* merged the "apt--install-task" branch

cmdline/apt-get.cc

@@ -1469,6 +1469,51 @@ bool DoUpgrade(CommandLine &CmdL)
    return InstallPackages(Cache,true);
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// DoInstallTask - Install task from the command line			/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* Install named task */
+bool TryInstallTask(pkgDepCache &Cache, pkgProblemResolver &Fix, 
+		    bool BrokenFix,
+		    unsigned int& ExpectedInst, 
+		    const char *taskname)
+{
+   const char *start, *end;
+   pkgCache::PkgIterator Pkg;
+   char buf[64*1024];
+   regex_t Pattern;
+
+   // get the records
+   pkgRecords Recs(Cache);
+
+   // build regexp for the task
+   char S[300];
+   snprintf(S, sizeof(S), "^Task:.*[^a-z]%s[^a-z].*\n", taskname);
+   regcomp(&Pattern,S, REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB | REG_NEWLINE);
+   
+   bool found = false;
+   bool res = true;
+   for (Pkg = Cache.PkgBegin(); Pkg.end() == false; Pkg++)
+   {
+      pkgCache::VerIterator ver = Cache[Pkg].CandidateVerIter(Cache);
+      if(ver.end())
+	 continue;
+      pkgRecords::Parser &parser = Recs.Lookup(ver.FileList());
+      parser.GetRec(start,end);
+      strncpy(buf, start, end-start);
+      buf[end-start] = 0x0;
+      if (regexec(&Pattern,buf,0,0,0) != 0)
+	 continue;
+      res &= TryToInstall(Pkg,Cache,Fix,false,BrokenFix,ExpectedInst);
+      found = true;
+   }
+   
+   if(!found)
+      _error->Error(_("Couldn't find task %s"),taskname);
+
+   regfree(&Pattern);
+   return res;
+}
+
 // DoInstall - Install packages from the command line			/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* Install named packages */
@@ -1510,6 +1555,18 @@ bool DoInstall(CommandLine &CmdL)
       bool Remove = DefRemove;
       char *VerTag = 0;
       bool VerIsRel = false;
+
+      // this is a task!
+      if (Length >= 1 && S[Length - 1] == '^')
+      {
+	 S[--Length] = 0;
+	 // tasks must always be confirmed
+	 ExpectedInst += 1000;
+	 // see if we can install it
+	 TryInstallTask(Cache, Fix, BrokenFix, ExpectedInst, S);
+	 continue;
+      }
+
       while (Cache->FindPkg(S).end() == true)
       {
 	 // Handle an optional end tag indicating what to do
@@ -1526,7 +1583,7 @@ bool DoInstall(CommandLine &CmdL)
 	    S[--Length] = 0;
 	    continue;
 	 }
-	 
+
 	 char *Slash = strchr(S,'=');
 	 if (Slash != 0)
 	 {

debian/changelog

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ apt (0.6.46.1exp1) experimental; urgency=low
       see what not-installed recommends are on the system)
     - fix of recommended packages display (only show CandidateVersion
       fix or-group handling)
+  * merged "install-task" branch (use with "apt-get install taskname^")
   * methods/gzip.cc:
     - deal with empty files 
   * Applied patch from Daniel Schepler to make apt bin-NMU able.  

