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Diffstat (limited to 'portato/backend/system_interface.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | portato/backend/system_interface.py | 22 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/portato/backend/system_interface.py b/portato/backend/system_interface.py index 4b0f8df..1cb0ed1 100644 --- a/portato/backend/system_interface.py +++ b/portato/backend/system_interface.py @@ -11,6 +11,26 @@ # Written by René 'Necoro' Neumann <necoro@necoro.net> class SystemInterface (object): + + SET_ALL = "__portato_all__" + SET_TREE = "__portato_tree__" + SET_INSTALLED = "__portato_installed__" + SET_UNINSTALLED = "__portato_uninstalled__" + + def has_set_support (self): + """Signals, whether this backend supports sets. + + @rtype: boolean + """ + raise NotImplementedError + + def get_sets (self): + """Returns all supported sets in tuples consisting of name and description. + If sets aren't supported, at least "world" and "system" have to be returned. + + @rtype: iter(string, string) + """ + raise NotImplementedError def get_version (self): """Returns the version of the used backend. @@ -75,7 +95,7 @@ class SystemInterface (object): raise NotImplementedError - def find_packages (self, key, pkgSet = "all", masked = False, with_version = True, only_cpv = False): + def find_packages (self, key, pkgSet = SET_ALL, masked = False, with_version = True, only_cpv = False): """This returns a list of packages matching the key. As key, it is allowed to use basic regexps (".*") and the normal package specs. But not a combination of them. |