The problem seems to be somewhere in apt_pkg. Changes are accepted as soon as InitSystem() is called. This makes me believe the bug is in apt itself, in apt-pkg/deb/debsystem.cc(debSystem::AddStatusFiles). The problem seems to be that the status file is only registered once.
** Changed in: python-apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- apt.Cache(rootdir="/foo") is honoured only for first instantiation of a Cache per-process https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/320665 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs