python-apt documentation?
Hi, I have some trouble to find a documentation about python-apt. I'm specifically seeking some information how I could specify some defined sources.list for apt_pkg.GetCache() because I need to write a script that always uses unstable distribution as target distribution. The background is that we want to build dynamic web pages about the progress of Debian-Med as for instance can be seen here [1] in the imaging section of Debian-Med. This page is generated by a script written by David Palaino which is available at Alioth [2] and uses the apt_pkg.GetCache() function. I found out that it is obviousely using the local sources.list entries for obtaining the avialable package list, because several packages that are available in testing / unstable are missing and if I run the same script at home they appear on the output pages created by the script. If there would be some useful documentation of the python-apt API I would be able to fix this problem but I failed in seeking any helpful hint. Kind regards and thanks for any help Andreas. [1] http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/tasks/imaging.php [2] /var/lib/gforge/chroot/home/groups/debian-med/scripts/update-tasks -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: python-apt documentation?
On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 09:16:42PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: I have some trouble to find a documentation about python-apt. I'm No answer to this ... missing and if I run the same script at home they appear on the output pages created by the script. ... but just in case you're interested here is an alternative solution I'm using for similar needs: a cron job downloading the needed Sources/Packages file + python-debian which knows how to parse whatever RFC822 format we use in Debian. See examples under /usr/share/doc/python-debian/examples/deb822/ if you are interested. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -%- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema\/right keys at the right time signature.asc Description: Digital signature
