livecd-rootfs/minimize-manual
Julian Andres Klode be180bcf93 Minimize the number of manually installed packages
Minimize the number of manually installed packages in images by marking
dependencies of metapackages as automatically installed.

Squashed commits:
* minimize-manual.py: Followup with some cleanup, correct permissions
* fixup: Do not assume current directory
* Reorganize minimal-manual file location.
2019-03-11 11:32:36 +01:00

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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()