Hello.
I've looked at the usage of apt in bootstrap-vz,
and at python-apt
http://apt.alioth.debian.org/python-apt-doc/library/index.html
Changing bootstrap-vz to use python-apt instead of calling
apt-{get,cache} should be possible without much problems
but would mean:
1. removal of base.pkg.sourcelist and base.pkg.packagelist
2. keeping objects from python-apt in info.source_list
and info.package_list
3. need to change manifest schema not to store lines
from /etc/apt/sources.list but to store tuples
(or dicts) according to arguments accepted
by apt.sourceslist
4. changing AddManifetsSources, AddDefaultSources, WriteSources
to use python-apt.
I do not know how to replace apt-key, but this is only used when
building GCE images.
I also do not know what is the best way to ensure --no-recommends
and -y.
OTOH by using python-apt we could avoid the need for cleaning
package cache - apt.cache allows for operations in memory, without
writing cache to disk.
Does anyone have some remarks? I would not like to start
such a change without some discussion, or at least some OK
from the group.
Best regards.
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