If you got two Debian repositories, it's quite easy to check the differences in package versions between them:
import os
import gzip
import apt_pkg
repo1 = "~/.repo_custom/dists/cache/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz"
repo1 = os.path.expanduser(repo1)
repo1 = apt_pkg.TagFile(gzip.open(repo1, "rb"))
repo1 = dict([(pkg["Package"], pkg["Version"]) for pkg in repo1])
repo2 = "~/.repo_bin/dists/squeeze/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz"
repo2 = os.path.expanduser(repo2)
repo2 = apt_pkg.TagFile(gzip.open(repo2, "rb"))
repo2 = dict([(pkg["Package"], pkg["Version"]) for pkg in repo2])
apt_pkg.init_system()
for pkg in repo1:
if pkg in repo2:
vc = apt_pkg.version_compare(repo1[pkg], repo2[pkg])
if vc > 0:
print("{0}t{1}t({2})".format(repo1[pkg], repo2[pkg], pkg))
The line import apt_pkg implies that python3-apt is installed.
Here's a snippet of what the output will look like:
2.32.1-2 2.28.1-6 (gconf-defaults-service)
0.23.0-1 0.21.1-1 (pylint)
2.91.5-2 2.30.2-2 (libgnomekbd-common)
0.21.2-1 0.16.4-1 (libpixman-1-dev)
2.91.7-1 2.30.1-2 (nautilus)
0.9.22-1 0.9.21-3 (pulseaudio-utils)
Here, we get a display of package versions where the repo1 (custom repo
in this case) is greater than repo2 version. To do it the other way
around, use the < character in the comparison line, if vc > 0.