Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: python-apt
python-apt's notion of an "installed" package is a single
apt.package.Version object, which has a single 'architecture' attribute.
With the introduction of multiarch, it's possible for multiple
architectures of a package to be installed at the same time on the
system, and this needs to be queryable somehow through the python api.
It seems to me that this information doesn't belong as a list of
architectures attached to a Version object, since a Version object gets
used in various contexts where this doesn't make sense; so instead I
guess we want a list of Version objects, which makes for a backwards-
incompatible api change unless this multiarch data is included under a
new name with 'installed' kept for backwards compatibility.
'multiarch_installed'? Or break the API? I'm happy to do some work on
this, but would like guidance from the maintainers.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: python-apt 0.7.96.1ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jan 15 19:32:44 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: python-apt
** Affects: python-apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Wishlist
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick
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Title:
apt.Package.installed is not multiarch-capable
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