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-rw-r--r--apt/cache.py9
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diff --git a/apt/cache.py b/apt/cache.py
index 756f9ba9..59fe7664 100644
--- a/apt/cache.py
+++ b/apt/cache.py
@@ -334,6 +334,15 @@ class Cache(object):
a signal then """
self._runCallbacks("cache_pre_change")
+ def actiongroup(self):
+ """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
+ deleted or when release() is called.
+ """
+ return apt_pkg.GetPkgActionGroup(self._depcache)
+
def connect(self, name, callback):
""" connect to a signal, currently only used for
cache_{post,pre}_{changed,open} """