-	for(groups = handle->ignoregrp; groups; groups = alpm_list_next(groups)) {
+	for(groups = handle->ignoregroup; groups; groups = alpm_list_next(groups)) {
 		char *grp = (char *)alpm_list_getdata(groups);
 		if(alpm_list_find_str(alpm_pkg_get_groups(pkg), grp)) {
 			return 1;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.h b/lib/libalpm/package.h
index d18020d4..388a53c8 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.h
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@
 #include "db.h"
 #include "signing.h"
 
-typedef enum _pmpkgfrom_t {
+typedef enum _alpm_pkgfrom_t {
 	PKG_FROM_FILE = 1,
 	PKG_FROM_LOCALDB,
 	PKG_FROM_SYNCDB
-} pmpkgfrom_t;
+} alpm_pkgfrom_t;
 
 /** Package operations struct. This struct contains function pointers to
  * all methods used to access data in a package to allow for things such
@@ -48,33 +48,33 @@ typedef enum _pmpkgfrom_t {
  * defined default_pkg_ops struct to work just fine for their needs.
  */
 struct pkg_operations {
-	const char *(*get_filename) (pmpkg_t *);
-	const char *(*get_desc) (pmpkg_t *);
-	const char *(*get_url) (pmpkg_t *);
-	time_t (*get_builddate) (pmpkg_t *);
-	time_t (*get_installdate) (pmpkg_t *);
-	const char *(*get_packager) (pmpkg_t *);
-	const char *(*get_md5sum) (pmpkg_t *);
-	const char *(*get_arch) (pmpkg_t *);
-	off_t (*get_size) (pmpkg_t *);
-	off_t (*get_isize) (pmpkg_t *);
-	pmpkgreason_t (*get_reason) (pmpkg_t *);
-	int (*has_scriptlet) (pmpkg_t *);
-
-	alpm_list_t *(*get_licenses) (pmpkg_t *);
-	alpm_list_t *(*get_groups) (pmpkg_t *);
-	alpm_list_t *(*get_depends) (pmpkg_t *);
-	alpm_list_t *(*get_optdepends) (pmpkg_t *);
-	alpm_list_t *(*get_conflicts) (pmpkg_t *);
-	alpm_list_t *(*get_provides) (pmpkg_t *);
-	alpm_list_t *(*get_replaces) (pmpkg_t *);
-	alpm_list_t *(*get_deltas) (pmpkg_t *);
-	alpm_list_t *(*get_files) (pmpkg_t *);
-	alpm_list_t *(*get_backup) (pmpkg_t *);
-
-	void *(*changelog_open) (pmpkg_t *);
-	size_t (*changelog_read) (void *, size_t, const pmpkg_t *, const void *);
-	int (*changelog_close) (const pmpkg_t *, void *);
+	const char *(*get_filename) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	const char *(*get_desc) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	const char *(*get_url) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	time_t (*get_builddate) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	time_t (*get_installdate) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	const char *(*get_packager) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	const char *(*get_md5sum) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	const char *(*get_arch) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	off_t (*get_size) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	off_t (*get_isize) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	alpm_pkgreason_t (*get_reason) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	int (*has_scriptlet) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+
+	alpm_list_t *(*get_licenses) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	alpm_list_t *(*get_groups) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	alpm_list_t *(*get_depends) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	alpm_list_t *(*get_optdepends) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	alpm_list_t *(*get_conflicts) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	alpm_list_t *(*get_provides) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	alpm_list_t *(*get_replaces) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	alpm_list_t *(*get_deltas) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	alpm_list_t *(*get_files) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	alpm_list_t *(*get_backup) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+
+	void *(*changelog_open) (alpm_pkg_t *);
+	size_t (*changelog_read) (void *, size_t, const alpm_pkg_t *, const void *);
+	int (*changelog_close) (const alpm_pkg_t *, void *);
 
 	/* still to add:
 	 * checkmd5sum() ?
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct pkg_operations {
  */
 extern struct pkg_operations default_pkg_ops;
 
-struct __pmpkg_t {
+struct __alpm_pkg_t {
 	unsigned long name_hash;
 	char *filename;
 	char *name;
@@ -110,16 +110,16 @@ struct __pmpkg_t {
 
 	int scriptlet;
 
-	pmpkgreason_t reason;
-	pmdbinfrq_t infolevel;
-	pmpkgfrom_t origin;
+	alpm_pkgreason_t reason;
+	alpm_dbinfrq_t infolevel;
+	alpm_pkgfrom_t origin;
 	/* origin == PKG_FROM_FILE, use pkg->origin_data.file
 	 * origin == PKG_FROM_*DB, use pkg->origin_data.db */
 	union {
-		pmdb_t *db;
+		alpm_db_t *db;
 		char *file;
 	} origin_data;
-	pmhandle_t *handle;
+	alpm_handle_t *handle;
 
 	alpm_list_t *licenses;
 	alpm_list_t *replaces;
@@ -137,20 +137,20 @@ struct __pmpkg_t {
 	struct pkg_operations *ops;
 };
 
