On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:57:03AM +0100, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > Package: python-apt > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > currently the python-apt bindings for the apt package cache do not > provide access to the task associated with a package. I have a use-case > where I need it. > > The information can be gathered from the Packages file, > where for each Package, which is a member of a task, a key-value pair > "Task: foo" is stored. > > It would be nice if python-apt provided a method task > in apt.packagePackage() objects. Apart from this it would be nice to > have functions in the cache object to access list of tasks and > associated packages..
Use Version.record["Task"].split():
>>> import apt
>>> apt.Cache()["gnome"].candidate.record["Task"].split()
['gnome-desktop']
The tasks are not in the cache, and this is easy enough, so
I don't think we need an extra method for it.
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Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member
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