po/apt-all.pot

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2006-09-12 11:18+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2006-09-19 17:21+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: cmdline/apt-cache.cc:1652 cmdline/apt-cdrom.cc:138 cmdline/apt-config.cc:70
 #: cmdline/apt-extracttemplates.cc:225 ftparchive/apt-ftparchive.cc:550
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2387 cmdline/apt-sortpkgs.cc:144
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2444 cmdline/apt-sortpkgs.cc:144
 #, c-format
 msgid "%s %s for %s %s compiled on %s %s\n"
 msgstr ""
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Y"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:142 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1506
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:142 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1563
 #, c-format
 msgid "Regex compilation error - %s"
 msgstr ""
@@ -705,11 +705,11 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Internal error, Ordering didn't finish"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:791 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1818 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1851
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:791 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1875 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1908
 msgid "Unable to lock the download directory"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:801 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1899 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2135
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:801 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1956 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2192
 #: apt-pkg/cachefile.cc:67
 msgid "The list of sources could not be read."
 msgstr ""
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "After unpacking %sB disk space will be freed.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:846 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1989
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:846 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2046
 #, c-format
 msgid "Couldn't determine free space in %s"
 msgstr ""
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Do you want to continue [Y/n]? "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:961 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1365 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2032
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:961 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1365 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2089
 #, c-format
 msgid "Failed to fetch %s  %s\n"
 msgstr ""
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Some files failed to download"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:980 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2041
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:980 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2098
 msgid "Download complete and in download only mode"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -891,27 +891,32 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Internal error, AllUpgrade broke stuff"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1493 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1529
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1448
+#, c-format
+msgid "Couldn't find task %s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1550 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1586
 #, c-format
 msgid "Couldn't find package %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1516
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1573
 #, c-format
 msgid "Note, selecting %s for regex '%s'\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1546
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1603
 msgid "You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1549
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1606
 msgid ""
 "Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a "
 "solution)."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1561
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1618
 msgid ""
 "Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have\n"
 "requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable\n"
@@ -919,163 +924,163 @@ msgid ""
 "or been moved out of Incoming."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1569
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1626
 msgid ""
 "Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that\n"
 "the package is simply not installable and a bug report against\n"
 "that package should be filed."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1574
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1631
 msgid "The following information may help to resolve the situation:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1577
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1634
 msgid "Broken packages"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1603
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1660
 msgid "The following extra packages will be installed:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1692
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1749
 msgid "Suggested packages:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1693
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1750
 msgid "Recommended packages:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1713
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1770
 msgid "Calculating upgrade... "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1716 methods/ftp.cc:702 methods/connect.cc:101
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1773 methods/ftp.cc:702 methods/connect.cc:101
 msgid "Failed"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1721
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1778
 msgid "Done"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1786 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1794
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1843 cmdline/apt-get.cc:1851
 msgid "Internal error, problem resolver broke stuff"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1894
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1951
 msgid "Must specify at least one package to fetch source for"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1924 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2153
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1981 cmdline/apt-get.cc:2210
 #, c-format
 msgid "Unable to find a source package for %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1968
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2025
 #, c-format
 msgid "Skipping already downloaded file '%s'\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1992
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2049
 #, c-format
 msgid "You don't have enough free space in %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:1997
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2054
 #, c-format
 msgid "Need to get %sB/%sB of source archives.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2000
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2057
 #, c-format
 msgid "Need to get %sB of source archives.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2006
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2063
 #, c-format
 msgid "Fetch source %s\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2037
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2094
 msgid "Failed to fetch some archives."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2065
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2122
 #, c-format
 msgid "Skipping unpack of already unpacked source in %s\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2077
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2134
 #, c-format
 msgid "Unpack command '%s' failed.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2078
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2135
 #, c-format
 msgid "Check if the 'dpkg-dev' package is installed.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2095
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2152
 #, c-format
 msgid "Build command '%s' failed.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2114
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2171
 msgid "Child process failed"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2130
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2187
 msgid "Must specify at least one package to check builddeps for"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2158
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2215
 #, c-format
 msgid "Unable to get build-dependency information for %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2178
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2235
 #, c-format
 msgid "%s has no build depends.\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2230
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2287
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "%s dependency for %s cannot be satisfied because the package %s cannot be "
 "found"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2282
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2339
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "%s dependency for %s cannot be satisfied because no available versions of "
 "package %s can satisfy version requirements"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2317
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2374
 #, c-format
 msgid "Failed to satisfy %s dependency for %s: Installed package %s is too new"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2342
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2399
 #, c-format
 msgid "Failed to satisfy %s dependency for %s: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2356
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2413
 #, c-format
 msgid "Build-dependencies for %s could not be satisfied."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2360
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2417
 msgid "Failed to process build dependencies"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2392
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2449
 msgid "Supported modules:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2433
+#: cmdline/apt-get.cc:2490
 msgid ""
 "Usage: apt-get [options] command\n"
 "       apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]\n"
@@ -2112,12 +2117,12 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Dependency generation"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: apt-pkg/tagfile.cc:85 apt-pkg/tagfile.cc:92
+#: apt-pkg/tagfile.cc:73
 #, c-format
 msgid "Unable to parse package file %s (1)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: apt-pkg/tagfile.cc:186
+#: apt-pkg/tagfile.cc:160
 #, c-format
 msgid "Unable to parse package file %s (2)"
 msgstr ""