-pmpkg_t* _alpm_pkg_new(void);
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_dup(pmpkg_t *pkg);
-void _alpm_pkg_free(pmpkg_t *pkg);
-void _alpm_pkg_free_trans(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_pkg_t* _alpm_pkg_new(void);
+alpm_pkg_t *_alpm_pkg_dup(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
+void _alpm_pkg_free(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
+void _alpm_pkg_free_trans(alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_load_internal(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *pkgfile,
+alpm_pkg_t *_alpm_pkg_load_internal(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkgfile,
 		int full, const char *md5sum, const char *base64_sig,
 		pgp_verify_t check_sig);
 
 int _alpm_pkg_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2);
-int _alpm_pkg_compare_versions(pmpkg_t *local_pkg, pmpkg_t *pkg);
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_find(alpm_list_t *haystack, const char *needle);
-int _alpm_pkg_should_ignore(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *pkg);
+int _alpm_pkg_compare_versions(alpm_pkg_t *local_pkg, alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_pkg_t *_alpm_pkg_find(alpm_list_t *haystack, const char *needle);
+int _alpm_pkg_should_ignore(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_PACKAGE_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/pkghash.c b/lib/libalpm/pkghash.c
index 9e98fcd8..f6207ada 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/pkghash.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/pkghash.c
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ static const size_t prime_list[] =
 };
 
 /* Allocate a hash table with at least "size" buckets */
-pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_create(size_t size)
+alpm_pkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_create(size_t size)
 {
-	pmpkghash_t *hash = NULL;
+	alpm_pkghash_t *hash = NULL;
 	size_t i, loopsize;
 
-	CALLOC(hash, 1, sizeof(pmpkghash_t), return NULL);
+	CALLOC(hash, 1, sizeof(alpm_pkghash_t), return NULL);
 
 	loopsize = sizeof(prime_list) / sizeof(*prime_list);
 	for(i = 0; i < loopsize; i++) {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_create(size_t size)
 	return hash;
 }
 
-static size_t get_hash_position(unsigned long name_hash, pmpkghash_t *hash)
+static size_t get_hash_position(unsigned long name_hash, alpm_pkghash_t *hash)
 {
 	size_t position;
 
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ static size_t get_hash_position(unsigned long name_hash, pmpkghash_t *hash)
 }
 
 /* Expand the hash table size to the next increment and rebin the entries */
-static pmpkghash_t *rehash(pmpkghash_t *oldhash)
+static alpm_pkghash_t *rehash(alpm_pkghash_t *oldhash)
 {
-	pmpkghash_t *newhash;
+	alpm_pkghash_t *newhash;
 	size_t newsize, position, i;
 
 	/* Hash tables will need resized in two cases:
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static pmpkghash_t *rehash(pmpkghash_t *oldhash)
 
 	for(i = 0; i < oldhash->buckets; i++) {
 		if(oldhash->hash_table[i] != NULL) {
-			pmpkg_t *package = oldhash->hash_table[i]->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *package = oldhash->hash_table[i]->data;
 
 			position = get_hash_position(package->name_hash, newhash);
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static pmpkghash_t *rehash(pmpkghash_t *oldhash)
 	return newhash;
 }
 
-static pmpkghash_t *pkghash_add_pkg(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg, int sorted)
+static alpm_pkghash_t *pkghash_add_pkg(alpm_pkghash_t *hash, alpm_pkg_t *pkg, int sorted)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *ptr;
 	size_t position;
@@ -179,17 +179,17 @@ static pmpkghash_t *pkghash_add_pkg(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg, int sorted)
 	return hash;
 }
 
-pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_add(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_pkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_add(alpm_pkghash_t *hash, alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	return pkghash_add_pkg(hash, pkg, 0);
 }
 
-pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_add_sorted(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg)
+alpm_pkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_add_sorted(alpm_pkghash_t *hash, alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	return pkghash_add_pkg(hash, pkg, 1);
 }
 
-static size_t move_one_entry(pmpkghash_t *hash, size_t start, size_t end)
+static size_t move_one_entry(alpm_pkghash_t *hash, size_t start, size_t end)
 {
 	/* Iterate backwards from 'end' to 'start', seeing if any of the items
 	 * would hash to 'start'. If we find one, we move it there and break.  If
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static size_t move_one_entry(pmpkghash_t *hash, size_t start, size_t end)
 	 * 'start' we can stop this madness. */
 	while(end != start) {
 		alpm_list_t *i = hash->hash_table[end];
-		pmpkg_t *info = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *info = i->data;
 		size_t new_position = get_hash_position(info->name_hash, hash);
 
 		if(new_position == start) {
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ static size_t move_one_entry(pmpkghash_t *hash, size_t start, size_t end)
  *
  * @return the resultant hash
  */
-pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_remove(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg,
-		pmpkg_t **data)
+alpm_pkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_remove(alpm_pkghash_t *hash, alpm_pkg_t *pkg,
+		alpm_pkg_t **data)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 	size_t position;
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_remove(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg,
 
 	position = pkg->name_hash % hash->buckets;
 	while((i = hash->hash_table[position]) != NULL) {
-		pmpkg_t *info = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *info = i->data;
 
 		if(info->name_hash == pkg->name_hash &&
 					strcmp(info->name, pkg->name) == 0) {
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_remove(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg,
 	return hash;
 }
 
-void _alpm_pkghash_free(pmpkghash_t *hash)
+void _alpm_pkghash_free(alpm_pkghash_t *hash)
 {
 	size_t i;
 	if(hash != NULL) {
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ void _alpm_pkghash_free(pmpkghash_t *hash)
 	free(hash);
 }
 
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkghash_find(pmpkghash_t *hash, const char *name)
+alpm_pkg_t *_alpm_pkghash_find(alpm_pkghash_t *hash, const char *name)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *lp;
 	unsigned long name_hash;
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkghash_find(pmpkghash_t *hash, const char *name)
 	position = name_hash % hash->buckets;
 
 	while((lp = hash->hash_table[position]) != NULL) {
-		pmpkg_t *info = lp->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *info = lp->data;
 
 		if(info->name_hash == name_hash && strcmp(info->name, name) == 0) {
 			return info;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/pkghash.h b/lib/libalpm/pkghash.h
index 617e60bd..edd500e9 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/pkghash.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/pkghash.h
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 
 
