apt_pkg.ReadConfigFileISC(Cnf,which_conf_file())
################################################################################
+
+def generate_contents_information(filename):
+ """
+ Generate a list of flies contained in a .deb
+
+ @type filename: string
+ @param filename: the path to a .deb
+
+ @rtype: list
+ @return: a list of files in the data.tar.* portion of the .deb
+ """
+ cmd = "ar t %s" % (filename)
+ (result, output) = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
+ if result != 0:
+ reject("%s: 'ar t' invocation failed." % (filename))
+ reject(utils.prefix_multi_line_string(output, " [ar output:] "), "")
+
+ # Ugh ... this is ugly ... Code ripped from process_unchecked.py
+ chunks = output.split('\n')
+
+ contents = []
+ try:
+ cmd = "ar x %s %s" % (filename, chunks[2])
+ (result, output) = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
+ if result != 0:
+ reject("%s: '%s' invocation failed." % (filename, cmd))
+ reject(utils.prefix_multi_line_string(output, " [ar output:] "), "")
+
+ # Got deb tarballs, now lets go through and determine what bits
+ # and pieces the deb had ...
+ if chunks[2] == "data.tar.gz":
+ data = tarfile.open("data.tar.gz", "r:gz")
+ elif data_tar == "data.tar.bz2":
+ data = tarfile.open("data.tar.bz2", "r:bz2")
+ else:
+ os.remove(chunks[2])
+ reject("couldn't find data.tar.*")
+
+ for tarinfo in data:
+ if not tarinfo.isdir():
+ contents.append(tarinfo.name[2:])
+
+ finally:
+ if os.path.exists( chunks[2] ):
+ os.remove( chunks[2] )
+
+ return contents
+
+###############################################################################