Bug#456141: python-apt: no support for index files (Packages, Sources) in apt_pkg

[Cameron Dale <camrdale@gmail.com>]

Package: python-apt
Version: 0.7.3.1
Severity: normal


There doesn't seem to be support for accessing the information on index
files, such as Packages and Sources, through apt_pkg. I'm looking for the
information that is contained in apt-pkg/indexrecords.h.

FWIW, I'm trying to get the size and hash information contained in the
Release file for these index files. I don't think there's any way to
get it right now, though I may be wrong.

Thanks,
Cameron


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-1-vserver-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages python-apt depends on:
ii  apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6-4.4 0.7.6-0.1  Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  apt-utils [libapt-inst-libc6. 0.7.6-0.1  APT utility programs
ii  libc6                         2.6.1-1    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.2.1-4  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.2.1-4    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  lsb-release                   3.1-24     Linux Standard Base version report
ii  python                        2.4.4-6    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-central                0.5.15     register and build utility for Pyt

python-apt recommends no packages.

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