 /**
- * @brief A hash table for holding pmpkg_t objects.
+ * @brief A hash table for holding alpm_pkg_t objects.
  *
  * A combination of a hash table and a list, allowing for fast look-up
  * by package name but also iteration over the packages.
  */
-struct __pmpkghash_t {
+struct __alpm_pkghash_t {
 	/** data held by the hash table */
 	alpm_list_t **hash_table;
 	/** number of buckets in hash table */
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ struct __pmpkghash_t {
 	alpm_list_t *list;
 };
 
-typedef struct __pmpkghash_t pmpkghash_t;
+typedef struct __alpm_pkghash_t alpm_pkghash_t;
 
-pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_create(size_t size);
+alpm_pkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_create(size_t size);
 
-pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_add(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg);
-pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_add_sorted(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg);
-pmpkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_remove(pmpkghash_t *hash, pmpkg_t *pkg, pmpkg_t **data);
+alpm_pkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_add(alpm_pkghash_t *hash, alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_pkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_add_sorted(alpm_pkghash_t *hash, alpm_pkg_t *pkg);
+alpm_pkghash_t *_alpm_pkghash_remove(alpm_pkghash_t *hash, alpm_pkg_t *pkg, alpm_pkg_t **data);
 
-void _alpm_pkghash_free(pmpkghash_t *hash);
+void _alpm_pkghash_free(alpm_pkghash_t *hash);
 
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkghash_find(pmpkghash_t *hash, const char *name);
+alpm_pkg_t *_alpm_pkghash_find(alpm_pkghash_t *hash, const char *name);
 
 #define MAX_HASH_LOAD 0.7
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index 134c6662..86571a4f 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
 #include "deps.h"
 #include "handle.h"
 
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_remove_pkg(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_remove_pkg(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	const char *pkgname;
-	pmtrans_t *trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -70,15 +70,15 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_remove_pkg(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void remove_prepare_cascade(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *lp)
+static void remove_prepare_cascade(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *lp)
 {
-	pmtrans_t *trans = handle->trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
 
 	while(lp) {
 		alpm_list_t *i;
 		for(i = lp; i; i = i->next) {
-			pmdepmissing_t *miss = (pmdepmissing_t *)i->data;
-			pmpkg_t *info = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(handle->db_local, miss->target);
+			alpm_depmissing_t *miss = (alpm_depmissing_t *)i->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *info = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(handle->db_local, miss->target);
 			if(info) {
 				if(!_alpm_pkg_find(trans->remove, alpm_pkg_get_name(info))) {
 					_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "pulling %s in target list\n",
@@ -97,17 +97,17 @@ static void remove_prepare_cascade(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *lp)
 	}
 }
 
-static void remove_prepare_keep_needed(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *lp)
+static void remove_prepare_keep_needed(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *lp)
 {
-	pmtrans_t *trans = handle->trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
 
 	/* Remove needed packages (which break dependencies) from target list */
 	while(lp != NULL) {
 		alpm_list_t *i;
 		for(i = lp; i; i = i->next) {
-			pmdepmissing_t *miss = (pmdepmissing_t *)i->data;
+			alpm_depmissing_t *miss = (alpm_depmissing_t *)i->data;
 			void *vpkg;
-			pmpkg_t *pkg = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->remove, miss->causingpkg);
+			alpm_pkg_t *pkg = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->remove, miss->causingpkg);
 			if(pkg == NULL) {
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -129,16 +129,16 @@ static void remove_prepare_keep_needed(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *lp)
 
 /** Transaction preparation for remove actions.
  * This functions takes a pointer to a alpm_list_t which will be
- * filled with a list of pmdepmissing_t* objects representing
+ * filled with a list of alpm_depmissing_t* objects representing
  * the packages blocking the transaction.
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @param data a pointer to an alpm_list_t* to fill
  */
-int _alpm_remove_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
+int _alpm_remove_prepare(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *lp;
-	pmtrans_t *trans = handle->trans;
-	pmdb_t *db = handle->db_local;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
+	alpm_db_t *db = handle->db_local;
 
 	if((trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSE) && !(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_CASCADE)) {
 		_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "finding removable dependencies\n");
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int can_remove_file(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *path,
+static int can_remove_file(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *path,
 		alpm_list_t *skip_remove)
 {
 	char file[PATH_MAX];
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static int can_remove_file(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *path,
 
 /* Helper function for iterating through a package's file and deleting them
  * Used by _alpm_remove_commit. */
-static void unlink_file(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *info, const char *filename,
+static void unlink_file(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_pkg_t *info, const char *filename,
 		alpm_list_t *skip_remove, int nosave)
 {
 	struct stat buf;
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static void unlink_file(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *info, const char *filename,
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* if the file needs backup and has been modified, back it up to .pacsave */
-		pmbackup_t *backup = _alpm_needbackup(filename, alpm_pkg_get_backup(info));
+		alpm_backup_t *backup = _alpm_needbackup(filename, alpm_pkg_get_backup(info));
 		if(backup) {
 			if(nosave) {
 				_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "transaction is set to NOSAVE, not backing up '%s'\n", file);
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ static void unlink_file(pmhandle_t *handle, pmpkg_t *info, const char *filename,
 	}
 }
 
