def initDatabase(forcerebuild=False):
    if not shouldRebuildDB(packagedb) and not forcerebuild:
        return True

    munkicommon.display_status_minor(
        'Gathering information on installed packages')

    if os.path.exists(packagedb):
        try:
            os.remove(packagedb)
        except (OSError, IOError):
            munkicommon.display_error(
                "Could not remove out-of-date receipt database.")
            return False

    os_version = munkicommon.getOsVersion(as_tuple=True)
    pkgcount = 0
    receiptsdir = "/Library/Receipts"
    bomsdir = "/Library/Receipts/boms"
    if os.path.exists(receiptsdir):
        receiptlist = munkicommon.listdir(receiptsdir)
        for item in receiptlist:
            if item.endswith(".pkg"):
                pkgcount += 1
    if os.path.exists(bomsdir):
        bomslist = munkicommon.listdir(bomsdir)
        for item in bomslist:
            if item.endswith(".bom"):
                pkgcount += 1

    if os_version >= (10, 6): # Snow Leopard or later
        pkglist = []
        cmd = ['/usr/sbin/pkgutil', '--pkgs']
        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=False, bufsize=1,
                                stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
        while True:
            line = proc.stdout.readline()
            if not line and (proc.poll() != None):
                break

            pkglist.append(line.rstrip('\n'))
            pkgcount += 1

    conn = sqlite3.connect(packagedb)
    conn.text_factory = str
    curs = conn.cursor()
    CreateTables(curs)

    currentpkgindex = 0
    munkicommon.display_percent_done(0, pkgcount)

    if os.path.exists(receiptsdir):
        receiptlist = munkicommon.listdir(receiptsdir)
        for item in receiptlist:
            if munkicommon.stopRequested():
                curs.close()
                conn.close()
                #our package db isn't valid, so we should delete it
                os.remove(packagedb)
                return False

            if item.endswith(".pkg"):
                receiptpath = os.path.join(receiptsdir, item)
                munkicommon.display_detail("Importing %s...", receiptpath)
                ImportPackage(receiptpath, curs)
                currentpkgindex += 1
                munkicommon.display_percent_done(currentpkgindex, pkgcount)

    if os.path.exists(bomsdir):
        bomslist = munkicommon.listdir(bomsdir)
        for item in bomslist:
            if munkicommon.stopRequested():
                curs.close()
                conn.close()
                #our package db isn't valid, so we should delete it
                os.remove(packagedb)
                return False

            if item.endswith(".bom"):
                bompath = os.path.join(bomsdir, item)
                munkicommon.display_detail("Importing %s...", bompath)
                ImportBom(bompath, curs)
                currentpkgindex += 1
                munkicommon.display_percent_done(currentpkgindex, pkgcount)
    if os_version >= (10, 6):  # Snow Leopard or later
        for pkg in pkglist:
            if munkicommon.stopRequested():
                curs.close()
                conn.close()
                #our package db isn't valid, so we should delete it
                os.remove(packagedb)
                return False

            munkicommon.display_detail("Importing %s...", pkg)
            ImportFromPkgutil(pkg, curs)
            currentpkgindex += 1
            munkicommon.display_percent_done(currentpkgindex, pkgcount)

    # in case we didn't quite get to 100% for some reason
    if currentpkgindex < pkgcount:
        munkicommon.display_percent_done(pkgcount, pkgcount)

    # commit and close the db when we're done.
    conn.commit()
    curs.close()
    conn.close()
    return True
Builds or rebuilds our internal package database.
dataset/ETHPy150Open munki/munki/code/client/munkilib/removepackages.py/initDatabase