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

["Cameron Dale" <camrdale@gmail.com>]

On 12/13/07, Lord of, St. Luke Valor <lord.of.valor@gmail.com> wrote:
> All include header files e.g., iostream.h, iomanip.h, vector.h, etc., are
> simple text files. They may be browsed with any text editor e.g., vi, emacs,
> gedit, joe, notepad, nano, pico, etc.

Maybe I wasn't clear. I'm not looking for the text of the header
files, but instead some way to access the data that it represents. For
example, in the indexrecords.h file shown here:

http://codebrowse.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/apt/ubuntu/annotate/michael.vogt%40ubuntu.com-20071213134710-tbcwopgfxvmdk1wj?file_id=x_Arch_Librarian_%3Carch%40canonical.com%3E_Tue_Nov_23_14%3A28%3A54_2004_4223.0

I want to access instances of the indexRecords class so I can read
their checkSum attribute to get the hashes of Packages.gz files found
in Release files.

Thanks,
Cameron