-int _alpm_upgraderemove_package(pmhandle_t *handle,
-		pmpkg_t *oldpkg, pmpkg_t *newpkg)
+int _alpm_upgraderemove_package(alpm_handle_t *handle,
+		alpm_pkg_t *oldpkg, alpm_pkg_t *newpkg)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *skip_remove, *b;
 	alpm_list_t *newfiles, *lp;
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ int _alpm_upgraderemove_package(pmhandle_t *handle,
 	/* old package backup list */
 	alpm_list_t *filelist = alpm_pkg_get_files(newpkg);
 	for(b = alpm_pkg_get_backup(newpkg); b; b = b->next) {
-		const pmbackup_t *backup = b->data;
+		const alpm_backup_t *backup = b->data;
 		/* safety check (fix the upgrade026 pactest) */
 		if(!alpm_list_find_str(filelist, backup->name)) {
 			continue;
@@ -353,19 +353,19 @@ db:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int _alpm_remove_packages(pmhandle_t *handle)
+int _alpm_remove_packages(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
-	pmpkg_t *info;
+	alpm_pkg_t *info;
 	alpm_list_t *targ, *lp;
 	size_t pkg_count;
-	pmtrans_t *trans = handle->trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
 
 	pkg_count = alpm_list_count(trans->remove);
 
 	for(targ = trans->remove; targ; targ = targ->next) {
 		int position = 0;
 		char scriptlet[PATH_MAX];
-		info = (pmpkg_t *)targ->data;
+		info = (alpm_pkg_t *)targ->data;
 		const char *pkgname = NULL;
 		size_t targcount = alpm_list_count(targ);
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.h b/lib/libalpm/remove.h
index 5cab526a..48dc2e9c 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.h
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 #include "alpm_list.h"
 #include "trans.h"
 
-int _alpm_remove_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data);
-int _alpm_remove_packages(pmhandle_t *handle);
+int _alpm_remove_prepare(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data);
+int _alpm_remove_packages(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 
-int _alpm_upgraderemove_package(pmhandle_t *handle,
-		pmpkg_t *oldpkg, pmpkg_t *newpkg);
+int _alpm_upgraderemove_package(alpm_handle_t *handle,
+		alpm_pkg_t *oldpkg, alpm_pkg_t *newpkg);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_REMOVE_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/signing.c b/lib/libalpm/signing.c
index 9826e425..35b352be 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/signing.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/signing.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *list_sigsum(gpgme_sigsum_t sigsum)
 	return summary;
 }
 
-static int init_gpgme(pmhandle_t *handle)
+static int init_gpgme(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	static int init = 0;
 	const char *version, *sigdir;
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ error:
  * @param base64_sig optional PGP signature data in base64 encoding
  * @return a int value : 0 (valid), 1 (invalid), -1 (an error occurred)
  */
-int _alpm_gpgme_checksig(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *path,
+int _alpm_gpgme_checksig(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *path,
 		const char *base64_sig)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ error:
 	return ret;
 }
 #else
-int _alpm_gpgme_checksig(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *path,
+int _alpm_gpgme_checksig(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *path,
 		const char *base64_sig)
 {
 	return -1;
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ int _alpm_gpgme_checksig(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *path,
  *
  * @return signature verification level
  */
-pgp_verify_t _alpm_db_get_sigverify_level(pmdb_t *db)
+pgp_verify_t _alpm_db_get_sigverify_level(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	if(db->pgp_verify != PM_PGP_VERIFY_UNKNOWN) {
 		return db->pgp_verify;
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ pgp_verify_t _alpm_db_get_sigverify_level(pmdb_t *db)
  * @param pkg the package to check
  * @return a int value : 0 (valid), 1 (invalid), -1 (an error occurred)
  */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_check_pgp_signature(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_check_pgp_signature(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return -1);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_check_pgp_signature(pmpkg_t *pkg)
  * @param db the database to check
  * @return a int value : 0 (valid), 1 (invalid), -1 (an error occurred)
  */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_check_pgp_signature(pmdb_t *db)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_check_pgp_signature(alpm_db_t *db)
 {
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, return -1);
 	db->handle->pm_errno = 0;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/signing.h b/lib/libalpm/signing.h
index fdf81fcf..eb4cb18a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/signing.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/signing.h
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 
 #include "alpm.h"
 
-int _alpm_gpgme_checksig(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *path,
+int _alpm_gpgme_checksig(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *path,
 		const char *base64_sig);
-pgp_verify_t _alpm_db_get_sigverify_level(pmdb_t *db);
+pgp_verify_t _alpm_db_get_sigverify_level(alpm_db_t *db);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_SIGNING_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index 15f135ba..dcce18d3 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@
 /** Check for new version of pkg in sync repos
  * (only the first occurrence is considered in sync)
  */
-pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_sync_newversion(pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync)
+alpm_pkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_sync_newversion(alpm_pkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
-	pmpkg_t *spkg = NULL;
+	alpm_pkg_t *spkg = NULL;
 
 	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return NULL);
 	pkg->handle->pm_errno = 0;
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ pmpkg_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_sync_newversion(pmpkg_t *pkg, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync)
 }
 
 /** Search for packages to upgrade and add them to the transaction. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, int enable_downgrade)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_sync_sysupgrade(alpm_handle_t *handle, int enable_downgrade)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j, *k;
-	pmtrans_t *trans;
-	pmdb_t *db_local;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans;
+	alpm_db_t *db_local;
 	alpm_list_t *dbs_sync;
 
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, int enable_downgrade)
 
 	_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "checking for package upgrades\n");
 	for(i = _alpm_db_get_pkgcache(db_local); i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *lpkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *lpkg = i->data;
 
 		if(_alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, lpkg->name)) {
 			_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "%s is already in the target list -- skipping\n", lpkg->name);
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, int enable_downgrade)
 		/* Search for literal then replacers in each sync database.
 		 * If found, don't check other databases */
 		for(j = dbs_sync; j; j = j->next) {
-			pmdb_t *sdb = j->data;
+			alpm_db_t *sdb = j->data;
 			/* Check sdb */
-			pmpkg_t *spkg = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(sdb, lpkg->name);
+			alpm_pkg_t *spkg = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(sdb, lpkg->name);
 			if(spkg) {
 				/* 1. literal was found in sdb */
 				int cmp = _alpm_pkg_compare_versions(spkg, lpkg);
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, int enable_downgrade)
 
