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diff --git a/doc/examples/update.py b/doc/examples/update.py
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+import apt
+import apt_pkg
+import os.path
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    apt_pkg.Config.Set("APT::Update::Pre-Invoke::",
+                       "touch /tmp/update-about-to-run")
+    apt_pkg.Config.Set("APT::Update::Post-Invoke::",
+                       "touch /tmp/update-was-run")
+    c = apt.Cache()
+    res = c.update(apt.progress.TextFetchProgress())
+    print "res: ",res
+    assert(os.path.exists("/tmp/update-about-to-run"))