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| -rw-r--r-- | apt/cache.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/apt/cache.py b/apt/cache.py index 8a456715..b4d67fa5 100644 --- a/apt/cache.py +++ b/apt/cache.py @@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ class LockFailedException(IOError): class Cache(object): """Dictionary-like package cache. - The dictionary of this class contains all available packages. + The APT cache file contains a hash table mapping names of binary + packages to their metadata. A Cache object is the in-core + representation of the same. It provides access to APTs idea of the + list of available packages. + + The cache can be used like a mapping from package names to Package + objects (although only getting items is supported). Keyword arguments: progress -- a OpProgress object @@ -510,7 +516,7 @@ class Cache(object): self._callbacks[name].append(callback) def actiongroup(self): - """Return an action group object for the current cache. + """Return an `ActionGroup` object for the current cache. Action groups can be used to speedup actions. The action group is active as soon as it is created, and disabled when the object is |