 						/* If spkg is already in the target list, we append lpkg to spkg's
 						 * removes list */
-						pmpkg_t *tpkg = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, spkg->name);
+						alpm_pkg_t *tpkg = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, spkg->name);
 						if(tpkg) {
 							/* sanity check, multiple repos can contain spkg->name */
 							if(tpkg->origin_data.db != sdb) {
@@ -209,24 +209,24 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmhandle_t *handle, int enable_downgrade)
 /** Find group members across a list of databases.
  * If a member exists in several databases, only the first database is used.
  * IgnorePkg is also handled.
- * @param dbs the list of pmdb_t *
+ * @param dbs the list of alpm_db_t *
  * @pram name the name of the group
- * @return the list of pmpkg_t * (caller is responsible for alpm_list_free)
+ * @return the list of alpm_pkg_t * (caller is responsible for alpm_list_free)
  */
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_find_grp_pkgs(alpm_list_t *dbs,
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_find_group_pkgs(alpm_list_t *dbs,
 		const char *name)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j, *pkgs = NULL, *ignorelist = NULL;
 
 	for(i = dbs; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmdb_t *db = i->data;
-		pmgrp_t *grp = alpm_db_readgrp(db, name);
+		alpm_db_t *db = i->data;
+		alpm_group_t *grp = alpm_db_readgroup(db, name);
 
 		if(!grp)
 			continue;
 
 		for(j = grp->packages; j; j = j->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *pkg = j->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *pkg = j->data;
 
 			if(_alpm_pkg_find(ignorelist, alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg))) {
 				continue;
@@ -252,12 +252,12 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_find_grp_pkgs(alpm_list_t *dbs,
  * package.
  * @param newpkg the new package to upgrade to
  */
-static int compute_download_size(pmpkg_t *newpkg)
+static int compute_download_size(alpm_pkg_t *newpkg)
 {
 	const char *fname;
 	char *fpath;
 	off_t size = 0;
-	pmhandle_t *handle = newpkg->handle;
+	alpm_handle_t *handle = newpkg->handle;
 
 	if(newpkg->origin != PKG_FROM_SYNCDB) {
 		newpkg->infolevel |= INFRQ_DSIZE;
@@ -302,14 +302,14 @@ static int compute_download_size(pmpkg_t *newpkg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
+int _alpm_sync_prepare(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j;
 	alpm_list_t *deps = NULL;
 	alpm_list_t *unresolvable = NULL;
 	alpm_list_t *remove = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
-	pmtrans_t *trans = handle->trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
 
 	if(data) {
 		*data = NULL;
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 		/* build remove list for resolvedeps */
 		for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 			for(j = spkg->removes; j; j = j->next) {
 				remove = alpm_list_add(remove, j->data);
 			}
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 		/* Resolve packages in the transaction one at a time, in addition
 		   building up a list of packages which could not be resolved. */
 		for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 			if(_alpm_resolvedeps(handle, localpkgs, pkg, trans->add,
 						&resolved, remove, data) == -1) {
 				unresolvable = alpm_list_add(unresolvable, pkg);
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 		/* Set DEPEND reason for pulled packages */
 		for(i = resolved; i; i = i->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 			if(!_alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, pkg->name)) {
 				pkg->reason = PM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND;
 			}
@@ -405,8 +405,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 		deps = _alpm_innerconflicts(handle, trans->add);
 
 		for(i = deps; i; i = i->next) {
-			pmconflict_t *conflict = i->data;
-			pmpkg_t *rsync, *sync, *sync1, *sync2;
+			alpm_conflict_t *conflict = i->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *rsync, *sync, *sync1, *sync2;
 
 			/* have we already removed one of the conflicting targets? */
 			sync1 = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, conflict->package1);
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 					conflict->package1, conflict->package2);
 
 			/* if sync1 provides sync2, we remove sync2 from the targets, and vice versa */
-			pmdepend_t *dep1 = _alpm_splitdep(conflict->package1);
-			pmdepend_t *dep2 = _alpm_splitdep(conflict->package2);
+			alpm_depend_t *dep1 = _alpm_splitdep(conflict->package1);
+			alpm_depend_t *dep2 = _alpm_splitdep(conflict->package2);
 			if(_alpm_depcmp(sync1, dep2)) {
 				rsync = sync2;
 				sync = sync1;
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 				handle->pm_errno = PM_ERR_CONFLICTING_DEPS;
 				ret = -1;
 				if(data) {
-					pmconflict_t *newconflict = _alpm_conflict_dup(conflict);
+					alpm_conflict_t *newconflict = _alpm_conflict_dup(conflict);
 					if(newconflict) {
 						*data = alpm_list_add(*data, newconflict);
 					}
@@ -464,13 +464,13 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 		deps = _alpm_outerconflicts(handle->db_local, trans->add);
 
 		for(i = deps; i; i = i->next) {
-			pmconflict_t *conflict = i->data;
+			alpm_conflict_t *conflict = i->data;
 
 			/* if conflict->package2 (the local package) is not elected for removal,
 			   we ask the user */
 			int found = 0;
 			for(j = trans->add; j && !found; j = j->next) {
-				pmpkg_t *spkg = j->data;
+				alpm_pkg_t *spkg = j->data;
 				if(_alpm_pkg_find(spkg->removes, conflict->package2)) {
 					found = 1;
 				}
@@ -482,8 +482,8 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 			_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "package '%s' conflicts with '%s'\n",
 					conflict->package1, conflict->package2);
 
