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-rw-r--r--apt/cache.py6
-rw-r--r--apt/package.py5
-rw-r--r--apt/progress/__init__.py23
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/apt/cache.py b/apt/cache.py
index 828b167b..bb944041 100644
--- a/apt/cache.py
+++ b/apt/cache.py
@@ -314,8 +314,12 @@ class Cache(object):
res = self.installArchives(pm, installProgress)
if res == pm.ResultCompleted:
break
- if res == pm.ResultFailed:
+ elif res == pm.ResultFailed:
raise SystemError("installArchives() failed")
+ elif res == pm.ResultIncomplete:
+ pass
+ else:
+ raise SystemError("internal-error: unknown result code from InstallArchives: %s" % res)
# reload the fetcher for media swaping
fetcher.Shutdown()
return (res == pm.ResultCompleted)
diff --git a/apt/package.py b/apt/package.py
index d639f31f..27e0dc90 100644
--- a/apt/package.py
+++ b/apt/package.py
@@ -652,6 +652,11 @@ class Package(object):
This returns the same value as ID, which is unique."""
return self._pkg.ID
+ @property
+ def essential(self):
+ """Return True if the package is an essential part of the system."""
+ return self._pkg.Essential
+
@DeprecatedProperty
def installedVersion(self):
"""Return the installed version as string.
diff --git a/apt/progress/__init__.py b/apt/progress/__init__.py
index 337bd161..ca60810f 100644
--- a/apt/progress/__init__.py
+++ b/apt/progress/__init__.py
@@ -284,7 +284,11 @@ class InstallProgress(DumbInstallProgress):
return os.fork()
def waitChild(self):
- """Wait for child progress to exit."""
+ """Wait for child progress to exit.
+
+ The return values is the full status returned from os.waitpid()
+ (not only the return code).
+ """
while True:
try:
select.select([self.statusfd], [], [], self.selectTimeout)
@@ -304,11 +308,22 @@ class InstallProgress(DumbInstallProgress):
return res
def run(self, pm):
- """Start installing."""
+ """Start installing.
+
+ Returns the PackageManager status:
+ (pm.ResultCompleted, pm.ResultFailed, pm.ResultIncomplete)
+ """
pid = self.fork()
if pid == 0:
- # child
- res = pm.DoInstall(self.writefd)
+ # pm.DoInstall might raise a exception,
+ # when this happens, we need to catch
+ # it, otherwise os._exit() is not run
+ # and the execution continues in the
+ # parent code leading to very confusing bugs
+ try:
+ res = pm.DoInstall(self.writefd)
+ except Exception, e:
+ os._exit(pm.ResultFailed)
os._exit(res)
self.child_pid = pid
res = self.waitChild()