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Diffstat (limited to 'apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h b/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h index 2fdf8404d..f2aae7272 100644 --- a/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h +++ b/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h @@ -160,7 +160,11 @@ class pkgCache::PkgIterator: public Iterator<Package, PkgIterator> { // Accessors inline const char *Name() const {return S->Name == 0?0:Owner->StrP + S->Name;} - inline const char *Section() const {return S->Section == 0?0:Owner->StrP + S->Section;} + // Versions have sections - and packages can have different versions with different sections + // so this interface is broken by design. It used to return the section of the "first parsed + // package stanza", but as this can potentially be anything it now returns the section of the + // newest version instead (if any). aka: Run as fast as you can to Version.Section(). + APT_DEPRECATED const char *Section() const; inline bool Purge() const {return S->CurrentState == pkgCache::State::Purge || (S->CurrentVer == 0 && S->CurrentState == pkgCache::State::NotInstalled);} inline const char *Arch() const {return S->Arch == 0?0:Owner->StrP + S->Arch;} |