On Di, 2011-04-12 at 13:20 +0200, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > Package: python-apt > Version: 0.7.100.2 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > I'm currently working on a python-apt based variant of fai-mirror, > which uses python-apt to resolve dependencies for the packages > and download them. Currently the only way to NOT install packages and download > them only is to use an internal function _fetch_archives for example like > this: > > fetch_progress = apt.progress.text.AcquireProgress() > depcache = self.cache._depcache > pm = apt_pkg.PackageManager(depcache) > fetcher = apt_pkg.Acquire(fetch_progress) > self.cache._fetch_archives(fetcher, pm) > > Its obvious that this is quiet unfortunate. Therefore it would be nice, > if python-apt supported a method which allows fetching packages only.
You can fetch single versions by using Version.fetch_binary(), or go through the list of all changed packages and mark the URIs for download (via Version.uri). But if really wanted we could surely at a public fetch_archives method. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
