2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/policy.cc b/apt-pkg/policy.cc
index b9bdfd20f..5f9ece85f 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/policy.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/policy.cc
@@ -285,6 +285,21 @@ APT_PURE signed short pkgPolicy::GetPriority(pkgCache::PkgFileIterator const &Fi
    return PFPriority[File->ID];
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// SetPriority - Directly set priority					/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+void pkgPolicy::SetPriority(pkgCache::VerIterator const &Ver, signed short Priority)
+{
+   Pin pin;
+   pin.Data = "pkgPolicy::SetPriority";
+   pin.Priority = Priority;
+   VerPins[Ver->ID] = pin;
+}
+void pkgPolicy::SetPriority(pkgCache::PkgFileIterator const &File, signed short Priority)
+{
+   PFPriority[File->ID] = Priority;
+}
+
+									/*}}}*/
 // ReadPinDir - Load the pin files from this dir into a Policy		/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* This will load each pin file in the given dir into a Policy. If the
diff --git a/apt-pkg/policy.h b/apt-pkg/policy.h
index 277aff3dd..2fd2f8197 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/policy.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/policy.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class pkgPolicy : public pkgDepCache::Policy
    virtual signed short GetPriority(pkgCache::VerIterator const &Ver, bool ConsiderFiles = true) APT_OVERRIDE;
    virtual signed short GetPriority(pkgCache::PkgFileIterator const &File) APT_OVERRIDE;
 
+   void SetPriority(pkgCache::VerIterator const &Ver, signed short Priority);
+   void SetPriority(pkgCache::PkgFileIterator const &File, signed short Priority);
    bool InitDefaults();
    
    explicit pkgPolicy(pkgCache *Owner);