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-rw-r--r--apt/cache.py5
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog8
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apt/cache.py b/apt/cache.py
index 2f0eda59..43fb55d7 100644
--- a/apt/cache.py
+++ b/apt/cache.py
@@ -82,13 +82,16 @@ class Cache(object):
apt_pkg.config.set("Dir::Cache::pkgcache", "")
if rootdir:
rootdir = os.path.abspath(rootdir)
+ # clear old config first (Bug#728274)
+ apt_pkg.config.clear("APT")
+ apt_pkg.config.set("Dir", rootdir)
+ apt_pkg.init_config()
if os.path.exists(rootdir+"/etc/apt/apt.conf"):
apt_pkg.read_config_file(apt_pkg.config,
rootdir + "/etc/apt/apt.conf")
if os.path.isdir(rootdir+"/etc/apt/apt.conf.d"):
apt_pkg.read_config_dir(apt_pkg.config,
rootdir + "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d")
- apt_pkg.config.set("Dir", rootdir)
apt_pkg.config.set("Dir::State::status",
rootdir + "/var/lib/dpkg/status")
# also set dpkg to the rootdir path so that its called for the
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 06c6946c..52a1000e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+python-apt (0.9.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * apt/cache.py:
+ - when using apt.Cache(rootdir=/some/dir) only read the APT
+ configuration from this rootdir instead of /etc (closes: #728274)
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com> Sat, 23 Nov 2013 08:49:51 +0100
+
python-apt (0.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
* data/templates/Ubuntu.info.in: It's 'Tahr', not 'Thar'