diff --git a/libpkg/pkg_util.c b/libpkg/pkg_util.c
index ac5056f518..ab423a4362 100644
--- a/libpkg/pkg_util.c
+++ b/libpkg/pkg_util.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ file_fetch(const char *url, const char *dest)
 	off_t tfetched, rfetched, wfetched;
 	int retry = 3;
 	time_t begin_dl, now;
-	char buf[BUFSIZ], sz[8];
+	char buf[BUFSIZ];
 
 	if ((fetchStatURL(url, &st, "") < 0) || st.size == -1) {
 		/* TODO error handling */
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ file_fetch(const char *url, const char *dest)
 
 		tfetched +=  rfetched;
 		now = time(NULL);
-
+/* TODO: callback, this is the job of the UI */
+#if 0
 		if ((now - begin_dl) > 0)
 			humanize_number(sz, 8, (int64_t)(tfetched / (now - begin_dl)),
 					"Bps", HN_AUTOSCALE, HN_DECIMAL);
@@ -280,6 +281,7 @@ file_fetch(const char *url, const char *dest)
 			humanize_number(sz, 8, 0,
 					"Bps", HN_AUTOSCALE, HN_DECIMAL);
 		printf("\r%s\t%s %d%%", url, sz, (int)(((float)tfetched / (float)st.size) * 100));
+#endif
 	}
 	printf("\n");
 
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b7d9e1f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+PROG=	test
+SRCS=	test.c		\
+	manifest.c	\
+
+CFLAGS+=-I.			\
+	-I/usr/local/include	\
+	-I../libpkg
+LDADD+=	-L/usr/local/lib	\
+	-lcheck			\
+	-L../libpkg		\
+	-lpkg
+NO_MAN=	true
+
+run: ${PROG}
+	@env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../libpkg ./${PROG}
+
+.include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/tests/manifest.c b/tests/manifest.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdd0814cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manifest.c
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#include <check.h>
+#include <pkg.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "manifest.h"
+
+char manifest[] = ""
+	"@pkg_format_version 0.9\n"
+	"@name foobar\n"
+	"@version 0.3\n"
+	"@origin foo/bar\n"
+	"@comment A dummy manifest\n"
+	"@arch amd64\n"
+	"@osversion 800500\n"
+	"@www http://www.foobar.com\n"
+	"@maintainer test@pkgng.lan\n"
+	"@dep depfoo dep/foo 1.2\n"
+	"@dep depbar dep/bar 3.4\n"
+	"@conflict foo-*\n"
+	"@conflict bar-*\n"
+	"@exec true && echo hello\n"
+	"@exec false || echo world\n"
+	"@option foo true\n"
+	"@option bar false\n";
+
+START_TEST(parse_manifest)
+{
+	struct pkg *p;
+	struct pkg **deps;
+	struct pkg_conflict **conflicts;
+	struct pkg_exec **execs;
+	struct pkg_options **options;
+	int i;
+
+	fail_unless(pkg_new(&p) == 0);
+	fail_unless(pkg_parse_manifest(p, manifest) == 0);
+
+	fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(p, PKG_NAME), "foobar") == 0);
+	fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(p, PKG_VERSION), "0.3") == 0);
+	fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(p, PKG_ORIGIN), "foo/bar") == 0);
+	fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(p, PKG_COMMENT), "A dummy manifest") == 0);
+	fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(p, PKG_ARCH), "amd64") == 0);
+	fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(p, PKG_OSVERSION), "800500") == 0);
+	fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(p, PKG_WWW), "http://www.foobar.com") == 0);
+	fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(p, PKG_MAINTAINER), "test@pkgng.lan") == 0);
+
+	deps = pkg_deps(p);
+	fail_if(deps == NULL);
+	for (i = 0; deps[i] != NULL; i++) {
+		if (i == 0) {
+			fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(deps[i], PKG_NAME), "depfoo") == 0);
+			fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(deps[i], PKG_ORIGIN), "dep/foo") == 0);
+			fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(deps[i], PKG_VERSION), "1.2") == 0);
+		} else if (i == 1) {
+			fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(deps[i], PKG_NAME), "depbar") == 0);
+			fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(deps[i], PKG_ORIGIN), "dep/bar") == 0);
+			fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_get(deps[i], PKG_VERSION), "3.4") == 0);
+		}
+	}
+	fail_unless(i == 2);
+
+	conflicts = pkg_conflicts(p);
+	fail_if(conflicts == NULL);
+	for (i = 0; conflicts[i] != NULL; i++) {
+		if (i == 0) {
+			fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_conflict_glob(conflicts[i]), "foo-*") == 0);
+		} else if (i == 1) {
+			fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_conflict_glob(conflicts[i]), "bar-*") == 0);
+		}
+	}
+	fail_unless(i == 2);
+
+	execs = pkg_execs(p);
+	fail_if(execs == NULL);
+	/* TODO when this bug is resolved */
+
+	options = pkg_options(p);
+	fail_if(options == NULL);
+	for (i = 0; options[i] != NULL; i++) {
+		if (i == 0) {
+			fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_option_opt(options[i]), "foo") == 0);
+			fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_option_value(options[i]), "true") == 0);
+		} else if (i == 1) {
+			fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_option_opt(options[i]), "bar") == 0);
+			fail_unless(strcmp(pkg_option_value(options[i]), "false") == 0);
+		}
+	}
+	fail_unless(i == 2);
+}
+END_TEST
+
+TCase *
+tcase_manifest(void)
+{
+	TCase *tc = tcase_create("Manifest");
+	tcase_add_test(tc, parse_manifest);
+
+	return (tc);
+}
diff --git a/tests/manifest.h b/tests/manifest.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c593b65ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manifest.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include <check.h>
+
+TCase * tcase_manifest(void);
diff --git a/tests/test.c b/tests/test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46d1ee10ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <check.h>
+
+#include "manifest.h"
+
+int
+main()
+{
+	int nfailed = 0;
+	Suite *s = suite_create("pkgng");
+
+	suite_add_tcase(s, tcase_manifest());
+
+	/* Run the tests ...*/
+	SRunner *sr = srunner_create(s);
+	srunner_set_log(sr, "test.log");
+	srunner_run_all(sr, CK_NORMAL);
+	nfailed = srunner_ntests_failed(sr);
+	srunner_free(sr);
+	return (nfailed == 0 ? 0 : 1);
+}