-			pmpkg_t *sync = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, conflict->package1);
-			pmpkg_t *local = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(handle->db_local, conflict->package2);
+			alpm_pkg_t *sync = _alpm_pkg_find(trans->add, conflict->package1);
+			alpm_pkg_t *local = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(handle->db_local, conflict->package2);
 			int doremove = 0;
 			QUESTION(trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_CONFLICT_PKG, conflict->package1,
 							conflict->package2, conflict->reason, &doremove);
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 				handle->pm_errno = PM_ERR_CONFLICTING_DEPS;
 				ret = -1;
 				if(data) {
-					pmconflict_t *newconflict = _alpm_conflict_dup(conflict);
+					alpm_conflict_t *newconflict = _alpm_conflict_dup(conflict);
 					if(newconflict) {
 						*data = alpm_list_add(*data, newconflict);
 					}
@@ -513,9 +513,9 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 	/* Build trans->remove list */
 	for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 		for(j = spkg->removes; j; j = j->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *rpkg = j->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *rpkg = j->data;
 			if(!_alpm_pkg_find(trans->remove, rpkg->name)) {
 				_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding '%s' to remove list\n", rpkg->name);
 				trans->remove = alpm_list_add(trans->remove, _alpm_pkg_dup(rpkg));
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 	}
 	for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
 		/* update download size field */
-		pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 		if(compute_download_size(spkg) != 0) {
 			ret = -1;
 			goto cleanup;
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ cleanup:
  * @param newpkg the new package to upgrade to
  * @return the size of the download
  */
-off_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_download_size(pmpkg_t *newpkg)
+off_t SYMEXPORT alpm_pkg_download_size(alpm_pkg_t *newpkg)
 {
 	if(!(newpkg->infolevel & INFRQ_DSIZE)) {
 		compute_download_size(newpkg);
@@ -583,15 +583,15 @@ static int endswith(const char *filename, const char *extension)
  *
  * @return 0 if all delta files were able to be applied, 1 otherwise.
  */
-static int apply_deltas(pmhandle_t *handle)
+static int apply_deltas(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 	int ret = 0;
 	const char *cachedir = _alpm_filecache_setup(handle);
-	pmtrans_t *trans = handle->trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
 
 	for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 		alpm_list_t *delta_path = spkg->delta_path;
 		alpm_list_t *dlts = NULL;
 
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static int apply_deltas(pmhandle_t *handle)
 		}
 
 		for(dlts = delta_path; dlts; dlts = dlts->next) {
-			pmdelta_t *d = dlts->data;
+			alpm_delta_t *d = dlts->data;
 			char *delta, *from, *to;
 			char command[PATH_MAX];
 			size_t len = 0;
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static int apply_deltas(pmhandle_t *handle)
  *
  * @return 0 if the md5sum matched, 1 if not, -1 in case of errors
  */
-static int test_md5sum(pmtrans_t *trans, const char *filepath,
+static int test_md5sum(alpm_trans_t *trans, const char *filepath,
 		const char *md5sum)
 {
 	int ret = _alpm_test_md5sum(filepath, md5sum);
@@ -689,12 +689,12 @@ static int test_md5sum(pmtrans_t *trans, const char *filepath,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int validate_deltas(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *deltas,
+static int validate_deltas(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *deltas,
 		alpm_list_t **data)
 {
 	int errors = 0, ret = 0;
 	alpm_list_t *i;
-	pmtrans_t *trans = handle->trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
 
 	if(!deltas) {
 		return 0;
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ static int validate_deltas(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *deltas,
 	EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_DELTA_INTEGRITY_START, NULL, NULL);
 
 	for(i = deltas; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmdelta_t *d = alpm_list_getdata(i);
+		alpm_delta_t *d = alpm_list_getdata(i);
 		char *filepath = _alpm_filecache_find(handle, d->delta);
 
 		if(test_md5sum(trans, filepath, d->delta_md5) != 0) {
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static int validate_deltas(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *deltas,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int download_files(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **deltas)
+static int download_files(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **deltas)
 {
 	const char *cachedir;
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j;
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static int download_files(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **deltas)
 		off_t total_size = (off_t)0;
 		/* sum up the download size for each package and store total */
 		for(i = handle->trans->add; i; i = i->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 			total_size += spkg->download_size;
 		}
 		handle->totaldlcb(total_size);
@@ -751,10 +751,10 @@ static int download_files(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **deltas)
 
 	/* group sync records by repository and download */
 	for(i = handle->dbs_sync; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmdb_t *current = i->data;
+		alpm_db_t *current = i->data;
 
 		for(j = handle->trans->add; j; j = j->next) {
-			pmpkg_t *spkg = j->data;
+			alpm_pkg_t *spkg = j->data;
 
 			if(spkg->origin != PKG_FROM_FILE && current == spkg->origin_data.db) {
 				const char *fname = NULL;
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static int download_files(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **deltas)
 					/* using deltas */
 					alpm_list_t *dlts;
 					for(dlts = delta_path; dlts; dlts = dlts->next) {
-						pmdelta_t *delta = dlts->data;
+						alpm_delta_t *delta = dlts->data;
 						if(delta->download_size != 0) {
 							files = alpm_list_add(files, strdup(delta->delta));
 						}
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ static int download_files(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **deltas)
 	}
 
