python-apt is not written nor maintained by this team, but rather (from https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/python-apt) by the APT Dev team and in particular by Julian Andres Klode (both in CC): please continue the discussion with them
On Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 6:21 PM Hunter Wittenborn <hun...@hunterwittenborn.com> wrote: > > Hi! I'm currently working on a project that's going to be using the Python > APT library to handle some package installation, but I've got a question on > how exactly a certain thing is working: > > I've gotten everything up to the actual installation of packages done (up to > the point of calling 'DepCache.commit()', but once I get to the 'commit()' > stage I can't figure out how to control the output of the 'commit()' call in > a way I'm wanting. > > Going with the two classes that are specified for the 'commit()' function, I > currently have the following implemented (I haven't exactly figured out what > to put in each one yet, as I'm still trying to figure out all how this step > works): > > acquire_progress: > https://gist.github.com/hwittenborn/56fa689b86396a904155e4b1b5be817a > install_progress: > https://gist.github.com/hwittenborn/0eb762abdfeb96e2c1cbf4f5b6a975f3 > > The 'tap.message' library being used inside both of those classes is just a > message system for my program, they don't do anything particularly important > that would affect anything at all. > > The acquire_progress stage *appears* to be working fine, though the packages > I downloaded were quite small so I didn't really get a chance to see if it > just did some weird stuff like with install progress; > > The problem with install_progress is that it's exiting my program, and then > proceeding with installing packages, as if it starts installing packages in > the background. How exactly should I go about waiting for it to finish though? > > On a side note, I'm seeing this text whenever it (presumably) gets to the > install part: > > """ > custom fork found > got pid: 31873 > got pid: 0 > got fd: 4 > """ > > Is there any way I can hide that? I'm thinking it's from the 'fork()' call in > the install_progress class, but the Python APT documentation is recommending > not changing that [1], so I wasn't really sure. > > [1]: > https://apt-team.pages.debian.net/python-apt/library/apt.progress.base.html#apt.progress.base.InstallProgress.fork > > Thanks, anything helps! > > --- > Hunter Wittenborn > hun...@hunterwittenborn.com > https://github.com/hwittenborn > > > > -- Sandro "morph" Tosi My website: http://sandrotosi.me/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandrotosi