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| -rw-r--r-- | apt/cache.py | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 9 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apt/cache.py b/apt/cache.py index a92bd5be..384afe31 100644 --- a/apt/cache.py +++ b/apt/cache.py @@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ class Cache(object): dictionary """ - def __init__(self, progress=None, rootdir=None): + def __init__(self, progress=None, rootdir=None, memonly=False): self._callbacks = {} + if memonly: + # force apt to build its caches in memory + apt_pkg.Config.Set("Dir::Cache::pkgcache","") if rootdir: apt_pkg.Config.Set("Dir", rootdir) apt_pkg.Config.Set("Dir::State::status", rootdir + "/var/lib/dpkg/status") diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 68a7627f..db1211ab 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +python-apt (0.7.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * apt/cache.py: + - add "memonly" option to apt.Cache() to force python-apt to + not touch the pkgcache.bin file (this works around a possible + race condition in the pkgcache.bin handling) + + -- + python-apt (0.7.5) unstable; urgency=low * use the new ListUpdate() code |