On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 09:27:42AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> 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.
[...]
> 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
This tells you whether a package is not purged (that is, in config file
status):
self. _pkg.current_state == apt_pkg.CURSTATE_CONFIG_FILES
The name 'is_purged' might be a bit confusing for never-installed
packages, and maybe it's better to use a negated property like
'is_not_purged'.
--
Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member
See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.
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