Кисик Мурысик <kisik2...@live.ru> writes: > Hello! > I'm new to Python, so I decided to learn it
Congratulations! Python is a fine language to learn, and this is the place to discuss general Python topics. You may also want to join the ‘tutor’ forum <URL:https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor>, which is specifically focussed on collaborative mentoring of Python newcomers. > and write simple apt alternative (apt is somewhat broken for me). > But I can't decide - can I read just one file (/DEBIAN/control) from > archive without unpacking it, or do I need to unpack? And what module > I can use to handle .ar files? (I read in Wikipedia that .deb is just > .ar archive with specific structure) You're right. The ‘ar’ archive format was IIUC chosen by the early Debian project because it is very simple. Unfortunately it is not widely supported; there is no standard library support in Python for ‘ar’ archives. You can use the third-party ‘python-debian’ library for reading Debian archive files <URL:https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-debian/>. -- \ “I know when I'm going to die, because my birth certificate has | `\ an expiration date.” —Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
