4 files changed, 80 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/portato/db/__init__.py b/portato/db/__init__.py
index da8a81e..9869e3f 100644
--- a/portato/db/__init__.py
+++ b/portato/db/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ _SESSION = None
 
 types = {
         "sql": (_("SQLite"), _("Uses an SQLite-database to store package information.\nMay take longer to generate at the first time, but has advantages if portato is re-started with an unchanged portage tree. Additionally it allows to use fast SQL expressions for fetching the data.")),
-        "dict": (_("Hashmap"), _("Uses an in-memory hashmap to store package information.\nHas been used since at least version 0.3.3, but all information has to be regenerated on each startup."))
+        "dict": (_("Hashmap"), _("Uses an in-memory hashmap to store package information.\nHas been used since at least version 0.3.3, but all information has to be regenerated on each startup.")),
+        "eixsql" : (_("eix + SQLite"), _("Similar to SQLite, but now uses the eix database to get the package information.\nThis should be much faster on startup, but requires that your eix database is always up-to-date."))
         }
 
 def Database(type):
@@ -40,13 +41,18 @@ def Database(type):
             warning(_("Cannot load SQLDatabase."))
             return Database("dict")
         else:
-            return SQLDatabase(SectionDict(_SESSION, "SQL"))
+            return SQLDatabase(SectionDict(_SESSION, type))
 
     elif type == "dict":
-        debug("Using DictDatabase")
-        from .dict import DictDatabase
-        return DictDatabase(SectionDict(_SESSION, "dict"))
+        debug("Using HashDatabase")
+        from .hash import HashDatabase
+        return HashDatabase(SectionDict(_SESSION, type))
     
+    elif type == "eixsql":
+        debug("Using EixSQLDatabase")
+        from .eix_sql import EixSQLDatabase
+        return EixSQLDatabase(SectionDict(_SESSION, type))
+
     else:
         error(_("Unknown database type: %s"), type)
         raise UnknownDatabaseTypeError, type
diff --git a/portato/db/eix_sql.py b/portato/db/eix_sql.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a0c6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/portato/db/eix_sql.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# File: portato/db/eix_sql.py
+# This file is part of the Portato-Project, a graphical portage-frontend.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2009 René 'Necoro' Neumann
+# This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
+# the GNU General Public License version 2.
+# There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+#
+# Written by René 'Necoro' Neumann <necoro@necoro.net>
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, with_statement
+
+try:
+    import sqlite3 as sql
+except ImportError:
+    from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sql
+
+import os
+
+from .sql import SQLDatabase
+from ..eix import EixReader
+from ..helper import debug, warning
+from ..backend import system
+
+class EixSQLDatabase (SQLDatabase):
+
+    CACHE_FILE = "/var/cache/eix"
+
+    def __init__ (self, session):
+
+        self.cache = session.get("cache", self.CACHE_FILE)
+        if not os.path.exists(self.cache):
+            warning(_("Cache file '%s' does not exist. Using default instead."), self.cache)
+            self.cache = self.CACHE_FILE
+
+        debug("Using '%s' as eix cache file.", self.cache)
+        
+        session["cache"] = self.cache
+        
+        SQLDatabase.__init__(self, session)
+
+    def updated (self):
+        mtime = os.stat(self.cache).st_mtime
+        old = self.session.get("mtime", 0)
+        
+        self.session["mtime"] = str(mtime)
+
+        return old < mtime
+
+    @SQLDatabase.con
+    def populate (self, category = None, connection = None):
+        inst = set(system.find_packages(pkgSet = system.SET_INSTALLED, key = category, with_version = False))
+
+        def _get():
+            with EixReader(self.cache) as eix:
+                for cat in eix.categories:
+                    if category is None or cat.name == category:
+                        for pkg in cat.packages:
+                            p = "%s/%s" % (cat.name, pkg.name)
+                            yield (cat.name, pkg.name, p in inst, False)
+
+        connection.executemany("INSERT INTO packages (cat, name, inst, disabled) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)", _get())
+        connection.commit()
diff --git a/portato/db/dict.py b/portato/db/hash.py
index 279ab97..8cea6f2 100644
--- a/portato/db/dict.py
+++ b/portato/db/hash.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# File: portato/db/dict.py
+# File: portato/db/hash.py
 # This file is part of the Portato-Project, a graphical portage-frontend.
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2009 René 'Necoro' Neumann
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from ..helper import info
 from ..backend import system
 from .database import Database, PkgData
 
-class DictDatabase (Database):
+class HashDatabase (Database):
     """An internal database which holds a simple dictionary cat -> [package_list]."""
 
     lock = Database.lock
diff --git a/portato/db/sql.py b/portato/db/sql.py
index db66764..e79a27d 100644
--- a/portato/db/sql.py
+++ b/portato/db/sql.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class SQLDatabase (Database):
     def populate (self, category = None, connection = None):
         def _get():
             # get the lists
-            inst = system.find_packages(pkgSet = system.SET_INSTALLED, key=category, with_version = False)
+            inst = set(system.find_packages(pkgSet = system.SET_INSTALLED, key=category, with_version = False))
             for p in system.find_packages(key = category, with_version = False):
                 cat, pkg = p.split("/")
 
@@ -247,3 +247,4 @@ class SQLDatabase (Database):
                 self._restrict = "AND (name LIKE '%%%(restrict)s%%' OR cat LIKE '%(restrict)s%%')" % {"restrict":restrict}
 
     restrict = property(get_restrict, set_restrict)
+    con = staticmethod(con)