merged from lp:~mvo/apt/mvo

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/apt/package.py b/apt/package.py
index 81f33a8b..73f68c87 100644
--- a/apt/package.py
+++ b/apt/package.py
@@ -409,6 +409,17 @@ class Version(object):
         return self._cand.priority_str
 
     @property
+    def policy_priority(self):
+        """Return the internal policy priority as a number.
+           See apt_preferences(5) for more information about what it means.
+        """
+        priority = 0
+        policy = self.package._pcache._depcache.policy
+        for (packagefile, _) in self._cand.file_list:
+            priority = max(priority, policy.get_priority(packagefile))
+        return priority
+
+    @property
     def record(self):
         """Return a Record() object for this version.