Bug#564668: libapt-pkg-perl should have a function to view upgradable packes

2010-01-11 Thread Will Orr
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Brendan O'Dea wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:16 PM, William Orr wrote: >> I'm working on a patch for apt-build, and it would be really nice to have a >> function that returns upgradable packages. Using AptPkg::Policy works unless >> apt pinning is used. > > In

Bug#564668: libapt-pkg-perl should have a function to view upgradable packes

2010-01-11 Thread Brendan O'Dea
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:16 PM, William Orr wrote: > I'm working on a patch for apt-build, and it would be really nice to have a > function that returns upgradable packages. Using AptPkg::Policy works unless > apt pinning is used. In what way does it not work? On a system with pending upgrades,

Bug#564668: libapt-pkg-perl should have a function to view upgradable packes

2010-01-11 Thread William Orr
Package: libapt-pkg-perl Version: 0.1.24 Severity: wishlist I'm working on a patch for apt-build, and it would be really nice to have a function that returns upgradable packages. Using AptPkg::Policy works unless apt pinning is used. I feel like it would be a really useful function. -- System In