1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/apt_instmodule.cc b/python/apt_instmodule.cc
index 96bd029b..d672a40a 100644
--- a/python/apt_instmodule.cc
+++ b/python/apt_instmodule.cc
@@ -66,6 +66,43 @@ static PyObject *debExtractControl(PyObject *Self,PyObject *Args)
 }
 									/*}}}*/
 
+// debExtractArchive - Exctract the archive		/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+static char *doc_debExtractArchive =
+"debExtractArchve(File,rootdir) -> Bool\n"
+"Extracts the Archive into the given root dir";
+static PyObject *debExtractArchive(PyObject *Self,PyObject *Args)
+{
+   char *Rootdir = NULL;
+   PyObject *File;
+   if (PyArg_ParseTuple(Args,"O!|s",&PyFile_Type,&File,&Rootdir) == 0)
+      return 0;
+   
+   // Subscope makes sure any clean up errors are properly handled.
+   bool res = false;
+   {
+      if(Rootdir != NULL) 
+      {
+	 chdir(Rootdir);
+      }
+
+      // Open the file and associate the .deb
+      FileFd Fd(fileno(PyFile_AsFile(File)),false);
+      debDebFile Deb(Fd);
+      if (_error->PendingError() == true)
+	 return HandleErrors();
+
+      // extracts relative to the current dir
+      pkgDirStream Extract;
+      res = Deb.ExtractArchive(Extract);
+
+      if (res == false)
+	 return HandleErrors();
+   }   
+   return HandleErrors(Py_BuildValue("b",res));
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+
 // initapt_inst - Core Module Initialization				/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* */
@@ -73,6 +110,7 @@ static PyMethodDef methods[] =
 {
    // Stuff
    {"debExtractControl",debExtractControl,METH_VARARGS,doc_debExtractControl},
+   {"debExtractArchive",debExtractArchive,METH_VARARGS,doc_debExtractArchive},
    {"tarExtract",tarExtract,METH_VARARGS,doc_tarExtract},
    {"debExtract",debExtract,METH_VARARGS,doc_debExtract},