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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+try:
+ import apt_pkg
+except ImportError:
+ print "Error importing apt_pkg, is python-apt installed?"
+
+import sys
+import os.path
+
+actions = { "markauto" : 1,
+ "unmarkauto": 0
+ }
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ apt_pkg.init()
+
+ # option parsing
+ parser = OptionParser()
+ parser.usage = "%prog [options] {markauto|unmarkauto} packages..."
+ parser.add_option("-f", "--file", action="store", type="string",
+ dest="filename",
+ help="read/write a different file")
+ parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose",
+ action="store_true", dest="verbose", default=False,
+ help="print verbose status messages to stdout")
+ (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+ if len(args) < 2:
+ parser.error("not enough argument")
+
+ # get pkgs to change
+ if args[0] not in actions.keys():
+ parser.error("first argument must be 'markauto' or 'unmarkauto'")
+ pkgs = args[1:]
+ action = actions[args[0]]
+
+ # get the state-file
+ if not options.filename:
+ STATE_FILE = apt_pkg.Config.FindDir("Dir::State") + "extended_states"
+ else:
+ STATE_FILE=options.filename
+
+ # open the statefile
+ if os.path.exists(STATE_FILE):
+ tagfile = apt_pkg.ParseTagFile(open(STATE_FILE))
+ outfile = open(STATE_FILE+".tmp","w")
+ while tagfile.Step():
+ pkgname = tagfile.Section.get("Package")
+ autoInst = tagfile.Section.get("Auto-Installed")
+ if pkgname in pkgs:
+ if options.verbose:
+ print "changing %s to %s" % (pkgname,action)
+ newsec = apt_pkg.RewriteSection(tagfile.Section,
+ [],
+ [ ("Auto-Installed",str(action)) ]
+ )
+ outfile.write(newsec+"\n")
+ else:
+ outfile.write(str(tagfile.Section)+"\n")
+ # all done, rename the tmpfile
+ os.chmod(outfile.name, 0644)
+ os.rename(outfile.name, STATE_FILE)
+ os.chmod(STATE_FILE, 0644)