Package: python-apt
Version: 0.8.9.1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
A removed-but-not-purged package will have is_installed() evaluate
to False. There seems to be no obvious way to test whether a package
has just been removed, or also purged.
Here's one, because a removed-but-not-purged has at least one entry
in the installed_files list:
# python -c "import apt; c=apt.Cache(); c.update(); c.open(); p=c['ruby1.8']; print p, p.installed, p.installed_files"
<Package: name:'ruby1.8' id:1425> None [u'']
# dpkg --purge ruby1.8
(Reading database ... 27904 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ruby1.8 ...
Purging configuration files for ruby1.8 ...
# python -c "import apt; c=apt.Cache(); c.update(); c.open(); p=c['ruby1.8']; print p, p.installed, p.installed_files"
<Package: name:'ruby1.8' id:1425> None []
I leave it up to you to decide if this is the right approach:
--- /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/package.py 2013-06-06 18:32:36.000000000 +0200
+++ /tmp/package.py 2013-06-19 09:27:10.185973295 +0200
@@ -985,6 +985,11 @@
return (self._pkg.current_ver is not None)
@property
+ def is_purged(self):
+ """Return ``True`` if the package is purged (not just removed)."""
+ return not (self.is_installed or len(self.installed_files) > 0)
+
+ @property
def is_upgradable(self):
"""Return ``True`` if the package is upgradable."""
return (self.is_installed and
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Fle: LANG=en_NZ, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8ign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.10-rc4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CP
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Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages python-apt depends on:
ii libapt-inst1.5 0.9.8.2
ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.
ii libc6 2.17-5
ii libgcc1 1:4.8.1-3
ii libstdc++6 4.8.1-3
ii python 2.7.5-2
ii python-apt-common 0.8.9.1
Versions of packages python-apt recommends:
ii iso-cndes 3.43-1
ii lsb-release 4.1+Debian12
ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2
Versions of packages python-apt suggests:
pn python-apt-dbg <none>
pn python-apt-doc <none>
ii python-gtk2 2.24.0-3+b1
ii python-vte 1:0.28.2-5
-- no debconf information
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