#!/usr/bin/python3 """Minimize the number of manually installed packages in the image. Finds all manually installed meta packages, and marks their dependencies as automatically installed. """ import sys import apt def is_root(pkg): """Check if the package is a root package (manually inst. meta)""" return (pkg.is_installed and not pkg.is_auto_installed and (pkg.section == "metapackages" or pkg.section.endswith("/metapackages"))) def main(): """Main function""" cache = apt.Cache(rootdir=sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else None) roots = set(pkg for pkg in cache if is_root(pkg)) workset = set(roots) seen = set() with cache.actiongroup(): while True: print("Iteration", file=sys.stderr) to_proc = workset - seen if not to_proc: break for pkg in sorted(to_proc): print(" Visiting", pkg, file=sys.stderr) if pkg not in roots: pkg.mark_auto() for dep in (pkg.installed.dependencies + pkg.installed.recommends): for bdep in dep.or_dependencies: for ver in bdep.target_versions: if ver.package.is_installed: workset.add(ver.package) seen.add(pkg) cache.commit() if __name__ == '__main__': main()