livecd-rootfs/minimize-manual
Julian Andres Klode d36578f6bb Import patches-unapplied version 2.537 to ubuntu/cosmic-proposed
Imported using git-ubuntu import.

Changelog parent: 4de1045012a988a3fd716afac1c3e4fe1cc5ee46

New changelog entries:
  * Minimize the number of manually installed packages in images by marking
    dependencies of metapackages as automatically installed.
2018-09-18 10:13:17 +00:00

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#!/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()