On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 10:12:39AM +0200, Raphaël Hertzog wrote: > Package: python-apt > Version: 0.8.0 > Severity: normal > > Consider the following code: > import sys > import apt_pkg > > apt_pkg.init_config() > apt_pkg.config["Dir::Etc"] = > "/home/rhertzog/deb/core/rolling/sat-britney/apt-etc" > apt_pkg.config["Dir::State"] = > "/home/rhertzog/deb/core/rolling/sat-britney/apt-state" > apt_pkg.config["Dir::Cache"] = > "/home/rhertzog/deb/core/rolling/sat-britney/apt-cache" > apt_pkg.init_system() > > acquire = apt_pkg.Acquire() > srclist = apt_pkg.SourceList() > if not srclist.read_main_list(): > sys.stdout.write("Failed to read sources.list") > if srclist.get_indexes(acquire, True): > sys.stdout.write("Update OK\n") > else: > sys.stdout.write("Update failed\n") > res = acquire.run() > if res == apt_pkg.Acquire.RESULT_CONTINUE: > sys.stdout.write("Download OK\n") > else: > sys.stdout.write("Download failed\n") > > I have a created a simple sources.list in Dir::Etc (listing an http:// URL) > but > I'm missing a partial directory in Dir::State::lists. The code will execute > without errors but no files will be downloaded. > > Either it should auto-create the "partial" sub-dir or it should fail > with a proper error/exception. The current behavior is sub-optimal.
Fixed in revision 609. Traceback (most recent call last): File "a.py", line 11, in <module> acquire = apt_pkg.Acquire() SystemError: E:List directory /home/rhertzog/deb/core/rolling/sat-britney/apt-state/lists/partial is missing. - Acquire (2: No such file or directory) -- 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