 	for(j = handle->trans->add; j; j = j->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *pkg = j->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkg = j->data;
 		pkg->infolevel &= ~INFRQ_DSIZE;
 		pkg->download_size = 0;
 	}
@@ -833,13 +833,13 @@ static int download_files(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **deltas)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int _alpm_sync_commit(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
+int _alpm_sync_commit(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 	alpm_list_t *deltas = NULL;
 	size_t numtargs, current = 0, replaces = 0;
 	int errors;
-	pmtrans_t *trans = handle->trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans = handle->trans;
 
 	if(download_files(handle, &deltas)) {
 		alpm_list_free(deltas);
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 	errors = 0;
 
 	for(i = trans->add; i; i = i->next, current++) {
-		pmpkg_t *spkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *spkg = i->data;
 		int percent = (current * 100) / numtargs;
 		const char *filename;
 		char *filepath;
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 		filename = alpm_pkg_get_filename(spkg);
 		filepath = _alpm_filecache_find(handle, filename);
-		pmdb_t *sdb = alpm_pkg_get_db(spkg);
+		alpm_db_t *sdb = alpm_pkg_get_db(spkg);
 		check_sig = _alpm_db_get_sigverify_level(sdb);
 
 		/* load the package file and replace pkgcache entry with it in the target list */
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_commit(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 		_alpm_log(handle, PM_LOG_DEBUG,
 				"replacing pkgcache entry with package file for target %s\n",
 				spkg->name);
-		pmpkg_t *pkgfile =_alpm_pkg_load_internal(handle, filepath, 1, spkg->md5sum,
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkgfile =_alpm_pkg_load_internal(handle, filepath, 1, spkg->md5sum,
 				spkg->base64_sig, check_sig);
 		if(!pkgfile) {
 			errors++;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.h b/lib/libalpm/sync.h
index 3049dd21..472d1dfc 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.h
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 #include "alpm.h"
 
-int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data);
-int _alpm_sync_commit(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data);
+int _alpm_sync_prepare(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data);
+int _alpm_sync_commit(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_SYNC_H */
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/trans.c b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
index 507ea027..29a74bf9 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/trans.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
  */
 
 /** Initialize the transaction. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_init(pmhandle_t *handle, pmtransflag_t flags,
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_init(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_transflag_t flags,
 		alpm_trans_cb_event event, alpm_trans_cb_conv conv,
 		alpm_trans_cb_progress progress)
 {
-	pmtrans_t *trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans;
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_init(pmhandle_t *handle, pmtransflag_t flags,
 	ASSERT(handle->trans == NULL, RET_ERR(handle, PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_NULL, -1));
 
 	for(i = handle->dbs_sync; i; i = i->next) {
-		const pmdb_t *db = i->data;
+		const alpm_db_t *db = i->data;
 		if(!(db->status & DB_STATUS_VALID)) {
 			RET_ERR(handle, PM_ERR_DB_INVALID, -1);
 		}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_init(pmhandle_t *handle, pmtransflag_t flags,
 		}
 	}
 
-	CALLOC(trans, 1, sizeof(pmtrans_t), RET_ERR(handle, PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
+	CALLOC(trans, 1, sizeof(alpm_trans_t), RET_ERR(handle, PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1));
 	trans->flags = flags;
 	trans->cb_event = event;
 	trans->cb_conv = conv;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_init(pmhandle_t *handle, pmtransflag_t flags,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static alpm_list_t *check_arch(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkgs)
+static alpm_list_t *check_arch(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkgs)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 	alpm_list_t *invalid = NULL;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *check_arch(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkgs)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	for(i = pkgs; i; i = i->next) {
-		pmpkg_t *pkg = i->data;
+		alpm_pkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 		const char *pkgarch = alpm_pkg_get_arch(pkg);
 		if(pkgarch && strcmp(pkgarch, arch) && strcmp(pkgarch, "any")) {
 			char *string;
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ static alpm_list_t *check_arch(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *pkgs)
 }
 
 /** Prepare a transaction. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_prepare(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 {
-	pmtrans_t *trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_prepare(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 }
 
 /** Commit a transaction. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_commit(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_commit(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 {
-	pmtrans_t *trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_commit(pmhandle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 }
 
 /** Interrupt a transaction. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_interrupt(pmhandle_t *handle)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_interrupt(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
-	pmtrans_t *trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_interrupt(pmhandle_t *handle)
 }
 
 /** Release a transaction. */
-int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_release(pmhandle_t *handle)
+int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_release(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
-	pmtrans_t *trans;
+	alpm_trans_t *trans;
 
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_release(pmhandle_t *handle)
 
 /** @} */
 
-void _alpm_trans_free(pmtrans_t *trans)
+void _alpm_trans_free(alpm_trans_t *trans)
 {
 	if(trans == NULL) {
 		return;
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int grep(const char *fn, const char *needle)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int _alpm_runscriptlet(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *installfn,
+int _alpm_runscriptlet(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *installfn,
 		const char *script, const char *ver, const char *oldver)
 {
 	char scriptfn[PATH_MAX];
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ cleanup:
 	return retval;
 }
 
-pmtransflag_t SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_get_flags(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_transflag_t SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_get_flags(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return -1);
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ pmtransflag_t SYMEXPORT alpm_trans_get_flags(pmhandle_t *handle)
 	return handle->trans->flags;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_trans_get_add(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_trans_get_add(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_trans_get_add(pmhandle_t *handle)
 	return handle->trans->add;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_trans_get_remove(pmhandle_t *handle)
+alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_trans_get_remove(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	CHECK_HANDLE(handle, return NULL);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/trans.h b/lib/libalpm/trans.h
index e8587156..9a60e71b 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/trans.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/trans.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "alpm.h"
 
