2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ept/apt/apt.cc b/ept/apt/apt.cc
index 76c34f0..2d625fb 100644
--- a/ept/apt/apt.cc
+++ b/ept/apt/apt.cc
@@ -633,6 +633,13 @@ std::string Apt::rawRecord(const Version& ver) const
 	return std::string();
 }
 
+
+const pkgCache* Apt::aptPkgCache() const 
+{
+	return impl->m_cache;
+}
+
+
 void Apt::checkCacheUpdates()
 {
 	if (impl->m_open_timestamp < timestamp())
diff --git a/ept/apt/apt.h b/ept/apt/apt.h
index 0cfff60..6e6ce74 100644
--- a/ept/apt/apt.h
+++ b/ept/apt/apt.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 #include <iterator>
 
+class pkgCache;
+
 namespace ept {
 namespace apt {
 
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@ public:
 	Apt();
 	~Apt();
 
+
 	iterator begin() const;
 	iterator end() const;
 
@@ -257,6 +260,11 @@ public:
 	/// Get the raw package record for the given Version
 	std::string rawRecord(const Version& ver) const;
 
+	/// Returns the pointer to the internal libapt pkgCache object used.
+	const pkgCache* aptPkgCache() const;
+
+	
+	
 	/// Timestamp of when the apt index was last modified
 	time_t timestamp();