-typedef enum _pmtransstate_t {
+typedef enum _alpm_transstate_t {
 	STATE_IDLE = 0,
 	STATE_INITIALIZED,
 	STATE_PREPARED,
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ typedef enum _pmtransstate_t {
 	STATE_COMMITING,
 	STATE_COMMITED,
 	STATE_INTERRUPTED
-} pmtransstate_t;
+} alpm_transstate_t;
 
 /* Transaction */
-struct __pmtrans_t {
-	pmtransflag_t flags;
-	pmtransstate_t state;
-	alpm_list_t *add;      /* list of (pmpkg_t *) */
-	alpm_list_t *remove;      /* list of (pmpkg_t *) */
+struct __alpm_trans_t {
+	alpm_transflag_t flags;
+	alpm_transstate_t state;
+	alpm_list_t *add;      /* list of (alpm_pkg_t *) */
+	alpm_list_t *remove;      /* list of (alpm_pkg_t *) */
 	alpm_list_t *skip_remove;   /* list of (char *) */
 	alpm_trans_cb_event cb_event;
 	alpm_trans_cb_conv cb_conv;
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ do { \
 	} \
 } while(0)
 
-void _alpm_trans_free(pmtrans_t *trans);
-int _alpm_trans_init(pmtrans_t *trans, pmtransflag_t flags,
+void _alpm_trans_free(alpm_trans_t *trans);
+int _alpm_trans_init(alpm_trans_t *trans, alpm_transflag_t flags,
                      alpm_trans_cb_event event, alpm_trans_cb_conv conv,
                      alpm_trans_cb_progress progress);
-int _alpm_runscriptlet(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *installfn,
+int _alpm_runscriptlet(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *installfn,
 		const char *script, const char *ver, const char *oldver);
 
 #endif /* _ALPM_TRANS_H */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 6fbe08ae..8bcb5463 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ char *_alpm_strtrim(char *str)
  * @param filename a file within the archive to unpack
  * @return 0 on success, 1 on failure
  */
-int _alpm_unpack_single(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *archive,
+int _alpm_unpack_single(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *archive,
 		const char *prefix, const char *filename)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *list = NULL;
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int _alpm_unpack_single(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *archive,
  *
  * @return 0 on success, 1 on failure
  */
-int _alpm_unpack(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *archive, const char *prefix,
+int _alpm_unpack(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *archive, const char *prefix,
 		alpm_list_t *list, int breakfirst)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ int _alpm_unpack(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *archive, const char *prefix,
 		/* If specific files were requested, skip entries that don't match. */
 		if(list) {
 			char *entry_prefix = strdup(entryname);
-			char *p = strstr(prefix,"/");
+			char *p = strstr(entry_prefix,"/");
 			if(p) {
 				*(p+1) = '\0';
 			}
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ int _alpm_rmrf(const char *path)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int _alpm_logaction(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+int _alpm_logaction(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ int _alpm_logaction(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int _alpm_run_chroot(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *path, char *const argv[])
+int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *path, char *const argv[])
 {
 	char cwd[PATH_MAX];
 	pid_t pid;
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ cleanup:
 	return retval;
 }
 
-int _alpm_ldconfig(pmhandle_t *handle)
+int _alpm_ldconfig(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	char line[PATH_MAX];
 
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ int _alpm_str_cmp(const void *s1, const void *s2)
  * @param filename name of file to find
  * @return malloced path of file, NULL if not found
  */
-char *_alpm_filecache_find(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *filename)
+char *_alpm_filecache_find(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *filename)
 {
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
 	char *retpath;
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ char *_alpm_filecache_find(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *filename)
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @return pointer to a writable cache directory.
  */
-const char *_alpm_filecache_setup(pmhandle_t *handle)
+const char *_alpm_filecache_setup(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 {
 	struct stat buf;
 	alpm_list_t *i, *tmp;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.h b/lib/libalpm/util.h
index c68b07ba..614c2fbb 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.h
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 
 #include "alpm_list.h"
 #include "alpm.h"
-#include "package.h" /* pmpkg_t */
-#include "handle.h" /* pmhandle_t */
+#include "package.h" /* alpm_pkg_t */
+#include "handle.h" /* alpm_handle_t */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -95,17 +95,17 @@ int _alpm_makepath(const char *path);
 int _alpm_makepath_mode(const char *path, mode_t mode);
 int _alpm_copyfile(const char *src, const char *dest);
 char *_alpm_strtrim(char *str);
-int _alpm_unpack_single(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *archive,
+int _alpm_unpack_single(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *archive,
 		const char *prefix, const char *filename);
-int _alpm_unpack(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *archive, const char *prefix,
+int _alpm_unpack(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *archive, const char *prefix,
 		alpm_list_t *list, int breakfirst);
 int _alpm_rmrf(const char *path);
-int _alpm_logaction(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *fmt, va_list args);
-int _alpm_run_chroot(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *path, char *const argv[]);
-int _alpm_ldconfig(pmhandle_t *handle);
+int _alpm_logaction(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+int _alpm_run_chroot(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *path, char *const argv[]);
+int _alpm_ldconfig(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 int _alpm_str_cmp(const void *s1, const void *s2);
-char *_alpm_filecache_find(pmhandle_t *handle, const char *filename);
-const char *_alpm_filecache_setup(pmhandle_t *handle);
+char *_alpm_filecache_find(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *filename);
+const char *_alpm_filecache_setup(alpm_handle_t *handle);
 int _alpm_lstat(const char *path, struct stat *buf);
 int _alpm_test_md5sum(const char *filepath, const char *md5sum);
 int _alpm_archive_fgets(struct archive *a, struct archive_read_buffer *b);